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Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

"It is better for a man to be silent and be [a Christian], than to talk and not to be one. It is good to teach, if he who speaks also acts." - St. Ignatius of Antioch

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June 26, 2023

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Pondering Tidbits of Truth - October 11, 2012

October 11, 2012

Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time. Mary Comm “We (the church) have been an unintentional accomplice to the millions of lives lost and to the multiplied millions of lives devastated by abortion. We didn’t want them to abort. We didn’t mean for them to abort. But, because of our lack of knowledge, because of our fear, we have continued to stand by and do nothing. We, God’s hands and feet in this dark and hurting world, have been unintentional, unknowledgeable accomplices, but an accomplice nonetheless.” ( From In Our Midst Ministries, Inc.) Dietrich Bonhoeffer “In New York,...

A Glimpse of St. Louis Bertrand

October 09, 2012

St. Louis Bertrand, O.P. (1526-1581) His early years – On January 1, 1526, one hundred and seven years after the death of St. Vincent Ferrer, another Dominican saint was born in Valencia – St. Louis Bertrand. He was actually baptized in the same Church and font in which St. Vincent had been baptized. Louis’s father, John, was related to and had an ardent devotion to Saint Vincent . He passed that devotion to his son – one which Louis treasured throughout his life. Louis has been described as “a fretful child and nothing seemed to comfort him except the sight of the holy images in the churches”. (Wilberforce 15) However, at an early age, he dedicated himself to the service of God and his studies. He learned to read and recite the Office of Our Lady before he was eight years old. As he grew older, he seldom spoke “unless the...

May More of Our Priests Accept God's Invitation to Come Before His Eucharistic Face and Enter His Sacred Heart

July 09, 2012

In case you have not recently read Vultus Christi, Father Mark’s blog , make sure you read what follows and then share it with everyone you know, especially with as many priests as you can. Recommend Vultus Christi to your priests. We need to challenge our priests and they us. We must pray for their sanctification, as they pray for our holiness as well. The Friendship of Christ for His Priests How it grieves My Heart when the unique love I offer a soul is spurned, or ignored, or regarded with indifference. I tell you this so that you may make reparation to My Heart by accepting the love I have for you and by living in My friendship. Receive My gifts, My kindnesses, My attention, My mercies for the sake of those who refuse what I so desire to give them. Do this especially for My priests, your brothers. I would fill each one of My priests with My merciful love, I would take each one into the shelter of My wounded Side, ...

Eucharistic Reflection - Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament

June 12, 2013

(Source: Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament) "Mary devoted herself exclusively to the Eucharistic Glory of Jesus. She knew that it was the desire of the Eternal Father to make the Eucharist known, loved and served by all men; that need of Jesus’ Heart was to communicate to all men His gifts of grace and glory. She knew, too, that it was the mission of the Holy Spirit to extend and perfect in the hearts of men, the reign of Jesus Christ, and that the Church had been founded only to give Jesus to the world. All Mary’s desire, then, was to make Him known in His Sacrament. Her intense love for Jesus felt the need of expanding in this way, of consecrating itself - as a kind of relief, as it were - because of her own inability to glorify Him as much as she desired.

Don't Overlook This Palm Sunday Message

April 05, 2020

Thank you Father Darr Schoenhofen: Palm Sunday without Palms This day, the beginning of an extraordinary Holy Week of unprecedented imposed penitential deprivation, open your hands, palms up toward heaven, and pray: Jesus, our King, ridiculed, rejected, and crucified for our sins, have mercy on us, for we have sinned; have mercy on us, Lord, for we have sinned .

Pondering Tidbits of Truth - January 10, 2019

January 10, 2019

Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time . Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati " In order to be Christian, our lives must be a continual renunciation and sacrifice. However, we know that the difficulties of this world are nothing compared to the eternal happiness that awaits us, where there will be no limit to our joy, no end to our happiness, and we shall enjoy unimaginable peace. And so, young people, learn from our Lord Jesus Christ the meaning of sacrifice." (From Pier Giorgio Frassati: A Hero for Our Times ) Saint Peter Claver "To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or if we love anything else, we must love it only for His sake." (From The Catholic Church the Teacher of Mankind) Blessed Dina Bélanger "I asked Him one...

A PERMANENT QUESTION

When we spend time with Jesus we become like Him. Why are we not encouraged to do so?

Spiritual Weapon Needed For Our Times - Chaplet of St. Michael The Archangel

PRAYER TO BE PRESERVED FROM SUDDEN DEATH

MOST AMIABLE JESUS "I humbly implore Thee by Thy ignominious Scourging, The Crowning with Thorns, Thy Holy Cross, and by all Thy Goodness, not to permit me to pass out of this world without having received Thy most holy Sacraments." -Prayer of St. Vincent Ferrer

PRAYER OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA

"Eternal Father, all things are possible for You. Although You created us without our assistance, You will not save us unless we help. Therefore, I pray You re-create their wills so that they wish for what they do not wish for: I ask this of Your infinite mercy. You have created us out of nothing. Now that we exist have mercy on us. Re-make the vessel which You created in Your own image and likeness. Bring them back to Your grace through the grace and blood of You Son, the beloved Jesus Christ."