Precious Blood, ocean of divine mercy: Flow upon us! Precious Blood, most pure offering: Procure us every grace! Precious Blood, hope and refuge of sinners: Atone for us! Precious Blood, delight of holy souls: Draw us! Amen. (Saint Catherine of Siena, +1380)
Quotes
We are celebrating a feast day, consecrated for us by the blood of the apostles. Let us love their faith, their lives, their labours, their sufferings, their confession of faith, their preaching. (Saint Augustine, +430)
The most efficacious way to have devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is through the Immaculate Heart of Mary (St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, +1690)
In the Sacred Heart, every treasure of wisdom and knowledge is hidden. In that divine heart beats God’s infinite love for everyone and for each of us as individuals. (Pope Saint John Paul II, +2005)
Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it. (Saint Josemaria Escriva, +1975)
No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him. He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s[…]
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes. (Saint Thomas More, +1535)
There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us. (Saint Jean Vianney, +1859)
All evangelical perfection is attained by the continual exercise of prayer. (Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, +1591)
Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy. (Saint Teresa of Calcutta, +1997)