Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in you.

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“Scarred men come for healing only to scarred Hands!

Only a Risen Jesus with scars can understand our hearts.

This is not an age of wars, but an age of scars!

We all have scars! Everybody!

Scars on bodies – the wounds of war; scars on souls – the wounds of godlessness.

Scars of hate, fear, anxiety, melancholy, bitterness!

Either scars fighting against Thee or scars fighting with Thee!

Scars born of the offensive against Love; scars born of the defense of Love!”

Come, Jesus of the Scars, I am not strong, until Thy pierced Hand clasps my own.

I am not brave till I see the pledge of victory on Thy Heart . . . And I am not free, till Thou dost bind me to Thy Scars!”

Fulton J. Sheen, “The Victory That Overcomes the World.”