O God, what will you do to conquer the fearful hardness of our hearts?Lord, you must give us new hearts, tender hearts, sensitive hearts, to replace hearts that are made of marble and of bronze.You must give us your own heart, Jesus. Come, loveable heart of Jesus. Place your heart deep in the centre of our hearts and enkindle in each heart a flame of love as strong, as great, as the sum of all the reasons that I have for loving you, my God. O holy heart of Jesus, dwell hidden in my heart,So that I may live only in you and only for you, so that, in the end, I may live with you eternally in heaven. St Claude de la Colombiere SJ The Heart in Pilgrimage, edited by Eamon Duffy (Bloomsbury, 2013)I continue to go to Church because I need to: being too weak without the help of others to fol
13 November 2014, The Tablet
Spiritual readings – 15 November 2014
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