Most tender of friends...

“Jesus Christ treats missionaries in a very special manner,

for it is He who guides their footsteps

and preserves them from all danger." - St Damien of Molokai

"I find my consolation in the one and only 
companion who will never leave me, 

that is, our Divine Saviour in the Holy Eucharist. . . . 

It is at the foot of the altar that we find the strength necessary 
in this isolation of ours.  Without the Blessed Sacrament
a position like mine would be unbearable.  But, having Our Lord 
at my side, I continue always to be happy and content... 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the 

most tender of friends 
with souls who seek to please Him. 

His goodness knows how to proportion itself to the smallest
of His creatures as to the greatest of them.  Be not afraid then in your solitary conversations, to tell Him of you miseries, your fears, 
your worries, of those who are dear to you, of your projects, 
and of your hopes.  Do so with confidence and with an open heart."

St Damien of Molokai

Belgian by birth (Jozef Damien de Vuester)

1840-1889

Priest, Missionary to Hawaii

Known as: Apostle to the Lepers
FEAST DAY - May 10 

Top Image:  Adoration Chapel, Corpus Christi, Texas, with paint applications by Kate Browning Word

"It is a great happiness to me whenever I have an opportunity of sending

news of myself, of reminding you, my dear parents, that on an island

in the midst of the great Pacific, you have a son who loves you

and a priest who prays for you..." - Letter by Father Damien to his parents

Click here: The Life of Father Damien - YouTube (8:46 mins)

Click here: Trailer: Molokai: The Story of Father Damien 1999 - YouTube 
(1:30 mins) EXCELLENT film!

Click here: “Damiaan Donker” the Beer in Honor of St. Damien of Molokai | Catholic Faith and Reflections

St Damien of Molokai, pray for us!

Making our souls monstrances...

For Christ's love compels us... II Cor 5:14

“It would seem impossible, did we not know it to be true, that God could abide with us always, in littleness and humility even more extreme than infancy. …Yet this is so.  Every day, every hour, Christ is born on the altar in the hands of the priest.  Christ is lifted up and sacrificed; Christ is buried in the tomb of the human heart and Christ rises from the tomb to be the life of the world through His Communion with men. …

This is the Host-life. …In the Host He is our Life on earth today. … The Host-life is not something new or different from the Christ-life that we know already.  It is the very core of it … the life which Christ Himself is living in the world now.  It is His choice of how to live His life among us today. … It alone can restore humanity to happiness … one thing only … supernatural life, beginning secretly in each individual heart; just as Incarnate Love began secretly on earth in the heart of Mary.  It is one thing only, the birth of the Infant Christ in us, Incarnate Love. …

Carry Christ everywhere in your hearts.  Make your souls monstrances, and go into places where Our Lord has never been adored in the Host, where the monstrance has never been lifted up.”

Caryll Houselander

The Passion of the Infant Christ

(Chapter Ten – The Host Life)