Have no fear, O my soul...

 God is our refuge and strength, 

an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore 

we will not fear though the earth give way and 

the mountains fall into the heart of the sea ...

The LORD Almighty is with us... - Psalm 46: 1-3, 7a

“What need I fear?

He Who sustains the world is within me.

The Blood of God 

circulates within my veins:

Have no fear, O my soul.

The Lord of the Universe

has taken you up into His Arms

and wants you to find rest in Him."

Ven. Luisa M. Claret de la Touche

Image by Ven Luisa M Claret de la Touche

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Remembering today...

Feast day of 

St Augustine Zhao Rong 

and Companions

120 martyrs in China

33 European missionaries and 87 Chinese

Age range: 9 - 76 y/o

During 1648-1930

Among their number was an 18 year old, Chi-Zhuzi, 

who cried out to those who had just cut off his right arm 

and were preparing to flay him alive.

"Every piece of my flesh, every drop of my blood 

will tell you that I am Christian." 

St Augustine Zhao Rong

and Companions, pray for us! 

Belonging, entirely - to Christ...

   “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. 

By faith, I am a Catholic nun.  

As to my calling, I belong to the world. 

As to my heart, I belong 

entirely to the Heart of Jesus." 

Saint Teresa of Calcutta

"If we would be truly happy, and find 

all that our heart longs for let us go to 

Communion in faith, hope, charity, humility, 

and complete abandonment to the will of Him 

who comes as our food and our tremendous lover. 

For we cannot do better than to adopt the device 

of St Columban: Christi sumus, non nostri -

Let us belong to Christ, and not to ourselves."

M. Eugene Boylan, O. Cist. R

From This Tremendous Lover

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Heart of Jesus - Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian 1708-1787)

Quenching our thirst...

  You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways

inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things

such as silver or gold, but with the Precious Blood of Christ,

like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. -I Peter 1:18-19


Albrecht Durer ~ The Crucifixion

"He opened up for us

in His most sacred wounds
four founts:  

a fount of mercy, a fount of peace,

a fount of devotion, a fount of love

and summons all 

to quench their thirst there."

St Bernard of Clairvaux  

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The Anima Christi The Anima Christi dates back to the 14th century. It is a prayer inviting us to ask our Lord for comfort, strength and guidance in our pursuit of holiness. It remains widely used after receiving the precious Body and Blood of Our Lord in Holy Communion.

Soul of Christ, sanctify me  Body of Christ, save me  Blood of Christ, inebriate me  Water from Christ's side, wash me Passion of Christ, strengthen me O good Jesus, hear me Within Thy wounds hide me Suffer me not to be separated from Thee From the malicious enemy defend me In the hour of my death call me And bid me come unto Thee That I may praise Thee with Thy saints  and with Thy angels Forever and ever Amen

Cor mundum crea in me, Deus...

  Cor mundum crea in me, Deus.

Create a clean heart in me, O God. -  Psalm 51:10

COMMUNION Antiphon (Today's Liturgy)

The Lamb who is at the center of the throne

will lead them to the springs of the waters of life. - Rev 7:17

PRAYER after COMMUNION (Today's Liturgy)

 O God, who bestowed on blessed Saint Maria Goretti

a crown among the Saints
for her twofold triumph of virginity and martyrdom,
grant, we pray, through the power of this Sacrament,
that, bravely overcoming every evil, 
we may attain the glory of heaven.  Through Christ our Lord.

St Maria Goretti

Italy ~ 1890 -1902

Martyr at age 12 in defense of her virginity

Patron of Youth and Victims of Rape

Feast Day - July 6

 

"Even if she had not been a martyr,

she would still have been a saint,
so holy was her everyday life." - Cardinal Salotti

Click here: St. Maria Goretti - YouTube   (2 mins)

Click here: Spiritualdirection.com |  Saint Maria Goretti 

 St Maria Goretti, pray for us! 

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"Parents can learn from her story how to raise their God-given 
children in virtue, courage and holiness; they can learn to train

them in the Catholic faith so that, when put to the test,

God's grace will support them and they will come through

undefeated, unscathed and untarnished."

 Pope Ven Pius XII

homily, canonization Mass of St Maria Goretti (1950)

Prayer Before a Dance or Party
Prayer Before a Date
MODESTY PLEDGE OF THE FRIENDS OF ST. MARIA GORETTI USA, INC.

Unfurl your flags...

The Lord's Day is the lord of days...

but also remembering today...

St Anthony Mary Zaccaria  

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Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

One dismissal formula option for the Order of the Mass. Another:
Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.

"Unfurl your flags

for Jesus Crucified

is about to send you

to proclaim everywhere

the vital energy of the Spirit."

St Anthony Mary Zaccaria

Italy ~ 1502- 1539

Physician, Priest
Powerful preacher - in Church, on the streets

Reformer, promoter of Eucharistic Adoration

Introduced bells of Church to ring at 3 PM on Fridays

Founder of Barnabites (men) and Angelics (women)
Incorrupt

Feast Day - July 5

"Come on, Brothers! let us run like 

madmen not only toward God but 
toward our neighbor, as well.  It is our 

neighbor alone that can receive what we cannot 

give God, who does not need anything from us."

St Anthony Mary Zaccaria

Click here: Saint Anthony Zaccaria - YouTube

(by Barnabite Order, 6 mins - excellent)

Click here: St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria - YouTube

(Apostleship of Prayer - 2 mins)

St Anthony Zaccaria, pray for us!