Since writing my piece on the Feast of the Sacred Heart entitled "In corde Jesu," I have come across the episode of The X-Files to which I referred. It is from the series' sixth season, and is entitled "Milagro" (6X18). It originally aired on April 18, 1999. A piece of the dialogue, from the mysterious writer named Philip Padgett (John Hawkes), describes a vision:
"I often come here to look at this painting. It's called 'My Divine Heart' after the miracle of Saint Margaret Mary. Do you know the story... The revelation of the Sacred Heart? Christ came to Margaret Mary, his heart so inflamed with love that it was no longer able to contain its burning flames of charity. Margaret Mary... so filled with divine love herself, asked the Lord to take her heart... and so he did, placing it alongside his until it burned with the flames of his passion. Then he restored it to Margaret Mary, sealing her wound with the touch of his blessed hand."
Just when we thought the influence of Christendom had faded from the culture. Hope breeds eternal...
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