"Welcome to AMASC"
2006
- 2010
Fight Poverty - Combattre
la Pauvreté - Combatir la Pobreza
Share,
Care, Love - Prendre
Soin, Partager, Aimer - Cuidar,
Amar, Compartir
Madeleine
Sophie Barat
24 June, le 24 juin, 24
de junio
Feast of the Sacred Heart
Fête du Sacré Coeur
de Jésus
Fiesta del Sagrado Corazón
Novena
to the Sacred Heart - Neuvaine au Sacré Coeur de
Jesus - Novena al Corazón Sagrado de Jesus
(Power Point Presentation (.pps)
Reflection on the Feast of the Sacred Heart
Sister Chantal de Jonghe rscJ
and Penny Sturrock
English
- Français - Español
Sister
Chantal de Jonghe rscJ
AMASC Board - Representing the Society of the Sacred
Heart
24th June 06: For the Feast of the Sacred
Heart
This Friday 24th June, Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus!
What are we going to celebrate?
- A confidence without any limits in the Father, source
of all Life
- A life given to the end: that of the Son of God
- A love of infinite tenderness for the young, hearts
open and pure, the children, the women, the sick, the
sinners…
- A compassion which no adversity can halt…on the
contrary, a love which attracts adversity
- An inexhaustible source of pure and healing water, born
from a heart wounded by the rejection of love
- A “yes” to love and to truth which is unconditional
….and also, for each of us: an invitation to love
with him and like him
On the Feast of the Sacred Heart, St.Madeleine Sophie
used to talk to the Sisters in her Community. Today, it
is to each one of us that she repeats these words:
“We have been chosen to renew the devotion to the
Heart of Jesus. It is not a question of a heart of flesh,
but as the heart is the centre where all the faculties
of the soul are reunited, it is in this sense that the
Divine Heart of Jesus is worthy of our adoration and of
our love…In Him we can truly glorify God, love Him
as he deserves to be loved, draw from there at their source
all the virtues, above all humility, as Jesus said to
us:’ Learn from me that I am gentle and humble of
Heart.’”
(From the Poitiers Journal)
For our prayer:
- I thank the Lord for the gift of his limitless love
- I allow myself to be penetrated by this love and recall
a moment when I experienced it
- To love with and like him: what step does Jesus invite
me to make?
“He wants to make use of us, no doubt, but only
as instruments and not as prime movers. Let him act. Let
us be like the gardener who cultivates and tills the land,
removing the weeds; but once the seed has been sown, he
has no other concern than that of watering and removing
the insects or other enemies of the plant.” (Letter
of 1850)
 Back
to top
Sister
Chantal de Jonghe, rscj
Bureau AMASC - Representant les religieuses du Sacré
Coeur
24 juin 06 : Pour la fête du Sacré-Cœur
Ce vendredi 24 juin, fête du Sacré-Cœur
de Jésus !
Qu’allons-nous célébrer ?
- une confiance sans limite dans le Père, source
de toute Vie,
- une vie donnée jusqu’au bout :celle du
Fils de Dieu
- un amour d’une tendresse infinie pour les petits,
les cœurs ouverts et simples, les enfants, les femmes,
les malades, les pécheurs…
- une compassion qu’aucune misère n’arrête
… au contraire, un amour que la misère attire,
- une source intarissable d’eau pure et guérissante,
née d’un cœur blessé par le refus
de l’amour,
- un « oui » à l’amour et à
la vérité qui ne s’est jamais repris,
… et aussi, pour chacun(e) de nous : une invitation
à aimer avec lui et comme lui
Pour la fête du Sacré-Cœur, Sainte Madeleine-Sophie
s’adressait au sœurs de sa communauté.
Aujourd’hui, c’est à chacun(e) de nous
qu’elle redit ces paroles :
… « Nous avons été choisi(e)s
pour renouveler la dévotion au Cœur de Jésus.
Il n’est pas question d’un cœur de chair,
mais comme le cœur est le centre où se réunissent
toutes les facultés de l’âme, c’est
en ce sens que le Divin Cœur de Jésus est
si digne de notre adoration et de notre amour. …
En lui nous pouvons vraiment glorifier Dieu, l ‘aimer
comme il mérite de l’être, y puiser
comme dans leur source toute les vertus, l’humilité
surtout, puisque Jésus nous a dit : ‘Apprenez
de moi que je suis doux et humble de Cœur’.
(Journal de Poitiers)
Pour prier :
- Je remercie le Seigneur du don de son amour sans limite
- Je me laisse pénétrer de cet amour et
me remets en mémoire l’un ou l’autre
moment où j’en ai fait l’expérience.
- Pour aimer avec et comme lui : quel pas Jésus
m’invite-t-il à faire ?
