June 8, 2026
How can we take a contemplative look at the mystery of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, beyond the perhaps somewhat devotional aspect with which it is often associated? To discover God as He is and not as we imagine Him, we must draw from two precious sources of purity: the Word of God received in its deepest literal sense, and theology.
Christ himself describes his heart as meek and humble. And it is before dying on the Cross that he reveals his secret by reciting Psalm 21, whose verse 15 is undoubtedly the hidden gem: My heart is like wax; it melts within me. A heart that melts with love for the Father and for humanity… It then falls to the theologian to explain this curious analogy of wax. St. Thomas, with his characteristic realistic insight, points out that wax, hard as it was, spreads outward as it melts. And the saint offers his illuminating interpretation: the treasure of Scripture, which was closed before the Passion, is finally opened. The mystery of Christ who died and rose again, the wound in his heart, brings every verse of Scripture to its conclusion. The entire Old Testament speaks to us of Redemption, of the Redeemer, and of his great love, burning and overflowing like hot wax. Christ takes up everything; he brings everything to its fullness. The Fathers who drafted the Catechism of the Catholic Church were so struck by the relevance of St. Thomas’s commentary that they quote him regarding the Word of God, in paragraph 112.
A heart of the Lamb that offers itself, melting with love, and in doing so, unlocks the meaning of Scripture… Do we know how to receive the Word of God as a word burning with love, a word that spirates love?
