TOTAL SELF-GIVING

TOTAL SELF-GIVING


Today we CELEBRATE the MOST
SACRED HEART OF JESUS


Jesus' HEART=the SYMBOL of his
ETERNAL and COMPASSIONATE LOVE
For each one of us


TOTAL SELF-GIVING by the man=
The man who GAVE more of HIMSELF
For us=for this world
Than ANYONE EVER


“........But one soldier
Thrust his lance=into his side


And IMMEDIATELY blood and water
FLOWED OUT” John 19:34


The flowing OUT of
Blood and water


Was the SIGN
That Jesus POURED OUT
His life for us
In total SELF-GIVING


Let us EMULATE the Lord
And GIVE of ourselves
To the world=and EACH OTHER


In GIVING as mush
Of ourselves
That we can


“The precepts of the Lord
Are right
Giving JOY








To the heart
The commands of the LORD
Are RADIANT


Giving LIGHT
To the eyes” Psalm 19:8


“............so that
Your GIVING
May be in secret


Then your Father
Who SEES what is done


In secret
Will REWARD you” Matthew 6:4


“But since
You EXCEL in everything


In FAITH-in speech-
In knowledge=in COMPLETE earnestness--------
And in the LOVE
We have


Kindled in you--------
See that you also excel
In the GRACE OF GIVING” 2 Corinthians 8:7


Jesus COMPLETELY excelled in everything
PARTICULARLY=in the GRACE OF GIVING


Giving of himself=COMPLETELY
To others


TOTAL self-giving
To the WORLD


And to you and me=
COMPLETELY


“I have told you this
So that MY JOY
May be in you


And that your joy
MAY BE COMPLETE” John 15:11


The SACRED HEART of Jesus
Is our REMINDER=
Of who God IS for us


And who we are MEANT
To be for ONE ANOTHER


TOTAL SELF-GIVING
In Jesus' name


We TRUST in your RESURRECTION
Dear Lord=and the LIFE that
Is STILL COMING


Robert P. Wallman
6-8-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Father Kenneth Grabner, C.S.C.