Our mission, our work, is to proclaim love, salvation, redemption, eternal life. There are many systems of thought and action which seek to construct the human world on the basis of wealth, power, force, science or pleasure. The Church, born from the pierced heart of Jesus, has a mission in the world to proclaim the redeeming love of God in Christ. In this way, we learn to live JesusвЂ™ commandment: Love one another as I have loved you. We are motivated by the Sacred Heart of Jesus to open our hearts to him so that they are filled with love for our brothers and sisters. When Christ dwells in our hearts, when we know his love deeply, in our minds and hearts, we are moved to live the great commandments of love of God and neighbor. We become enthralled by Christ, like Saint Paul, who prayed that Christ might dwell in the hearts of the Ephesian Christians through faith and that they might know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge. We reflect on the mercy, compassion and love that God has bestowed upon us. In prayer, we contemplate the pierced Heart of our Savior. Since the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ, from his Sacred Heart, this should have great meaning for us. God took the rib when Adam was in a deep sleep, and in the same way Christ gave us the blood and the water after his own death. Since the symbols of baptism and the eucharist flowed from his side, it was from his side that Christ fashioned the Church, as he had fashioned Eve from the side of Adam вЂ¦ As God took a rib from AdamвЂ™s side to fashion a woman, so Christ has given us blood and water from his side to fashion the Church. From these two sacraments the Church is born: from baptism, the cleansing water that gives rebirth and renewal through the Holy Spirit, and from the holy eucharist. I said that water and blood symbolized baptism and the holy eucharist. Saint John Chrysostom had this to say about this passage: Beloved, do not pass over this mystery without thought it has yet another hidden meaning, which I will explain to you.

The Bride from the Heart of the Bridegroom! When the soldier thrust his lance into JesusвЂ™ side, immediately blood and water flowed out. In the new creation, the Church was born from the side of Jesus.

In the first creation, Eve was born from the side of Adam. The Church was born from the pierced heart of Jesus on the cross. On the Friday after the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In him, God the Father revealed his infinite love for us. Love has always been associated with the heart, so it was only natural that the love of God became represented by a heart, the heart of his Son Jesus.

It is the symbol of a love that conquers sin and transcends death, the symbol of the One who loved us to the end. It is the image of GodвЂ™s love revealed in the pierced heart of His Son. In Catholic churches and homes, one of the most popular images of Jesus is the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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