Traditionally, the image of the human heart is the symbol of love. In today's Gospel passage, Jesus gives us a different understanding of the human heart; He says it is the source of evil intentions damaging and destructive of others.
The heart is the person's inner core, and we know that our inner selves have light and darkness; it can be a reservoir for good, and it can be a channel for evil. One of the great images of our faith is the Sacred Heart of Jesus; it was a prominent image in my home growing up and still is today. It was an image that professed that at God's inner core was wholly selfless love, a love that was entirely exposed in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. This incredible love is intensely creative and life-giving.
Our calling is to have hearts that, to some degree, reflect the Sacred Heart of Jesus; to have an inner core that participates in God's inner core. This great vision of our central calling is well captured in that simple but profound prayer that many of us learned at some point in time, "Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faith, and kindle in us the fire of your love." +
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