Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Consuming zeal for souls...

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor,
serving the Lord.  Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer. - Romans 12:11-12




"The offspring of this intensity of love
for our Eucharistic Lord
should be a consuming zeal for the 
gathering of souls into the fold of Christ.”

St Katharine Drexel
American ~ 1858 - 1955
Heiress, educator, founder of schools
Entered religious life at age 31
Foundress - Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
aka 'the anti-Margaret Sanger'
(We need St K's special prayers in these days!)
Feast Day - March 3

 

“And here is the passive way – to be filled unto the fullness of God. 
The passive way – I abandon myself to it, not in a multiplicity of trials, 
extraordinary penances accomplished, practices of great works – 
but in peaceful abandonment to the tenderness of Jesus
which I must try to imitate, and by being in constant union 
with His meek and humble heart."  - St Katharine Drexel




Top painting: The Good Shepherd ~ Minerva Teichert

St Katharine Drexel, pray for us!

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