Monday, August 19, 2024

The unceasing work given to us...

   Prayer by St. John Eudes 
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

O Heart all lovable and all loving of my Savior, 
be the Heart of my heart, the soul of my soul, 
the spirit of my spirit, the life of my life and the
sole principle of all my thoughts, words and actions, 
of all the faculties of my soul, and 
of all my senses, both interior and exterior.  Amen.



"Your most loving Heart, O Jesus,
dwells in this Sacrament
burning with love for us.
It is there continually performing
thousands of good deeds towards us."

St. John Eudes
France ~ 1601-1680
Priest, gifted preacher and confessor
Encouraged devotion to Twin Hearts of Jesus and Mary 
Central theme of his writings: 
Jesus as the source of holiness, 
Mary as the model of the Christian life.
Dedicated to counsel & defend morally endangered women, 
founded an association of priests (Eudistsand religious -
Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity 
(later known as Good Shepherd Sisters)
Feast Day - August 19


“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation 
must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His 
spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desires 
and His disposition live and reign there. 
All our religious exercises should be 
directed to this end. It is the work which 
God has given us to do unceasingly.”

From: The Life and Reign of Jesus in Christian Souls
St. John Eudes

St John Eudes, pray for us!

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