First Friday of July. A Heart ready.

From the letter of the general Council, December 8, 2020, An Open Heart for a Time of Lockdown:

Either we make this time of suffering a time of learning or we will continue in the same way. From the great trials of humanity – among them this pandemic – one emerges better or worse. You don't emerge the same.

“I ask this of you: how do you want to come out of it? Better or worse?", Questioned Pope Francis.

Chevalier Family Justice and Peace, Poster and Intention for July

Since then, we have certainly come a long way in this learning process, personally and as a community. We have learned to live with a number of restrictions and we have found ways to help our more isolated confreres or those who are struggling because of the pandemic. Little by little, we have mastered the means of communication better. A lot of creativity has been deployed.

“The life-giving breath of the Spirit does not enter hearts closed by ignorance, prejudice, cynicism or fear. The Missionary of the Sacred Heart has a heart that is ready to cross over to the other side. Heart missionary has a heart that is ready to go through all environments, to meet all kinds of people because they all matter. (See chapter 2, Constitutions.)