Raphael's disputation of the Holy Sacrament, with the Church Triumphant (the Communion of Saints) above One thing I ask of you, dear child: Don’t be a saint by halves, but give Him all He asks and always.
Jesus
June 15, 2010
Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David, 1801. I feel that I could go through fire and water to serve such a man as Napoleon, that no sacrifice he could ask would be too hard. What would the army think of me if Napoleon said, “I want you to do so and so”, and I replied “But, your Majesty, I am very sensitive to cold, I want to have a …
June 14, 2010
The Moment of Benediction. The priest turns and raises aloft the Sacred Host. In loving adoration, in reverent awe, the invisible angels fall prostrate. The bell tinkles softly, fragrant clouds of sweet-smelling incense ascend on high, and in the remotest corner of the vast church every head is bowed in adoration. It is a solemn moment, a moment when the silent streams of grace pour down upon our souls. …
June 13, 2010
THE FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART Father Doyle wrote out the following consecration to the Sacred Heart during one of his midnight vigils, lit only by the glimmer of the red tabernacle light, on 29 September 1910. “Most loving Jesus, kneeling before You in the Blessed Sacrament, I solemnly consecrate myself to Your Sacred Heart by vow. I vow always to be Your faithful lover and to strive every day …
June 10, 2010