Jesus' Sacred Heart reveals the depth of his love for us.  Opened on the Cross, streams of blood and water poured out from Jesus' Heart.  Our own love for God hinges on our having a heart full of compassion, concern, and a practical spirit of service towards others.  As disciples of Jesus, we should be known for our love and care for each other and for all people.  Only by growing in charity will we truly imitate Jesus, our model and our Lord.  If not, our prayer life runs the risk of being inauthentic and hypocritical.


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For the Feast of Corpus Christi we meditate on the Eucharistic hymn "Adoro te devote."  Hidden in the Blessed Sacrament, Our Lord Jesus is truly present: body, blood, soul, and divinity.  This marvel of our faith reveals God's humble and radical love for us.  Our response should be one of ever greater adoration, wonder, faith, hope and love.

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The Mystery of the Blessed Trinity is a great secret shared with us by God.  He tells us about his inner life so we can know him well in order to love him truly.  This intimacy is a sign of God's love for us and also of his great trust in us.  To know the Trinity is to know that God is love.  This removes all false fear of God from our hearts, filling our souls with wonder, confidence and loving adoration. 

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The Holy Spirit is a powerful agent of spiritual renewal and transformation.  The virtue of docility and the gift of counsel are needed to tap into the motions of the Spirit which always accompany and surround us.  The Sanctifier will sculpt the image of Christ in us provided that we are humble and willing to follow his lead.

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Mary is every Christian's model.   In the first place, her example teaches us about love.  Mary's love is expressed in a radical love for God's will.  This love is made possible by her remarkable humility and emboldened by her great trust.  Imitating her means growing in these virtues, which free us from ourselves and open us to a greater love of God.

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Jesus prays that we may be "sanctified in the truth."  The objective truth of our faith is a necessary part of its saving power.  Truth is ultimately personal.  Jesus himself is "The way and the truth and the life."  Access to this truth demands trust in God's word.  Sin, and the devil, are always suggesting the opposite: that God and his word should not be trusted.

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"Love one another as I love you."  Jesus has a great confidence in our capacity to love others.  The vocation to charity is a tremendous opportunity to make our lives fruitful.  In loving others we show them the love Christ and the Father have for them and for us.  To do this consistently takes work.  Learning to love like Jesus involves purification, overcoming sin, and a lifetime of practice.  

Mary Magdalene's encounter with the Risen Christ is truly a master class in love.   She teaches us lessons of desire, sorrow, responsibility and union with God.  Ultimately, to love is to convert, to make the center of our existence God and others shifting it away from ourselves.  

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The Holy Mass makes present Jesus' Resurrection as well as his sacrifice on the Cross.  The Body of Christ, as a resurrected body, is a gift that is given to others.  To receive our Lord is to become like him and moves us to imitate his goodness. 

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Putting ourselves into the scenes of the Resurrection, we can have our own personal encounters with the Risen Lord.  Where can we find him? What is he saying to us? How does he want to help us?  

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