True subjects offer true homage

 

 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; 

yea, I have a goodly heritage.

... in thy presence there is fullness of joy... - Psalm 16: 6,11b

 

 

"The Eucharistic Congress in Venice that took place in August 1898, was prompted and carried out by the zeal and energy of the Patriarch, who spared no pains to make it a success.

    Each parish was to take its part in the celebration, the whole Congress being carefully organized by the Cardinal himself.  "The heart of man," he said, "is inconstant in good; it grows cold and languid if from time to time it is not stirred up to action."  Conferences were held and missions were preached in many of the Venetian churches to prepare the people for the great event.  The bells of all the towers in the city rang out to announce the beginning of the congress, which opened with a magnificent procession from the Patriarchal palace to St. Mark's. 

    "Jesus is our king,"  he said, "and we delight to honor as our King Him whom the world dishonors and disowns.  We, His true subjects, offer our true homage to Christ the King; the intensity of our love shall be greater than the coldness of the world. 

We meet around the tabernacle where Jesus remains in our midst until the end of time; there faith springs up anew in our hearts, while the fire of His charity  - the very fire that He came to cast upon the earth - diffuses itself within us.  The object of this Eucharistic Congress is to make reparation to our Lord Jesus Christ for the insults offered to Him in the Blessed Sacrament; to pray that His thoughts may be in our minds, His charity in our institutions, His justice in our laws, His worship in our religion, His life in our lives."

F.A. Forbes

Heroes of the Church:  Life of Pius X

 

 

St Pius X

"Pope of the Eucharist"

Italy~ 1835-1914

257th Pope - 1903 to 1914

Papal motto: "To renew all things in Christ"

Advocated frequent Communion, Communion for children,

continual Catechesis for all, daily Scripture reading by all. 

Reformed the liturgy, promoted clear and simple homilies,

brought Gregorian chant back.

FEAST DAY - August 21

 

 

 

Describing Pius X, an historian wrote that he was

“a man of God who knew the unhappiness of the world

and the hardships of life, and in the  

greatness of his heart wanted to comfort everyone.”

Click here: St. Pius X - YouTube (2 mins)

 

St Pius X, pray for us!

Finding rest, providing rest...

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.  ...

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him,

for God is our refuge. - Psalm 62:5,8 

 

 

 St Paul Catholic Church - Madison, Wisconsin ~ USA 

 

 

"We find rest in those we love,

and we provide a resting place

for those who love us."

St Bernard of Clairvaux

  France ~ 1090 -1153

Cistercian Abbot, founded 40+ monasteries in lifetime

Eloquent preacher - Mellifluous ("full of honey")

Doctor of the Church

FEAST DAY – August 20

 

"There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge - That is curiosity.
There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others - That is vanity.
There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve - That is love." - St Bernard

 

Click here: St. Bernard of Clairvaux - YouTube (2 mins)

Click here: St Bernard of Clairvaux: Authentic Christian Masculinity - YouTube

(12 mins - excellent!)

 

St Bernard of Clairvaux, pray for us!

Change of heart

Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me.  You are my help

and my deliverer; O my God, do not delay. - Psalm 40:17

 

 

"Pray that just as Jesus changes the lower earthly nature

of bread and wine into His body and blood

He might change and transform also

the sluggish, coldness and dryness

of our earthly and arid heart ...

 

into the fire, tenderness and agility

of the holy divine affections and dispositions

of His divine and heavenly Heart."

  - From What We Must Do to Assist Worthily

at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (St John Eudes)

 

 

St. John Eudes

France ~ 1601-1680

Priest, gifted preacher and confessor

Encouraged devotions to twin Hearts of Jesus and Mary

 Central theme of his writings: Jesus as the source of holiness,

Mary as the model of the Christian life.

 

 

Dedicated to counsel and defend morally endangered women,

he founded an association of priests (Eudists) and religious -

Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity

(later known as Good Shepherd Sisters)

FEAST DAY - August 19

 

 

“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desires and His disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly.”

St. John Eudes, The Life and Reign of Jesus in Christian Souls

Bearing witness

Above all, love each other deeply... I Peter 4:8a

 

 

“From the Eucharist we receive the strength

to bear witness of the love of Jesus

in every environment in which we find ourselves,

especially among the most disadvantaged.”

 

Pope Francis

August 15, 2013, address

 

The fruit of Love

 

 

"Here in the tiny Host

I find the fruit of love."

 

St. Therese of Lisieux