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

"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
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Aspirations: Short Prayers to Help You Through Your Day

For the 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

  
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: 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."
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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!