God's Lavish Love!

Thanks be to God for his mercy endures forever! 

The Church dedicates June to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.  From the love and mercy that flows from his Eucharistic Heart, God has lavishly blessed our community in a magnificently threefold manner.

On June 2, we had the privilege and honor of celebrating Corpus Christi with Father Thomas Aquinas Pickett, O.P., Father Dominic Bump, O.P. from the Eastern province, and our Chaplain, Father Reginal Martin, O.P.  Our celebrant and homilist, Father Thomas Aquinas captivatingly spoke of our covenantal relationship with God in the Eucharist.

“Here in the Eucharist, is the consummation of that covenant, the marriage-chamber of our hearts…as food and drink we consume God’s love, we consume his very holiness, we consume his presence, so that as the air is filled with light, so are we filled with his grace.”

The torrents of God’s love and mercy continues to pour forth as we celebrated our beloved Sister Mary Rose’s birthday on June 10th. Sister exemplifies the covenantal relationship with God as she continues to faithfully live out her religious consecration of 81 years!

With hymns of jubilant praise and thanksgiving we concluded the month with the Solemn Profession of Sister André Marie on June 29; the Solemnity Sts. Peter and Paul.  We were blessed with the presence of Bishop Steven Maekawa, O.P.  Along with our friars, priests, Deacon, Sisters, family, friends and benefactors we celebrated with grateful hearts this joyous occasion.  As a former Navy chaplain, Bishop Steven made the analogy that in the military, the dangerous person was not the Marine with the rifle, but the Marine with a radio because of his capability of calling for reinforcement.

There is nothing more dangerous that a Catholic with a Rosary, a Catholic who is praying the Divine Office, who is attending Mass or who is Adoring the Holy Eucharist. They bring God– the weight of the entire Body of Christ - into the fight. They hand over all things, including their own will in service to the Lord for the salvation of souls. “So that the Word of God may not return to him empty.”

Thus, the Dominican Contemplative is “dangerous” in her hidden life armed with the cross and Rosary drawing all her strength from the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.  Read about Sister André Marie's incredible story of finding her true calling.  
Check it out here: https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/from-prescriptions-to-prayer/.

Deo Gratias!