« Il veut se servir de nous, sans
doute, mais seulement comme des instruments et non comme
des moteurs. Laissons-le agir. Seulement faisons comme
le jardinier qui cultive et retourne la terre, ôte
les mauvaises herbes ; mais une fois le grain semé,
il n’a plus d’autre souci que celui d’arroser
et d’éloigner les insectes ou les autres
ennemis de la plante » Lettre de1850
Back
to top
|
Hermana
Chantal de Jonghe, rscj
Junta de AMASC – Representante de la Sociedad del
Sagrado Corazón
24 de junio de 2006 : Para la fiesta del Sagrado
Corazón
¡Este viernes 24 de junio es la fiesta del Sagrado
Corazón de Jesús!
¿Qué vamos a celebrar ?
- Una confianza sin límite en el Padre, fuente
de toda Vida,
- Una vida entregada hasta el final : la del Hijo de Dios
- Un amor de una ternura infinita para los pequeños,
los corazones abiertos y simples, los niños, las
mujeres, los enfermos, los pecadores…
- Una compasión que ninguna miseria puede parar…
al contrario, un amor que la miseria atrae,
- Una fuente inagotable de agua pura y que cura, nacida
de un corazón dolido por el rechazo del amor,
- Un « sí » al amor y a la
verdad que nunca se ha retomado,
… y también, para cada uno de nosotros :
una invitación a querer con él y como él.
Para la fiesta del Sagrado Corazón, Santa Magdalena
Sofía se dirigía a las Hermanas de su comunidad.
Hoy es a cada uno de nosotros que repite estas palabras
:
… « Hemos sido elegidas (elegidos) para renovar
la devoción al Corazón de Jesús. No
es cuestión de un corazón de carne. El corazón
es el centro donde se reúnen todas las facultades
del alma, es en ese sentido que el Divino Corazón
de Jesús es tan digno de nuestra adoración
y de nuestro amor. … En él, podemos verdaderamente
glorificar a Dios, quererle como lo merece y tomar todas
la virtudes, sobre todo la humildad, porque Jesús
nos ha dicho : “Aprended de mi que soy suave y humilde
de Corazón”.
(Diario de Poitiers)
Para rezar :
- Agradezco el Señor del don de su amor sin límite
- Me dejo penetrar por ese amor y me recuerdo de uno u
otro momento en el que he vivido esa experiencia
- Para amar con y como él : ¿Qué
paso me invita a dar Jesús ?
« Quiere servirse de nosotros, sin duda, pero solamente
como instrumentos y no como motores. Dejémoslo actuar.
Hagamos como el jardinero que cultiva y da vuelta a la tierra,
quita las hierbas malas, pero que una vez el grano sembrado,
ya no tiene otra preocupación que la de regar y de
alejar los insectos y los otros enemigos de la planta »
Carta de 1850
Penny
Sturrock, Director
- Coordinator for Australia-New Zealand
- Spirituality
Reflection for the Feast of the Sacred Heart Friday June 23
2006 We all know what it is to “lose heart”.
And we all know what it is to receive the encouragement
of friends and family who remind us to “take heart”.
In the English language the word “heart” is
used in so many ways to express that connection with our
own or another’s hidden centre1
and the language “of the heart” often expresses
a response to the encounter with love. “The centre
of all centres is the God who is love”2
“The heart is the dwelling place where I am,
where I live; according to the Semitic or biblical expression,
the heart is the place “to which I withdraw”
The heart is our hidden centre, beyond the grasp of our
reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom
the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the place
of decision, deeper than our psychic drives. It is the place
of truth, where we choose life or death. It is the place
of encounter, because as images of God we live
in relation: it is the place of covenant3
“The Kingdom of God is within
you”4
On this Feast of the Sacred Heart take a moment to stay
with this phrase, chew over it and allow the truth to permeate
your whole being.
Now consider these words:
“The kingdom of God is the power of divine
love released into every fibre of our being… the
Kingdom is an experience that must be known from within.
It is the knowing of it that harmonises us, that integrates
us. This knowing can only be known through the power of
divine love. It can only be known by opening our hearts
and minds to the heart and mind of Jesus. It can only be
known by opening our consciousness to his.”5
“Cor Unum et Anima Una in Corde Jesu”
The journey to our heart creates for us a sense of the
“sacred”- a sense of God’s presence, a
sense of God’s purpose always being worked out, always
being accomplished in the midst of our ordinary life. Finding
the sacred dimension in everything. “There is
no such thing as anything that is purely secular if our
heart is open to God’s presence and to his purpose”6.
How do we “open our heart” to this Presence,
to the mystery of the love of Christ at work within us?
“Know from your own heart, from your own experience
that you were created for infinite expansion of spirit.”7 We
do this in the prayer of silence, beyond thoughts, beyond
imagination, beyond words, the prayer in which we are simply
in the Presence. “If we really want to pray we
must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart,
God speaks.”
For further examples see “Journeys of the Heart”
– a response to the Study Plan 2002-2006 at www.amasc-sacrecoeur.org
1 John Main The Heart of
Creation
2 Catholic Catechism
para 2563
3 Luke 17:21
4 John Main The Door to Silence
quoted in Paul Harris (ed) Silence and Stillness in Every
Season p.218
5 John Main Community of Love
p.67
6 ibid p.42
Back
to top |
|
