Open invitation...

"Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God 

and the one most helpful to us." - St Alphonsus Ligouri

"He makes it ever clearer to me

that He wants me to burn with love for Him

in devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. 

Every time I receive Him

I must feel renewed that longing which 

stirs within me to live for Jesus only 

and to obtain the grace of preservation 

from so many sins which I should 

certainly commit if He did not come to my help. 

How can I remain deaf to His invitation?"

Pope St John XXIII

Be open to an invitation 
to daily Mass or daily Adoration...

Perfecting spousal love...

  "All love craves unity." 

 - Ven Fulton J Sheen 

"When the couple receives Holy Communion, 

especially, they should pray, 'Lord, live Your 

spousal love for the Church over again in me.  

Help me to love my spouse 

like You love the Church.  

Love my spouse for me and with me, Lord.  

Only You, who are love itself, can empower 

and support my love for my spouse.' "

Deacon James Keating, PhD

From Spousal Prayer: 

A Way to Marital Happiness

Understanding the work...

 "The Eucharist is supremely effective for 

the transformation of the world into a world of

justice, holiness, and peace." - Pope St Paul VI

Érica Viana | Cathopic

"Since we began this adoration of the Blessed Sacrament,

we have not reduced our work;

we devote just as much time to it as before,

but with more understanding.

People accept us better. They are hungry for God.

They have need, no longer of us, but of Jesus." 

 St Teresa of Calcutta

Communion rail: place of exchange...

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, 

continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, 

strengthened in the faith as you were taught, 

and overflowing in thankfulness. - Colossians 2: 6,7

“The communion rail is a place of exchange. 

The people give time and receive eternity; 

they give self-denial and receive life; 

they give nothingness and receive all. 

Holy Communion commits each to a closer union 

not only with Christ’s life, but also with His death – 

to greater detachment from the world, 

to surrender of luxuries for the sake of the poor, 

to death of the old Adam 

for rebirth in Christ, the new Adam.”

Ven Fulton J Sheen 

From The Priest is Not His Own

(Excellent read for Lent!)

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Consider daily Mass attendance 

during the season of Lent -

and become a daily Communicant!

Ash Wednesday is March 5th.
Expect graces!

Wise counsel, wise living...

"God is more honored by a single Mass 

than He could be by all the actions 
of angels and men together, 

however fervent and heroic they might be. ...
If we only knew the treasure we hold in our hands!" 

St Claude de la Colombiere

 

"If you are sinful, repent

so that you can Communicate often.

If you are imperfect,
go often to Communion

that you may amend your faults."

St. Claude de la Colombiere

Jesuit priest ~ France ~ 1641 - 1682 
Eloquent speaker and writer
Exemplary life of holiness
Spiritual Director of St Margaret Mary Alacoque
Motto: "Trust in God"

Feast Day - Feb 15

"It is in vain that Your enemy and mine (the devil) sets new traps 
for me all the time.  He can make me lose everything, except
my hope in Your mercy.  Had I fallen a hundred times, and my
crimes were a hundred times more horrible than they are,
I would still hope in You." -  St. Claude de la Colombiere

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous 

to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us 

from all unrighteousness. - I John 1:9

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Click here: St. Claude de la Colombière - YouTube (2 mins)

including BEAUTIFUL prayer.

Click here: St. Claude de la Colombiere
Click here: Written By Saint Claude De La Colombiere | CatholicSaints.Info

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"The happiness of the person whose will is entirely submitted 

to God's is constant, unchangeable and endless. 

No fear comes to disturb it for no accident can destroy it."

St. Claude de la Colombiere

  St Claude de la Colombiere, pray for us!