The Feast of Saints Louis Marie de Monfort and Peter Chanel.
"The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his Flesh to eat?”
"Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood, you do not have life within you.
"Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my Flesh is true food, and my Blood is true drink.
"Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood remains in me and I in him.
"Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.
"This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
"These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum." (John 6: 52 - 59).
Friday April 28th 2023 in the 3rd Week in the Easter Season.
April 28th is the feast of two French saints: St Peter Chanel and St Louis de Monfort.
Louis de Monfort was born on the 31st of January 1673 in Monfort in France. Louis was ordained a priest in 1700. His great contribution was in fostering devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the holy Rosary.
In 1715, he founded the Missionaries of the Company of Mary. Among his books which are still in print are: TRUE DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN; SECRET OF THE Rosary.
Louis de Monfort made the Rosary one of the most popular Catholic devotions throughout the world. Catholics everywhere are indebted to him for articulating the incredible
powers of this simple devotion.
St Peter Chanel (1803 - 1841). Priest and Martyr. St Peter Chanel died a martyr in the island of Futuna in the Oceania.
We continue with the Bread of life Discourse in the 6th Chapter of the Gospel of St John where eating and drinking the Body and Blood of Jesus is the dominant theme of this Easter Season so far.
It has been said that the best interpretation of the Gospel is the Example of the saints who are faithful and true witnesses to Jesus and His Way. Let us read below how some of the saints bore witness to the truth of the Bread of life Discourse.
"Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration." (Mother St Teresa of Kolkata).
"From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others." (Pope St John Paul II).
"Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven." (Pope St Pius X).
"There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us." (St John Vianney).
"The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life." "The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch." (CCC 1324).
My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink says the Lord.
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