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 resplendent  than  the  sun,  and  diffusing  rays  of  light all around; and  he  gave  me  to  understand  that  it  was from this  divine  Heart  all  those  graces  flowed,  which God incessantly  poured  on  men.”

Behold then,  the  inexhaustible  fountain  of  waters springing up  into  everlasting  life. What are  the necessities of  your  soul? What do  you  want  now, and what  do  you  really  want  for  most? “ Ask and you shall  receive.”  Ask  of  the  Sacred  Heart. Seek there, and  you  shall  find  more  than  you  anticipated.

 

HE features  which  mark  his  boundless  love  are thus described  in  the  Canticles: “ Behold  he standeth  behind  our  wall, and  clothes  himself  with  his sacred humanity. He renders  himself  visible  through his wounds  and  bleeding  side,  looking  through  these apertures as  through  the  windows  and  through  the lattices .” We  may  consider  Divine  Love  residing  in the  Heart  of  our  Redeemer  as  a sovereign  seated  on his  throne. Through his  wounded  side  it  beholds the hearts  of  the  children  of  men,  never  losing  sight of them. As those  who  look  through  a lattice  see without being  seen,  so  the  love  of  this  Divine  Heart, which may  be  called  the  Heart  of  Divine  Love,  being in reality  its  centre,  incessantly  considers  all  that passes in  ours. — St. Francis of  Sales.

One thing  have  I asked  of  our  Lord,  that  will  I seek: to  dwell  for  ever  in  his  Sacred  Heart.