Remain in His Love
V. When we were dead through sin, God brought us to life again in Christ,
A. because he loved us with so great a love.
V. In him is the fountain of life;
A. We drink from the streams of his goodness.
OPENING PRAYER
Lord God, who has desired that the pierced Heart of your Son be a fountain of mercy and grace for us, we ask you to teach us to abide in him, for his Heart is the very core of the initial preaching of the Gospel. “It stands at the origin of our faith, as the wellspring that refreshes and enlivens our Christian beliefs.” (Dilexit nos, no. 32)
GOSPEL (Mt 11:28) – (Jn 15:5)
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit.
REFLECTION
The Heart of Christ does not want us to live separated from him. He invites us to return again and again to his presence, he seeks us on the road like the disciples of Emmaus (cf. Lk 24:13) and also at the “wells” where we go to quench our thirst like the Samaritan woman (cf. Jn 4:5). No matter where we are, we know that “his open heart has gone before us and waits for us, unconditionally, asking only to offer us his love and friendship. For ‘he loved us first’ (1 Jn 4:10).” (Dilexit nos, no. 1)
FINAL PRAYER
Lord, we pray that when we walk on paths that lead us away from you and seek to quench our thirst for happiness in broken cisterns (cf. Jer 2:13), you burst into our lives, so that returning to the love of your Heart, we may choose you as the one thing necessary and orient our whole life to remain in you and be transformed into witnesses of your love.
Kingdom of the Heart of Christ
Establish Yourself in My Heart
