Saints and the Liturgical Year

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July 17, 2014 - Thursday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who show the light of your truth
to those who go astray,
so that they may return to the right path,
give all who for the faith they profess
are accounted Christians
the grace to reject whatever is contrary to the name of Christ
and to strive after all that does it honor.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For information on St. Alexius and the Blessed Martyrs of Compiegne, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-17
 
July 18, 2014 - Friday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who show the light of your truth
to those who go astray,
so that they may return to the right path,
give all who for the faith they profess
are accounted Christians
the grace to reject whatever is contrary to the name of Christ
and to strive after all that does it honor.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

July 18 - St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest (Optional Memorial in the Dioceses of the United States): In other countries, this feast is celebrated on July 14th.

Collect (Opening Prayer):
O God, who adorned the Priest Saint Camillus
with a singular grace of charity towards the sick,
pour out upon us, by his merits,
a spirit of love for you,
so that, serving you in our neighbor,
we may, at the hour of our death,
pass safely over to you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever."

“Born into a noble family in Italy, St. Camillus (1550-1614) was a young soldier of fortune who became penniless because of an addiction to gambling. Having decided to consecrate his life to the service of the sick, he improved the treatment and care of hospital patients and founded the Order of Ministers of the Sick (Camellians).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Camillus de Lellis and St. Symphorosa & Her Seven Sons, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/C/stcamillusdelellis.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-18
 
July 19, 2014 - Saturday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who show the light of your truth
to those who go astray,
so that they may return to the right path,
give all who for the faith they profess
are accounted Christians
the grace to reject whatever is contrary to the name of Christ
and to strive after all that does it honor.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one god, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

July 19 - St. Arsenius:

St. Arsenius, Confessor, was an anchorite, born 354 in Rome and died 450 in Egypt. He was a hermit on the Nile.

For more on **St. Arsenius **, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/A/starsenius.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-19
 
July 20, 2014 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reign with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-20

July 20 - St. Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Direct your faithful, Lord,in the way of eternal salvation,
which the Bishop Saint Apollinaris showed
by his teaching and martyrdom,
and grant, through his intercession,
that we may so persevere in keeping your commandments
as to merit being crowned with him.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“According to tradition St. Apollinaris was consecrated a bishop by St. Peter and sent as a missionary to Ravenna during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Renowned for healing in Jesus’ name, he was exiled, tortured, imprisoned, and finally martyred.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Apollinaris and St. Margaret of Antioch, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2011-07-20
 
July 21, 2014 - Monday, Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reign with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

July 21 - St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who for the glory of your name
and the salvation of souls
bestowed on the Priest Saint Lawrence of Brindisi
a spirit of counsel and fortitude,
grant, we pray, that in the same spirit,
we may know what must be done
and, through his intercession,
bring it to completion.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Lawrence (1559 - 1619) was Italian and a Capuchin with great preachng, teaching, writing, and leadership abilities. His writings include a commentary on the Book of Genesis, treatises against Luther, and nine volumes of sermons.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Lawrence of Brindisi and St. Praxedes, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/L/stlawrenceofbrindisi.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-21
 
July 22 - St. Mary Magdalene (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, whose Only Begotten Son
entrusted Mary Magdalene before all others
with announcing the great joy of the Resurrection,
grant, we pray,
that through her intercession and example
we may proclaim the living Christ
and come to see him reigning in your glory.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“Christ cast seven devils out of St. Mary; she ministered to him in Galilee, was one of the few who remained with Christ during his Agony on the Cross, and with two other women visited his tomb and found it empty. Our Lord first appeared to her after his Resurrection, asking her to announce his Resurrection to the Apostles.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Mary Magdalene, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/stmarymagdalen.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-22
 
grateful_child said:
July 20, 2014 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reign with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-20
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Sharing this reflection on today’s Scripture Readings, from today’s Euchalette, p.4:

“EVIL AND GOD’S OMNIPOTENCE”

"The presence and aggressiveness of moral evil in a world ruled by God’s Providence is bewildering. This feeling of confusion increases when we see evil right within the Church itself, which is supposed to be the beginning and the ‘sign’ of the Kingdom.

What bewilders us most is the impression that God does not seem alarmed by this situation. Why does He tolerate the devastating presence of evil in the world and in the Church? The basic answer to this question is that God wants the conversion of sinners, not their death. (See Ez 18:23 and 33:11.) But conversion is a long process … In the meantime God derives good even from evil.

