Really live!...

"Live on Him that you may live for Him." 

St John Vianney

And as they were eating, He took bread,

and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, 

and said, "Take; this is My Body."

And He took a chalice, and when He had given 

thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank of it. 

And He said to them,

"This is My Blood of the covenant,

which is poured out for many."
Gospel of Mark 14:22-24

St Mark the Evangelist

Evangelist, Martyr (+68 AD)
Disciple of St Peter, Cousin of Barnabus

Symbol:  lion, often winged*

*The Gospel of St Mark begins with St John the Baptist,
"the voice of one crying in the wilderness,"
a voice that St Jerome compared to the roar of a lion.
Feast Day - April 25
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Read St Mark's Gospel today in gratitude 
and for the sake of love - and life!

Image above:  The Last Supper ~ Frans Pourbus

Go out into the whole world and 

proclaim the Gospel to every creature. 

 Mark 16:15

  

Click here: St Mark - YouTube (2 mins)

Click here: Feast of St. Mark, evangelist - Catholic Culture
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Prayer over the Offerings (Today's Liturgy)

As we venerate the glory of Saint Mark,

we offer you, Lord, the sacrifice of praise

and humbly beseech you,

that your Church may always persevere

in the preaching of the Gospel.

Through Christ our Lord.

Basilica San Marco ~ Venice, Italy
Contains the reliquary of St Mark's body

Click here: Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, begun 1063 - YouTube  (5 mins)

St Mark the Evangelist, pray for us!

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Day 4
Novena to St Joseph

St. Joseph the Worker Novena 

 

Feast Day:  May 1 (Patron of Workers)

St Joseph, pray for us!

Worth remembering...

   "May your heart be an altar, from which 

the bright flame of unending thanksgiving 

ascends to heaven." - St Mary Euphrasia

“Draw near to our Lord, thoroughly 

aware of your own nothingness,

and you may hope all things

from His Goodness and Mercy.

Never forget that 

Jesus Christ is no less generous

in the Blessed Sacrament than He 

was during His mortal life on earth.”

St Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

France ~ 1796-1868

Foundress ~ Sisters of the Good Shepherd

Motto: "One person is of more value

 than a world." 

Feast Day - April 24

 

"Go after the lost sheep without 
other rest than the cross,

other consolation than work,

other thirst than for justice." 

 St Mary Euphrasia

Click here: Life of St.Mary Euphrasia Pelletier - YouTube (4:41 mins)

Click here: Prayer of St.Mary Euphrasia Pelletier - YouTube

St Mary Euphrasia, pray for us!

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Day 3
Novena to St Joseph

St. Joseph the Worker Novena

Feast Day:  May 1 (Patron of Workers)

St Joseph, pray for us!

My soul, stop here...

 This is My Body.  This is My Blood. 

"My soul, stop here and go no further.  

Believe as simply, as forcibly as your Savior 

has spoken, with a submission 

that corresponds to His authority and power.  

Once again, He wants to see in your faith the same 

simplicity with which He has spoken these words.  

In the ancient rite of Communion, the priest said, 

"The body of Jesus," and the 

faithful responded, "Amen," or "so it is," and

"The blood of Jesus Christ," and the 

faithful responded, "Amen," or "so it is."

All has been accomplished.  All has been said. 

All has been explained. 

I am silent.  I believe.  I adore."

Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (+1704)

Painting above:  artist, Renata Sedmakova

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Day 2
Novena to St Joseph

St. Joseph the Worker Novena 

 

Feast Day:  May 1 (Patron of Workers)

St Joseph, pray for us!

Eucharistic fire...

 "Two things constitute my heaven on earth:

The holy will of God and the Most Blessed Sacrament!"

Bl Crescentia of Kaufbeuren

 

 

"When you are totally consumed by the Eucharistic fire,

then you will be able more consciously to thank God,

who has called you to become part of His family.

Then you will enjoy the peace that those

who are happy in this world have never experienced,

because true happiness, oh young people, does not consist

in the pleasures of this world, or in earthly things,

but in peace of conscience, which

we only have if we are pure of heart and mind."

St Pier Giorgio Frassati

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Day 1
Novena to St Joseph

St. Joseph the Worker Novena 

 

Feast Day:  May 1 (Patron of Workers)

St Joseph, pray for us!

That our JOY may be full...

"No one will have any other desire in heaven 

than what God wills; and the 

desire of one will be the desire of all;

and the desire of all and of each one
will also be the desire of God." 

St. Anselm, Letter 112

"I adore and venerate You 
as much as ever I can, though my 

love is so cold, my devotion so poor.

Thank You for the good gift of 

this Your holy Body and Blood, 

which I desire to receive...that which 
You promised through Your truth,

that my joy may be full…"

St Anselm

nee Italy ~ 1033-1109

Archbishop of Canterbury

Benedictine monk, theologian, philosopher

"Father of Scholasticism"

Doctor of the Church

Feast Day - April 21

 

"O God our God, grant us grace 

to desire you with a whole heart, so that 

desiring you we may seek and find you;

and so finding you, may love you;

and loving you may hate those sins 

which separate us from you,

for the sake of Jesus Christ."- St Anselm

 

"From the moment of her fiat, Mary began

 to carry all of us in her womb." - St Anselm

Click here: St. Anselm - YouTube

TOP 25 QUOTES BY ANSELM OF CANTERBURY | A-Z Quotes

10 Quotes: Father of Scholasticism, Saint Anselm – TOM PERNA

Image above: Annunciation ~ Andrea del Sarto

St Anselm, pray for us!