Author Archive | Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament

The words that Mary said to the servants at Cana are the words that she repeats to each of us: “Do whatever He tells you.” Mary did first what Jesus said. In her life we find the accomplished model of the disciple of the Lord: “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s Word […]

If the Virgin Mary was created by God and “fashioned as a new creature” by the Holy Spirit, it was…so that she might become the mother of God. Henceforth she lives with the very life of the Holy Spirit, and together with Him is sent on a mission: to complete within us the efficacious Redemption […]

“There is no one who performs a mighty deed in My name who can at the same time speak ill of Me. For whoever is not against us is for us.” God set the foundation for which we are to stand. When our faith leads us to be bold and proclaim Jesus in our words, […]

“If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.” How easy it is to forget these words and how distracted we are from living these words. Jesus knew His mission to serve others, with full trust in God’s plan. We must become childlike in our own […]

“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.” These words are very difficult to swallow. Why would God give us life […]

Ephphatha-that is, “Be Opened!” God makes the deaf man hear and the mute man speak. We are the deaf and mute. We hear the words God has given us, but we do not listen to them and apply them. We don’t spend time meditating on what God is asking of us, submitting ourselves to Him […]

Ear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” We tend to look and focus outwardly with our eyes of perception. Each individual is ultimately responsible for himself. Do we take time to reflect on the […]

It is the Spirit that gives life, while flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. The Spirit is what leads us to match up our words and actions to conform to the life of Christ. When we are self-centered, we don’t think beyond the present, we […]

“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for He has looked with favor on His lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed.” Mary, in her humility and lowliness is always redirecting to God and His goodness. She is a perfect reflection of God’s […]

It is written in the prophets: They shall be taught by God. Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from Him comes to me. If we seek to know who God is, we will know He has so much love for us that He sent His only begotten son, Jesus, to show us who […]