Tuesday, July 1, 2014

SACRED HEART OF JESUS

The voice of Jesus. Woe to the world, My Child: woe to the heart that clings to its allurements and its vanities!  For the world will continue to infect thy heart, will doubtless pervert, and finally betray thee into the power of the demon.  What can there be in common between the world and My Heart, since the world, either openly or secretly, favours every vice; whilst My Heart breathes naught, except what is holy?  Blessed is he, My Child, who withdraws his affections from the things of the world, and consecrates them to Me alone!  The voice of the Disciple. O Lord, how foolishly have I acted! how wickedly have I lived! A willing dupe, I have been misled by the false appearances of pleasure, of riches, of honor; I have forsaken Thee, to make myself a slave of the world, Thy enemy.  Alas! good Jesus! even after, seized with a great dread of Thy judgment and fear of Hell, I had resolved to lead a good life! Into what fatal illusion did I fall! how banefully did I go astray!  I divided my heart between Thee and the world: I wished, at one and the same time, to serve Thee and the world.   O! how great an insult did I offer to Thee, when I placed Thee on an equality with the world! I pleased neither the world nor Thee: and, meanwhile, I was most wretched, because, not being satisfied with the world, nor with Thee, I found true happiness in neither.  But now that Thou didst open my eyes, and move my heart, behold! O Lord Jesus, I will serve Thee alone: I give my whole heart to Thee forever.  Take out of my heart, I beseech Thee, all affection for the world: change for me all its apparent sweets into real bitterness. So fill me with the delight of Thy love, that the world, with all its vanities, become tasteless to me.  Imitation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Chapter XVI
The voice of Jesus.

Woe to the world, My Child: woe to the heart that clings to its allurements and its vanities! 

For the world will continue to infect thy heart, will doubtless pervert, and finally betray thee into the power of the demon. 

What can there be in common between the world and My Heart, since the world, either openly or secretly, favours every vice; whilst My Heart breathes naught, except what is holy? 

Blessed is he, My Child, who withdraws his affections from the things of the world, and consecrates them to Me alone! 
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