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

Renewing strength and grace...

 "At the blessing, we should think that Jesus Christ is 

at that moment giving us His own blessing." 

St Francis de Sales

 

Fr George Welzbacher ~ Final blessing after holy Mass, St John of St Paul Catholic Church (East side - St Paul , MN - USA)

Happy fact:  Fr Welzbacher celebrates 75 years of priesthood this June 2026!!
He celebrated his 98th birthday on 13 June 2026
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"The Cross is where the Church finds her mission.  ... At the beginning of Mass, we make the Sign of the Cross as a way of showing our solidarity with the suffering of Christ, into Whose death we were baptized, taking up our crosses and following Him.  At the end of Mass, we reaffirm that solidarity and once more take up our crosses, with renewed strength and grace because of our devout participation in the Sacrifice of the Mass." 

 Jeffrey Pinyan

Excerpt: Praying the Mass, 2nd Ed (2010)

 

 

"The last blessing over the people represents the sending of the Holy Spirit, whom our Lord sent among the apostles after He had ascended into heaven, according to His promise, You shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you.  It also recalls the last blessing that will be given when Christ says, Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”

Durandus

Bishop of Mende (France)

c.1230-1296

The secret of my day...

"The Eucharist is the secret of my day.  

It gives strength and meaning 

to all my activities of service 

to the Church and to the world."  

Pope Saint John Paul II 

“The Blessed Sacrament is the invention of love. 

It is life and fortitude for souls, 

a remedy for every fault, and a 

viaticum for the last passage from time and eternity. 

In it sinners recover life for their souls;

tepid souls, true warmth;

 fervent souls, tranquility and satisfaction of every longing…

saintly souls, wings to fly towards perfection…

pure souls, sweet honey and rarest sustenance."

The Way of Divine Love
Words of Our Lord to Sr Josefa Menendez

Reward of listening...

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them,

and they follow Me. - John 10:27

“If I am to answer the question, 

‘How would Christ solve modern problems 

if He were on earth today’, 

I must answer it plainly; and for those of my faith there is only one answer. Christ is on earth today; alive on a thousand altars; and He does solve people’s problems exactly as He did when He was on earth in the more ordinary sense. That is, He solves the problems of the limited number of people who choose of their own free will to listen to Him."

G.K. Chesterton

Anniversary of death: 14 June 1936

Why I Am a Catholic 

Click here: The American Chesterton Society

Click here: Meeting Chesterton After His Death - Crisis Magazine

Mary: guide, not goal...

 Feast of the Immaculate Heart of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

"Be Not Afraid; my Immaculate Heart will be 

your refuge and your safe passage to God."

Our Lady of Fatima

"Everything in Mary leads us toward her Son,

our only Savior, by whose foreseen merits she 

was preserved immaculate and full of grace;

everything in Mary lifts up our hearts

to the praise of the Holy Trinity.

The Church sees Mary, then, not as the goal, 

but as the guide, who always leads souls 

who honor her with true devotion – to her Son,

especially to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament."

Fr Paul Duffner, O.P.

"Mary, give me your Heart: 

so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate:

your Heart so full of love and humility that 

I may be able to receive Jesus in the Bread of Life 

and love Him as you love Him and serve Him 

in the distressing guise of the poor."

St Teresa of Calcutta
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Immaculate Heart of Mary,

cause of our joy, lead us and pray for us!

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TODAY also remembering... 

St Anthony of Padua

Feast Day - June 13

"The Bread of Heaven satisfies every taste and hunger."

St Anthony of Padua

"From Lisbon, out of Portugal ... He went to Italy ... And there confounded heretics ... And conquered heresy ... He was God's holy orator ... Who spread the gospel true ... And whose great ardor made him one ... Of His selected few ... The legends now are legion  of ... His miracles on earth ... The patron saint of barren wombs ... And those that promise birth ... He also is the patron of ... The poor and the unfed ... As hungry mouths are opened for ... St Anthony's special bread ... And many are his followers ... Who feel in heart and mind ... That any article they lose ... St Anthony will find."  ~ From Poem Portraits of the Saints - James J Metcalfe (1956) 

Invite someone to Holy Mass 
- where hunger and thirst are satisfied!   

In this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart it is fitting!

 St Anthony will help find the right person to ask!

St Anthony of Padua, pray for us!