"I Thirst"

Often the simplest words can be the most profound.  This is the shortest sentence Christ spoke from the cross, but it encapsulates the very passion of his Sacred Heart.  Bl. Mother Teresa often spoke of how our Lord did not simply thirst for a drink to wet his lips on the cross, but that he was thirsting for souls.  Bishop Sheen wrote, "'Give me to drink' meant 'Give me thy heart.'" 

It's time to give him the drink he so ardently longs for.  He is thirsty for you.  Quench his thirst by giving him your heart.  What is keeping you from giving yourself totally to him?  He will not spurn your gift.  He sees you exactly for who you are and is begging you for a drink.  Recognize too your thirst for him.  Just as he promised to give living water to the woman at the well who was constantly searching for her thirst to be quenched, so too does he promise you living water when you come to him.  The woman's heart was aching for love - she had had five husbands and finally was involved with a man who was not her husband - but when she found Christ her thirst was quenched.  Why do you seek to quench your thirst elsewhere when he alone can provide you with living water?

All you who are thirsty, come to the water!  You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare... Yes, in joy you shall depart, in peace you shall be brought back; Mountains and hills shall break out in song before you, and all the trees of the countryside shall clap their hands. ~ Isaiah 55: 1-2; 12

Our Lord told St. Faustina, "My daughter, your heart is my heaven."  Welcome him into your heart now, that you may hear his voice saying this to you also.

He loves you, but even more he longs for you.  He misses you when you don't come close.  He thirsts for you.  He loves you always, even when you don't feel worthy.  When  not accepted by others, even by yourself sometimes, he is the one who always accepts you.  Only believe that you are precious to him.  Bring all you are suffering to his feet, only open your heart to be loved by him as you are.  He will do the rest. ~ Bl. Mother Teresa

Jesus, I thirst for you.  Come and quench my parched soul and fill me with your abundant wine of love.  Pour out your grace upon me that I may have the trust and strength to quench your thirst by giving you my heart.