"We must
never forget that the Church is built around Christ and that,
as Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Albert
the Great
have all said, following Saint Paul (cf. 1 Corinthians
10:17),
the
Eucharist is the sacrament of the Church's unity, because
we all form one single body of which the Lord is the head."
Benedict XVI, 49th
Intern’l Eucharistic Congress, Quebec
City
"I adore You, O Precious Blood of Jesus, flower of
creation, fruit of virginity, ineffable instrument of the Holy Spirit, and I
rejoice at the thought that You came from the drop of virginal blood on which
eternal Love impressed its movement; You were assumed by the Word and deified in
His person. I am overcome with emotion when I think of Your passing from the
Blessed Virgin's heart into the heart of the Word, and, being vivified by the
breath of the Divinity, becoming adorable because You became the Blood of God.
I adore You enclosed in the veins of
Jesus, preserved in His humanity like the manna in the golden
urn, the memorial of the eternal Redemption which He accomplished during the
days of His earthly life. I adore You, Blood of the new, eternal Testament,
flowing from the veins of Jesus in Gethsemane, from the flesh torn by scourges
in the Praetorium, from His pierced hands and feet and from His opened side on
Golgotha . I adore You in the Sacraments, in the
Eucharist, where I know You are substantially present....
I place my trust in You, O adorable
Blood, our Redemption, our regeneration. Fall, drop by drop,
into the hearts that have wandered from You and soften their hardness.
O adorable Blood of Jesus, wash our
stains, save us from the anger of the avenging angel. Irrigate
the Church; make her fruitful with Apostles and miracle-workers, enrich her with
souls that are holy, pure and radiant with divine beauty."
-
Meditation on the Precious Blood of Jesus from
writings of St.
Albert
St Albert the Great (Albertus
Magnus)
Dominican, Doctor of the
Church
Teacher and Mentor of St
Thomas Aquinas
Patron of scientists and
philosophers
Motto: "To want everything that I want for the glory of God,
to wish and do everything only and
always for His glory."
Germany ~
1200-1280
Incorruptible
FEAST DAY - November
15
It has
been said that St. Albert was a scientist by
temperament,
a philosopher by deliberate choice and a theologian by mood.
"He could not have commanded anything more
beneficial, for this Sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who
receives this Sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste
death. It is a tree of life for those who grasp it, and blessed is he who holds
it fast. The man who feeds on Me shall live on account of Me." ~ St Albert the
Great
St Albert the
Great, pray for us!
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