"I am not my own"...

 "... Kateri Tekakwitha was devoted 

to the Eucharist and to Jesus Crucified.  
At 4 am she could be seen kneeling outside 
the chapel in the snow waiting for it to open. 

She attended three Masses daily and always managed 

two hours in preparation for Holy Communion 

and two hours in thanksgiving; and she made 

frequent visits to the Blessed Sacrament.  

Her motto: 'Who can teach me what is 

most agreeable to God so that I may do it?'" 

Louis Kaczmarek 

Excerpt from: Hidden Treasure, 
The Riches of the Eucharist

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St Kateri Tekakwitha

1656-1680

Daughter of Christian Algonquin mother

and non-Christian Mohawk Chief

Consecrated Virgin

Greatly devoted to the Eucharist and Mary

"Lily of the Mohawks"

Patroness of ecology and the environment

Feast Day - July 14

St Kateri Tekakwitha - YouTube
Click here: Biography of St. Kateri Tekakwitha - YouTube (2 mins)
Click here: Spiritualdirection.com |  A Virgin's Courage - A Retreat Guide on St Kateri (summer 2017)

"I am not my own; I have given myself to Jesus.  He must be my only love. The state of helpless poverty that may befall me if I do not marry does not frighten me.  All I need is a little food and a few pieces of clothing. With the work of my hands I shall always earn what is necessary and what is left over I'll give to my relatives and to the poor.  If I should become sick and unable to work, then I shall be like the Lord on the cross.  He will have mercy on me and help me, I am sure."- St Kateri Tekakwitha

St Kateri Tekakwitha, pray for us!

Love: no intermediate agents...

     "For whom is Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament?

For me; because He loves me!" 

 St. Peter Julian Eymard

 

"When a friend desires to prove to his friend 

that he loves him, he tells him so, 

and he presses his hand affectionately. 

When Our Lord wants to show His love for us, 

He does so in person, discarding the intervention 

of any third person, whether angelic or human.

Love suffers no intermediate agents. 

He remains in the Holy Eucharist 

that He may repeat to us incessantly: 

I love you! 

You must see that I love you!'"

St. Peter Julian Eymard

Energy to live great love...

 For Christ's love compels us...  II Cor 5:14

"The Eucharist is support, light and 

consolation in trial and suffering.  

Find in this sacrament the spiritual energy 

to live the great love of Christ 

of which He gave us proof 

when giving us His Body and Blood.” 

Pope Benedict XVI

6/14/2006
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The Lord's Day is the lord of days... 

but also remembering... 

Sts Louis and Zelie Martin 

Parents of St Therese of Lisieux

Patrons:  Marriages, parents, widowers, illness

Beatified:  Pope Benedict XVI (2008)

Canonized: Pope Francis (2015)

Feast day:  July 12

"Soon we'll have the intimate happiness of the family

and its beauty to bring us closer to Him." 

St Louis Martin

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"I want to become a saint; it will not be easy at all. 

I have a lot of wood to chop, and it is hard as stone. 

I should have started sooner, while it was not so 

difficult; but, in any case; 'better late than never." 

 St Zelie Martin

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St Therese wrote about her parents

 to Father Belliere on July 26, 1897:  

"The good Lord has given me a father and a mother 

more worthy of Heaven than (of) earth."

(LT 261)

 Sts Louis and Zelie Martin, pray for us!

Let the wise listen...

    Let the wise listen and add to their learning, 

and let the discerning get guidance." - Proverbs 1:5

"Listen and attend with 

the ear of your heart."

St Benedict of Nursia

Italy ~ 480-547

Priest, twin brother to St Scholastica

Patriarch of Western Monasticism

Motto of Benedictines: 

Ora et Labora ~ Pray and Work

Co-Patron of Europe

Feast Day - July 11

"What, dear brothers, is more delightful than 

the voice of the Lord calling to us?" - St Benedict

"The first degree of humility 

is prompt obedience." - St Benedict

“Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be 

prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace.” - St Benedict

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Click here: St. Benedict - YouTube  (2 mins, incl prayer)

Click here: The Saint Benedict Medal | www.sancta.org

6 Things you didn’t know about St. Benedict

St Benedict, pray for us!

Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls...

 As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, 

so live in Him; rooted and built up in Him 

and established in the faith ...

abounding in thanksgiving.  - Col 2:6,7

"The world can still set itself right and always 

will be able to, because the voice and 

Blood of Christ cry out for pity and mercy...

Devotion to the Precious Blood is the 

devotion of our time... It is devotion 

for all souls, for the whole world."

Pope St John XXIII

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The Litany of the Most Precious Blood  pays tribute to the blood 

our Lord both shed for us in His Passion and offers us through the Eucharist.  

This Litany was approved for public use in 1960 by Pope St John XXIII, 

although devotion to the Precious Blood goes back centuries. 

Indeed, as Father Faber wrote in 1860 “the lives of the saints 

are replete with devotion to the precious blood.” 

The month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood.

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When the Litany of the Most Precious Blood is prayed publicly, 

the congregation’s responses to a leader are given in italics below.

Artist:  Anthony van Dyke

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us. 
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. 
God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. 
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us. (after each line)

Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God,
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament,
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony,
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging,
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns,
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross,
Blood of Christ, price of our salvation,
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness,
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls,
Blood of Christ, stream of mercy,
Blood of Christ, victor over demons,
Blood of Christ, courage of martyrs,
Blood of Christ, strength of confessors,
Blood of Christ, bringing forth virgins,
Blood of Christ, help of those in peril,
Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened,
Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow,
Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent,
Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying,
Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts,
Blood of Christ, pledge of Eternal Life,
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory,
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor,

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord. 
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord. 
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood.
R. And made us, for our God, a kingdom.

Let us pray: Almighty and eternal God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world and willed to be appeased by His blood. Grant, we beg of Thee, that we may worthily adore this price of our salvation and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of the present life so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.