Christ himself in the Gospel of John 7:37-39 says this: And on the last and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirst, let him come to Me, and let him drink that believeth in Me. As the Scripture saith: Out of his heart there shall flow rivers of living waters. Now this He said of the Spirit which they should receive who believed in Him.(3). This was made all the more prominent and came true literally when the Roman soldier (Longinus???) pierced the side of Christ with his spear, and out poured out blood and water from the wound. Whether it pierced Jesus actual organ of the heart, it is uncertain. As is commonly used in literature and poetry, the heart is the organ associated with the deepest of emotions, especially that of love. In the pre-Vatican II encyclical, Haurietas Aquas, by Pius XII, which is devoted to the Sacred Heart, he describes to us more deeply what the Sacred Heart of Jesus is about and why veneration and devotion is to be rightly given:
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:12:37 +0000
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