Inspiration

  JUNE 19, 2022 This is My Body https://diocesan.com/this-is-my-body/ As noted in today’s Gospel reading, our central role in honoring Christ should be one of service. Jesus commands us to “Give them some food yourselves.” CCC 1335 of the Catechism reads “The miracles of the multiplication of the loaves, when the Lord says the blessing, breaks and distributes the loaves through his disciples to feed the multitude, prefigure the superabundance of this unique bread of his Eucharist.” It is such a great visual, to partake in the miracle where Jesus took ordinary food and turned it into something extraordinary! Yet this was a foreshadowing that something much greater was to come.    When asked the most quoted verse in all the Bible, we turn to “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” This is a verse we hear every time we celebrate in the most Holy Mass. It is a statement that is so well known, and yet, so difficult for so many to understand. Is there any dogma more

M y daughter, write about My mercy… souls that make an appeal to My mercy delight in Me. To such souls I grant even more graces than they ask. I cannot punish even the greatest sinner if he makes an appeal to My compassion, but on the contrary, I justify him in My unfathomable and inscrutable mercy. -Diary 1146 At the start of my medical training, I questioned not only how to provide curative treatment for patients, but also, how to address the emotional and existential distress that one may undergo at end of life. Now currently facing the most difficult era of my professional life to date, the Coronavirus pandemic, I find more solace in Christ's instructions to Saint Faustina in caring for the dying than any medical text could ever teach me. "Say unceasingly the Chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it, they will receive great mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most harden

I am so excited for Christ’s coming! To meet Him face to face. In today’s Gospel, we learn His name shall be Emmanuel, Jesus. God is with us. Perhaps this is evident in the many various names He is granted. How many names do we continue to come across in the Bible? I would say well over 100! And of course, through this, we must recognize He remains alive in us.  For example, during the Liturgy of the Eucharist, we hear quite a variety- Lamb of God, Lord God Almighty, Hosanna in the Highest, Bread of Life, the list goes on. Which name stands out the most to you according to how you define your relationship with Christ the Lord? I would recommend you try to take some time out this Advent season to reflect on His name as a way to grow in your relationship with Him, to know forevermore who He is and then in fact, who He wants us to become in Him. This could also be a great way to bond with your loved ones, by reviewing Christ’s many different names and exploring their foundations in the Bi