Burning with great-heartedness...

 May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up

of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.  - Psalm 141:2
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"St Mary Magdalene seeks the Lord, and when she finds Him, 

she adores Him ... Adoration takes first place.  

Mary Magdalene reminds us of the need 

to recover the primacy of adoration 

in the life of the Church and in the liturgical celebration."
- Cardinal Robert Sarah, Essay on Saint Mary Magdalene

 "Yes, I am happy, perfectly happy; 

and do you wish to know where I find true happiness?

 At the feet of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. …

I would strongly urge that, even as the Magdalene anointed

the Lord’s feet with tears and perfumed oil, 

you too would pour out the perfume of constant prayer and contemplation at the foot of the tabernacle.

I should like the Eucharist to become a burning flame

for your soul , so that, immersed in that flame, it might 

emerge burning with love and great-heartedness. 

I should like to see this Eucharistic altar, on which 

Jesus is sacrificed, accept your offering too, so that 

you may become a victim of love, whose perfume rises 

to the throne of the Eternal God!"

Fr Augustine Mary of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Carmelite priest  (1821 to 1871)

Photo:  St Joseph Catholic Church ~ Ogden, Utah. USA

Remembering ...
St Mary Magdalene

Disciple of Jesus

"Apostle to the Apostles"

Feast Day – July 22

    “The story of Mary of Magdala reminds us all of a fundamental truth.
A disciple of Christ is one who, in the experience of human weakness,
has had the humility to ask for His help, has been healed by Him 
and has set out following closely after Him, becoming a witness
of the power of His merciful love that is stronger than sin and death.”
– Pope Benedict XVI

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Click here: St. Mary Magdalene - YouTube

15 Modern women celebrate St. Mary Magdalene - (2016)

Good read! - Saint Mary Magdalene, Prophetess of Eucharistic Love
- Fr Sean Davidson (2017) - Ignatius Press
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Painting:  Forgiven - Daniel Gerhartz  

St Mary Magdalene, pray for us!