Understanding the work...

"The Eucharist is supremely effective

for the transformation of the world into a world of

justice, holiness, and peace." - Bl. Pope Paul VI

 

 

"Since we began this adoration

of the Blessed Sacrament,

we have not reduced our work;

we devote just as much time to it as before,

but with more understanding.

 

People accept us better. They are hungry for God.

They have need, no longer of us, but of Jesus."

 

St Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Communion rail: place of exchange...

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing in thankfulness. - Colossians 2: 6,7

"The communion rail is a 

place of exchange.

The people give time and receive eternity;

they give self-denial and receive life;

they give nothingness and receive all.

Holy Communion commits
each to a closer union 

not only with Christ’s life, 

but also with His death:

to greater detachment from the world,

to surrender of luxuries for the sake of the poor,

to death of the old Adam for rebirth in Christ, the new Adam.”

Ven Fulton Sheen 

From The Priest is Not His Own (1963)

Excellent read

Lent begins March 1, 2017.

Consider committing to daily Mass -

the dividends are generous and sure!

From the silent core...

 "When we are before the Blessed Sacrament, instead of looking about us,

let us shut our eyes and open our hearts; and the good God

will open His.  We will go to Him, and He will come to us,

the one to give, and the other to receive.  It will be like a breath

passing from one to the other."- St. John Vianney

"Our own silence is not disagreeable to God; it does not repel Him.  He listens to the longing deep within our soul. With God we must learn a new language of love in which words are often unnecessary. ...

Our longing for Him hides beneath words. A bedraggled, branded spirit may be the reality of the day, the humbling truth of the current hour.  But it does not preclude a cry of love from the silent core of our being. ...

There is in a sense no option.  One cannot seek God after a while except inside a greater density of interior silence in prayer where there is no help from words, no distinct utterance that would predictably cast open a door.  The soul can only wait in a poverty of speech."

Father Donald Haggerty

Professor of Moral Theology

Capuchin Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Ethiopia

Contemplative Provocations (Ignatius Press)

Image: Stilles Gebet, Silent Prayer

Wise counsel, wise living...

"God is more honored by a single Mass than He could be by all the actions 
of angels and men together, however fervent and heroic they might be. 
 ... If we only knew the treasure we hold in our hands!"- St Claude de la Colombiere

 

"If you are sinful, repent

so that you can Communicate often.

If you are imperfect,
go often to Communion

that you may amend your faults."

St. Claude de la Colombiere

Jesuit priest ~ France ~ 1641 - 1682 
Eloquent speaker and writer
Exemplary life of holiness
Spiritual Director of St Margaret Mary Alacoque
Motto: "Trust in God"

Feast Day - Feb 15

"It is in vain that Your enemy and mine (the devil) sets new traps 
for me all the time.  He can make me lose everything, except
my hope in Your mercy.  Had I fallen a hundred times, and my
crimes were a hundred times more horrible than they are,
I would still hope in You." -  St. Claude de la Colombiere

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins 
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - I John 1:9

Click here: St. Claude de la Colombière - YouTube (2 mins)

including BEAUTIFUL prayer.

Click here: St. Claude de la Colombiere
Click here: Written By Saint Claude De La Colombiere | CatholicSaints.Info

"The happiness of the person whose will is entirely submitted to God's

is constant, unchangeable and endless. No fear comes to disturb it

for no accident can destroy it."- St. Claude de la Colombiere


  St Claude de la Colombiere, pray for us!

Greatest love story...

“All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself,

because God is love." - St Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)

"The greatest love story

of all time

is contained

in a small white host."

Ven Fulton J Sheen

Remembering...

Sts Cyril and Methodius

9th century

Byzantine Greek brothers

Bishops, missionaries

"Apostles to the Slavs"

Translated Liturgy into Slavic language

using an alphabet devised by Cyril

FEAST DAY - February 14 

 

These are holy men who became friends of God,

glorious heralds of divine truth.  (Today's Entrance Antiphon)

Click here: Discovering our Saint's - Sts. Cyril and Methodius (2 mins)

Sts Cyril and Methodius, pray for us!

 

Also remembering...

St. Valentine of Rome (c. 270) was a priest in Rome during the reign of Emporer Claudius II. Not much is known about his life with certainty, but according to legend he gave aid to martyrs imprisoned for their faith, and it was for this work, along with his own Christian beliefs, that he was arrested. One account has it that the emperor banned all marriages and engagements in Rome believing this was the reason Roman men were unwilling to serve in the army. Valentine defied this unjust decree and continued to perform marriages for lovers in secret. He was arrested, and while in prison he restored sight to the jailer's blind daughter, causing the jailer and his entire extended family, all 46 of them, to immediately convert to Christianity. Upon hearing this, Emperor Claudius II ordered his execution. St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine." He was beheaded on February 14th. St, Valentine is the patron saint of bee keepers, betrothed and engaged couples, lovers, love, happy marriages, and young people. His feast day is February 14th.

Click here: Saint Valentine - YouTube (6 mins)

St Valentine, pray for us!