O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, grant that I may aspire towards Thee with my whole heart, with full desire and thirsty soul, seeking only Thy sweetness and Thy delights, also that my whole mind and all that is within me may not ardently sigh to Thee, who art our True Beatitude.O…

On the Feast of the Sacred Heart

St. Gertrude the Great As a cradle Catholic, I've known the Sacred Heart Devotion all my life.  Mom would light a red candle with the image of Jesus' heart on our stove and it would burn for days on end.  I often imagined it tipping over and setting something on fire.  I don't ever remember…