Day 9, Novena to the Sacred Heart. St John Paul II: "We all desire to approach this source of living water. We all desire to drink from the divine heart, which is source of life and holiness. In it is given to us the Holy Spirit, who is constantly given t

Day 8, Novena to the Sacred Heart. St John Paul II: "Through this generosity love does not run out, but grows. It grows constantly. Such is the mysterious nature of love. And such is also the mystery of the heart of Jesus, which is generous to all. It is

Day 7, Novena to the Sacred Heart. St John Paul II: "Let us look, together with Mary, inside this heart! Let us reread it in the entire Gospel! However, above all, let us re-read this heart at the moment of the crucifixion. When it was pierced with a lanc

Day 6, Novena to the Sacred Heart. St John Paul II: "Is this heart "desire" of the world? Looking at the world as it visibly surrounds us, we must observe with Saint John that it is subject to the concupiscence of the flesh, to the concupiscence of the ey

Day 5, Novena to the Sacred Heart. St John Paul II: "It is a heart full of love for the Father: full in a divine and also human way. Indeed, Jesus' heart is truly the human heart of God the Son. It is thus full of filial love: everything that He did and s

Day 4, Novena to the Sacred Heart. St John Paul II: "At the end Christ accomplished this will by being obedient unto death on the cross, and then that eternal delight of the Father in the Son, which belongs to the intimate mystery of the Triune God, becam

Day 3, Novena to the Sacred Heart. St John Paul II: "The mystery of Christ, God-man, has a particular eloquence when we look at the cross: here is the man! Here is the Crucified One! Here is the man totally stripped! Here is the man "broken because of our

Day 2, Novena to the Sacred Heart. St John Paul II: "We know these things because God Himself has deigned to reveal them to us through the Son, who is the wisdom of God (1 Cor 1, 24). All things, which are on earth and in the heavens, have been created th

Day 1, Novena to the Sacred Heart. St John Paul II: "Heart of Jesus, ardent furnace of charity. A furnace, while it burns, illuminates the darkness of the night and warms the bodies of the frozen wayfarers. Today we desire to pray to the Mother of the ete

Day 9, Novena to the Sacred Heart. Meditation: Jesus has promised to come and take us to heaven when our life's journey is over. We were made for a life of complete fulfilment and happiness forever. Our prayer life is meant to prepare us for this. Prayer: