Glorious St. Joseph, model of all who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work in the spirit of penance in expiation of my many sins; to work conscientiously by placing love of duty above my inclinations; to gratefully and joyously deem it an honor to employ and to develop by labor the gifts I have received from God, to work methodically, peacefully, and in moderation and patience, without ever shrinking from it through weariness or difficulty to work; above all, with purity of intention and unselfishness, having unceasingly before my eyes death and the account I have to render of time lost, talents unused, good not done, and vain complacency in success, so baneful to the work of God. All for Jesus, all for Mary, all to imitate thee, O patriarch St. Joseph! This shall be my motto for life and eternity. - Prayer of Pius X

Friday, November 14, 2008

Bishop Weston

An old Anglican bishop, Frank Weston, addressed the Anglo-Catholic congress of 1923 with these words:

...the one great thing that England needs to learn is that Christ is found in and amid matter - Spirit through matter - God in flesh, God in the Sacrament. But I say to you...that if you are prepared to fight for the right of adoring Jesus in his Blessed Sacrament, then you have got to come out from before your Tabernacle and walk, with Christ mystically present in you, out into the streets of this country and find the same Jesus in the people of your cities and villages. You cannot worship Jesus in the Tabernacle if you do not pity Jesus in the slum...And it is folly, madness, to suppose that you can worship Jesus in the Sacrament and Jesus on the throne of glory, when you are sweating him in the souls and bodies of children...Go out and look for Jesus in the ragged, in the naked, and in the oppressed and sweated, in those who have lost hope, in those who are struggling to make good. Look for Jesus. And when you see him, gird yourself with his towel and try to wash his feet.

Cited in Kenneth Leech, The Social God, pp. 9-10.

Posted by Colin at 12:01 AM

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