[W]e can pray to God that we may be numbered among the elect; we can ask of Jesus the grace of final perseverance, the most precious of His gifts, which will secure for us the crown of immortal glory.
Adoremus in aeternum Sanctissimum Sacramentum, Anon.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Prayer
Jesus, my good, my sweet love, wound, inflame this heart of mine, so that it may be always and all on fire for Thee!
(Partial indulgence)
(Partial indulgence)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Every Day if Thou Wilt
When thou dost not receive Christ sacramentally, neglect not to receive Him spiritually, preparing thyself, and desiring that He should come into thy soul. No one, surely, can prevent thee from making a spiritual communion every day if thou wilt.
-- Blosius
-- Blosius
Friday, June 27, 2008
Pleasing in Proportion to Desire
Our Lord said one day to St. Mechtildis: "Each time that you communicate, desire to possess the most ardent love that the saints have had, and your love will be pleasing to Me in proportion to this desire."
-- St. Alphonsus Liguori
-- St. Alphonsus Liguori
Thursday, June 26, 2008
In the Mass Alone
You think we come to Mass because the Church is so strict in requiring us to do so; but the true state of the case is that the law of the Church is so strict because Christ is present in the Mass. You think it is the pomp and glitter of our altars that draws the crowds. Little you know of human nature if you think it can long be held by such things alone.
No; we adorn our altars because we believe Christ is present. This is our faith. It is no new thing with us. It is as old as Christianity . . .
We know that God is everywhere. We know that nature is His temple, wherein pure hearts can find him and adore Him; but we know that it is in the holy Mass alone that He offers Himself to His Father as the Lamb that was slain.
-- Sermons of the Rev. Francis A. Baker, with a Memoir of His Life, by Rev. A. F. Hewit
No; we adorn our altars because we believe Christ is present. This is our faith. It is no new thing with us. It is as old as Christianity . . .
We know that God is everywhere. We know that nature is His temple, wherein pure hearts can find him and adore Him; but we know that it is in the holy Mass alone that He offers Himself to His Father as the Lamb that was slain.
-- Sermons of the Rev. Francis A. Baker, with a Memoir of His Life, by Rev. A. F. Hewit
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The Sacrifice of the Mass
On Calvary the sacrifice was offered by Christ in a bloody manner; on the altar it is still Christ who offers it by the ministry of His priests, but in an unbloody manner. The sacrifice of the cross merited our redemption; that of the altar applies the fruits of it to our souls.
-- The Holy Mass Popularly Explained
-- The Holy Mass Popularly Explained
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Time Gained
No man's business ever suffered because of the short half hour devoted to God at the opening of his day. On the contrary, the experience of those who happily have contracted the habit of daily attending Mass goes to prove that the time spent in the salutary exercise is effectively time gained.
-- The Sodalist
-- The Sodalist
Monday, June 23, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Reparation
When you love a person very much you are always sorry when he suffers or is treated badly, and if you love Our Lord very much you must be sorry to see how ungratefully He is treated. You will try to make up for it by greater love. This is called reparation.
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How am I to obtain devotion to the Sacred Heart? Only by the remembrance of the "nimia delectio qua dilexit nos"; that He loved me so much that He died for me, and in having died for me, He lives for me, and in living for me, longs for me; dwelling on it, that He does long for me, that He is always living to make intercession for me, and then from this to say, "And what can I do for Him? How can I love Him?"
-- Father Dignam, SJ
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How am I to obtain devotion to the Sacred Heart? Only by the remembrance of the "nimia delectio qua dilexit nos"; that He loved me so much that He died for me, and in having died for me, He lives for me, and in living for me, longs for me; dwelling on it, that He does long for me, that He is always living to make intercession for me, and then from this to say, "And what can I do for Him? How can I love Him?"
-- Father Dignam, SJ
