Saturday, August 29, 2015

HUMILITY

 Very humble work, that is where you and I must be. For there are many people who can do big things. But there are very few people who will do the small things. 

MOTHER THERESA

Friday, August 28, 2015

WHERE OUR TRUE JOY LIES

“Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.”

But to join the banquet of the Lord, we need to turn away from other food. 

We spend our whole lives eating from troughs that 

never satisfy our hunger - wealth, power, pleasure, 

honor

But in John 6, Jesus invites us to feed on himself, Wisdom incarnate, the only food that will ultimately fulfill our hunger. 
- Fr. Robert Barro

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

COWARDICE

How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?

St. Teresa of Avila

Saturday, August 15, 2015

FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY


Detail: The image of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the High Altar of the Church of the Assumption (Maria Himmelfahrt), Schongau, Bavaria, Germany.

The high altar of Chartres cathedral in France, depicting Mary’s assumption into Heaven.



The statue of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Egid Quirin Asam, in the Pilgrimage Church of Maria-Hilf, Rohr, Bavaria, Germany.




Tuesday, August 11, 2015

BE PREPARED

For those for whom this will be their last night on 

earth, O Lord, deepen their contrition and receive 

their souls.

Friday, August 7, 2015

WHY BREAD AND WINE?

Why did Our Blessed Lord use bread and wine as the


 elements of this Memorial? 


First of all, because no two substances in nature better symbolize unity than bread and wine. As bread is made from a multiplicity of grains of wheat, and wine is made from a multiplicity of grapes, so the many who believe are one in Christ. 
Second, no two substances in nature have to suffer more to become what they are than bread and wine. Wheat has to pass through the rigors of winter, be ground beneath the Calvary of a mill, and then subjected to purging fire before it can become bread. Grapes in their turn must be subjected to the Gethsemane of a wine press and have their life crushed from them to become wine. Thus, do they symbolize the Passion and Sufferings of Christ, and the condition of Salvation, for Our Lord said unless we die to ourselves we cannot live in Him. 
A third reason is that there are no two substances in nature which have more traditionally nourished man than bread and wine. In bringing these elements to the altar, men are equivalently bringing themselves. When bread and wine are taken or consumed, they are changed into man’s body and blood. But when He took bread and wine, He changed them into Himself.” 

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Sunday, August 2, 2015

WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT YOU?

 How dare you call yourself worthless when He says you are priceless?