Hold nothing back...

 "May the burning and most sweet power of Your love, 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind that 

I may die through love of Your love, Who were graciously 
pleased to die through love of my love." - St. Francis 

Meditation of St. Francis of Assisi

Let everyone be struck with fear,
the whole world tremble, and the heavens exult 
when Christ, the Son of the living God,
is present on the altar in the hands of a priest!

O wonderful loftiness
and stupendous dignity!
O sublime humility!
O humble sublimity!
The Lord of the universe,
God and the Son of God,
so humbles Himself
that He hides Himself
for our salvation
under an ordinary piece of bread!

See the humility of God, brothers,
and pour out your hearts before Him!

Humble yourselves that you may be exalted by Him!

Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves,
that He Who gives Himself totally to you
may receive you totally!

St Francis of Assisi

Deacon, Founder, Stigmatist

a.k.a. - "the little beggar"

Italy ~ 1181 - 1226

 Founder: Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Co-founder w/St Clare: Order of Poor Ladies (Poor Clares)

Founder :  Third Order of Penance (for laity)

Started Eucharistic Adoration in Italy

Feast Day - October 4

Painting above:  Artist: Mary Jane Miller

Artist: Michael O'Brien

"Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society."

- St Francis of Assisi

Click here: St Francis of Assisi - YouTube

Click here: St.Francis of Assisi biography - YouTube (7:45 mins)

Click here: 12 Fascinating Facts You Didn't Know About the Great St. Francis of Assisi | ChurchPOP

St Francis of Assisi, pray for us!
Blessed namesake day, Pope Francis!

How consoling the Eucharist...

"If you lean with all your weight 

upon Providence, you will find 

yourselves well supported.” - St Theodore

 

"How consoling is the mystery of the Eucharist! 

If we knew how to appreciate it,

it would suffice to fortify and sustain us.

Is there anything sweeter than to have a friend

to whom we may at any hour

confide our difficulties and our pain?"

St Theodore Guerin

France -- 1798 -1856

aka: St Theodora

Foundress:  Sisters of Providence 
of Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods

Feast Day - Oct 3

"What have we to do in order to be saints?

Nothing extraordinary; nothing more than 

what we do every day.  Only do it for His love."

 - St Mother Theodore Guerin

At the time of her beatification, Pope JPII 

pronounced the life of Mother Theodore Guerin 

as "a perfect blend of humanness and holiness".

Painting above: Jose Gallagos (1900)

you tube st theodore guerin - (2 mins)

St. Theodora Guérin | Simply Catholic

St Mother Theodore Guerin - Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

St Theodora, pray for us!