Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 18 - Trinitarian Perspectives (2 of 2)

Pope Francis stresses the importance of the Trinity in Chapter 3, exploring the active agency of the Holy Spirit in the salvific and adoptive work accomplished through Jesus' Sacred Heart. God the Father pours out the Holy Spirit in Love to Jesus Christ and that one and the same spirit is poured into the hearts of all believers. Pope Francis references the words of St. John Paul II at the turn of the third millenium, and his own homily for the recognition of the work of the Holy Spirit. We close with the words of our own Cardinal Tobin in his Trinitarian message published today, as well as the new prayer of the Sacred Heart from Pope Leo XIV offered just this morning.

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 75-77 - 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.

Pope St. John Paul II - Angelus 23 June 2002

SAINT JOHN PAUL II, Message on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Divine Heart of Jesus

Pope Francis Homily at Gemelli Hospital 27 June 2014

Cardinal Tobin Rejoice in the Lord - June 13, 2025 - The Trinity is the central mystery of Christian Life and Belief

Pope Leo XIV - Sacred Heart Prayer - June 2025

Office for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization
Our original theme music is "Meditation" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com