Holy Remedies

 "Ask Jesus to make you a Saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you can."

-St Dominic Savio

"In the life of St Philip Neri, we read that one day a young man who was leading a very impure life came to the saint to Confession.  St Philip, knowing that there was no better remedy against concupiscence than the most sacred Body of Jesus Christ, counseled him to frequent the Sacraments.  By this means he was in a short time entirely freed from his vicious habits and became pure like an angel. 

Oh, how many souls have made the same experience!   Ask any Christian who has once lived in sin and afterwards truly amended, from what moment he began to get the better of his passions, and he will answer, from the moment that he began to frequent the Sacraments. 

How should it be otherwise? Jesus calms the winds and seas by a single word.  What storm will be able to resist His power?  What gust of passion will not subside when, on entering the soul, He says:  'Peace be with thee; be not afraid; it is I!’ The danger of mortal sin, however, arises not only from the strength of our passions, but also from the violence of the temptations with which the devil assails us; and against these, too, the Blessed Sacrament protects us."

Michael Mueller, C.S.S.R.

Excerpt:  The Blessed Sacrament,

Our Greatest Treasure (Pg 103-04)

Let us make frequent and good Confessions during Lent -

that we may make frequent and good Communions.  

Offer a MEMORARE now in thanksgiving for priests - 

who generously bring us the Sacraments!  

MEMORARE, O piissima Virgo Maria, non esse auditum a saeculo, quemquam ad tua currentem praesidia, tua implorantem auxilia, tua petentem suffragia, esse derelictum. Ego tali animatus confidentia, ad te, Virgo Virginum, Mater, curro, ad te venio, coram te gemens peccator assisto. Noli, Mater Verbi, verba mea despicere; sed audi propitia et exaudi. Amen.

REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen. Would you like to congratulate our dear Pope Francis on his first anniversary (Thurs, March 13) as Pontiff  ?  It is now possible thanks to a newly launched website titled GrazieFrancesco.com To view the video click here.