Our God is a God of ABUNDANCE. Our Heavenly Father desires to pour out his ABUNDANT graces upon all of His children. Unfortunately, when we meet our human limitations, we fall hard into moments of fear and anxiety on our journey. It is precisely in these moments when we are called to remember that our God of ABUNDANCE is the source of everything we could ever need, hope, and dream. May we pray for the grace to remember (most especially in the most difficult moments of our lives) the ABUNDANCE of grace we have access to in the Lord which allows us to move from fear into love.

Our God is a God of COMPASSION. The word COMPASSION comes from 2 latin words: “com” meaning “with”, and “passio” meaning “to suffer”. God’s love is expressed in COMPASSION, the ability to “suffer with” us, the ability to enter our suffering and pain. It is in the suffering where we encounter the love of God most powerfully. God does not abandon us in our pain, but through COMPASSION, He enters into that darkness to remind us that we are not alone and that we belong to Him as beloved children. As we receive the COMPASSIONATE love of God through the Sacred Heart of Jesus, may we show COMPASSION to one another and those in the world who are most in need.