For he
has delivered me from all my troubles,
and my eyes have looked in triumph on
my foes. – Psalm
54:7
“What would your wife say if you were a whole month
without showing her any marks of
affection? She would say
that you do not love her. You would
cause trouble in your home.
Well, when you do not receive Communion God says to Himself
that you do not love Him. And there is
trouble in your soul. ...
Receive Holy Communion often.
Our Lord cannot refuse you anything when He is there in your heart.
You will find strength and solace in
this act.”
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
IMAGE above: Receiving Communion, Francesco Vanni (1605)
"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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