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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Wednesday, June 9th, 2021.

Now, all week, we are talking about the sacred heart of Jesus.

We will be celebrating the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday.

But all month, all of June, we have dedicated ourselves

to this devotion.

Yesterday we talked about St. Margaret Mary, who was a French nun who received visions

of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

And we've also talked about how this devotion reminds us that Christ had a human heart,

that he loved us perfectly and passionately with that human heart, and how it is such a

powerful prayer to ask him to make our hearts like his. Now today we are going to talk about

how even though Christ's heart was wounded,

betrayed, abandoned, all of the terrible things that can happen to us, they all happen to him.

And how through that he did not give in to bitterness, but he continues to bless us.

Now, have you ever wondered why do we always depict the sacred heart of Jesus as wounded and constantly bleeding?

You would think at one point, perhaps it would heal.

But remember, Christ died on the cross. And after a person

dies, their wounds do not heal. His wounds remain open and bleeding. In fact, after he rose from

the dead, even several days after the resurrection when he finally meets Thomas,

he tells Thomas to put his finger into his open wounds. Those wounds remain open. Now this is

important because if you remember the story of the centurion who took his lance and thrust it into the side of Christ, we believe

that that lands went all the way through his side and pierced his heart. And from that wound

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