#10 Acts of Adoration Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament in reparation for all the offenses committed against Him by mankind
by VP
Posted on Thursday April 09, 2026 at 01:00AM in Thursday Reparation
10. We adore Thee, the delight of heaven and earth! And to repair the neglect, indifference and contempt which mankind show of that loving invitation, by which Thou callest them to Thy sweet embraces in the Holy Eucharist, we offer up to Thee the ready obedience, content, and happiness of the Angels. Eternal praise and thanksgiving be to the Most Holy and Most Divine Sacrament.
O Queen of heaven and earth, hope of mankind, who adores thy Divine
Son incessantly! We entreat thee, that, since we have the honor to be of
the number of thy children, thou would interest thyself in our behalf
and make satisfaction for us, and in our name, to our Eternal Judge, by
rendering to Him the duties which we ourselves are incapable of
performing. Amen.
St. Acactus, Bishop and confessor, A.D. about 430.
by VP
Posted on Thursday April 09, 2026 at 12:00AM in Saints
"St. Acacius was a holy bishop in Mesopotamia. Seeing the great distress of many thousand Persians, who had been taken prisoners by Theodosius the younger, and were so neglected as to perish with hunger, he summoned his clergy, and represented this great object of charity to them. He obtained their consent for selling the vessels of gold and silver belonging to the Church, for their present relief, and to set them at liberty. Which, when the king of Persia had heard, moved by this charity performed by Christians, whom he had persecuted throughout his kingdom with so much cruelty, he recalled his edicts, and gave peace to the Church.
This was the practice of that charity recommended by St. Paul: "If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink."(Rom. xii. 20.) It is the best you can perform for removing the scourge of God from yourself, from your family and nation; and for making your peace with God, in the pardon of your sins. Let not then the malice of others shut up your bowels of compassion against them; but help them for God's sake and your own, although they may not deserve it. It is very bad management either to lock up, or to magnify your state with that, which if thus employed for the relief of the poor, might open heaven to you. How little do they understand the gospel who are more solicitous to enrich their tables and houses than to feed the poor. Will not that be their anguish at the hour of death, which is now their satisfaction? Rob your walls to clothe the naked: starve your vanity to feed the hungry. This will be your better treasure, and your eternal comfort. The spirit of Christ was the spirit of charity and humility. If He be in His followers, He will carry them on in the same holy method; and this life will give testimony of His spirit residing in them, and that truly they live by Him. But if their lives be quite opposite to the gospel, and to the life of Christ; if pride, ambition and luxury; if seeking themselves and the world be at the root of all that they do; if they make the laws of God give way to their pleasure or interest, it is evident that Christ is not in them, and that they live not by His spirit." The Catholic Year by Fr. John Gother
Easter Thursday
by VP
Posted on Thursday April 09, 2026 at 12:00AM in Meditations
"As the angel said to the holy women, who were looking for Christ among the dead: He is risen, He is not here; so the state of every Christian at this time ought to be such, that as to all wilful and affected sin, it may with truth be said of him: "He is risen, he is not here". The past time ought to suffice for sin: and now as to what remains, all ought to live to the will of God. This is what St. Paul says to the Corinthians: "You have been sinners, but now you are washed, now you are sanctified, now you are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. You have been darkness; but now you are light in our Lord: walk therefore as children of the light." This is the fruit of Christ's Passion, which ought to be found in every Christian. This it is which the present solemnity of the Resurrection demands of every one in particular; and wherever this is not, those who have it not are not the children of God, nor have they any part in Christ. And the Resurrection of our Lord, which is a day of joy to repenting sinners, what must it be to such as obstinately or carelessly abide in sin, but a day of reproach and confusion, even a beginning of that confusion, which, if not timely prevented, will be eternal?
For where the mercies of a Redeemer do not raise up from the grave of sin, what can be expected, but to lie buried in sin for ever?
Wherefore, it being a
common interest to escape this confusion, it is plain that it can be no
other way effected, than by rising with Christ from sin, and beginning
the life of the new man. And because the weight of our corruption is a
general hindrance to this work, and the occasion of its being
unfinished, though often begun; it is our present duty to consider of
the means proper for carrying it on. And since this was the time of our
Saviour's beginning a new life, beg of Him to give a new life to all who
believe in Him, that they may begin such a method, as may give them
well-grounded hopes of rising with Him to a life immortal." The Catholic Year by Rev. Fr. John Gother
