Magnificat

»Min själ prisar storligen Herren,

och min ande fröjdar sig i Gud, min Frälsare.

Ty han har sett till sin tjänarinnas ringhet; och se, härefter skola alla släkten prisa mig salig.

Ty den Mäktige har gjort stora ting med mig, och heligt är hans namn.

Hans barmhärtighet varar från släkte till släkte över dem som frukta honom.

Han har utfört väldiga gärningar med sin arm, han har förskingrat dem som tänkte övermodiga tankar i sina hjärtan.

Härskare har han störtat från deras troner, och ringa män har han upphöjt;

hungriga har han mättat med sitt goda, och rika har han skickat bort med tomma händer.

Han har tagit sig an sin tjänare Israel och tänkt på att bevisa barmhärtighet

mot Abraham och mot hans säd till evig tid, efter sitt löfte till våra fäder.»

Glädje

“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love””

Saliga Teresa av Calcutta

O Jesu esto mihi Jesus!

"If you preach Jesus, he will melt hardened hearts; if you invoke him he will soften harsh temptations; if you think of him he will enlighten your mind; if you read of him he will satifsfy your intellect" St Antonius av Padua

Saliga de renhjärtade

"Do not offend the Lord our God any more, because He is already so much offended."

"... in the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph."


Maria till Francisco, Jacinta och Lucia

Den trygga hamnen

‘Longinus with a spear has opened for me the Side of Jesus Christ’, says Saint Augustine. ‘I have entered into It, and there will I dwell in security and repose sweetly; there I am comforted with delights and fed with deliciousness’. Yes, the Side of Jesus was designedly pierced near the Heart, in order to open for us a way and a door of access to that Heart. This is the opening in the ark, through which all those who escape from the deluge find entrance. Contemplate this Wound of the Sacred Heart, for therein is the source of your life. There indeed, has our heavenly Father regenerated us for the life of heaven. There we see unfolded for our contemplation the incomprehensible love of Jesus for us, for we see Him wholly immolated for us. He has reserved nothing for Himself, but has offered all for us. What more could He do? He has opened to us the hidden sanctuary of His Heart, and He introduces us as His intimate friends, for His delight is to be with us in silent peace and in peaceful silence. He has given us His Heart, all covered with cruel wounds, in order that we may be able to dwell therein until, having become purified and perfectly conformed to that Heart, we shall be deemed worthy to be taken and cast with Him into the Bosom of His heavenly Father. Jesus gives us His Heart to live in, and asks to live in ours. He gives us His Heart like a bed full of roses purpled with His Blood; and He asks for our hearts in return. We should present them to Him adorned with the white lilies of purity. Who will dare to refuse Him what He has lavished upon us with such generosity? Behold how He invites us to enter into His Wounds sweeter than honey, into His loving Side, which is wide open to receive us! It is the mystic store filled with all heavenly delights. ‘Arise’, He says, ‘My love, My beautiful one, and come, My dove, in the clefts of the rock’ (Canticle of Canticles 2:13, 14), that is to say, into My Sacred Wounds.

Sann lycka

"Through the mystery of this wounded Heart, the restorative tide of God's merciful love continues to spread over the men and women of our time. Here alone can those who long for true and lasting happiness find its secret."



Den vördnadsvärde påven Johannes Paulus II

Jesu heliga Hjärta

"the symbol of that boundless love which moved the Word to take flesh, to institute the Holy Eucharist, to take our sins upon Himself, and, dying on the Cross, to offer Himself as a victim and sacrifice to the eternal Father."