Inexhaustible spring of mercy...

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy

and find grace to help in time of need. - Hebrews 4:16

 “You wanted to stay with us, 
and so you left us

yourself in the Sacrament of the Altar,

and you opened wide your mercy to us.

You opened an inexhaustible spring of mercy for us,

giving us your dearest possession,
the Blood and Water,

that gushed forth from Your Heart” (Diary 1747).

St Maria Faustina

Poland ~ 1905-1938 
Nun, mystic, visionary

Known as the Apostle of Divine Mercy

FEAST DAY – October 5

  

"If we were to sit for an hour a few feet away from a radioactive

element, how much would that change effect us? The Lord is

infinitely more powerful than this and if we go to Him seeking grace

and mercy, how much more can we hope to be changed?" ~ St Faustina

Click here: St. Faustina's Vision of Hell - YouTube (3:30 mins)

Click here: Mercy - Saint Faustina - Diary - Website of the Congregation of the Sisters (incl full text of Diary)

Click here: Chaplet of Divine Mercy

St Faustina, pray for us -

that we may earnestly say,

Jesus I trust in You!

Hold nothing back...

"May the burning and most sweet power of Your love,

O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind

that I may die through love of Your love, Who were graciously pleased

to die through love of my love." - St. Francis

Meditation of St. Francis of Assisi

Let everyone be struck with fear,
the whole world tremble,
and the heavens exult
when Christ, the Son of the living God,
is present on the altar in the hands of a priest!

O wonderful loftiness
and stupendous dignity!
O sublime humility!
O humble sublimity!
The Lord of the universe,
God and the Son of God,
so humbles Himself
that He hides Himself
for our salvation
under and ordinary piece of bread!

See the humility of God, brothers,
and pour out your hearts before Him!

Humble yourselves that you may be exalted by Him!

Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves,
that He Who gives Himself totally to you
may receive you totally!

St Francis of Assisi

Deacon, Founder, Stigmatist

a.k.a. - "the little beggar"

Italy ~ 1181 - 1226

 Founder: Friars Minor (Franciscans)

Co-founder w/St Clare: Order of Poor Ladies (Poor Clares)

Founder :  Third Order of Penance (for laity)

Started Eucharistic Adoration in Italy

FEAST DAY - October 4

Artist: Michael O'Brien

"Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society."

- St Francis of Assisi

Click here: St Francis of Assisi - YouTube

Click here: St.Francis of Assisi biography - YouTube (7:45 mins)

Click here: 12 Fascinating Facts You Didn't Know About the Great St. Francis of Assisi | ChurchPOP

St Francis of Assisi, pray for us!
Blessed namesake day, Pope Francis!

How consoling is the Eucharist! ...

“If you lean with all your weight upon Providence,

you will find yourselves well supported.” - St Theodore

 

"How consoling is the mystery of the Eucharist! 

If we knew how to appreciate it,

it would suffice to fortify and sustain us.

Is there anything sweeter than to have a friend

to whom we may at any hour

confide our difficulties and our pain?"

St Theodore Guerin

France ~ 1798 -1856

aka: St Theodora

Foundress:  Sisters of Providence of Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods

Feast Day - Oct 3

 

"Without distinction of persons, do good to all

for the love of God." - St Mother Theodore Guerin

At the time of her beatification, Pope JPII pronounced the life of Mother Theodore Guerin as "a perfect blend of humanness and holiness".

Painting above: Jose Gallagos (1900)

you tube st theodore guerin - (2 mins)

 

St Theodora, pray for us!

Light from light...

 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world; 

he who follows me will not walk in darkness, 

but will have the light of life." - John 8:12

“What a new world opens up to me

contemplating Jesus

in the Blessed Sacrament …

it awakens holy ideas in me,

a burning and consuming flame,

but one that makes me so happy!”

Bl Alberto Marvelli

1918 - 1946

Image: Artist - Godfried Schalcken

Soul's sole remedy...

 "Don't drag yourself any longer to His feet.  

Follow that first impulse that draws you into His arms. 
That is where your place is." - St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"Receive Communion often,
very often...

there you have the sole remedy,

if you want to be cured.

Jesus has not put this attraction

in your heart for nothing..."

St Thérèse of Lisieux
aka The Little Flower of Jesus

and St Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

France ~ 1873-1897

~ Carmelite Nun

The Story of a Soul (autobiographical) - a MUST READ!

Co-Patron of the Missions (w/St Francis Xavier)

Co-Patron of France (w/St Joan of Arc)

Doctor of the Church

Pope St Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times"

FEAST DAY - October 1

“The only thing I really wish for

 ...is to love until I die of love.” ~ St. Thérèse

"I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.
I will let fall a shower of roses." - St. Thérèse

Seven Sisters roses - Rosa multiflora f. platyphylla

Click here: Life/Lessons of St. Thérèse of Lisieux - YouTube (6:30 mins)

Click here: The Story of St Therese of Lisieux - YouTube (3:30 mins)

St Thérèse of Lisieux, pray for us!