My heart is overwhelmed,
my pity is stirred. Hosea
11
Our sinfulness cannot estrange
us from God, if we acknowledge it, it becomes the very great, greasy shoot
which can lead us right into Christ's mercy-filled heart, his broken Heart as
Refuge. Today here and now he notices us and rushes toward us without delay
rejoicing to be merciful.
Jesus is the kind shepherd who
searches for the lost ones. Our job to let ourselves be found. Like the Father
in the story of the lost son, Jesus constantly abandons all dignity and decorum and
entitlement and runs after us. And if we are wise enough not to
elude him, or hide out, he takes us to his heart, even within his heart.
The Sacred Heart, by Odilon Redon.