This ‘permission’ that evil continue may be a means to test the faithfulness of His children, to challenge them to ‘grow’, to bring them to be vigilant and humble. God allows evil in order to draw from good people manifestations of a love which is absolutely sincere." (p.4.)
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“EVIL AND GOD’S OMNIPOTENCE” - continued:

"Evil is not just around us. It is right within each one of us, in different degrees, and often well concealed, but there, nonetheless, always ready to grow and strike …

God’s patience with the many forms of moral evil in the world and in us does not imply either weakness or surrender. It simply means that He loves all human beings. (See Mt 5:45.) He knows that we are weak. He ‘sees’ beyond our present moral failure. He keeps sending appeals and reminders. He respects the rhythm of our conversion and slow growth.

God is patient but not impotent. He is loving and merciful, but also just. In the end, goodness and justice must prevail and will prevail. He will be the one to have the final word. In spite of the great noise evil can do, the threats it can pose and the insults it can hurl, God remains in full control of the situation. He knows when to declare ‘time’s up!’ That will be judgment time, and **everyone will be rewarded according to his / her deeds. ** (See Mt 13:42-43 and 16:27.)

Such is the teaching of the parable of the wheat and the weeds. The whole bible, especially the book of Revelation, bears witness to its fulfillment." (The Euchalette, July 20, 2014, p.4.)
 
July 23, 2014 - Monday, 16th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

July 23 - St. Bridget of Sweden, Religious (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who guided Saint Bridget of Sweden
along different paths of life
and wondrously taught her the wisdom of the Cross
as she contemplated the Passion of your Son,
grant us, we pray,
that, walking worthily in our vocation,
we may seek you in all things.
through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Born in Sweden, St. Bridget (1303-1373) was a mother of eight children whom she brought up in a Christian manner; one is canonized St. Catherine of Sweden. After her husband’s death, St. Bridget dedicated herself to an ascetic and contemplative life. After becoming a Franciscan tertiary, she founded a religious order and wrote many works on ascetical and mystical subjects.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For information on St. Bridget of Sweden and St. Liborius, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/B/stbridgetofsweden.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-23
 
July 24, 2014 - Thursday, 16th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

July 24 - St. Sharbel Makhluf, Priest (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who called the Priest Saint Sharbel Makhluf
to the solitary combat of the desert
and imbued him with all manner of devotion,
grant us, we pray,
that, being made imitators of the Lord’s Passion,
we may merit to be co-heirs of his Kingdom.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Sharbel (1828-1898) was born in a small mountain village, became a Lebanese monk, and was ordained in 1858. Devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, he spent the last twenty-three years of his life as a hermit. Despite temptations to wealth and comfort, he taught the value of poverty, self-sacrifice, and prayer by the way he lived.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Sharbel Makhluf and St. Christina of Bolsena, see links:
catholiclane.com/st-sharbel-makhluf/
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/C/stcharbelmakhlouf.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-24
 
July 25 - St. James, Apostle (Feast):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
who consecrated the first fruits of your Apostles
by the blood of Saint James,
grant, we pray,
that your Church may be strengthened by his confession of faith
and constantly sustained by his protection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“Often called ‘the Greater,’ St. James was a son of Zebedee and was called by Christ together with his brother St. John. St. James was one of three Apostles who witnessed Christ’s Transfiguration and Agony in the Garden. St. James was condemned to death by Agippa I and beheaded in the year 42, the first martyr among the Apostles.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on **St. James and St. Christopher **, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/J/stjamesthegreater.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-25
 
July 26 - Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O Lord, God of our Fathers,
who bestowed on Saints Joachim and Anne this grace,
that of them should be born the Mother of your incarnate Son,
grant, through the prayers of both,
that we may attain the salvation
you have promised to your people.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“The Blessed Virgin Mary was immaculately conceived in the womb of St. Anne, and, together with her husband St. Joachim, Our Lady was raised in a manner befitting the Mother of God. Devotion to Sts. Joachim and Anne is an extension of the veneration due to the Blessed Virgin Mary as the pinnacle of Creation.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on **Sts. Joachim and Anne **, see links:
www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=114372
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-26
 
July 27, 2014 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-27

July 27 - St. Pantaleon, Martyr:

St. Pantaleon was a physician who was known as the “fee-less physician” for practicing his profession without charging for his services. He was martyred around 305, during the reign of Diocletian. He is patron of doctors, bachelors, of torture victims, patron against tuberculosis.

