Mark Angelo Sarreal Palomares

[Dominican Friars Foundation @dominicanfriars]

The Lord is there, always with us. He wants to fill us with an abundance of graces, through the Eucharist. During adoration we say that it contains every blessing.

Join us in Contemplata Episode 55, Ask it From the Eucharist, as Fr. James Brent, O.P. teaches us to deepen our appreciation of the Holy Eucharist.
Contemplata is available wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/2JHg6AuGja

[Memento Mori @TempusFugit4016]

"What was the first thought that flashed through the Sacred Heart of Jesus? Naught else than an act of absolute submission to the holy will of God: "Lo, I come to do Thy will, O my God." Here is the foundation of all holiness, perfect conformity to the Divine will" - Fr. Clarke

[Ascension @AscensionPress]

Happy Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ!

[Dominican Friars Foundation @dominicanfriars]

Mary believed before anyone could explain the mystery to her. With a heart full of grace, she received God’s Word, reflected upon it, and trusted in its fulfillment. Listen to the second episode of Into the Mysteries of the Rosary with Fr. James Brent, O.P. https://t.co/2JHg6AuGja

[Dominican Friars Foundation @dominicanfriars]

St. Peter of Verona, whose feast the Order commemorates today, shows us that we can find the faith even when we grow up in a culture that despises it. God gave St. Peter the grace to avoid the error of his family and neighbors. He was able to see that the one good God created all that there is, even though those around him saw the world as evil, as hopeless.

On April 6, 1252 as Peter walked with a companion from Como, where he was prior, to Milan, where he was to preach, an assassin hired by the Cathars stabbed Peter in the head with a pruning knife. As the assassin and his assistant were beating Peter’s companion, the dying friar wrote with his own blood the first words of that prayer he had learned as a child: Credo.

Peter’s powerful profession of faith, which in the moment only increased his murderer’s rage, eventually brought the man to repentance: Carino, Peter’s assassin, would join the Order himself as a lay brother, living such a fervently penitential life that friars called him “Blessed Carino” after his death.

We too face a culture that sees a radical disconnect between the spiritual and the physical, one where the apparent evils of the world lead many to deny that God is good; and unlike St. Peter, for many of us Credo in unum Deum is not what we’ve been learning in school.

Let us pray, then, for the grace that St. Peter received, to see that God is creator of all and that by following Jesus, God incarnate, we may find our own salvation. May God grant us the grace to serve, just like St. Peter, as instruments of conversion amongst our families, our friends, and our neighbors, drawing them back to the saving truth of the faith.
—Fr. Clement Dickie, O.P.

[TAN Books @TANBooks]

It's the Feast of Corpus Christi!

Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui
Et antiquum documentum,
Novo cedat ritui,
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, genitoque,
Laus et jubilatio;
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio.
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio. Amen.

[The Rosary Center @CenterRosary]

As we begin this holy novena of the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts, we pray especially for all our Confraternity members, living and deceased.

Let us also join the Holy Father in praying for peace in our poor world.

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

From the depth of my nothingness, I prostrate myself before Thee, O Most Sacred, Divine and Adorable Heart of Jesus, to pay Thee all the homage of love, praise and adoration in my power. Amen.
- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Matthew Joseph @matthew_sede]

Do not despair! His Most Sacred Heart is the Furnace of Charity.

[Become A Saint @BeSaintly]

Every morning Saint Francis de Sales recommends meditating on this:

God had no need for you, yet He made you

He made you out of nothing

He did not need you, and you do not add to Him

Yet out of nothing, He made you solely out of Love.

Consider also the times you’ve betrayed God, but specifically how He brought you back when you repented…

Likewise, you betrayed God, but He brought you back

He had no need to bring you back, but He did.

Solely out of His immense love for you, and you in particular

Remember that God loves you.

[Memento Mori @TempusFugit4016]

"To consecrate oneself totally to the Sacred Heart means to renounce one's will. Most people prefer the will of Jesus when to act otherwise would be a grave sin, but when it is a question of venial sin or of imperfection, they have no scruple doing as they please." - Fr. Gabriel

[Dominican Friars Foundation @dominicanfriars]

Before God reveals our mission, He calls us into relationship with himself. Like Mary, we are first called to listen, to receive his grace, and to walk with him one step at a time. Listen to the second episode of Into the Mysteries of the Rosary with Fr. James Brent, O.P. https://t.co/2JHg6AuGja

[Dominican Friars Foundation @dominicanfriars]

If there is one Dominican saint who wants to be your friend, it is St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.

