“What do you want me to do for you?”
The true lover of Jesus is so gripped with the desire to imitate her divine model that she cannot live without experiencing the sword-thrust that must pierce the soul of every sincere follower of Christ. Nor can she resist that holy longing that springs from ardent love and finds satisfaction in no earthly thing….
O Eternal Father, I come to you through the Heart of Jesus, my Way, my Truth, my Life. Through this divine Heart I adore you for those who do not adore you, I love you for those who do not love you, I acknowledge you for those who in willful blindness and contempt refuse this recognition of your goodness. By this divine Heart I desire to make satisfaction for the neglect of all mankind. In spirit I go through the world in search of every soul redeemed by the Precious Blood of Jesus, in order to make reparation for all through his Sacred Heart. I embrace them all in order to present them to you, O Eternal Father, through him, and by him I ask for their conversion.
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne
Saint Rose († 1852) founded the first houses in America of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. [From Philippine Duchesne: Frontier Missionary of the Sacred Heart 1769-1852. © 1957, The Newman Press, Westminster, MD. ]
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