~ January 12, 2021 ~
“The Jansenist Heresy”
Excerpt & Commentary of the Book of Fr Michael Gaitley:
“Consoling the Heart of Jesus”
Fr. Michael Gaitley points out the Jansenist heresy (somewhat prevalent heresy in our time), a heresy that directly insults and hurts the Sacred Heart of our Lord.
In France during the 17th century, preachers of Jansenism “teach everyone that they have to be perfect to approach God” – particularly obvious and directed to the reception of the Eucharist. No one received Jesus, because no one was perfect. It was crazy that a bishop bragged about not distributing the Eucharist because no one felt worthy to receive communion for a whole year. This hurts the Heart of the Lord so much. Jesus comes and nobody would receive him lovingly.
For every church crisis, God sends his advocate, prophet, and saints to remind us of the message of his mercy and love. God found one during this time, her name is Sr. Margaret Mary… “Jesus released an ocean of anguish as he disclosed his divine Heart [to her]. Appearing on the Cross, he said to her in a voice full of sadness and grief:
“There it is, that Heart so deeply in love with men and women, it spared no means of proof – wearing itself out until it was utterly spent! This meets with scant appreciation from most of them; all I get back is ingratitude – witness their irreverence, their sacrileges, their coldness and contempt for me in this Sacrament of Love.”
“Behold this Heart which loves so much yet is so little loved. Do me the kindness… of making up for all their ingratitude, as far as you can.”
“According to the Church, the center of our lives ought to be the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, ‘the source and summit of the Christian life.’ She also teaches that this Sacred and Eucharistic Heart contains all the mysteries of the faith in summary and adds that devotion to the Sacred Heart is not optional but mandatory for all Catholics. When we realize that the Sacred Heart and the Eucharist are one and the same, it then becomes clear why the Sacred and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus is for us a fitting principle and foundation, indeed. Yet, if we want it to be a true principle and foundation, on in which we discover who we are, where we’ve come from, and what our mission is, then we need to see the Eucharistic Heart as it truly is (43)”. Seeing the Eucharist with indifference or in the way the Jansenists portray it is still so common today.
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