Introduction by the Celebrant
The heart is the
center of a person, the place from which he/she makes the choices which will
affect the world within them and around them. Devotion to the Heart of Jesus
reminds us that it is in His Sacred Humanity that we find the pattern for
becoming fully human ourselves. In His Incarnation, saving life, death and
Resurrection, we receive both the pattern - and the means - to become more like
Him. The Feast of the Sacred Heart reminds us of our mission in a Culture
which has forgotten God. Let us spend the month of June in Prayer to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, lifting up our Nation, indeed the whole world, to the One in
whom we place all of our trust. He will not disappoint; His Heart still beats
with Mercy and Love for the world. (Deacon
Keith Fournier)