Graces are flying forth...

"The very words we use, a 'visit to the Blessed Sacrament,'

reminds us that we go to a living person, and that He is 

no other than our blessed Savior." - Fr Francis A. Spencer, O.P

"The life of our dear Lord in the sacred Host is most active.

He remains still in the tabernacle, it is true, but graces are

flying forth from His Heart in inconceivable abundance.

From the tabernacle, Our Lord works miracles both

on souls and bodies, as He did of old in Galilee and Judea."   ...

 

"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, O.P.

Bottom painting: Giotto

The hungry soul: satisfied...

"All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy Sacrifice 
of the Mass because they are the works of men; 
but the Mass is the work of God.  Martyrdom is nothing in comparison 
for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; 
but the Mass is the sacrifice of God for man."  - St John Vianney

"A mortal man, a creature
feeds himself, satiates himself, 
with his God, 
taking him for his daily bread, 
his drink ...
O miracle of miracles! ... 
O love of loves! ... 
O joy of joys!"

St John Vianney

France ~ 1786-1859

Universal patron of priests

Ability to read souls

Patron of Confessors

Incorrupt
Feast Day - August 4 

Remain humble, remain simple.  The more you are so,

the more good you will do." - St John Vianney

"Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody,

such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising 

for a little while in the night to pray!" - St John Vianney

"Prayer is the inner bath of love

into which the soul plunges itself." - St John Vianney

Click here: St. John Vianney - YouTube  (2 mins)

Click here: The Life of Saint John Vianney - YouTube (6:45 mins)

Saint John Marie Vianney Quotes

St John Vianney, pray for us!
St John Vianney, pray for priests!

Let us offer a prayer for priests today...

Sanctify to Thyself, O my Lord, the hearts of Thy priests, 
that by the merits of Thy sacred humanity, 
they may become living images of Thee, 
children of Mary, and full of the fire of the Holy Ghost, 
that they may guard Thy house, 
and defend Thy glory, 
and that through their ministry 
the face of the earth may be renewed, 
and they may save those souls 
which have cost Thee all Thy blood. Amen

Francis Cardinal Spellman (1954)

Whole day: an act of worship...

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence

is in Him.  He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out

its roots by the stream.   It does not fear when heat comes;

its leaves are always green.  It has no worries in a year of drought

and never fails to bear fruit. - Jeremiah 17:7,8

"Keep struggling, so that the
Holy Sacrifice of the Altar
really becomes the
center and the root of your interior life,
and so your
whole day will turn into an act of worship -
an extension of the Mass you have attended
and a preparation for the next.

This will then overflow in aspirations,
visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and
the offering up of your
professional work and your family life."

St Josemaria Escriva
The Forge, n0.69

Aspirations: Short Prayers to Help You Through Your Day

Eucharist: life of the world! ...

  “Society will again someday become Christian
won to Jesus Christ by the apostolate of
Eucharistic Prayer.”  -  St Peter Julian Eymard

“The spread of the Eucharistic Kingdom of Christ 
is necessary for the salvation of society. 
The Eucharist is the life not only of the individual Christian, but of nations as well. 
We know well that an age flourishes or degenerates
in accordance with its worship of the divine Eucharist. 
It is the life and measure of its faith, charity, and virtue. 

The Eucharist is not only for personal piety; 
it is essential to social life, for it is the very life of the world.
We must take Christ from the solitude of His tabernacle, so that He may
place Himself at the head of Christian society, to guide and save it. 
We must build stately palaces, royal thrones, organize a court of
faithful servants, a family of friends and a host of adorers and apostles. 
Such a public and solemn protestation of our faith in the kingship of Christ,
in the reality of His sacramental presence is a prime necessity of our day.”

St. Peter Julian Eymard

France ~ 1811-1868

Founder of Congregation of

Priests of the Blessed Sacrament (1856)

Apostle of the Eucharist
Check out the Eymard Library - 9 small volumes on Eucharistic piety

 Feast Day - August 2

Painting above: Eucharistic Procession - Walter Tyndale

  

To be possessed by Jesus and to possess Him -
that is the perfect reign of Love." - St Peter Julian Eymard

Click here: St. Peter Eymard - YouTube (2 mins)

St. Peter Julian Eymard (Eucharistic quotes)

St Peter Julian Eymard, pray for us!  

Setting hearts ablaze...

"All holiness and perfection of soul lies in our
love for Jesus Christ our God, who is our Redeemer
and our supreme good." - St Alphonsus Ligouri

 

"To cast fire upon the earth -
that is my mission!
how I wish it were already blazing fiercely! 
Nothing in the world can set hearts ablaze with love 
for God like the Blessed Sacrament. 
That is why this Divine Bread 
has been pictured as a furnace of love." 

 St Alphonsus Ligouri

Italy ~ 1696 - 1787

Lawyer before ordination as priest (age 30)

Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Founder of Redemptorist order

Prolific writer and gifted in the fine arts

Feast Day - August 1

Image above: The Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist is like a consuming Fire (2003) Elizabeth Wang

"I love Jesus Christ and that is why I am on fire

with the desire to give Him souls, first of all my own, and then  

an incalculable number of others." ~ St Alphonsus Ligouri

Someone once remarked, after a sermon by Alphonsus,
"It is a pleasure to listen to your sermons; 
you forget yourself and preach Jesus Christ."

Click here: Saint Alphonsus Liguori - YouTube (2:45 mins)

Click here: St. Alphonsus Liguori, C.Ss.R. #2 - YouTube

(7 mins, including blessing from Redemptorist Provincial at end of video)
Click here: TOP 25 QUOTES BY ALPHONSUS LIGUORI (of 120)

St Alphonsus Ligouri, pray for us!