What is the Heart?

[joshrp]

Hi,

I’ve been trying to think about what the heart is. Physically I guess it is just an organ of the body that pumps blood throughout the body. But what is it spiritually?

I distinguish between the brain (the physical organ) and the mind (the spiritual thinking object), but I don’t really know how to understand or explain to someone else what the heart is in spiritual terms. Whenever I say prayers to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I don’t have a clue what I am doing because I don’t know what these spiritual realities are that I am praying to.

Also, please pray that God takes away my own heart of stone and puts in my breast a new heart of flesh.

Joshua

 

[Paul_theApostle]

Jesus mentioned things that come out of the heart and make a man unclean,like impurity ,murder,evil etc

Heres one website on Purity of heart-

ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/jp2tb49.htm

 

[starsmurf]

In spiritual terms, the heart is the seat of emotions. You asked us to pray that God takes your heart of stone and gives you a heart of flesh instead. Think about what that is asking God to do. You are asking Him to let you care, to let you love and not to hate, to prevent you from ignoring the sufferings of others. That is what the heart is spiritually.