'THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS'

By Philip Quirke

How many heartfelt pleas

for favours, general or specific,

for oneself or others, or for all the world

begin:  ‘O Sacred Heart of Jesus,

I place all my trust in Thee?’

How many sighs of gratitude

mist the picture glass

as it reflects the supplicant

lifting eyes to meet His loving eyes,

‘O Sacred Heart of Jesus

 I place all my trust in Thee?’

How many waves of terror

crash and founder on the breakwater

of ‘O Sacred Heart of Jesus

I place all my trust in Thee?’

And sometimes in a Silence

the devotee simply listens,

to hear the Sacred Heart of Jesus say:

‘I place all my trust in thee!’