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Scripture
Verses referring directly to the Heart of Jesus |
Matthew 11:25
"Learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart."
This passage refers to Our Lord's invitation to imitate the dispositions
and virtues of His own human Heart, reflecting upon His ineffable humility
in becoming man and being born in a stable; His remarkable patience in
living a hidden, obscure life for 30 years; His unsurpassed charity in
preaching, teaching, working miracles, healing the bodies and souls of
believers and unbelievers; His perfect obedience to the Father in enduring
without complaint the bitter agony and infamy of death on the Cross.
John 7:38b
"From His Heart will flow rivers of living water."
This reading is based on the most reliable texts of the Gospel of
St. John. It refers directly to the Heart of the Messiah, and recalls the
prophesies of Isaiah (Isaiah 12:3) And St. John goes on to explain in verse
39, that Jesus was referring to the Holy Spirit, which He Himself
will give, from His Heart, to those who believe in Him. The reading
which is found in most translations—referring to the hearts of believers—is
a variant believed to have its source in a textual mistake by Origen, a
famous theologian who complied a multi-lingual edition of the Bible in
the Third Century, A. D.
John 19:34
"One of the soldiers opened His side with a lance, and immediately
there came out blood and water."
This passage refers to the piercing of Christ's Heart as He hung
in death upon the Cross. The blood and water have always been seen by Roman
Catholics to mystically symbolize and effect the origin and the Sacraments
of the Catholic Church. It was at the piercing of Christ's Heart in death
that Mary's heart was pierced in spirit, thus fulfilling Luke 2:35, and
exemplifying the profound mystical union of the Heart of Jesus with the
Heart of Mary in the work of our redemption. This union began when by the
power of the Holy Spirit Mary conceived the Heart of Jesus beneath her
own heart. It is consummated when at one and the same time these two hearts
are immolated for our salvation. And now in heaven it continues forever
as the sole source of mankind's salvation and sanctification.
Scripture Verses referring
directly to the Heart of Mary