A Great Day To Give Thanks To Our Ever-Present Lord and St. Albert the Great! (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) November 15 is the feast day of St. Albert the Great (1206-1280). Who was this noted Dominican friar? The following brief summary from the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic ( St. Joseph ’s Province) highlights some of his accomplishments: “German Bishop, theologian of renown, philosopher, scientist, diplomat, inventor, teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas…crisscrossed his diocese on foot and so nicknamed “Doctor Boots by his contemporaries. “Universal Doctor’ of the Church…” He was also the teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas! Today also marks the beginning of the nineteenth year of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration at St. Agatha's parish! Praise God for such a inestimable Gift! May I suggest we commemorate both of these great occasions by taking a look at what St. Albert the Great had to say about the Eucharist: ...
“The truth hurts sometimes. If we are going to be taught by God, the fisherman, we first need to be captured by Him. And His hook is going to have a bite. Of course, it's going to hurt.” - Father Donald Calloway, MIC