Then Jesus declared, "I am the Bread of life.
He who comes to me
will never go hungry,
and he who believes in me will never be
thirsty. - John 6:35
Brother André had a
particular love for the Eucharist
and encouraged people to
go to Communion frequently:
“If you ate only one meal a
week
would you survive?
It is the same for your
soul.
Nourish it with the Blessed
Sacrament.”
St.
André Bessette
Canada ~ 1845-1937
Holy Cross
Brother, porter
Miracle Man of
Montreal
Great devotion
to Eucharist and St Joseph
Feast Day - January
6
"I
am only a man, just like you," time after
time Br André Bessette reminded petitioners who came to him. Known as a miracle
worker of healing during his lifetime, this humble lay brother insisted on
giving all the credit to God, the faith of those healed, and the intercession of
St Joseph.
Quietly, he said, 'I will pray for
you.' Time after time, healing came.
...."He spent his
whole life speaking of others to God, and of God to others," said a friend of
Br
André. "It
is difficult to say at what point in his life work began and ended, and at what
point prayer started and ended: the two seemed to flow so naturally one into the
other."
St. André
Bessette, pray for us!
When Alfred (later to be Brother André) Bessette came to the Holy Cross Brothers in 1870, he carried with him a note from his pastor saying,"I am sending you a saint." By his death, he was receiving 80,000 letters each year from the sick who sought his prayers and healing. He died in 1937, at age 91. A million people filed before his coffin.
“It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints
the most exquisitely
beautiful pictures,” said St. André
Bessette.
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