If God is for us, who can be against us? - Romans 8:31b
Chalice and host ~ Photo credit - Flicker
"When Thomas More was Chancellor of England
He answered their objections with these words: 'Your reasons for wanting me to stay away from Holy Communion are exactly the ones which cause me to go so often. My distractions are great, but it is in Communion that I recollect myself. I have temptations many times a day; by daily Communion I get the strength to overcome them. I have much very important business to handle and I need light and wisdom; it is for this very reason that I go to Holy Communion every day to consult Jesus about them.' "
From John M Haffert
The World's Greatest Saints
St Thomas More
Husband, Father, Lawyer, Knight,
Lord Chancellor of England
Steadfastly refused to approve King Henry VIII’s divorce/remarriage
and establishment of the Church of England
Patron of Lawyers
FEAST DAY – June 22
St Thomas More, pray for us!
ANOTHER FEAST CELEBRATED TODAY:
Of all the English bishops, only Bishop John Fisher of Rochester
On the scaffold he said to the people assembled:
"Christian people, I am come hither to die for the faith of Christ's Holy Catholic Church, and I thank God hitherto my stomach hath served me very well thereunto, so that yet I have not feared death. Wherefore I do desire you all to help and assist me with your prayers, that at the very point and instant of death's stroke, I may in that very moment stand steadfast without fainting in any one point of the Catholic faith free from any fear; and I beseech Almighty God of His infinite goodness to save the king and this Realm, and that it may please Him to hold His holy hand over it, and send the king good Counsel."
St John England
He then knelt, said the Te Deum, In te domine speravi, and submitted to the axe.
Bishop, Martyr
FEAST DAY – June 22
Erasmus said of John Fisher: "He is the one man at this time who is incomparable for uprightness of life, for learning and for greatness of soul."
St John Fisher, pray for us!
ORDAINED to the Holy Priesthood of Jesus Christ TODAY
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Oh, day of Love Divine, all loves excelling!
An Old German saying:
It is worth wearing out a pair of shoes to walk
to receive a priest's First Blessing!
Rev Mr Alan Guanella ~ Diocese of LaCrosse (Wisconsin)
St Joseph the Workman, Cathedral ~10:30 AM Mass
Rev Mr Nathan F Bockrath ~ Diocese of Toledo (Ohio)
Rev Mr Christopher M Mileski ~ Diocese of Toledo
Rev Mr Jeremy P Miller ~ Diocese of Toledo
Rev Mr Jeffrey J Walker ~ Diocese of Toledo
Most Holy Rosary Cathedral ~ 11 AM Mass
Rev Mr Allan Ramon Frederick ~ Diocese of Covington (Kentucky)
Rev Mr Michael Carl Hennigen ~ Diocese of Covington
Rev Mr Michael Brandon Norton ~ Diocese of Covington
Rev Mr Luis Angel de Jesus Leon-Saenz ~ Diocese of Covington
Rev Mr Jacob Edward Straub ~ Diocese of Covington
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption ~ 10 AM Mass
Rev Mr Michael Costik ~ Diocese of Rochester (New York)
Rev Mr Peter Mottola ~ Diocese of Rochester
Rev Mr David Tedesche ~ Diocese of Rochester
Sacred Heart Cathedral ~ 10 AM Mass
Rev Mr Ryan Browning ~ Diocese of Rockford (Illinois)
Rev Mr Manuel Gerardo Gomez-Reza ~ Diocese of Rockford
Cathedral of St Peter ~ 11 AM Mass
Rev Mr Jason Christian ~ Diocese of Charlotte (North Carolina)
St Patrick Cathedral ~ 10 AM Mass
Rev Mr Damian Jellett ~ Diocese of Wagga Wagga (Australia)
St Michael's Cathedral ~ 10 AM Mass
Let us hold them in prayer and offer thanksgiving for their 'YES'!
"How happy I was today.
My heart was on fire with love for Jesus...
I have begun to taste paradise !"
(St Padre Pio, speaking of his first Mass)
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