Today is a First Friday, so it is fitting that we remember the great outpouring of love of Jesus’ heart on the Cross. St Francis de Sales wrote to St Jane de Chantal: ‘My advice, my daughter, is, that henceforth we live no more in ourselves, but that in heart, intention, and confidence we lodge forever in the pierced side of the Saviour’.

Let us take these words to heart today and make our dwelling there, where alone is true rest; and may God bless you.