"I offer you everything" is the motto of Blessed Chiquitunga, and with these words she begins her prayer for an increase in fervor and union with Jesus in the holy sacrifice of the Mass. We recall her birth on 12 January 1925 in Villarrica, Paraguay and revisit her beatification in video and images.
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2022, Day 7: The Eucharist, heaven on earth
In her song of praise to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, Elizabeth exclaims that it is “God in us and we in him.” For Elizabeth, the Eucharist is “heaven on earth.”
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Quote of the day, 20 June: Silvio José Báez, o.c.d.
Having just celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Bishop Silvio José Báez, o.c.d. helps us go forth in mission. "In the Eucharist God became bread and he enters my heart, making me live with greater clarity and dignity so that I ask myself, 'what I am doing for my brothers and sisters'?"
Quote of the day, 19 June: Hermann Cohen
In his canticles "For the Love of Jesus Christ", which were published in 1851, the Servant of God Hermann Cohen wrote a summary of his vocation in the dedication pages of the book, closing with a hymn of praise to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament: "Throw yourselves at His Feet; give Him your heart, and He will bless you."
Quote of the day, 31 December: St. Edith Stein
St. Edith Stein departed from Cologne bound for Echt, Holland on the night of 31 December 1938. In a farewell poem, she wrote: "In the heart of Jesus, which was pierced, The kingdom of heaven and the land of earth are bound together. Here is for us the source of life."
Quote of the day, 20 December: Hermann Cohen
Come to this heavenly feast which has been prepared by eternal wisdom. Come, draw near. Abandon your baubles and empty dreams, cast off the rags that cover you. Ask Jesus for the shining robe of pardon, then with a new heart, with a pure heart quench your thirst at the limpid fountain of his love.
Quote of the day, 1 August: St. Edith Stein
When we see that Savior before us with the eyes of faith as the Scriptures portray him, then our desire to receive him in the bread of life increases.
Quote of the day, 22 July: Hermann Cohen
As Magdalen shed tears and poured perfume over the feet of Jesus, may you never tire of offering your prayers, aspirations and gifts before the tabernacle
Quote of the day, 14 February: Hermann Cohen
"We already have three forms of perpetual adoration... but there remains a vacuum to be filled"
Quote of the day: 23 October
Her great desire will be fulfilled: I will be a priest, an apostle according to God's heart
St. Therese and the 1891-92 influenza pandemic: Holy Communion — Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway
The pandemic allowed Therese to receive Jesus every day
Quote of the day: 9 June
For a Carmelite, Communion is heaven
Quote of the day: 28 April
If it weren't for the Eucharist...
Quote of the day: 27 April
Rather than a pedagogy Teresa’s is a true “mystagogy” of prayer
Quote of the day: 23 April
God is with us; this should be enough
Strength to serve — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Without the Eucharist we’d have nothing to say to the world
Quote of the day: 6 January
He is near to us; he wants to be sought and found by us
August 16: Blessed Maria Sagrario
Blessed be he who arranges everything for our good!
Quote of the day: 20 July
God doesn’t want us to feel fearful, neither does he want us to sleep
Elijah: Fear and Hope
Even the great men of God can suffer moments of crisis and fear
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