While the Church raises up saints as models because of their “heroic virtue,” Christians can learn from St. Pier Giorgio how virtue is practiced in ordinary ways, like the witness of joy or simply a smile.

St. Pier Giorgio (1901-1925) was a magnetic character, attracting a wide circle of devoted and loyal friends. Reading their letters to each other when he died suddenly at age 24 reveals just how much they were captivated by him: by his teasing, his antics, his kindness–and especially by his faith.

His faith was nurtured, in no small measure, by the witness of the Dominican Order. He made his profession as a Lay Dominican in 1922, at the young age of 21. St. Catherine of Siena–another Dominican known for cultivating a circle of devoted followers–inspired him, and he avidly read her Dialogue, a lengthy conversation between her and God the Father on Divine Providence. He also undertook a systematic study of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica. St. Pier Giorgio often carried a 15-decade Rosary, praying it loudly while walking around his hometown of Turin, Italy.

St. Pier Giorgio continued to inspire his friends after death. As Clementina Luotto wrote in a letter two days after his death, “He will give us the active love we ought to have, above all because he gave us the priceless gift of his friendship. Let us cling to the cross and love each other in his memory as if and more than if he were still with us. Perhaps that way we shall see his smile shine among us again.”

Read more here: https://t.co/si0n1p9H99

[St. Maximilian @Totvs_tuus51320]

"The most efficacious way to have devotion to The Sacred Heart of Jesus is through the Inmaculate Heart of Mary."

--𝑺𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒒𝒖𝒆

[St. Maximilian @Totvs_tuus51320]

"This Divine Heart is an Abyss filled with All Blessings."

-- 𝑺𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒚

[Father V @father_rmv]

During this month of June dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ, for spiritual reading, motivation to prayer, and to deepen knowledge of the rich theology surrounding this devotion, a wonderful resource are the papal encyclicals on the Sacred Heart:

◦May 25, 1899, Pope Leo XIII: Annum Sacrum (On Consecration To The Sacred Heart):  https://t.co/an1Jo9ylb7

◦May 8, 1928, Pope Pius XI: Miserentissimus Redemptor (On Reparation To The Sacred Heart): https://t.co/4HSND8BBsz

◦May 3, 1932, Pope Pius XI: Caritate Christi Compulsi (On The Sacred Heart): https://t.co/FvvbvNbuuO

◦May 15, 1956, Pope Pius XII: Hauerietis Aquas (On the Sacred Heart of Jesus): https://t.co/e3mqadSNFR

[EWTN Vatican @EWTNVatican]

June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus—a devotion that reminds us of the immeasurable love Christ has for every human soul.

The origins of this devotion can be traced to the visions received by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque between 1673 and 1675. During these apparitions, Our Lord revealed His Sacred Heart, burning with love, crowned with thorns, and wounded by humanity's indifference. He invited the faithful to respond to that love through prayer, reparation, and trust in His mercy.

In one of these revelations, Jesus asked that the Friday after the Octave of Corpus Christi be dedicated to honoring His Sacred Heart. What began as a private revelation eventually spread throughout France before being extended to the entire Church by Pope Pius IX in 1856.

Today, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart remains one of the most beloved feasts of the liturgical year, reminding us that the Heart of Jesus is a refuge for sinners, a source of mercy, and a sign of God's enduring love for humanity.

As we begin this month dedicated to His Sacred Heart, let us entrust our families, our intentions, and our hearts to Christ, who never ceases to love us.

❤️ Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

June belongs to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

[St. Maximilian @Totvs_tuus51320]

"This Divine Heart is pure sweetness, humility and patience, that is why we must wait. He knows when to Act."

-- 𝑺𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒒𝒖𝒆.

[St. Maximilian @Totvs_tuus51320]

"It is such a folly to pass one's time fretting, instead of resting quietly in the Heart of Jesus."

-- 𝑺𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒖𝒙