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The following is an excerpt from Mike Sullivan's article on the 2007 National Meeting for the Institute On Religious Life: A Heart-to-Heart Conversation
The symbol of the heart, Father Kubicki continued, is a symbol of love. In the world, "love" is all about feeling. The Christian understanding is quite different. Father illustrated this difference by unpacking some of Pope Benedict's great work on love, Deus Caritas Est. He noted, "Benedict XVI holds that love is more than a feeling!" He went on to explain how, by contemplating the pierced side of Christ, we can begin to understand the meaning of that profound love. After several quotes from Pope Benedict, Father Kubicki made the point that "devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus begins with Jesus taking flesh in the world, not with Margaret Mary." And it is essential that we learn that our prayer should inspire in our hearts a deep, abiding love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus. As he explained, "Jesus had a heart of flesh, and when His heart stopped beating and was pierced, after three days it started again and will never stop!" This article originally appeared in the May/June 2007 issue of Religious Life. |
Later Saturday morning, Rev. James Kubicki, S.J., National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer, presented a wonderful talk on "Prayer as a Heart-to-Heart Conversation." After invoking the fond memory of Rev. John A. Hardon, S.J., Father Kubicki discussed how Father Hardon's devotion to the Sacred Heart impelled him to do great work.