For more on **St. Pantaleon **, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpantaleon.asp
 
July 28, 2014 - Monday, 17th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For information on Sts. Nazarius and Celsus, St. Victor I, and St.Innocent I, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-28
 
July 29 - St. Martha (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
whose Son was pleased to be welcomed
in Saint Martha’s house as a guest,
grant, we pray,
that through her intercession,
serving Christ faithfully in our brothers and sister,
we may merit to be received by you
in the halls of heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“Our Lord frequented the home of Sts. Martha, her brother Lazarus, and her sister Mary. As his friends in Bethany, they took loving care of Christ.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For information on St. Martha, and Sts. Simplicius, Faustinus & Beatrice,, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/stmartha.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-29
 
grateful_child said:
July 27, 2014 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

For today’s Scripture Readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-27
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Sharing this reflection from today’s Scripture Readings, from the Euchalette, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 27, 2014, p.4:

"THE WISDOM THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

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July 30, 2014 - Wednesday, 17th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

July 30 - St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who made the Bishop Saint Peter Chrysologus
an outstanding preacher of your incarnate Word,
grant, through his intercession,
that we may constantly ponder in our hearts
the mysteries of your salvation
and faithfully express them in what we do.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“As Bishop of Ravenna, Italy, St. Peter (ca. 380-450) was famous for charity, his writings, and preaching; his moniker is thus ‘Chrysologus’ (‘golden-worded’).” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For information on St. Peter Chrysologus and Sts. Abdon and Sennen, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpeterchrysologus.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-30
 
July 31 - St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who raised up Saint Ignatius of Loyola in your Church
to further the greater glory of your name,
grant that by his help we may imitate him
in fighting the good fight on earth
and merit to receive with him a crown in heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“Born in Loyola, Spain, St. Ignatius (1491-1556) was a soldier and wounded in battle. While recuperating, he was impressed by a book about the lives of the saints and devoted his life to Christ. After studying in Barcelona, Alcala, and Salamanca, he finished his theological studies in Paris. There he gathered his first followers and with them he founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), which is dedicated to the greater glory of God and to the service of the Church, in total obedience to the Pope.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Ignatius of Loyola, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/I/stignatiusofloyola.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-07-31
 
August 1 - St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer) :
“O God, who constantly raise up in your Church new examples of virtue,
grant that we may follow so closely in the footsteps
of the Bishop Saint Alphonsus in his zeal for souls
as to attain the same rewards that are his in heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“Born in Naples, Italy, St. Alphonsus (1696-1787) was a lawyer who became a priest. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Reddemer (Redemptorist). He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church for his writings on moral theology. Promoting devotion to the Eucharist and Our Lady, he worked with zeal for the poor and sick.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For information on St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Peter’s Chains, and the Holy Machabees, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/A/stalphonsusliguori.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-08-01
 
August 2, 2014 - Saturday, 17th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, protector of those who hope in you,
without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us
and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may use the good things that pass
in such a way as to hold fast even now
to those that ever endure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Lead us, Lord God, to imitate the constancy of Saint Eusebius
in affirming the divinity of your Son,
so that, by preserving the faith he taught as your Bishop,
we may merit a share in the very life of your Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Eusebius (d. 371) fought against the Arian heresy, and the Arians tortured and exiled him. He was the first Western bishop to unite the clerical and monastic life.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

August 2 - St Peter Julian Eymard, Priest (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who adorned Saint Peter Julian Eymard
with a wonderful love for the sacred mysteries
of the Body and Blood of your Son,
graciously grant
that we, too, may be worthy to receive
the delights he drew from this divine banquet.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Born in La Mure, France, St. Peter (1811-1868) became a priest in 1835 and joined the Marists in 1840. He fostered Eucharistic Adoration and founded a religious order of priest-adorers of the Holy Eucharist, the Priests of the Blessed Sacrament.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Eusebius of Vercelli and St. Peter Julian Eymard and on St. Stephen I and Our Lady of the Angels, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/E/steusebiusvercelli.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2014-08-02
 
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