Man's created end...

For in the Son all the fullness was pleased to dwell,

and through Him to reconcile all things for Him,

making peace by the blood of His cross. - Colossians 1:19-20

Man was created for a certain end. 

This end is to praise, to reverence and 

to serve the Lord his God and by this means 

to arrive at eternal salvation. 

All other beings and objects that surround us on the earth were created for the benefit of man and to be useful 

to him, as means to his final end; hence his obligation 

to use, or to abstain from the use of, these creatures, 

according as they bring him nearer 
to that end, or tend to separate him from it."

St. Ignatius of Loyola - The Spiritual Exercises

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Remembering today... 

St Barnabas
Apostle*, Martyr (+60)

*Strictly speaking, Barnabas was not an apostle, 

but the title has been bestowed upon him 

since very early times. 

His first name was Joseph; 

Barnabas ("son of consolation") was a surname. 

St Paul's companion - 1st Missionary Journey

St. Luke described (Acts 6:24) Barnabas as

'a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith' 

Patron: Cyprus, Antioch, peace-keeping missions

Invoked for hailstorms

Feast Day - June 11 

Click here: St. Barnabas - YouTube (2 mins)

Saint Barnabas the Apostle - My Catholic Life!

St Barnabas, pray for us!

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Novena to the Sacred Heart 

FINAL DAY - Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

 June 3-11

Solemnity:  12 June 2025

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Tonight:  Consecration of USA to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

by USCCB; Basilica of the National Shrine of 

Mary, Queen of the Universe; Orlando, Florida

Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us

Every Mass: a miracle...

 "God dwells in our midst, 

in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar."

St Maximilian Kolbe

"At every Mass a miracle occurs, nothing less.

Boundaries of time and space mysteriously disappear.

What Jesus did on the cross at Calvary 

becomes present in the here and now of 

every celebration of the Eucharist.  Thus, 

we not only draw near to the heart of Jesus 

beating in His chest at the Last Supper, 

we also draw near to 

His pierced heart on Calvary."

Fr James Kubicki, SJ

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Novena to the Sacred Heart 

Day 8 - Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

 June 3-11

Solemnity:  12 June 2025

We need this Bread...

   As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him,

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith,

just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. 

Colossians 2:6,7

"In taking flesh, the Son of God could become Bread 

and thus be the nourishment of his people, 

of us, journeying on in this world toward the 

promised land of heaven.  We need this Bread 

to face the fatigue and weariness of our journey."

Pope Benedict XVI

from his book Heart of the Christian Life: 

Thoughts on the Holy Mass

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Novena to the Sacred Heart 

Day 7 - Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

 June 3-11

Solemnity:  12 June 2025

No longer imaginary, but real...

"O Jesus, here present in the holy Eucharist,

Your heart is all aglow with love for me!

You call me, You urge me to come You." - St Ildephonsus

 

 

"Exercise your ordinary imagination, picturing the Savior

to yourself in His sacred humanity as if He were beside you

just as we are wont to think of our friends,

and imagine that we see or hear them at our side.

But when the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar is there, then 

this Presence is no longer imaginary, but most real;

and the sacred species are but a veil from behind

which the present Savior beholds and considers us,

although we cannot see Him as He is."

St. Francis de Sales

 

Christ with the Host, Paolo da San Leocadio, 1520

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Novena to the Sacred Heart 

Day 6 - Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

 June 3-11

Solemnity:  12 June 2025

Corpus Christi - for the life of the world...

Solemnity of the 

Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

(Corpus Christi)

"This Solemnity does not only celebrate the Eucharist but solemnly

 bears it in procession, publicly proclaiming that the sacrifice 

of Christ is for the salvation of the whole world." 

 St John Paul II

 Jesu, of Your love befriend us,
You refresh us, You defend us,
Your eternal goodness, send us
In the land of life to see.
Sequence for Corpus Christi

"Hidden God, devoutly I adore Thee,
truly present beneath these veils:
all my heart subdues itself before Thee,
since all before Thee faints and fails." 

Adoro Te Devote, St Thomas Aquinas

"Be the apostle of the divine Eucharist, 

like a flame which enlightens and warms, 

like the Angel of His heart who will go to proclaim 

Him to those who don't know Him and will 

encourage those who love Him and are suffering."

St. Peter Julian Eymard

to Mme Antoinette de Grandville

July 4, 1859

"We have Him so near in the Blessed Sacrament,

where He is already glorified and

where we don't have to gaze upon Him as being

so tired and worn out, bleeding, wearied by His journeys,

persecuted by those for whom He did so much good,

and not believed in by the Apostles . . . .

Behold Him here without suffering,

full of glory ...

strengthening some, encouraging others,

our companion in the most Blessed Sacrament."

St. Teresa of Avila
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Three Teachings on Corpus Christi   (Msgr Charles Pope)

Jesus Wants to Feed You! Corpus Christi  (Msgr Charles Pope)

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A special plenary indulgence is available for Corpus Christi

Grant #7.1.3 - Eucharistic Adoration and Procession - Plenary indulgence

The faithful who piously participate in solemn Eucharistic procession, either inside or outside of a Church, especially on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, may receive a plenary indulgence.

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Novena to the Sacred Heart 

Day 5 - Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

 June 3-11

Solemnity:  12 June 2025