DILEXIT NOS - POPE FRANCIS ON THE SACRED HEART

On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ

Encyclical letter of Pope Francis 2024

Love and the human heart do not always go together, since hatred, indifference and selfishness can also reign in our hearts.  Yet we cannot attain our fulfilment as human beings unless we open our hearts to others; only through love do we become fully ourselves. The deepest part of us, created for love, will fulfil God's plan only if we learn to love.  And the heart is the symbol of that love ... In gazing upon the Lord's heart, we contemplate a physical reality, his human flesh, which enables him to possess genuine emotions and feelings, like ourselves, albeit fully transformed by his divine love (Dilexit Nos, 59-60) 

Catholic Truth Society, London 2024

95 pages