Balm to every wound...

Peter said to him, "Jesus Christ heals you. 
Get up and take care of your mat." - Acts 9:34

 

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton received great solace

by bringing her sorrows to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

and speaking heart to heart with Him there:

"How sweet, the presence of Jesus

to the longing and harassed soul!

He is instant peace and balm to every wound."

St Elizabeth Ann Seton

United States ~ 1774-1821

Convert to Catholicism
Three basic points led her to become Catholic: 

1) belief in the Real Presence
2) devotion to the Blessed Mother,
3) conviction that the Catholic Church led back 
to the Apostles and Christ

Mother, Widow, Educator, Musician, Linguist, Religious

 Established schools and orphanages

Foundress of Sisters of Charity
Two great devotions: 
1) Abandonment to God's Will
2) Ardent devotion to the Blessed Sacrament

Feast Day - January 4

"The accidents of life separate us from our dearest friends, but let us not despair. 
God is like a looking glass in which souls see each other. 
The more we are united to Him by love, the nearer we are 
to those who belong to Him. - St Elizabeth Ann Seton

Click here: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - YouTube (3 mins)

Click here: Mother Seton: Servant of the Good Teacher | Crisis Magazine

St Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us!

Dusting off the soul....

... I was sick and you looked after me ... Matthew 25:36c

"St Camillus de Lellis never celebrated Holy Mass without first going to Confession, because he wanted at least "to dust off" his soul.  Once at sundown in a public square in Livorno, before taking leave of a priest of the same religious order, foreseeing that he would not have a priest to confess to on the following morning before his Mass, the Saint paused, took off his hat, made the sign of the Cross and went to Confession right there in the square to his confrere."

From Jesus Our Eucharistic Love (pg 32)
by Fr Stefano M Manelli, FFI

    

St Camillus de Lellis

Italy ~ 1550-1614

Encouraged to priesthood by St Phillip Neri

Founder of Order: Fathers of Good Death

Click here: Order of St. Camillus

Patron of hospitals, nurses and the sick

FEAST DAY - July 18

The Camellians took the vow to "devote themselves to material and spiritual care of the sick and needy". St. Camillus honored the poor and sick as living images of Christ. His reverence in their presence was as great as if he were really and truly in the presence of his Lord.

 “The poor and the sick are the heart of God. In serving them,

we serve Jesus the Christ. ...We want to assist the sick

with the same love that a mother has for her only sick child."

 -  Saint Camillus de Lellis

Click here: History | Camillo de Lellis

 Click here: PRAYER TO ST CAMILLUS - YouTube (1:45 mins)

Click here: St. Camillus de Lellis, Rash Vows, and Sanctity’s Daily Grind |

From Miraculous Images of Our Lord, by Joan Carroll Cruz, TAN Books (1993). 

The figure on this crucifix, which is venerated in the Church of Mary Magdalene in Rome, is the one which in 1582 detached its arm and comforted St.Camillus de Lellis with these words "Take Courage, faint-hearted one. Continue the work you have begun. I will be with you because it is my work." Camillus was very discouraged at the time because of opposition to his health care reforms. Our Lord's words were instrumental in the Saint pushing ahead and founding the Order of the Ministers of the Sick.

St Camillus, pray for us!

Good Shepherd: nourishes, guards, guides ...

GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY

“For He hears the lamb’s innocent call,

And He hears the ewe’s tender reply.

He is watchful while they are in peace.

For they know when their Shepherd is nigh.”

- William Blake

"We adore You, Jesus,

eternal Shepherd of the human race.

You are present in the Eucharist

to dwell continually 

in the midst of Your people.

You nourish us,

You guard us,

You guide us to the heavenly fold."

Ven. James Alberione

Painting: Good Shepherd (Detail) ~ Champaigne

Click here: Spiritualdirection.com | The Good Shepherd

Click here: The King of Love My Shepherd Is - A Homily

 

Also ... today...

53rd WORLD DAY of

PRAYER for VOCATIONS

 

Good Shepherd Sister, Sr Rose Vu, rejoices with Fr Spencer Howe on his day of Ordination 05/25/13

"Every vocation in the Church has its origin in the

compassionate gaze of Jesus." - Pope Francis

Pope Francis' Message

for 53rd World Day of Prayer for the Vocations:

Click here: Message for the 53rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2016 | Francis

TODAY (Roma)

Eleven men ordained to priesthood by Pope Francis 

Let us hold them in prayer

and offer thanksgiving for their 'YES' -

that they may nourish, guard and guide us!

Painting: "Ordinatio" ~ Nielsen Carlin