We hope this helps you to meditate on the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, traditionally celebrated on the third Friday after Pentecost but also throughout the year. Lyrics were written by Charles Goodwin, music by Steffi and Tim.
The Sacred Heart by Charles Goodwin (1988-) There is a heart that beat with love When time could mark no beat. It echoed with a triple-pulse And surged in thunders sweet. Too happy not to overflow It laughed and all was made. It sighed and angel hosts came forth In myriad parade. It sang the seas and skies to be, Hummed forth the rolling hills. It beamed out beast and bird in love, A sweet and mighty will. It breathed into the mire and muck, Sweet nothings to the earth; And clay was made creation’s crown, Man made with God’s own worth. And how that heart did pound with peace When he and man would walk In silent love in evening winds Too full of love for talk. Oh man was glad and God was glad And all creation too, But man in madness pierced God’s heart And rent the world in two. There is a secret hideaway Where cosmoi come to cry, With atrium no bigger than The needle’s narrow eye. And there the mighty waters wait To burst on arid wastes. Men need but kiss the lance-made lips To learn how sweet blood tastes.
