"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
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,
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THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
HE OFFERED HIMSELF WITHOUT
BLEMISH TO GOD
TO THE ONE WHO LOVED US
WHO WASHED OUR SINS THROUGH HIS BLOOD
WHO WASHED OUR SINS THROUGH HIS BLOOD
AND MADE US KINGS
AND PRIESTS OF GOD HIS FATHER
TO HIM BE GLORY AND
POWER. AMEN
"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." - Meditations on the Precious Blood of Jesus from writings of St Albert
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
~ 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.
“My
soul, if you wish to be intimate with Mary, let yourself
be
carried between her arms and nourished with her blood…
Let
this ineffable, chaste thought accompany you
to
the Banquet of God and you will find in the Blood of the
Son
the
nourishment of the Mother.” ~ St
Albert
St
Albert the Great, pray for
us!
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