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
by Theresa Cavicchio
On August 11, 1253 A.D., Clare of Assisi, abbess of the Community of Poor Ladies of San Damiano, breathed her last on earth. Born to the noble Offreduccio family (1193/4 A.D.), she was moved by the persuasive preaching of Francis of Assisi, renouncing her birthright and worldly riches to follow him in poverty and adherence to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Thus began the Second Order of Franciscans, this one for women, later known as the Poor Clares.
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 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
