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

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Day 3

Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Solemnity:  June 19

Jesus, meek and humble of heart

make my heart like unto Thine.

Heart of Jesus, burning with love for me,

inflame my heart with love of Thee.

Graces abound...

"He who loves the Mass is already in paradise."  - St Philip Neri

"Time is full of eternity.
As we use it,
so shall we be.
Every day
has its opportunities,
every hour
its offer of grace."

Cardinal Henry Manning (1883)


Savor each moment of holy Mass 
in the special graces of Lent!

Graces flying forth....

"He remains still in the tabernacle, it is true,

but graces are flying forth from His Heart

in inconceivable abundance." - Fr Francis Aloysius Spencer

"Before the tabernacle

great saints have communed with God upon the heights

which we may never reach; there, too, sinners have come,

and touched by the grace that goes out from Him,

found the contrite and humbled heart which He will never despise.

Think of the millions of the faithful

who day by day come into the house of God to pray.

Think of the religious to whom this very presence

is as the air they breathe,

the very life and sustenance of their souls.

No one shall ever know all that this adorable sacrament

is for human souls, raising all our hearts to that one Heart

which is the center and source of grace and love."

Fr Francis Aloysius Spencer

Painting: Monks in a Cave - Francois-Marius Granet

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

Graces abound...

"He who loves the Mass is already in paradise."  - St Philip Neri

"Time is full of eternity.
As we use it,
so shall we be.
Every day
has its opportunities,
every hour
its offer of grace."

Cardinal Henry Manning (1883)


Savor each moment of holy Mass 
in the special graces of Lent!

Jesus is passing by...

"Dry bones and limp lives can come alive

by giving God permission to make us

what He wants us to be." - Fr. George Rutler

"We entreat you not to offer God's grace 

an ineffectual welcome (II Cor 6:1).  

Yes, God's grace can fill us this Lent, 

provided we do not close the doors of our heart. 

We must be well-disposed, we must really want to change; 

we cannot play with God's grace. ...

We cannot regard this Lent 

as just another liturgical season 

which has simply happened to come around again. 

It is a unique time: a divine aid which we should accept. 

Jesus is passing by and He hopes that we will 

take a great step forward — today, now."

St Josemaria Escriva

Christ is Passing By, 59

Most necessary mission...

"Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament has His hands

full of graces, and He is ready to bestow them

on anyone who asks for them." - St Peter of Alcantara

 Artist: Judith Costello

Eucharistic Adoration is the most necessary mission

to the Church, which has even more need of prayerful souls

than of powerful preachers or men of eloquence.

Today more than ever have we need of people who,

by their self immolation, disarm the anger of God inflamed

by the ever increasing crimes of nations.

We must have souls who by their importunity re-open the

treasures of grace which the indifference of the multitude has closed.

We must have true adorers; that is to say, people of fervor and sacrifice.

When there are many around the divine Savior, God will be glorified,

Jesus loved; society will become Christian, won to Jesus Christ

by the apostolate of Eucharistic prayer."

St Peter Julian Eymard