Symbolically, the Sacred Heart has long been regarded as the centre of love, both in a physical and metaphorical sense. In the devotion to the Sacred Heart, the heart represents the divine wellspring of love, the source from which flows an abundance of compassion, mercy, and grace.
Wearing a Sacred Heart reminds us of all these things.
It is said "That any human being needing comfort, vision, guidance or strength was heard by the Immaculate Heart ... and thus, Blessed Mother would immediately arrive with veils flying ... to place us under her mantle for protection, to give us that one thing the world longs for so: the warmth of the mother’s compassionate touch.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
To read Dr. E's entire essay on the Immaculate Heart
please visit my blog. Although written in 2008, her words of wisdom are timeless and tireless and always a good reminder of why we are here and who we are called to serve.
