Dear Brothers and Sisters,

American Saint, Frances Cabrini once said, “I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him.” This seemed to be the conviction of all our American saints who founded hospitals, grade schools, churches, universities, leper colonies, orphanages, missionary outposts, soup kitchens and more. To remind others of the goodness of God and Christ’s redeeming love, so many saints, canonized or not, functioned as building blocks of our country. Catholics, in other words, have played a huge part in American history.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Peace and Joy in Our Eucharistic King!

Our St. Bernadette family has been blessed to have adoration of Our Lord offered for many years. We have a few dozen committed parishioners who adore Our Eucharistic King regularly. This is such a wonderful blessing for them and for our parish.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

“Love for his wife as mother of their children and love for the children themselves are for the man the natural way of understanding and fulfilling his own fatherhood. Above all where social and cultural conditions so easily encourage a father to be less concerned with his family or at any rate less involved in the work of education, efforts must be made to restore socially the conviction that the place and task of the father in and for the family is of unique and irreplaceable importance.”
~ Pope Saint John Paul II, Familiaris Consortio

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

"Shout joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; serve the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful song. Know that the LORD is God, he made us, we belong to him, we are his people, the flock he shepherds. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name; good indeed is the LORD, His mercy endures forever, his faithfulness lasts through every generation.” – Psalm 100

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Peace and Joy in Our Eucharistic King!

Hopefully, you have people in your life who are or who have inspired you to grow in holiness. As I get to know the holy men and women who are now Saints in heaven, I am continually inspired by their heroic lives. How did these ordinary people end up living such extraordinary lives? One thing I can point to is their love for Our Lord… a love often fostered by spending time in His Real Presence in Eucharist Adoration. Here is what some of the Saints have said about Eucharistic Adoration.