For God, past, present, and future are one. Time has no restriction on Him; after all, He created it. The 19th century German Bishop Ketteler experienced this first hand in God working out his conversion.
In ancient Judaism, the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) brought the presence of God into the tent of the Jewish family. Similarly, the enthronement in the home of the Sacred Heart of Jesus makes the home an extension of His tabernacle in the church…
On Holy Thursday, sitting before my loving Lord in His Blessed Sacrament, I was privileged to pray with my mom’s Adoration Holy Hour prayer book from 1934. I felt like she was holding it with me, turning every page. The timelessness of our faith…the truth that in prayer we breach time and space as God lifts us up into His Heart to experience His love for us…the grace this brings into the world…truly there are no other people more blessed on the earth than the Catholics sitting in front of His Blessed Sacrament.
This saintly royal gave of herself tirelessly to bring God’s love to others. Friend of the poor, the prostitutes, the clergy and the saints of her time, her prayer for conversion of lost souls is timely for us today.
What comes to mind when asked, “What if today were your last?” Some people would try to cram as many pleasurable experiences as possible into their last 24 hours. “I’m going to do what I want!”. Others might prepare their will and other legal documents, relieving their loved ones of some burden and complications post-death. Still others would spend every moment with their loved ones telling and showing their love for them. But what about God—does He enter your mind?
The sign of the cross isn’t a symbol nor a superstition. It’s a Trinitarian prayer and consecration to Jesus used since the first century.
A tattered piece of paper is discovered in a dusty old attic. From this humble beginning, A Meditation Before the Blessed Sacrament grew in use around the world. With permission, it is reproduced here.
People don’t die for a cracker. They die for a Savior. In 2000 years since Jesus gave us His Church, the known and unknown martyrs who gave their ‘all’ for Him is countless. And they died not for the concept of a savior but for THE Savior Himself. Today we honor and celebrate the love that overflows from Jesus’ Sacred Heart.
To be an Easter people is to be a people of the Covenant because Jesus is the new covenant of God with His people. God wants every person on earth in this covenant with Him, but to bring people to Him we first must ourselves have that relationship in place…
Jesus’ closest friends were The Twelve. Yet one betrayed Him, ten ran away when trouble came knocking on their proverbial door, and the only one who stayed with Him in His passion was His younger cousin John…