Pope reflects on devotion to the Sacred Heart
VATICAN Pope Benedict XVI Angelus: “authentic devotion to the Sacred Heart retains all its validity and attracts souls who thirst for the mercy of God who find therein the inexhaustible source from which to draw the water of life …”Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The “significant liturgical solemnities” which crown the 12th Sunday of ordinary time, 25 June, were recalled by Pope Benedict XVI in his midday reflection before the Angelus prayer with the people gathered in St Peter’s Square. The Pope said the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus “is a happy combination of popular devotion and theological profundity”. Devotion to the Sacred Heart “has its roots in the Incarnation - the Pope said -, it is precisely through the Heart of Jesus that God shows most sublimely his love for humanity. This is why authentic devotion to the Sacred Heart retains all its validity and attracts souls thirsting for God’s mercy in which they find an inexhaustible source from which to draw the water of Life which refreshes the deserts of the soul and causes hope to flourish again”. Benedict XVI also recalled that it was the Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests. He called on those present to “always pray for priests, so they may be valid witnesses of the love of Christ”.
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