#11 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 16, 2026 at 01:00AM in Thursday Reparation
11. We adore Thee, never failing bounty and goodness! And to repair manʼs offensive diffidence in Thy tender mercy, we offer up to Thee the steadfast reliance and assurance of the holy Patriarchs in Thy promises. 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. Encratia, Virgin and Martyr, A.D. 303.
by VP
Posted on Thursday April 16, 2026 at 12:00AM in Saints
"She was a holy virgin, born in Portugal; but coming with her father to Saragosa in Spain, and seeing there the great cruelty of Dacian in persecuting the Christians, she was so strongly moved with holy zeal in their behalf, that she publicly reproached him with his barbarous proceedings. Upon which he was so enraged, that he put her to all the torments that a malicious cruelty could suggest, tearing her flesh with hooks of iron, cutting off her breast, and laying open her liver and bones. He then ordered her to be thrown into prison, to die a lingering death under the corruption of her wounds. Thus she finished a glorious combat at the commencement of the fourth century.
Can you Christian, now complain of what you suffer? Your troubles are no other way great, than as your want of patience makes them so. Stand by this martyr of Christ, and compare. And yet she rejoices, while you are complaining. She casts the devil
into despair, while you are pleasing him by your fretful impatience.
Repent, ask pardon for what is past, and by your prayers and tears
prevail on Heaven to grant you a better
spirit. Grieve not at your troubles, but at your weakness: for this is
your only affliction. All others may help you on your way: this only puts you back. While you see how much the patient suffering of the martyrs
was to their advantage, you plainly see likewise how much you are a
loser by your impatience. You see how great is your indiscretion, who
being industrious in managing temporal affairs to your own interest, are
so very careless in the greater concern, as to neglect the improvement of opportunities daily offered for your salvation. You see how much you are your own enemy, in complaining of the injuries which others offer you, and at the same time doing your own soul more hurt by your impatience, than the whole world could do against you. Amend in earnest, and beg God's grace for your entire reformation." The Catholic Year by Rev. Fr. John Gother
Saint Bernadette Soubirous
by VP
Posted on Thursday April 16, 2026 at 12:00AM in Saints
Sister Bernadette Soubirou, from Lily of Mary 1918
Father Price's Daily Prayer: O Mother Immaculate, Patron of America, who, through little Bernadette,
bade us pray and work for the conversion of the countless souls now
perishing. I offer all the prayers, actions, and sufferings of this day
and every day of my life for their conversion, and I beg of thee to
bless my resolution to do what I can throughout my life to bring about
their salvation. Hail Mary
St. Bernadette, Pray for Father Price.
Imprimatur: Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters, D.D. May 2 1949
" A priest (NB. Fr. Thomas F. Price) who has been deeply interested in all that concerns Maryknoll from its beginning expresses in printed form from time to time his particular devotion to Bernadette of Lourdes as the little client of Mary Immaculate. Realizing as he does that the Immaculate Conception is the sole National Patron of America, he has aimed consistently during his priestly life to deepen love in American Catholic hearts for her who, inspired by God, exclaimed, "Behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed!" One of this priest's books, Bernadette of Lourdes has been constantly on The Field Afar table, and is known to many of our readers. Another has just taken its place there: The Lily of Mary, a charming little volume that contains a short life of Bernadette of Lourdes." The Field Afar, Volumes 11-12 July 1918, page 101
