Today is Sunday and as a 4c homily reminds,
"The
Lord's Day is the lord of days." ...
but let us today also
remember ... St Albert the
Great...
"We must never forget that the Church
is built around Christ and
that,
as
Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Albert the
Great
have
all said, following Saint Paul (cf. 1 Corinthians
10:17),
the Eucharist is the sacrament of the Church's
unity,
because
we
all form one single body of which the Lord is the
head."
Benedict
XVI, 49th Intern’l Eucharistic Congress, Quebec
City
"Thanks
must be given always
and everywhere for this great sacrament. Always,
that is, both in the
time of
grace and in the eternity of glory. Everywhere,
because through this sacrament
things in heaven and things on earth are restored.
Creation's
three-fold frame gives thanks when this sacrament is
offered: heaven, because the fall of the angels is
made good; earth, for the militant Church is
redeemed; the
underworld, for those detained therein are
freed.
They must be
given through Christ our
Lord, for as a
canal touches the fountain from which it springs and the garden which it waters,
so our Emmanuel by His divinity touches
God from whom the gifts of grace come and by His humanity He touches us into
whom they flow through Him. Therefore we give thanks through
Christ magnificently."
St Albert the Great (Albertus
Magnus)
Dominican,
Doctor of the Church
Teacher
and Mentor of St Thomas Aquinas
Patron
of scientists and philosophers
Motto: "To want everything that I want for
the glory of God,
to wish and do everything only and always for His
glory."
Germany
~ 1280 +
Incorruptible
FEAST
DAY - November 15
Image above: Fr Joseph Illo, Star of the Sea parish/Oratory-in-the-making, San Francisco, CA ~ USA
It has been said that St. Albert was
a scientist by
temperament,
a philosopher by deliberate choice and a theologian by mood.
“My
soul, if you wish to be intimate with Mary, let yourself
be
carried between her arms and nourished with her blood…
Let
this ineffable, chaste thought accompany you
to
the Banquet of God and you will find in the Blood of the Son
the
nourishment of the Mother.” ~ St Albert
St
Albert the Great, pray for
us!
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