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FEAST OF THE DAY

The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated on the
Friday after the feast of Corpus Christi. This feast has been
celebrated by the Church since its earliest times. The devotion to the
Sacred Heart that modern Catholics are familiar with finds its roots in
the seventeenth century, where St. John Eudes and St. Margaret
Mary Alacoque encouraged and spread the devotion.

This day calls us to special devotion and worship of Jesus. Our
worship is directed to his heart of flesh, united to his divinity, as the
symbol of his love for us in dying for our redemption. This worship is
not directed specifically to the physical heart of Jesus from when he
lived on Earth, but to his whole being, the heart signifying the
essence of his being and his love for us.

This worship of Jesus directs our attention to his love for us, and his
willingness to be sacrificed for our sins. It calls us to prayer and
encourages us to make up for the times when we, or others, have
taken Jesus' love for granted.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Whoever does not love does not know God. Why? Because God is
Love. What more can be said, my Brothers? If one did not find one
word in praise of love through this epistle, nor the least word through
out all the other pages of Scripture, and we heard only this one word
from the voice of the Spirit of God: Because 'God is Love,' we should
seek for nothing more. -St. Augustine from his commentary on the
First Epistle of St. John.

TODAY IN HISTORY

373 Death of St. Ephraem
1164 Death of St. Elizabeth of Schonau

TODAY'S TIDBIT

Pope is a title derived from the Italian word papa, or pappas in
Greek, meaning father. This title is used to describe the Bishop of
Rome, the Vicar of Christ, the successor of St. Peter, the Holy Father
that is the man who exercises universal government over the
Church. The current process for choosing the pope is a process of
election by the College of Cardinals. The pope is the pastor or
shepherd of the Church on Earth.

INTENTION FOR THE DAY

Please pray for all people searching for new homes.