Grant me today five graces...

 Tuesday of Holy Week

"If you can not soar up as high as Christ sitting on 

His throne, behold Him hanging on His cross. 

Rest in Christ's Passion and live willingly in 

His holy wounds." - Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ

"Oh, my God, through the precious
Blood of Jesus and His five wounds, 
grant me today five graces: 

the conversion of a sinner, 
the conversion of an unbeliever, 
the salvation of someone 
dying in peril of everlasting death; 
a vocation to the priesthood 
or to the religious life; 
 and, for some new soul, 
the grace of entering into and
savoring the mystery of the Eucharist." 

Prayer of Elisabeth Leseur (+1914)

Image above: Angels Bearing Instruments of the Passion (detail from altarpiece) ~ Rogier van der Weyden (+1464)

 

"The Body of Christ (Eucharist) will unite 

the Body of Christ (Church)." - Bishop Paul V Dudley

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Let us especially be mindful of and in prayer for 

the thousands of Catechumens and Candidates 

who are preparing to fully enter the Catholic Church on

Easter vigil and participate in her rich sacramental life!

Life in abundance! - John 10:10

Nothing held back...

 Monday of Holy Week

"There is only one anointing that is strong enough to meet death 

and that is the anointing of the Holy Spirit, the love of God.  

There is, then, something that is both exemplary and lasting 

in Mary's anointing of Jesus at Bethany.  It was above all a concern 

to keep Christ alive in this world and to oppose the powers 

that aimed to silence and kill him.  It was an act of faith and love.  

Every such act can have the same effect." - Pope Benedict XVI

(Today's Gospel: John 12:1-11)  

"Nothing is held back, no drop is kept in reserve.

The house is filled with the fragrance, because 

the perfume is no longer hers; it has ceased any 

longer to belong to her as a personal possession. 

The excess of this gesture, its extravagance, 

expresses the essential truth about love. 

Neither love nor the perfume, in this case, can 

remain enclosed in a container, protected and saved.  

Instead, it must be all thrown away in the hour of love, 

wasted imprudently without a thought for 

tomorrow, poured out in its entirety."

Fr Donald Haggerty 

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Prophetess and Penitent - The Catholic Thing 

Fr Paul Scalia

Painting above:  Forgiven ~ Daniel Gerhartz
Hat tip: Both quotes noted in Magnificat Magazine: Holy Week 2018, Vol. 20, No.1

This Holy Week let us together 
pour out our love before our 
Eucharistic Lord, Jesu Hostia...

Palm Sunday... (Wear RED today to holy Mass!)

 HOLY WEEK, the most solemn and intense period 

of worship in the Christian faith, begins with

PALM SUNDAY of the PASSION of the LORD 

(full name), the Sunday before Easter. 

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In spite of the spiritual gravity of Holy Week, it begins with joy. 
The Church celebrates Jesus' triumphal entry 

into Jerusalem and her commemorative pilgrimage

with her Lord on His way to Calvary.

Wear RED today to holy Mass!
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The event is mentioned in all four Gospels:

Mark 11:1–11, Matt 21:1–11, Luke 19:28–44, John 12:12–19. 

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All glory, laud and honor,

to Thee, Redeemer King.

To whom the lips of children 

made sweet hosannas ring.

Thou art the King of Israel,

Thou David's' royal Son, 

who in the Lord's name comest,

the King and Blessed One.

All glory... (Refrain)

The company of angels

are praising Thee on high, 

and we with all creation

in chorus make reply.

All glory... (Refrain)

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Artist: James Tissot

"It is a fact that an age waxes or wanes

in proportion to the worship 

of the divine Eucharist.  It is there

 that is found the life and the measure

of its faith, its charity, and its vitality.

May the reign of the Eucharist

come about more and more.

For too long impiety and ingratitude have 

been allowed to hold sway over the world!

Adveniat regnum tuum. 

Thy Kingdom come."

St. Peter Julian Eymard

Adveniat regnum tuum.
Thy Kingdom come.

His love has no sunset...

"Love is never finished." 

Pope Benedict XVI

"The presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is proof that 
His love for us has no sunset. He is the Desired 

of  the everlasting hills, and He puts into our hearts 

the desire to live close to Him.  The stresses and 

hurts and partings of life often bear down on us, and we 

may tend to feel alone as when the sun has gone down. 

The words of St. Augustine can lift us 
"He neither rises nor sets because He abides always." 
So our lives do not have to go down into the shadows.
It was at evening time that the risen Lord restored the 
desolate spirits of two disciples by revealing His presence 
to them "in the breaking of the bread." They pleaded with 
Him "Stay with us, for it is towards evening." (Lk 24,29).

 
We too can plead with Him, "Lord, be with us, 
both at sunrise and at sunset..."
In the Holy Eucharist the only Son of God, Jesus Christ,
 fulfills His promise to be with us always. 
What consolation, how could we be lonely?  
From all the sunsets to all the sunrises "He neither rises 
nor sets because He abides always" (St. Augustine)."

- from the writings of Msgr. John Moloney, P.P. 

Dublin, Ireland (+2014)

“Every day has been a great day as a priest."

As quoted on the celebration of his

70th Anniversary of priesthood Ordination

Lights, please!...

   "God has placed us all in a dark room, 

hoping that we will have sense enough 

to turn the light on... " - Mother Angelica

"There are two things I want you to do -

keep close to Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist... 

(and) stay close to His Mother.

With those two loves, you will always have the 

light to see what is right and what is wrong."

Mother Angelica

Poor Clare Nun

Founder of EWTN

(Eternal Word Television Network)

Anniversary of Death - 03/27/16

Requiescat in pace

"We are called to be great saints,

don't miss the opportunity." 

 Mother Angelica

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"A soul that trusts God is invincible." 

 Mother Angelica

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"God wants you to be in the world, 

but so different from the world that 

you will change it.  Get cracking."

Mother Angelica

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