The Glories of the Sacred Heart

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876. Excerpt: ... THE ETERNAL GLORY OF THE SACRED HEART. The glory which Thou hast given Me I have given to them. S. John xvii. 22. We have now reached the end of our thoughts about the glories of the Sacred Heart. We have seen it in His Incarnation, on which even the angels desire to look and cannot fathom. We have seen it in its radiance, which pervades the intellect and the heart by faith and love; and in the manifold glories of His Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar; and in the transformation of the world and the reign of His Vicar over the kingdoms of men, by which He conforms them to His own will. Such are His glories in the order and time of grace. But there still remains the eternal glory of the Sacred Heart, when time shall be no more, and the elect shall be gathered, and the divine judgment shall have winnowed the world, and the heavenly court shall rest for ever in the vision of peace. Then shall all the blessed share in His glory. The glory of the Incarnate Son of God is twofold. He has the glory of God the Father, being consubstantial with Him, and He has His own glory as Redeemer of the world. The eternal glory of God is His by right. He is 'the brightness of His Father's glory.' The essential glory of the Ever-blessed Trinity is common to the Three coequal Persons. But He has also the glory of the Incarnation, by which He redeemed the world. S. John says, 'We beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father.' But this is the glory of the Sacred Humanity of Jesus. His glory, therefore, is both infinite and finite, essential and accidental; and both unite in one Person, and are both alike His. Now it is of this glory that our Lord spoke when He said, 'The glory which Thou hast given Me I have given to them.' All that is communicable of His...