In the gospel Jesus tells us that he is one with the Father and that the only way to know the Father is through knowing Jesus. He also says: "... for I am gentle and humble of heart." (Mtt 11: 29) Who would believe, from all the other religions of the world with all their terrifying, capricious and demanding images of God, that the ground of Being is in truth revealed as being "gentle and humble" of heart! We can only know this and believe it through encountering, knowing and loving our Lord Jesus Christ. It is he who heals the estrangement of God brought about through Original Sin and opens our eyes to the love of the Father. The Feast of the Sacred heart is the antidote to Jansenism and scrupulous, self-hating religion that denies the warmth of God's loving heart and keeps us from approaching him to accept his mercy for what it really is.
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