Drop by drop...

 "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." 

 St Albert the Great

"Today the war is being waged against religion 

as such and against Christ Crucified. 

We need, therefore, to reemphasize the glories of the Cross 

and of our Crucified Redeemer, to reopen the fountains of mercy  

just when the devil would make us the victim of wrath. 

Now, more than ever, it is opportune to tell people 

at what price our souls were redeemed.

We must let it be known how the Blood of Christ

cleanses the souls and sanctifies them, 

particularly by means of the sacraments. 

We must arouse them from their insensibility

by reminding them that His Blood 

is offered up every morning upon the altars 

and that instead of blasphemy and insult, 

we should give it adoration and praise."

St Gaspar del Bufalo (+1837)

"Apostle of the Precious Blood"

Image above:  Angel collecting blood of Christ (detail) - Lorenzo Fiorenzodi


Fr Spencer Howe - St Anthony parish - Atkinson, IL 

Photo courtesy Aunt Juliette Carter