Feast of the Sacred Heart

'O Sacred Heart of Jesus I place all my trust in you.'

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart. A most special feast day to our Oakleigh Parish.

This a feast that focusses us on Christ's heart of flesh as well as His love for us all. 

Devotion to the Sacred Heart means devotion to the Divine Heart of Christ as His Heart represents, as well as His unconditional love for us all. 

The love of Christ for us was the moving force of all He did and suffered for us -- in Nazareth, on the Cross, in giving Himself in the Blessed Sacrament, in His teaching and healing, in His praying and working. When we speak of the Sacred Heart, we mean Jesus showing us His Heart, His love for us.  He is the perfect model of love of God and neighbor and the Heart of Jesus never ceases to love us in heaven. He sanctifies us through the Sacraments which are fountains of grace, holiness and love.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, 

I place my trust in thee,

Whatever may befall me, Lord, 

though dark the hour may be;

In all my woes, in all my joys, 

though nought but grief I see,

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, 

I place my trust in thee.

-Sister Mary Gisela