Sanctuary Lamp

 

Here I am Lord.

In third hour of night watch,

here, before You 

Who are before me,

eternally.

I am the sanctuary light;

  dim, flickering, present

in Your presence.

One hour of adoration,

a granule of sand in Your timelessness.

My hour is soon done.

Graced by Your love,

I am replaced by another

light in Your sanctuary.

Your light glows anew

in the hourglass of my soul.

MaryAnne Frank

 

Proper perspective

 

  

"If the Blessed Sacrament is Jesus all for us, is it not the most

legitimate of conclusions that we should be all for Him? We should

be all for Jesus, if Jesus is our all. And what does this mean?

Surely, among other things, that the Blessed Sacrament should

be to us just the single overpowering fact of the world.

Our hands hold Him; our words make Him; our tongue rests Him;

our body compasses Him; our souls feel Him; our flesh feeds upon Him,

Him, the Infinite, the Incomprehensible, the Immense, the Eternal.

Must not all life be looked at in this light, just as

the whole Church lies in this light and has no other?"

  

 Fr Frederick Faber

The Blessed Sacrament

In Good company

"A little episode in the life of St Benedict is very beautiful. 

One day during Holy Mass, as soon

as the words 'This is My Body' had been uttered,

St Benedict heard a response coming from the

newly consecrated Host: 'And also yours, Benedict!' 

True participation at Holy Mass should make us

victims (hosts) in company with the Divine Victim. "

Excerpt from Jesus Our Eucharistic Lord

Fr Stefano M Manelli, FFI

St Benedict

Italy ~ 480-547

Priest, twin brother to St Scholastica

Patriarch of Western Monasticism

Motto of Benedictines: Ora et Labora

("Pray and Work")

Co-Patron of Europe

FEAST DAY - July 11

  “He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God

with his hands.” ~ St Benedict

Ste Benedict, ora pro nobis!

 

Whether we believe it or not...

 

 Lt. Benton Garrett on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln raises the Chalice while Sailors pray during the holy Catholic Mass. Photo credit: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian Morales

“Nothing in this world can give God greater honor,

and glory, and praise than the offering of the Mass. 

That is why, no matter where it is offered, no matter how small

the church, no matter how poor the parish, no matter how

humble the surroundings, no matter how ordinary the priest,

whether we know it or not; whether we understand it or not;

whether we believe it or not; whether we take it for granted or not;

the Mass is the greatest, the most powerful,

the most awesome, the most sacred thing

that takes place on the face of this earth.”

Fr Wm P Casey, CPM

Invite someone to pray the Mass with you this week.

Two extremes united!

 

 

 Speaking of the Eucharist, St Gemma Galgani once said...

 

                 "It is a question of uniting two extremes.

                    God, who is everything, and the creature who is nothing;

                God who is Light, and the creature who is darkness;

                God who is holiness, and the creature who is sin.

 

                It is a question of taking part in the Table of the Lord.

                There cannot be, then, enough preparation for it."