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Companions are lay associates of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. To learn more, visit www.preciousbloodus.org/companions. Welcome to the newest members of the Precious Blood family!
Marywood Companions: Carol Lassen, Susan Martin, John Baker, Mary Cmar, Roger Didion, Clayton Miller, and Mary Bumb
Cleveland Companions: Jean Kotsybar and Paulette Prokop
O God, You created me for a purpose, a specific task for the Church and humanity. You have always known the work I was cut out for, a work which only I can do and no other. If I do not accept this work, it will never be done. Therefore, I have a job to do. Make clear to me your will, and I will follow you in whatever task this may be. I know I can do all things in you, my strength. Amen.
Monday, Fifth Week of Easter: April 30
Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him. (John 14: 21) It is easy to say the words, “I love you” to someone. Words are a dime a dozen. It is much harder to prove it by one’s actions. If you love someone, you want to...
Fifth Sunday of Easter: April 29
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. (John 15: 5) We have today what may be the most vivid image for those of us living in the 21st century. When Jesus talks about the...
Saturday, Fourth Week of Easter: April 28
If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it. (John 14: 13) There was a young woman in RCIA a couple of years ago when I was working in a parish. She was always cheerful, positive and had a bubbly personality. She had a beautiful voice that she shared with the...
Friday, Fourth Week of Easter: April 27
…what God promised to our ancestors God has fulfilled for us… (Acts 13: 32-33) A student preparing for Confirmation asked who were the saints in the church. The reference was to the statues and tapestries that adorned the walls of the building. The expected answer was...
Thursday, Fourth Week of Easter: April 26
Whoever receives the one I send receives me… (John 13: 20) In the first reading of this day, St. Paul speaks in the synagogue in Antioch. As the good teacher he is, he tells his listeners things they already know well and regularly recount in their liturgy. His actual...