June 14, 2009
Let us now simply and in a schematic way, the symbolism that encloses the heart of our beloved and beautiful King:
* exemplary model. Returning to the teachings of St. Paul, who told us that the Father's plan is to "make all things in Christ as its head, which is in heaven and things on earth" (Eph 1.10). In this way, the Heart of Jesus is presented as the exemplary model the whole work of Creation, of Redemption and Glorification. Everything is concentrated in the Heart of Jesus, everything flows ultimately Heart of Jesus. This is what we read in the Letter to the Colossians: "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible .. . all things were created through Him and to Him is before everything, and everything having its consistency. He is also Head of the Body, the Church is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that is the first in everything, because God was pleased to dwell in the whole fullness, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, making peace through the blood of his cross, which is on earth and in heaven "(Col 1.14 to 20). When we say "Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God we speak of a substantial union of what we call the hypostatic union, as we have seen. And all this leads us to believe that in Jesus Christ we have the synthesis of God and man, symbolized harmony in the Heart of Jesus (Body, Soul and Divinity), and consequently, the synthesis of all things in heaven and earth .
* Secondly, the Heart of Jesus is a symbol of God's love. In the Letter to the Romans, the Apostle exclaims: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? But in all these things we overcome by Him who loved us. Because I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature can separate us from God's Love in Christ Jesus our Lord "(8.35. 37-39). That love of God revealed in Christ, is concretely manifested in the divine-human heart, human-divine, His Heart of flesh, which lives as a living shrine, the fullness of the love of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
* The third symbol is that of pain. Earlier we said that the Heart of Christ is the sum of all the mysteries of our Redemption. And redemption is to say that suffering, sacrifice, death, passion, pain. This is what is in this litany that reads "Cor Iesu, lancea perforatum, is pierced by a spear. And the pierced side flowed blood, which is telling us that there is no death, no pain, no suffering, because it is the mystery of a love rejected by men, which leads to the madness of death on the cross.
* exemplary model. Returning to the teachings of St. Paul, who told us that the Father's plan is to "make all things in Christ as its head, which is in heaven and things on earth" (Eph 1.10). In this way, the Heart of Jesus is presented as the exemplary model the whole work of Creation, of Redemption and Glorification. Everything is concentrated in the Heart of Jesus, everything flows ultimately Heart of Jesus. This is what we read in the Letter to the Colossians: "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible .. . all things were created through Him and to Him is before everything, and everything having its consistency. He is also Head of the Body, the Church is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that is the first in everything, because God was pleased to dwell in the whole fullness, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, making peace through the blood of his cross, which is on earth and in heaven "(Col 1.14 to 20). When we say "Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God we speak of a substantial union of what we call the hypostatic union, as we have seen. And all this leads us to believe that in Jesus Christ we have the synthesis of God and man, symbolized harmony in the Heart of Jesus (Body, Soul and Divinity), and consequently, the synthesis of all things in heaven and earth .
* Secondly, the Heart of Jesus is a symbol of God's love. In the Letter to the Romans, the Apostle exclaims: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? But in all these things we overcome by Him who loved us. Because I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature can separate us from God's Love in Christ Jesus our Lord "(8.35. 37-39). That love of God revealed in Christ, is concretely manifested in the divine-human heart, human-divine, His Heart of flesh, which lives as a living shrine, the fullness of the love of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
* The third symbol is that of pain. Earlier we said that the Heart of Christ is the sum of all the mysteries of our Redemption. And redemption is to say that suffering, sacrifice, death, passion, pain. This is what is in this litany that reads "Cor Iesu, lancea perforatum, is pierced by a spear. And the pierced side flowed blood, which is telling us that there is no death, no pain, no suffering, because it is the mystery of a love rejected by men, which leads to the madness of death on the cross.
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