Consuming zeal for souls...

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor,

serving the Lord.  Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction,

faithful in prayer. - Romans 12:11-12

"The offspring of this intensity of love

for our Eucharistic Lord

should be a consuming zeal for the 
gathering of souls into the fold of Christ.”

St Katharine Drexel

American ~ 1858 - 1955
Heiress, educator, founder of schools
Entered religious life at age 31

Foundress - Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

aka 'the anti-Margaret Sanger'
(We need St K's special prayers in these days!)

Feast Day - March 3

 

“And here is the passive way – to be filled unto the fullness of God. 
The passive way – I abandon myself to it, not in a multiplicity of trials, 
extraordinary penances accomplished, practices of great works – 
but in peaceful abandonment to the tenderness of Jesus, 
which I must try to imitate, and by being in constant union 
with His meek and humble heart."  - St Katharine Drexel

Click here: St. Katharine Drexel - YouTube (2 mins)
Click here: Saint Katharine Drexel - YouTube (2 mins - CCTNtv)

Top painting: The Good Shepherd ~ Minerva Teichert

St Katharine Drexel, pray for us!

Homage of faith...

"He was following a good life plan, but God had kept a different design  

for him, a greater mission.  Joseph was a man who always listened

to the voice of God, profoundly amenable to God's secret will,

a man attentive to the messages that came from the depths

of the heart and from above." - Pope Francis

St James the Apostle Church,~Plaridel, Phillipines

"We cannot help but marvel 

at the faith of St Joseph. ...

Because his faith was so strong, Joseph's mind and heart

bowed in perfect adoration.  Imitate his faith as you kneel

before the humble Christ annihilated in the Eucharist.

Pierce the veil which covers this furnace of love and 

adore the hidden God.  At the same time respect the veil of love

and make the immolation of your mind and heart

your most beautiful homage of faith."

St Peter Julian Eymard

St Joseph, Jesus, John the Baptist - Melchoir Paul von Deschwanden (1811-1881, Swiss)

March is the month of St Joseph.
Plan today - how you will both imitate him

and solicit the special intercession

of this patron of the Church every day in March!
Ite ad Joseph!

"Accepting the Lord's plan, Joseph fully found himself, beyond himself...

his full interior openness to the Will of God challenges us

and shows us the way." - Pope Francis

Secure in Christ: First Sunday of Lent...

First Sunday of Lent 

"Very few people believe in the devil these days, which suits the devil very well.  
He is always helping to circulate the news of his own death.  
The essence of God is existence, and He defines Himself as: 'I am Who am.'  
The essence of the devil is the lie, and he defines himself as:  'I am who am not.'  
Satan has very little trouble with those who do not believe in him; 
they are already on his side." - Ven Fulton J Sheen, Life of Christ

"What does Jesus Christ do in the Eucharist? 

It is God who, as our Savior, 

 offers Himself each day for us to His Father's justice.

If you are in difficulties and sorrows, 
He will comfort and relieve you. 
If you are sick,
He will either cure you or give you strength 
to suffer so as to merit Heaven. 
If the devil, the world, and the flesh 
are making war upon you, 
He will give you the weapons with which to fight, 
to resist, and to win victory. 
If you are poor,  
He will enrich you with all sorts of riches 
for time and eternity.

Let us open the door of His sacred and adorable Heart, 

and be wrapped about for an instant by the flames of His love, 

and we shall see what a God who loves us can do. 

O my God, who shall be able to comprehend?"

St. John Vianney

"The Holy Eucharist is the perfect expression
of the love of Jesus Christ for man." - St. Maria Goretti