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One Bread, One Body - Reflection for June 27, 2014

"THE BREADTH AND LENGTH AND HEIGHTAND DEPTH" OF LOVE (Eph 3:18)

"If we love one another God dwells in us." –1 John 4:12

The vision of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is probably the most powerful prophecy in history. The picture of the Sacred Heart continues to open millions of people to the unconditional love God the Father has for them. The Sacred Heart of Jesus proclaims a God Who loves us so much that:

• He became a human being.
• He suffered and died on the cross for us.
• He makes Himself present under the appearances of bread and wine.
• He literally lives inside us.
• He will come back to take us with Him, and we will be perfectly happy with Him forever in heaven.
• He disciplines and chastises us to prevent us from damnation (see Heb 12:7).
• He will never reject us even if we reject Him (Jn 6:37).
• He respects our freedom to the point that He lets us choose to decide to go to hell forever (see Dt 7:10).
• No eyes have seen, no ears have heard, nor has it even dawned on our minds what He has prepared for us (1 Cor 2:9).

The Sacred Heart of Jesus proclaims that God's love for us is forgiving, merciful, unconditional, crucified, infinite, perfect, everlasting, Trinitarian, eucharistic, and mysterious. May we "come to know and to believe in the love God has for us" (1 Jn 4:16). Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

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Acknowledgement

Reprinted with permission from Presentation Ministries, a lay association of the Catholic Church that focuses on evangelization and discipleship through Bible teaching, daily Mass, the charisms of the Holy Spirit, and Small Christian Community. Their ministries include:

· One Bread, One Body
· Daily Bread Radio Program
· Annual Bible Institute
· Discipleship Retreats
· Guadalupe Bible College