Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 17- Trinitarian Perspectives (1of 2)

Pope Francis recgnizes the importance of the Trinity in Chapter 3, exploring the unique relationship that God the Father desires with each individual through Jesus Christ, his Son. Pope Francis uses scriptural sources, as well as tradition of the church through St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Ireneus to recognize the central place within humanity that God's love has. We read the words of St. John Paul II at the turn of the third millenium, Pope Leo XIV's homily last week, and conclude with a prayer by St. Ephraem Syrus who lived in the 4th century for our meditations on accompaniment and vocation.

Each session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.

Dilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 70-74 - Trinitarian Perspectives

Prayer

Love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.
Fire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.
Charity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.
Strength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.
Mercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.
Patience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.
Reign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.
Wisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.
Will of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.
Zeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.
Jesus, make our hearts more like your own.

John Paul II's "Tertio Millennio"

Pope Leo XIV "Homily on the Jubilee of Families"

Jessica French's "Strengthen for Service"

Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
That holy things have taken;
Let ears that now have heard thy songs
To lesser things never waken.

Lord, may the tongues which "Holy" sang
Be free from all deceiving;
May eyes which saw Thy love be bright
Thy blessèd hope perceiving.

May feet that tread Thy holly courts
From Thy true light never be banished;
May bodies by Thy body fed
With Thy new life be replenished.

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Our original theme music is "Meditation" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com