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Hey there, sproutsouse. Today is Thursday, June 10th, 2021. Now, all week we have been talking about the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We will be celebrating the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

tomorrow, but all month of June is dedicated to this

devotion. We have already talked about St. Margaret Mary, the absent-minded and clumsy nun,

whom Jesus appeared to and delivered this devotion, which has now been spread throughout the church.

We've talked about how the image of the sacred

heart of Jesus with his heart on the outside, surrounded in thorns, wounded, bleeding, but on fire

with love for us, reminds us that Christ had a human heart. He loved perfectly with that human

heart and how we should seek in him all the graces that we can

that he wants to offer us and how we should model our own hearts after his.

Now today I want you to reflect on an image.

Now, Jesus, of course, had 12 apostles.

He was betrayed by one. but he had a different relationship with each of these men.

He called Peter to be the leader. He asked a smaller group of them to come to the transfiguration or to see certain miracles.

But he had one, John. John ended up calling himself the beloved disciple. And they seem to have an especially close relationship, like they were very, very close

best friends. In fact, the image I want you to reflect upon took place at the last supper.

Now, what happened, of course, is that Jesus gathered all of his followers for the Passover

meal in an upper room, and they began to have a discussion. Christ mentioned that one of these

men would betray him. And of course, the apostles, they were there all handpicked

by Christ, but that doesn't mean they were perfect. In fact, they argued a lot. They argued about

who was the greatest, who was the boss, who was in control. And they get into an argument here.

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