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 GreatCrosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified.
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
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 Assisi