Divine Office | Easter | Week Three | Thursday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From the treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop (130 – 202 AD) | The eucharist, pledge of our resurrection
Every time we look at the Blessed Sacrament, our place in heaven is raised forever.
Saint Gertrude the GreatSt Gertrude the Great
November 16
St Jude
October 28
Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified.
Saint Margaret Mary AlacoqueSt Margaret Mary Alacoque
October 16
Bl Carlo Acutis
October 12
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted; to understand, than to be understood; to love, than to be loved.
Saint Francis of AssisiSt Francis of Assisi
October 4
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
Saint Augustine of HippoSt Augustine of Hippo
August 28
If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother.
Saint Maximilian Mary KolbeSt Maximillian Kolbe
August 14
O blessed poverty, who bestows eternal riches on those who love and embrace her!
Saint Clare of AssisiSt Clare of Assisi
August 11
One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
Saint Edith SteinSt Edith Stein
August 9