Solution of all troubles...

"My life seems destined to be spent in the light irradiating from

the Blessed Sacrament, and it is the heart of Jesus that

I must look to for the solution of all my troubles." - St John XXIII

"In the Blessed Sacrament

a heavenly school is open to you,

with the best teacher

one can possibly imagine,
Jesus Christ Himself."

Pope St John XXIII

Italy ~ 1881-1963

Pope ~  1958-1963

Always close to the suffering and the poor

Dubbed by media as "the good Pope"

Feast Day - Oct 11*

*Opening day of Vatican II (1962)

Click here: List of encyclicals of Pope John XXIII 

Click here: John XXIII: key points in the life of 'The Good Pope' - YouTube

Click here: TOP 25 QUOTES BY POPE JOHN XXIII (of 57)
Click here: WMF: St. John XXIII - Pope of Innocence and Goodness - YouTube(5 mins)

Perhaps the testimony of the world at the death of Pope John XXIII 

was best expressed by a newspaper drawing of the earth

shrouded in mourning with the simply caption, "A Death in the Family."

St John XXIII, pray for us!

Leaving our narrowness...

LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made

my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. - Psalm 16: 5-6

“To live the Eucharistic life

means to exit the narrowness of one’s own life...

in order to grow into the infinity of Christ’s life.”

St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

(Edith Stein)

Germany ~ 1891-1942

Philosopher

Convert from Judaism - Carmelite nun

Martyr at Auschwitz
Patroness of Martyrs

FEAST DAY - AUGUST 9

"When night comes, and retrospect shows that everything was patchwork and much that one had planned left undone, when so many things rouse shame and regret, then take all as is, lay it in God's hands, and offer it up to Him. In this way we will be able to rest in Him, actually to rest and to begin the new day like a new life." - St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Click here: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - YouTube (2 mins)

Click here: The Hidden Life of Wisdom | Crisis Magazine

St Teresa Benedicta, pray for us!