"I have given myself to Jesus"

 

"Bl Kateri Tekakwitha was devoted to the Eucharist and to

Jesus Crucified.  At 4 am she could be seen kneeling outside

the chapel in the snow waiting for it to open.
 

She attended three Masses daily and always managed two hours

in preparation for Holy Communion and two hours in thanksgiving;

and she made frequent visits to the Blessed Sacrament.  Her motto: 

'Who can teach me what is most agreeable to God so that I may do it?' "

Louis Kaczmarek
Excerpt from: Hidden Treasure, The Riches of the Eucharist

 

 Bl Kateri Tekakwitha*

*Canonization - October 21, 2012 ~ Roma

First Native American to be canonized

1656-1680

Daughter of Christian Algonquin mother

and non-Christian Mohawk Chief

Consecrated Virgin

"Lily of the Mohawks"

Patroness of ecology and the environment

FEAST DAY - July 14

"I am not my own; I have given myself to Jesus.  He must be my only love. The state of helpless poverty that may befall me if I do not marry does not frighten me.  All I need is a little food and a few pieces of clothing. With the work of my hands I shall always earn what is necessary and what is left over I'll give to my relatives and to the poor.  If I should become sick and unable to work, then I shall be like the Lord on the cross.  He will have mercy on me and help me, I am sure."

Bl Kateri Tekakwitha, ora pro nobis!"

Pure Christianity

 

"O priest, I need you to glorify the Father... Give me the Son and He will be enough! ... Priests are the arms of the Church, always raised to sacrifice and offer; and the entire Church must unceasingly be united with them and offer sacrifice through their consecrated hands...

The union at the altar, the union with the Sacrifice, this identification of an entire life with the Lord's ministers so that they might celebrate more worthily, is pure Christianity. It is a sublime calling—to help priests, to dedicate oneself for them. .... 

I send my Good Angel to assist all priests at the holy Altar. I send him to place my soul on every paten, to be offered there with Jesus Christ sacrificed."

Excerpts from writings of August 14, 1872...

Bl. Marie de Jésus Deluil-Martiny (1884+)

Chalice of LIFE and LIGHT

Carl Heinrich Bloch

"O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man.  But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light. The purer we are, the more we receive." ~ St. Ephraem

"Blood of Christ."

"Amen."

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

 

 "Prayer ought to be short and pure,

unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace."

~ St. Benedict of Nursia

St Benedict, ora pro nobis!

To quench His thirst...

For Christ's love compels us... II Cor 5:14a

"The reason for our existence

is to quench the thirst of Jesus Christ. 

When He asked for water, the soldier gave Him vinegar to drink -

but His thirst was for love, for souls, for you and me."

Bl Mother Teresa of Calcutta