...Conduct
yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning,
realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct,
handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold
but with the precious blood of Christ... I Peter 1:17-19
realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct,
handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold
but with the precious blood of Christ... I Peter 1:17-19
"Receive the Body and
Blood of Christ
very frequently.
very frequently.
The sight of a Christian's lips
red
with the Blood of Christ terrifies the enemy.
He immediately recognizes the sign of his own ruin.
with the Blood of Christ terrifies the enemy.
He immediately recognizes the sign of his own ruin.
He cannot stand the instrument of
divine victory
by which he was taken captive
and cast down."
St. Peter
Damian
A day in
HISTORY: Today, May 8, is the
Birthday Anniversary of St John Vianney - and also the Anniversary of my First
Holy Communion - oh-so-many years ago. Earlier in that
week I had contracted the measles, so was home convalescing, but I remember the
day vividly!
When our parish priest
brought the Blessed Sacrament into our home a sweet, holy hush blanketed the living room. The relatives
that had gathered to celebrate my private First Holy Communion, reverently bowed
very low. I listened, I watched and I pondered all - fittingly dressed in my
white dress and veil. My polka-dotted face held beaming grin and my heart
nearly burst! ~ Janette
Oh,
happy, holy day!
Translation holy card: "The
things of earth seem of little
account
when one possesses the highest
good."
Today is also the anniversary of MY first holy communion, 60 years ago. I just received a copy of the photo of our class -- there were more than 60 of us. IF we had received communion ONLY on Sundays since that date, we would have received 3,120 times. Praise God we can receive more often than that if we choose.
ReplyDeleteGod be praised! I love your math, Anonymous! When we consider such a calculation in the context of God's economy it is truly exponential!! God be praised - again and again! It bears repeating!
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