FEAST of the
VISITATION
May 31
Blessed is she who believed that
what the Lord
has said would be
fulfilled. ~ Luke 1:45
"O noble Virgin,
truly you are greater than any other greatness. For who is your equal in
greatness, O dwelling place of God the Word? To whom among all creatures shall I
compare you, O Virgin? You are greater than them all, O Ark of the Covenant,
clothed with purity instead of gold! You are the Ark in which is found the golden vessel
containing the true manna, that is, the flesh in which Divinity resides." ~
St
Athanasius
Visitation ~ Mariotto Albertinelli (1503) ~ Galleria
degli Uffizi, Florence
“Mary also
anticipated, in the mystery of the Incarnation,
the Church’s
Eucharistic faith. When, at the
Visitation, she bore
in her womb the
Word made flesh, she became in some way
a ‘tabernacle’ –
the first ‘tabernacle’ in history –
in which the Son
of God, still invisible to our human gaze,
allowed Himself
to be adored by Elizabeth radiating His light
as it were
through the eyes and the voice of Mary.
And is not the enraptured gaze of Mary …
that unparalleled model of love which should
inspire us
every time we receive
Eucharistic communion?”
Pope St John Paul II, Ecclesia de Eucharistia,
55
“Is it not
this also the joy of the Church, which receives
Christ
incessantly
in the holy Eucharist and takes Him to the world
with
the testimony of active charity, full of
faith and hope?
Yes, to receive Jesus and to take Him to others is the true joy
of the
Christian! Let us follow and imitate Mary’s profoundly
Eucharistic
soul, and
our whole life will become a Magnificat.”
Pope
Benedict XVI
May 31,
2005
Blessed Mother Mary and St Elizabeth,
pray for us!
ORDAINED to the Holy Priesthood of Jesus Christ
TODAY
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Oh, day of Love Divine, all loves
excelling!
An Old German saying:
It is worth wearing out a pair of
shoes to walk
to receive a priest's First
Blessing!
Rev. Mr. Michael Barsness ~ Diocese of
Minneapolis-St Paul (Minnesota)
Rev. Mr. Joseph Kuharski
~ Diocese of Minneapolis-St Paul
Rev. Mr. Kevin Manthey
~ Diocese of Minneapolis-St Paul
Rev. Mr. Marcus
Milless ~ Diocese of Minneapolis-St Paul
Rev. Mr. Marc Paveglio
~ Diocese of Minneapolis-St Paul
Rev. Mr. Paul
Shovelain ~ Diocese of Minneapolis-St Paul
Cathedral of St Paul - 10 AM
Rev. Mr. William
Thompson ~ Diocese of Owensboro (Kentucky)
Rev.
Mr. Emmanuel Udoh ~ Diocese of
Owensboro
St Stephen's Cathedral
- 10 AM
Rev. Mr. David Bayardo ~ Diocese
of Corpus Christi (Texas)
Rev. Mr. Luis
Villarreal~ Diocese of Corpus
Christi
Rev. Mr. Tristan Abbott, SOLT ~ Diocese of Corpus
Christi
Rev. Mr. Michael Slovak, SOLT ~ Diocese of Corpus
Christi
Corpus Christi
Cathedral - 10
AM
Let
us hold them in prayer and offer thanksgiving for their 'YES'!
"How happy I was today.
My heart was on fire with love for
Jesus...
I have begun to taste paradise
!"
(St Padre Pio, speaking of his first
Mass)
