THE MONTH OF JULY DEVOTED TO THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS

“Don’t hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that he pours out for you every day the Most Precious Blood of his only-begotten Son.” ―St. Augustine of Hippo

Servant of God Father John Hardon

Devotion to the Precious Blood is not a spiritual option, it is a spiritual obligation, and that not only for priests, but for every follower of Christ. I really believe that one of the symptoms of modern society (and I would even include, sadly, modern Catholic society) one of the symptoms of a growing, gnawing secularism is the lessening and the weakening of devotion to the Precious Blood. Devotion, as we know, is a composite of three elements: It is first, veneration; it is secondly, invocation; and it is thirdly, imitation. In other words, devotion to the Precious Blood of Christ, the Lamb of God who was slain, is first of all to be veneration on our part, which is a composite of knowledge, love and adoration. We are to study to come to a deeper understanding of what those two casual words, Precious Blood, really mean.

“Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, save us and the whole world!