Much of the world is presently engulfed in humanism. It takes to itself
what belongs to God; it makes the human the source of all power. This
philosophy, this way of life, is bound to effect each one of us unless we
are deeply rooted in faith. There is within many a tremendous amount of
pride of what human intelligence, human power has been able to accomplish
in our modern world, stating especially, the fruits of modern technology.
Any humanist can easily gloss over the limitations of this system when it
comes to the millions of poor, a failing economy, the overflowing prisons,
the increasing number of mental hospitals and the like.
What comes to surface is that if the human hearts of the world would allow
themselves to be transformed into the Divine Heart, if the Divine Heart
would be permitted to inflame all human hearts, it would be a different
world, perhaps something like the world that we would have had, had it not
been for the fall of our first parents.
This now presents a challenge to every single human being, that of giving
up control of one's human heart in favor of allowing the Divine Heart to
transform it so that it would be completely under its influence. The human
heart would thus be able to act under the influence of the Divine Heart and
would thus produce fruits far above its own ability, one of which would be
an increase of love power within each person for every other person on the
face of the earth.
The human heart, transformed by the Divine Heart, would also begin to
enjoy qualities other than love. There would come wisdom, understanding,
and knowledge far above human capabilities. Human beings would be able to
endure forces, pressures, pains far beyond what the human element could
possibly endure on its own. The Divine Heart brings with it Divine Energy
and Divine Creativity, in addition to a tremendous intensification of true
freedom, the experience of a Divine Peace and a Divine Joy.
The question can now be asked, what about us, about you and me, who have
been baptized, who are of the faith, who have received Jesus in Holy
Communion year after year. How is it that this transformation of the heart
has not taken place, how is it that there are even those of us who have
slipped into a humanistic way of life, who profess the Faith of Jesus and
still bear grudges, hostility and unforgiveness? What about those of us
who have made use of whatever the Church puts at our disposal and still do
not reflect the qualities of the Divine Heart? We have been confirmed,
have received the gifts of the Holy Spirit and yet we don't live in a way
which would reflect the operation of these gifts in our daily living.
We might come to our defense by presenting St. Paul's, "those things which
I wish to do, I do not and those that I do not wish, those are the things
that I do." (Romans 7, vs. 19). I think that it is a valid defense, but I
think too that it is somewhat of a cop out. It would seem to me that what
I need to do, as well as everyone else, is to take on the responsibility of
my limitations and failures by admitting to myself first that there is
still too much human in me and not enough of the divine or that I have not
truly given my heart over to Jesus generously and completely enough for Him
to transform my heart into His Own. Jesus' loving Mother and ours is
asking each of us, among other things, to PRAY WITH THE HEART. Mary is one
who truly knows what our world needs, what we of the Faith need and what
you and I need. What is so sad is that she seems to be pleading in these
days with what might be an agonizing voice. Her plea seems to be so
unheeded. Even those of us who are in leadership roles, those of us in
administrative positions in our peace groups and centers seem not to be
able to reflect the peace that would give evidence to that "prayer with the
heart." so many of us may feel that we are May's children and yet by our
behavior there is something missing, something quite not right.
As I see it, it boils down to a lack of Love Power. If only each one of
us would but increase a desire for an outpouring of that Divine Love into
our tired, anxious and weakened hearts, we would do Our Lady a great favor,
not to mention what we could contribute to our own life, the life of our
family, the life of our Faith com-munity. What a fine prayer it would be
if I asked the Lord Jesus to help me first to live in my heart, to allow my
heart to be transformed by His and then to be able to truly pray with the
heart.
In our times, difficult as they are, we need to tap into Divine Love Power
to be able to surmount the mountains of difficulties that stand in the way
of our own personal peace. When I can personally be transformed by the
Loving Heart of Jesus and live daily inflamed by His Love, I can personally
contribute assistance to Our Blessed Mother's crusade in her battle over
Satan.