Sending messages... often...

Lord, open my lips.

- And my mouth will declare your praise

Invitatory Psalm

“Wherever I may be I will often think of 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.  

I will fix my thoughts on the holy Tabernacle – even when I happen to 

wake up at night  - adoring Him from where I am, calling to Jesus in the 

Blessed Sacrament, offering up to Him the action I am performing.

I will install one telegraph cable from my study to the Church, another from my bedroom, and a third from our refectory; 

and as often as I can, I will send messages of love 

to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.”

Venerable Andrew Beltrami (+1897) 

Salesian priest
His mother, upon entrusting him 
to the Salesian Novice Master said, 
"Make him a saint"

Ask great graces...

“Therefore enlarge your heart, and

do not ask things of small importance, but

ask great graces.... " - St Leonard of Port Maurice

"I often speak with my Teacher,

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament,

because I can learn from Him.

Jesus is the Teacher

of the science of holiness.

I go to Him because

I would like to learn from Him

how to become a saint.

Of what use to me

is all knowledge and education,

if I do not become holy!?"

St. Francis de Sales

Painting above:  El Rosario ~ José Gallegos Arnosa

Two goods for the choosing...

 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction,

faithful in prayer. - Romans 12:12

"Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us.

Both are good when both are possible.

Otherwise, prayer is better than reading."

- from Book of Maxims by Saint Isidore
Painting: The Garden Window - Daniel Gerhartz

St Isidore of Seville

Bishop, Doctor of the Church

Prolific and versatile writer

Far-reaching and immeasurable influence

on the educational life of the Middle Ages

Spain ~ 560-636

Patron of computers, computer users,

and the Internet

Feast Day - April 4

St. Isidore of Seville (2 mins - Apostleship of Prayer)
St. Isidore of Seville (4 mins)

  

"Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin. All hope consists in confession. In confession there is a chance for mercy. Believe it firmly. Do not doubt, do not hesitate, never despair of the mercy of God. Hope and have confidence in confession."  - St Isidore of Seville

St Isidore of Seville, pray for us!