Pauca Verba is Latin for A Few Words.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

A New Litany In The Month of the Sacred Heart




Heart of Jesus, Heart of God
Heart of Jesus, God's own radiant heart
Heart of Jesus, who cares that I exist
Heart of Jesus, calling us friends
Heart of Jesus, salvation from our un-doing

Heart of Jesus, God's kind disposition towards us
Heart of Jesus, over-sized to contain the world
Heart of Jesus, God's mercy taken flesh
Heart of Jesus, alive and dynamic
Heart of Jesus, inviting, Do not be afraid

Heart of Jesus, God's practical kindness
Heart of Jesus, un-deserved gift
Heart of Jesus, who calls forth what is best in us
Heart of Jesus, of our relational God
Heart of Jesus, God's marital intimacy

Heart of Jesus, home of divine promises
Heart of Jesus, channel of mercy
Heart of Jesus, display of divine compassion
Heart of Jesus, forgiving of our folly
Heart of Jesus, divine sensitivity

Heart of Jesus, judgment and mercy co-existing
Heart of Jesus, our rescue
Heart of Jesus, who sees what is good in us
Heart of Jesus, mercy for the demon possessed
Heart of Jesus, compassion without our asking

Heart of Jesus, in our global affliction
Heart of Jesus, offering, That you may have joy
Heart of Jesus, we await your pity
Heart of Jesus, the opening of God's kindness
Heart of Jesus, reaching where we do not see

Heart of Jesus, inviting us to new awareness
Heart of Jesus, for those we do not love
Heart of Jesus, amidst the wars and hatreds
Heart of Jesus, in our wounds and regrets
Heart of Jesus, where we fail each other

Heart of Jesus, our liberation to love
Heart of Jesus, in our human dilemma
Heart of Jesus, in our sickness and self-loathing
Heart of Jesus, in our addictions and alienation
Heart of Jesus, in our inner land of shadows