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St. Teresa says that all are not allowed to speak to their king; the most that can be hoped for is to communicate with him through a third person. And even if anyone at length succeeds in speaking with a king, how many difficulties has he had to overcome before he could do so!
In this video, Fr. Gregory explains how we get our identity from relationships, and the types of relationships that can
Today is the final Sunday before the start of Lent, our 40 days journey with Christ into the desert of
Well did St. Francis de Sales say, in speaking of Holy Communion: “In no action does our Saviour show Himself more loving or more tender than in this one, in which, as it were, He annihilates Himself and reduces Himself into food in order to penetrate our souls, and unite Himself to the hearts of His faithful ones.”
Quinquagesima is the name used in the Western Church for the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. It was also called Quinquagesima Sunday, Quinquagesimae, Estomihi, or Shrove Sunday…
The passage of the Gospel selected by the Church, is that wherein our Saviour foretells to his Apostles the Sufferings he was to undergo in Jerusalem. This solemn announcement prepares us for Passiontide. We ought to receive it with feeling and grateful hearts, and make it an additional motive for imitating the devoted Abraham, and giving our whole selves to our God…
The Angelic Doctor calls the Most Blessed Sacrament “a Sacrament of love, a token of the greatest love that a God could give us.”
