How glorious the cup...

 ...my cup overflows. - Psalm 23:5

“Look then on Jesus, the author and preserver of faith: 

in complete sinlessness He suffered, and at the hands of those

who were His own, and was numbered among the wicked. 

As you drink the cup of the Lord Jesus (how glorious it is!),

give thanks to the Lord, the giver of all blessings."

 From a letter of

St. Raymond of Peñafort

nee Spain~ 1175-1275

Lawyer, Dominican (contemporary of St Thomas Aquinas)

Wise and holy Confessor

Founder - Order of Our Lady of Ransom

Compiled Church's legal documents into one source (Canon Law)

Patron of Lawyers and Canon Lawyers

Feast Day - January 7

Photo above: Maj. Jeffrey Whorton, a Roman Catholic priest, celebrating Mass
at St Elijah's Monastery near Mosul in northern Iraq

"May the God of love and peace set your hearts at rest and speed you on
your journey; may He meanwhile shelter you from disturbance of others
in the hidden recesses of His love, until He brings you at last into that place
of complete plenitude where you will repose for ever in the vision of peace,
in the security of trust, and in the restful enjoyment of His riches. "
- St Raymond of Peñafort

Click here: St. Raymond of Peñafort - YouTube (2 mins)
Saint Raymond of Penafort | Living the Liturgical Year for Catholics

St. Raymond of Peñafort, pray for us!

How glorious the cup! ...

 ...my cup overflows. - Psalm 23:5

“Look then on Jesus, the author and preserver of faith: 

in complete sinlessness He suffered, and at the hands of those

who were His own, and was numbered among the wicked. 

As you drink the cup of the Lord Jesus (how glorious it is!),

give thanks to the Lord, the giver of all blessings."

 From a letter of

St. Raymond of Peñafort

nee Spain~ 1175-1275

Lawyer, Dominican (contemporary of St Thomas Aquinas)

Wise and holy Confessor

Founder - Order of Our Lady of Ransom

Compiled Church's legal documents into one source (Canon Law)

Patron of Lawyers and Canon Lawyers

Feast Day - January 7

Photo above: Maj. Jeffrey Whorton, a Roman Catholic priest, celebrating Mass
at St Elijah's Monastery near Mosul in northern Iraq

"May the God of love and peace set your hearts at rest and speed you on
your journey; may He meanwhile shelter you from disturbance of others
in the hidden recesses of His love, until He brings you at last into that place
of complete plenitude where you will repose for ever in the vision of peace,
in the security of trust, and in the restful enjoyment of His riches. "
- St Raymond of Peñafort

Click here: St. Raymond of Peñafort - YouTube (2 mins)
Saint Raymond of Penafort | Living the Liturgical Year for Catholics

St. Raymond of Peñafort, pray for us!

O Blood of Jesus ... irrigate the Church...

  "We must never forget that the Church is built around Christ and that, 
as Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Albert the Great 
have all said, following Saint Paul (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:17),
the Eucharist is the sacrament of the Church's unity, because 
we all form one single body of which the Lord is the head."

Benedict XVI, 49th Intern’l Eucharistic Congress, Quebec City, 6/22/08

THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT

HE OFFERED HIMSELF WITHOUT BLEMISH TO GOD

TO THE ONE WHO LOVED US
WHO  WASHED OUR SINS THROUGH HIS BLOOD  

AND MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS OF GOD HIS FATHER  

TO HIM BE GLORY AND POWER. AMEN

"I adore You, O Precious Blood of Jesus, flower of creation, fruit of virginity, ineffable instrument of the Holy Spirit, and I rejoice at the thought that You came from the drop of virginal blood on which eternal Love impressed its movement; You were assumed by the Word and deified in His person. I am overcome with emotion when I think of Your passing from the Blessed Virgin's heart into the heart of the Word, and, being vivified by the breath of the Divinity, becoming adorable because You became the Blood of God.

I adore You enclosed in the veins of Jesus, preserved in His humanity like the manna in the golden urn, the memorial of the eternal Redemption which He accomplished during the days of His earthly life. I adore You, Blood of the new, eternal Testament, flowing from the veins of Jesus in Gethsemane, from the flesh torn by scourges in the Praetorium, from His pierced hands and feet and from His opened side on Golgotha. I adore You in the Sacraments, in the Eucharist, where I know You are substantially present....

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.

O adorable Blood of Jesus, wash our stains, save us from the anger of the avenging angel. Irrigate the Church; make her fruitful with Apostles and miracle-workers, enrich her with souls that are holy, pure and radiant with divine beauty."  - Meditations on the Precious Blood of Jesus from writings of St Albert

St Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus)

Dominican, Doctor of the Church 
Teacher and Mentor of St Thomas Aquinas

Patron of scientists and philosophers

Motto:  "To want everything that I want for the glory of God,

to wish and do everything only and always for His glory."   

Germany ~ 1280 +

Incorruptible

FEAST DAY - November 15

It has been said that 
St. Albert was a scientist by temperament, 
a philosopher by deliberate choice 
and a theologian by mood.

 

“My soul, if you wish to be intimate with Mary, let yourself

be carried between her arms and nourished with her blood…

Let this ineffable, chaste thought accompany you

to the Banquet of God and you will find in the Blood of the Son

the nourishment of the Mother.”  ~ St Albert

Click here: Saint Albert The Great - November 15 - YouTube (6 mins)
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St Albert the Great, pray for us!

Hidden ... yet seen ...

"Whatever you do, think not of yourself, but of God." 
- St Vincent de Ferrer

"Christ, the master of humility,

manifests His truth only to the humble

and hides Himself from the proud."  

St Vincent Ferrer

Dominican Friar, missionary, 
renowned preacher, miracle worker

Spain ~ 1350-1419
Ardent promoter of frequent Communion

Felt he was messenger of penance

sent to prepare men for the judgment

Known as "Angel of the last judgment"

Knew the entire Bible by heart

FEAST DAY - April 5
Painting above: Angel with Thurible - Timoleon Carl von Neff

 

“If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you

should approach God first with all your heart. Ask him simply

to fill you with charity, the greatest of all virtues;

with it you can accomplish what you desire.”- St Vincent Ferrer

Click here: St. Vincent Ferrer - YouTube (2 mins)

"Never begin or end your study 
except by prayer." - St Vincent Ferrer 

St Vincent Ferrer, pray for us!