7Jun
Fri 		SACRED HEART
Dt. 7:6-11
Ps. 103:1-2,3-4,6-7,8,10
1 Jn. 4:7-16
Mt. 11:25-30
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Novena to the Sacred Heart

Today's feast is a reminder of God's love for us, as the source not only of all that we have but of all the good that we do. The first reading reminds us that we are not loved because somehow we deserve it or have earned it. "You were the least of all peoples," says Moses to the Israelites. Jesus all through His life reflected this unconditional love of God for His creatures through His words and actions, through His suffering and death. The symbol of that love is the pierced heart of Jesus, from which "streams of living water" flow, bringing us life and love. It is this Heart in which those who labour and are overburdened will find rest and comfort. Strengthened by this consoling love, His yoke is easy and the burdens of life are light. The reading from the First Letter of John, reminds us that the love of Jesus cannot stop within us. It must flow out to others. "Since God has loved us so much, we too should love" - God? No, but "one another". In fact, that is how most of us experience the love of God - from each other. Let me today be a channel of the love that pours out from the Heart of Jesus.


Lord, open our hearts to share Your love with others and continue to bless us with Your love.

DAILY OFFERING
Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day may be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.

PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
INTENTION
That the leaders and members of different religions may co-operate in their search for world peace, based on conversion of hearts and brotherly dialogue.
Elaboration

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P R A Y I N G    W I T H    T H E    C H U R C H    

INTENTION : That the leaders and members of different religions may co-operate in their search for world peace, based on conversion of hearts and brotherly dialogue.

While respecting others' beliefs, all religions are called on to form a spiritual United Nations under the common denominator of belief in God who unites us all. We as believers are asked to place our particular faith at the service of the common human good.

This religious goal of humanism should manifest itself in healthy co-operation and not mere coexistence among all the men and women in the world. The universal criterion for achieving a basic common denominator among all the religions is moving from instinctive and sentimental dimensions to social and spiritual ones. And the influence of religions on millions of people is so deep it can be said that without religious peace there cannot be world peace. "Religion and peace go together: unleashing a war in the name of religion is an obvious contradiction". (John Paul II).

Therefore, we must neutralise our disorderly inclinations: selfishness, pride, ambition, lust for money and power, self-sufficiency, a superiority complex. We cannot be at peace with ourselves if we are not at peace with God.



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