Have you ever asked yourself: Why do we have a "Sacred" Heart? and and how come we do not celebrate the feast of the Lord's other body parts, like sacred head, or sacred feet?
In the same way, why do we close our eyes – when we pray,
when we kiss, when we cry, and when we dream? It's because the most beautiful things
in life are not seen but felt by the heart. That is why the heart is so sacred.
This makes the heart of utmost
importance. Do you know that when all
your organs stop to function, your heart will still continue pumping in the
hope of trying to save you? That’s probably why we equate the heart with love
as we equate the feast of the sacred heart of Jesus as the best reminder of how
much God has loved us as a human person. An unconditional love, an undying
love, and a sacrificing love.
For children, many die because of a hole in the heart.
For young people, many die because of a broken heart.
As we reach middle age, many die because
of heart attack.
At the end in our senior years, many die
because of heart failure.
In our spiritual life, we die when our
heart fails, when there is no more love to give.
As we are always reminded to take good
care of our heart. So that it does not fail us. Let the Sacred heart of Jesus
remind us to take care of the love He has shown us and to see others with that
same love. The readings today invite us to be like good shepherds taking care
of our sheep. In this year of mercy, the Sacred heart invites us to enter the
chaos of another. As the shepherd’s heart is bound to that of his sheep, let
that be our attitude towards others in our lives. To have our hearts beat
together with theirs… because after all Jesus has offered his own heart to its
last beat so that we all might be saved. And so today he asks us to take care
of his legacy….. His kind and meek and humble heart. Do not
shoot and riddle the heart with holes of unkind words. Do not break another’s heart with treachery and infidelity. Do not
attack the heart with poison of bad habits which slowly kill it. Do not make the heart fail because of
indifference to others and lack of love. In short be careful with the heart.
Jose Marie Chan immortalized a song
whose lyrics kinds of reminds us of what Jesus would say to us today:
"If you love me, like you tell me
Please be careful with my heart
You can take it, just don't break it
Or my world will fall apart."
(and it ends with)
"I will be true to you, just a promise from you will do
From the very start, please be careful with my heart."
"If you love me, like you tell me
Please be careful with my heart
You can take it, just don't break it
Or my world will fall apart."
(and it ends with)
"I will be true to you, just a promise from you will do
From the very start, please be careful with my heart."