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<\/p>\nThis heart has not yet found its calm. Concern, anxiety, and sorrow come in waves, leaving us little space to breathe in peace.<\/p>\n
The news of war has once again shaken the world. The beginning of 2026 felt especially heavy when reports spread about the conflict in Venezuela. Before the wounds of a devastating global trade war had even begun to heal, after economies across nations had been deeply shaken, the world found itself facing yet another uncertainty, drifting further into the shadows.<\/p>\n
In response to this alarming situation, the International Council of the Chevalier Family Laity invited the faithful to pray the \u201cPrayer for World Peace.\u201d A simple call, yet born from a profound longing: that our world may not sink deeper into violence. The Chevalier Family Laity is present in more than forty countries, including Venezuela. They do not merely read the headlines; many stand in the very places affected and experience the consequences firsthand.<\/p>\n
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Yet not even two months later, our hearts were forced to race: again conflict in Iran. The phrase \u201cWorld War III\u201d no longer sounded like a distant conspiracy theory, but like something standing at the threshold.<\/p>\n
Amid all this, a question rises quietly, yet powerfully: What can we do as the Chevalier Family? Are we only to pray and carry a deep sense of concern? Prayer will surely continue to flow, spontaneously, everywhere, together. We hope those prayers will stir hearts to choose dialogue over war. Yet perhaps something more is being gently reminded within us.<\/p>\n
Did not Jules Chevalier himself live in a wounded age? After the French Revolution, he witnessed a society marked by egoism, disorientation, and a growing distance from God. The situation felt like a \u201cdisease of the times.\u201d And with unshakable faith, he believed that only the Spirituality of the Sacred Heart of Jesus could be its remedy; a remedy that touches the deepest root of all: the human heart. Today, our world feels like an echo of that era, only on a far reater scale.<\/p>\n
For a fleeting moment, we may glimpse a vision of a peaceful world: people honoring one another, hatred dissolving, greed losing its grip, and love becoming a gentle, healing light; a peace that is not merely the absence of violence, but the presence of love. Yet such visions often pass quickly, replaced once more by confusion and fear.<\/p>\n
It is precisely there that we are reminded of the vision we hold together: \u201cMay the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere, forever.\u201d Perhaps this is a small light in an increasingly dense darkness. It is not an empty slogan, but a direction, and every direction calls for steps.<\/p>\n
How do we move closer to that vision? To love the Sacred Heart of Jesus is not always easy to understand, especially for those who do not yet know Him. Even among us, our understanding of the Spirituality of the Heart must continually deepen. Yet as the Chevalier Family, we are called to become familiar with a culture of love: to love rightly, to forgive sincerely, and to serve humbly without seeking reward. There are still so many who have not encountered this spirituality of the Heart. If not us, who will introduce it?<\/p>\n
Now is the time for Religious, Diocesan clergy, and Laity to walk hand in hand and move togethern not with anger, not with hatred or partiality, but with a synodal spirit: walking together, embracing others without distinction of ethnicity, religion, race, or background. The call to synodality, strongly affirmed by Pope Francis, reminds us that the Church in the Third Millennium is a Church that journeys together, listens, and embraces.<\/p>\n
Our steps may seem small. Yet when love is proclaimed consistently, at home, in our communities, in workplaces, on social media, wherever we are, it becomes an echo that is not easily silenced. A culture of love is not born overnight. It grows slowly, through hearts willing to be transformed. Yes, it requires process. It requires fidelity. It requires courage to continue choosing love in a world that often chooses violence. But the question is simple: if not now, when?<\/p>\n
Our faith is not meant to be stored away, but to be lived. Our concern is not merely to be felt, but to be embodied in concrete actions, however small. When we do our part, we trust that God will accomplish His. So the final question is no longer \u201cWill the world change?\u201d but rather, \u201cDo we still believe that the Spirituality of the Sacred Heart can be the remedy for the disease of our time?\u201d<\/p>\n
Let us continue to pray. Let us continue to walk together. Let us continue to build a culture of love. For perhaps it is precisely in a wounded world that faithful love shines most brightly.<\/p>\n
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere, forever.
\nOur Lady of the Sacred Heart, pray for us.
\nSaint Joseph, model and protector of the lovers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us.
\nServant of God Jules Chevalier, pray for us.<\/p>\n
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