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Sacred Heart

Fr. Russell Becker, O.F.M.

The blood mingled with water, which was shed from that pieced side, was the price of our salvation. Flowing from the hidden fount of the Sacred Heart, it gave the sacraments their power ofconferring the life of grace, and to those already living in Christ a drought of the living font,gushing unto eternal life. {St. Bonaventure}
From very early in the life of the Church, reflection on the heart of Jesus was a theme important to the mysticaltheology of the Church’s theologians. In the Bible, the heart was the center of all things. When Solomon wasgiven permission by God to ask for anything, Solomon asked for wisdom. What is translated as “wisdom” by theGreek version of the Hebrew Bible is rendered a listening heart in the Hebrew Bible, an expression whichcaptured the imagination of the community of Israel and all who sought guidance from God’s inspired Word.