August 21

Feast of St. Pius X (1835 – 1914)

“My advice is that you receive Holy Communion frequently – if you cannot do so daily – and unite yourself to the Savior. Make frequent visits to Him in the solitude and silence of His tabernacle.”

-St. Pius X

August 3

“I must never allow the world to evangelize me, so that I forget God’s power and wisdom and look to worldly power and wisdom. Jesus gives us the Church, our guiding light on the journey…whose mission it s to urge us continually on the journey to God."

-Sister Briege McKenna

August 2

Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard (1811 – 1868)

“We must keep in mind that the Holy Eucharist, is Jesus Christ past, present, and future; that the Eucharist is the last development of the Incarnation and mortal life of our Savior, that in the Eucharist Jesus Christ gives us every grace; that all truths tend to and end in the Eucharist; and that there is nothing more to be added when we have said, ‘The Eucharist,’ since it is Jesus Christ.”

-St. Peter Julian Eymard

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