Love tends upward...

"Love tends upward;

it will not be held down by anything low." 

Thomas a Kempis in Imitation of Christ

"If we but paused for a moment 

to consider attentively

what takes place in this Sacrament,
I am sure that the thought of Christ's love for us
would transform the coldness of our hearts
into a fire of love and gratitude."
St. Angela of Foligno
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 A most blessed FATHER'S DAY 

to all FATHERS!

St John Paul II, in a March 19, 1981, homily, asked,
“Where, dear father, will you be able to draw the energy
necessary to assume in various circumstances
the right attitude that your children, 
even without knowing it, expect from you?” 

He strongly advised against smothering their spontaneity or
abandoning them to a state of insecurity or loneliness.

“St. Joseph is the answer to this,” he proclaimed.

"St Joseph was an ordinary sort of man

on whom God relied to do great things. 

He did exactly what the Lord wanted him to do,

in each and every event that went to make up his life."

- St Josemaria Escriva
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A stepfather, adoptive father, and biological father, Thomas More is a model for all dads 
In praise of the Father, and our fathers

An interesting question for dads to ponder this Father’s Day

Click here: 16 Father's Day Thoughts You'll Never Find in a Greeting Card

St Joseph and St Thomas More,
pray for all fathers!

Confess to the last breath...

   "It's not enough to know Christ, 

we must bring Him to everyone!" 

 St John Paul II

 

"Amen, amen, amen.

I believe, I believe, I believe

and confess to the last breath

that this is the Life-giving Flesh,

that of the Only-begotten Son,

Our Lord and our God,

our Savior Jesus Christ."

 

Ancient Egyptian Eucharistic Prayer

From Fire of God's Love

120 Reflections on the Eucharist

Mike Aquilina

Holy imprint...

   ...He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

 Hebrews 11:6b

Viaticum - Antique print

On her deathbed, St Juliana...

    "...begged that the Sacred Host might be laid upon her breast, in order that her heart might feel some refreshment from being near to Jesus; and  when the priest, in compliance with her request, spread the corporal (cloth) on her breast and laid Our Lord upon it, she exclaimed with the greatest delight:  'O my sweet Jesus!'

    As she drew her last breath, the Sacred Host disappeared, and as it was not to be found, the bystanders were sure that our Saviour, in the Blessed Sacrament, had united Himself to her heart, to strengthen her in her passage and accompany her to Heaven.

     After her death the form of the Host was found stamped upon her chest in the exact spot over her heart over which the Blessed Sacrament had been placed."

Excerpt from Fr Michael Muller, CSSR

The Blessed Eucharist, Our Greatest Treasure

St Juliana Falconieri

Florence, Italy ~ 1270-1341

Foundress - Sisters of the Third Order of Servites

Patron of Sufferers of chronic illness

Exemplary devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows 

and the Eucharist

"Handmaid of the Holy Eucharist"

Incorrupt

Feast Day (traditional) - June 19

 

 

 

  "Juliana grew up more like an angel 

than a human being."

~Blessed Alexius Falconieri, 

one of the seven founders of the Servite Order

and uncle to St Juliana

 

St Juliana Falconieri, pray for us!

Finding all the love I need...

 "The garden of the Blessed Sacrament is 

the treasure of your heart."

St Luigi Guanella

"Praying before the Blessed Sacrament 

I find strength, courage, light and 

all the love I need

to help those entrusted to me

on the way of salvation."

Bl Victoria Diez Bustos de Molina

Understanding the value...

"It would be easier for the world to survive without 

the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass."

St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"I think that many people do not fully

understand the value of Mass,

because if they recognized the enormous blessing 

we have in a Lord who gives Himself

as our food and drink in the Sacred Host, 

they would go to Mass every day

to participate in the fruits of the sacrifice

and let go of so many superfluous things."

St Carlo Acutis