The Spirituality of the Precious Blood Missionaries: Blood of the Covenant (N) (C)

and background for Getting Closer to God (T)

St. Charles – Carthagena, Ohio
http://www.st-charles-cpps.org/cpps.htm

The Spirituality of the Blood of Christ
http://preciousbloodspirituality.org

In Water and in Blood, A Spirituality of Solidarity and Hope
By: Fr. Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S.
Published by Precious Blood Resources Volume 16.
Available on-line:  www.preciousbloodspirituality.org
(Go to “Spirituality and Theology” & click on “Books”) 

The Passion and the Cross by: Fr. Ronald Rolheiser
Chapter 4, The Cross as Salvation.  Franciscan Media, 2015.

Strokes of the Pen
Selected quotes of some letters of St. Gaspar published internally by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Quote from a letter in 1825.

Did You Know… (N) (C)

Salve Regina
http://www.salvemariaregina.info/Reference/PreciousBlood.html

Etymology Online – grail
https://www.etymonline.com/word/grail

Aquinas & More
http://www.aquinasandmore.com/catholic-articles/monthly-dedications-of-the-church-year/article/184

Scriptural Secrets (N) – Hidden Treasures (C) – Bible Secrets (T)

Bishop Robert Barron discusses St. Paul’s  ‘a thorn in the flesh’ in this podcast:
https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/homily/a-thorn-in-the-flesh-why-we-suffer/969/

Witness: Local Folks (T)

Basic facts about Nazareth and its people in Jesus’ time:
http://www.jesus-story.net/nazareth_about.htm

See also this link for further study:
http://www.jesus-story.net/index.htm

Catechetical Corner (N)– Catholic Passport (C)– Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church- (CCC 268, 306)