First Sunday of Lent reflection
“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.” Romans 10:8
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In prayer we come to Him with everything that touches our life,
with the sufferings and hopes of humanity.
(Constitutions, 20)
As apostolic contemplatives, Religious of the Sacred Heart root our lives in prayer. With a mission to discover and reveal the love of God, our spirituality and our mission are based in love. Our contemplative outlook is part of who we are, whether in prayer, in ministry or in our daily lives.
"The contemplative outlook on the world has been a call to be authentic apostles of Christ's love, to help bring to birth a more welcoming world, to make known a God who is great, bountiful and tender. It is a call to educate in such a way that God's plan, God's glory, may become a reality, so that all may grow as brothers and sisters in the inward freedom of the children of God, and have fullness of life." (Superior General Concepcion Camacho, RSCJ)
The pierced Heart of Jesus opens our being to the depths of God and to the anguish of humankind.
(Constitutions, 8)
On these pages, we will share prayers, poems, reflections and artwork that reflect the spirituality of the Society of the Sacred Heart. We hope you will return here periodically for resources appropriate to the liturgical season and our Sacred Heart traditions.
Ash Wednesday reflection
“Lent and life are both short and critical – the days as they pass are engraving, recording, sculpturing the things of the future on our souls. No two days are alike.”Janet Erskine Stuart, Prayer in Faith
First Friday reflection for March 2019
This First Friday, as we prepare to enter the season of Lent, we invite you to view this reflection by Maureen Glavin, RSCJ.
First Friday reflection for February 2019
The Contemplative Journey
Imago Dei ~ We are created in the the image and likeness of God.
Catechism of the Catholic Church #1704 and 1705
Epiphany reflection
The Feast of the Epiphany
In this age of dislocation, when people around the globe are on the move, fleeing violence, crushing poverty and despair, Matthew’s account of the Epiphany presents us with another tale of a journey- a journey of faith and hope. Scripture tells us little about the travelers, these Magi from the East, who set out bearing gifts for a newborn king, based on their knowledge of prophecy and portents in the sky.
Octave reflection
The Octave of Christmas ~ Letting the Liturgical Word Speak
We have eight wondrous days to let the depth of the Christmas mystery, when Christ became one of us in all things but sin, sink deeply within us.
Christmas reflection
In the beginning was the Word,Then there was light,And the Word became flesh.Emmanuel, God with us.
O Mary, Mother of Jesus,Mother of his first Advent into time and into human flesh,Mother of his continued Advent in the Church and in the world throughout history,Mother of his new Advent in each of us here and now, in this Christmas season.
Fourth Sunday of Advent Reflection 2018
Fourth Sunday of Advent
The Light is increasing
In the beginning was the Word (the Christ). Then the Word (Christ) became manifest in the outer world. Let there be LIGHT!
Theologians call this creation. Scientists call this a Big Bang. Then the Word (the Christ) became personified as a human being.
According to many, the process is continuing. Some call this Christification. Others call this evolution. The Light is ever emerging. Therein lies our hope.
Third Sunday of Advent Reflection 2018
Third Sunday of Advent
Regifting Revisited
Regifting is a perennial joke, a computer meme, a humorous tradition of white elephant gift exchanges. The ugly sweater passed on to a cousin; the knickknack recycled next Christmas to an unsuspecting friend or colleague. Our world sometimes appears divided between passionate fruitcake lovers and those who circulate images of fruitcakes creatively repurposed.
Second Sunday of Advent Reflection 2018
E /merg - (ence)
Emergence: // as defined by living the Advent journey: 1. to connect/in a process of becoming/releasing into presence 2. to act as one body in reaching new frontiers 3. to live more humanly/[from the root] to create silence 4. to move together toward E (mmanuel)