Appostolat tat-Talb

On April 18, 2010 in Valladolid, Spain, Fr Bernardo de Hoyos (1711-1735) was beatified. He is considered the first apostle of the Sacred Heart in Spain.

Bernardo de Hoyos was born in Torrelobatón (Valladolid) on August 21, 1711. He was student in Jesuit Colleges and joined the Jesuits in 1726. During the Novitiate years he was initiated into the mystical life. Then he studied philosophy and theology.

“If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing” (1 Cor 13,3)

Please reflect….

Intelligence without love makes you perverse.

Fairness and justice without love makes you inflexible and stern.

Diplomacy and tact without love makes you a hypocrite.

Success without love turns you arrogant.

Wealth without love makes you mean and tight fisted.

Poverty without love turns you a radical.

Beauty without love makes you capricious.

Authority and power without love lead to tyranny.

Hard work without love turns you into a slave.

Naivety without love deprives you of values.

Prayer and worship without love turns you into an egotist.

Faith without love turns you into a fanatic.

Bearing your cross in life without love becomes a terrible burden.

Life without love loses its meaning.