August 1

Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori  (1696 – 1787)

“Contradictions, sickness, scruples, spiritual aridity, and all the inner and outward torments are the chisel with which God carves His statues for paradise.”

-St. Alphonsus Liguori

July 31

"If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ's love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude."

-St. Angela of Foligno

July 30

"Let us be a Eucharistic People who are transformed by the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ and bear His presence to the world!"

-Johnnette Benkovic Williams

July 29

"Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening."

-1 Samuel 3:9

July 28

"At every moment of every day, somewhere in the world, bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus."

-Johnnette Benkovic Williams

July 27

"What could be more important than meeting Jesus who in the Mass leaps down from heaven to be with us?

-Dr. Ronda Chervin

July 26

"After I enter the chapel I place myself in the presence of God and I say to him, 'Lord, here I am; give me whatever you wish.'"

-St. Catherine Laboure

July 25

"...the Eucharist is a mode of being, which passes from Jesus into each Christian, through whose testimony it is meant to spread throughout society and culture. For this to happen, each member of the faithful must assimilate, through personal and communal meditation, the values which the Eucharist expresses, the attitudes it inspires, the resolutions to which it gives rise."

-St. John Paul II

July 24

"Through the gift of the Holy Eucharist, Jesus makes available to us His own Most Sacred Heart, the very heart that was pierced with a sword upon Calvary's hill. He gives His Heart so that our own hearts may be purified and cleansed, strengthened and made new, healed and set free.

-Johnnette Benkovic Williams

July 23

"From the depths of my heart I thank You, dear Lord,

for Your infinite kindness in coming to me.

I thank You for nourishing my soul

with Your Sacred Body and Precious Blood.

Grant that I may spend the hours of the day gladly

working with You according to Your will."

-Act of Thanksgiving