Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 21 - Further Reflections and Relevance for our times (2 of 2)

Pope Francis concludes Chapter 3 with paragraphs 87 - 91 the reflections of recognition that only through simple trust in the mercy and reality of love contained in the "the incarnate synthesis of the Gospel" that the words of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and St. Faustina Kowalska come to be understood. He has laid the groundwork for the understanding of personal spiritual experience and communal missionary commitment found uniquely through the Sacred Heart of Christ, and that this is the missional foundation of all pastoral conversion that needs to be effected throughout our church.
As we will begin the next chapter on the Precious Blood and since we have entered this month of July devoted to the Precious Blood of Christ, Jen leads us in understanding the nurturing symbology of the Pelican in the prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas "Adoro te Devote".

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.

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.

Dilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 87 - 91 - Further Reflections and Relevance for our times (2 of 2)

C'est la confiance - Pope Francis on the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. Therese of the child Jesus

Spiritual meaning of the Pelican article from St. Catherine Church

Adoro te Devote from Preces Latinae

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