Friday, August 23, 2019

Pass entirely into God...

Come and share your master's happiness! 
- Matthew 25: 21/23



“St Rose of Lima was so ardent in her love of God in the Blessed Sacrament that when she knelt in His presence the fire which sparkled in her eyes showed the flame which consumed her soul.
At times she appeared like an angel.  

If anyone asked her what effects the Blessed Sacrament 
produced in her, she stammered and said she had no words
to express them, but that she seemed to pass entirely
into God, and was inundated with such happiness that 
nothing in common life could be compared to it"
(pg 34, Hidden Treasure). ...  

"St Joseph Benedict LaBre, St Paschal Baylon and St Rose of Lima are three saints that we know of who spent forty straight hours in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament commemorating
the forty hours Christ was in the tomb" (pg 39, Hidden Treasure). 

Excerpts from:  Hidden Treasure, The Riches of the Eucharist 
Louis Kaczmarek
 
St Rose of Lima
Peru ~ 1586-1617
Father: Spaniard ~ Mother: Indian
Third Order Dominican, Mystic
First Canonized Saint of the New World
Patroness of the Americas, Philippines
Feast Day - Aug 23
Painting above: Woman in prayer ~ John Phillip




 St Rose of Lima, pray for us!  

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