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Saint John Eudes, whose feast day we celebrated last Monday, once said: “Never separate what God has so perfectly united. So closely are Jesus and Mary bound up with each other that whoever beholds Jesus sees Mary; whoever loves Jesus, loves Mary; whoever has devotion to Jesus, has devotion to Mary. The Three hearts devotion is easy to understand - it is nothing other than honoring the Three Hearts of the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.This is often done by making reparation to: 1 - The Scared and Merciful Heart of Christ. 2 - The Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. 3 - The Most Pure and Chaste Heart of St. Joseph.

Saint John Eudes, whose feast day we celebrated last Monday, once said: "Never separate what God has so perfectly united.So closely are Jesus and Mary bound up with each other that whoever beholds Jesus sees Mary; whoever loves Jesus, loves Mary; whoever has devotion to Jesus, has devotion to Mary." The Three Hearts devotion is also easy to understand- it is nothing other than honoring the Three Hearts of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

Invitations are powerful, and that is true for the Catholic Faith. If you ask with kindness and enthusiasm, and those whom you invited declines your invitation, you have done your best in an attempt to bring that particular person closer to God. On the other hand , you just might be the final piece of God's puzzle to bring that person, or that family, into or back into the Catholic Church.

The Feast of the Assumption (which we will celebrate Thursday, August 15th) is the Patronal Feast of our Parish. What do we mean by “Patronal Feast”? You may well ask! A Patron Saint is a saint chosen to be the special intercessor in Heaven of a particular place or organization, such as a parish church or cathedral, a hospital, university, or guild. A Patronal Feast is the occasion on which a parish annually honors the saint who was chosen as the Patron Saint of the parish. Thursday our parish will celebrate a special feast to honor Saint Mary the Virgin.

The Feast of the Assumption (which we celebrate Thursday, August 15th) is the Patronal Feast of our Parish. What do we mean by "Patronal Feast"? You may well ask! A Patron Saint is a saint chosen to be the special intercessor in Heaven of a particular place or organization, such as a parish church or cathedral, a hospital, university, or guild. A Patronal Feast is the occasion on which a parish annually honors the saint who was chosen as the Patron Saint of the parish.Thursday our parish will celebrate a special feast to honor S aint Mary the Virgin.

August became known as a month dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, but currently it is difficult to know why this is the case. There exists no particular feast, and the main celebration in August is the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on August 15th. (About which I will write next week.) The physical heart of Mary is venerated (and not adored as the Sacred Heart of Jesus is) because it is united to Her person and is the seat of Her love (especially for her divine Son,) virtue, and inner life. Such devotion is an incentive to a similar love and virtue in us.