Many people know the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, but they do not always understand what it really means. And the answer is simpler and more timely than it seems.
The Sacred Heart speaks of the way in which God loves. Not a theoretical love, but a love that gets involved, that remains, that forgives and that keeps believing in people even when they fail.
In a world where relationships can be fast, superficial or conditioned by what we contribute, the Heart of Jesus shows us another logic: that of a love that is not earned, but received.
We all have something that organizes our decisions: work, success, the approval of others, family, personal projects or even our worries.
Mother Marie Eugénie proposed a very direct question: what occupies the centre of your heart?
For her, the spiritual life did not consist in accumulating religious practices, but in letting Christ be the point of reference from which to look at reality. When that happens, priorities are ordered differently and many decisions become clearer.
A simple exercise: at the end of the day, ask yourself what has taken up the most space in your thoughts. The answer usually reveals where your heart is.
We often associate love with intense emotions. However, Marie Eugénie understood the love of God as something much more concrete: the force that drives our actions.
She invited us to ask whether love was really the "mainspring" of everything we do.
Before answering a message in anger, making an important decision or reacting to a difficult situation, it can help to ask a simple question: does this come from love or from ego?
We will not always have the perfect answer, but the question already changes the way we act.
The Heart of Jesus does not invite us to shut ourselves up within ourselves. Quite the contrary.
The spirituality of the Assumption insists that the encounter with Christ must translate into something visible: the way we work, accompany others, build community and make present the Kingdom of God wherever we are.
It is not about doing extraordinary things. Sometimes it begins by listening attentively, offering time to someone who needs it, or acting with integrity when no one is watching.
Because faith grows when it passes from the heart to the hands.
And perhaps the question this Friday can be which aspect of your heart needs to resemble his a little more.
Almudena de la Torre
Communications Team
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