And he (Jesus) said to them, "Go into all the world
and preach the gospel to the whole creation." - Mark 16:15
and preach the gospel to the whole creation." - Mark 16:15
Fr
Spencer Howe preaching during holy Mass ~ St John the Baptist, New Brighton , MN
~ USA
"But tell
me: what would become of this world, I mean of the Christian faith, if there
were no preaching? Within a very little while our faith
would have perished, for we should believe nothing of that which we now
believe. And because of this, Holy Church
For tell me,
should you believe in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar if this had not been
preached in holy sermons? You have learned to believe in the Mass only from preaching. More
than this, how should you ever know what sin is, if not by preaching?
What would you know of hell, if there were no preaching? What would you know of
any good work or how you should perform it, if not by preaching, or what would
you know of the glories of Heaven?
All these things that you know came to you through the words heard by your ears, and it is in this wise that you come by knowledge to faith, and that which you know and which you have has come all through the Word of God. And this is a sovereign rule: that which we have of the faith of Jesus Christ has come merely through preaching. And this faith will never perish while it shall be preached."
All these things that you know came to you through the words heard by your ears, and it is in this wise that you come by knowledge to faith, and that which you know and which you have has come all through the Word of God. And this is a sovereign rule: that which we have of the faith of Jesus Christ has come merely through preaching. And this faith will never perish while it shall be preached."
St Bernardine of Siena
Remembering today...
St Denis* (and
companions)
Nee
~ Italy, Martyr ~ d. 258 (approx)
Bishop of Paris, Patron of
Paris
FEAST DAY - Oct
9
*The first name of one of the priests who offers Mass
*The first name of one of the priests who offers Mass
every
month (first Wednesday) for this
Eucharistic Truth Himself group
is Dennis. Kindly pray a
MEMORARE now in thanksgiving
for his vocation
and generosity of serving our group.
Legend has it:
after St Denis was beheaded, his corpse rose and
he carried his head a few miles, preaching the entire way.
he carried his head a few miles, preaching the entire way.
Our
part...
"The Word of God is not brought to the ends of the world in a suitcase. We carry it in ourselves. We don't set it off in a corner of ourselves, arranged in our memory as if on a cupboard shelf. We must let it go to the very core of ourselves, to the very center around which our whole being revolves. We cannot be missionaries if we have not sincerely, generously, and warmly welcomed the Word of God, the Gospel within ourselves. The vital dynamic of this word is to take flesh, to become flesh in us. And when this word comes to dwell within us, we become capable of being missionaries. ...
Once we have heard God's Word, we no longer have the right not to
accept it; once we have accepted it, we no longer have the right not to let it
become flesh in us; once it has become flesh in us, we no longer have the right
to keep it for ourselves alone. Henceforward, we belong to all those who are waiting for the
Word."
~ Servant of
God, Madeleine Delbrel (20th c
French mystic)
St Denis and companions, pray for
us!
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