The Joy of Being a Child

On the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday June 28, 2019, it was a joy to reflect on the desire of Jesus for us to love him since he is a child within everyone who feels the need to be loved as the unborn child waits to come out from the womb of his mother to feel her touch and love. "And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them, and said, 'Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven'" (Matthew 18:2-4). In the eternal realms, the heart of Jesus is in His being before the incarnation - It is the same heart that bled when pierced on the cross - It is the same heart of Jesus Christ who "descended to hell" to free us from the prisons of evil power, rose from the dead and "ascended" to the Father...(Cf. The Apostles Creed). He was with the Father from eternity. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be." (John 1: 1-3). In one translation of Genesis it is written of the void before creation of the cosmos: "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters." (Genesis 1: 2). The Spirit of God gives life where He is...By the Power of the Holy Spirit, the Word created everything that we know. By the power of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God was incarnate from the Virgin Mary; loved his mother and everyone to the point of accepting His Father's will to shed his life for the eternal joy of human persons that seek Him. Heaven, therefore, is not above but within; for Christ said that "the kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:20-21). So great is his love towards all that he said "When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself" (John 12:32). When after His Resurrection, he spoke to his Apostles and disciples, he told them "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, until the end of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20). In my understanding, this is the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. He wants to be born within our hearts and beings. He draws us to Him making us "partakers of the Divine Nature" (2 Peter 1:4). According to the early Fathers of the Church, it is a transformation by the power of the Holy Spirit of those who partake of the Sacraments or Mysteries of the Church culminating in continuous repentance and the reception of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharistic celebration of thanksgiving according to the New Covenant established by Christ that fulfills the Old Covenant until He comes again in glory - In the last chapter of the Book of Revelation, the visionary wrote "Maran Atha" in Aramaic translated to Greek indicating the words "Come O Lord" (Revelation 22:20).  The Sacred Heart of Jesus does not give up - He continues throughout the ages to inspire saints and guide the Church through his Holy Spirit.