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Saturday, August 22, 2026

Love That Raises the Fallen

 

Readings 082126 

Memorial St. Pius X


St. Pius X was a pope of the people—  

humble, ordinary,  

a shepherd whose deepest desire  

was to reclaim children  

from ignorance of Our Lord.  


He believed that if you could awaken faith  

in the smallest hearts,  

you could revive the whole Church.  

And in that simple conviction,  

he revealed a truth we still need today—  

that God’s love restores 

what has grown weary  

and brings those dead in faith  

back to life again.


I know a man who carries a quiet testimony,  

a story without drama,  

yet filled with grace.  

He says God sent him a messenger—  

a stranger he met only once.  

A man who looked straight into him and said,  

“God told me to tell you to change your ways.”

And then he disappeared.  


No one else saw him.  

No one else heard him.  

But the words stayed…  

and they awakened 

what had grown silent inside him.  


This is the rhythm of grace.  

Just as St. Pius believed  

that a single moment of teaching  

could open a child’s heart,  

God often uses a single word,  

a single encounter,  

a single whisper  

to stir a soul back to life.  


The Pharisees once asked Jesus  

for the greatest commandment.  

And He gave them the heartbeat of holiness:  

Love the Lord your God with all your heart,  

all your soul,  

all your mind.

And the second—  

Love your neighbor as yourself.

Everything hangs on love.  


St. Pius lived this truth.  

He knew that love teaches,  

love restores,  

love resurrects.  

He knew that when love is spoken—  

even once—  

it can reclaim a wandering heart  

and revive a fading faith.  


Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord:  

“I will bring spirit into you,  

that you may come to life.”


This is what God still does.  

He breathes into what has grown weary,  

He strengthens what has fallen apart,  

He calls life out of places  

we thought were gone.  


His love still finds us.  

His love still raises us.  

His love still brings the dead in faith  

back to life again.


Prayer

Lord, breathe Your spirit 

into every weary heart.  

Awaken faith where 

it has grown silent or forgotten.  

Teach us, to love You 

with simplicity and joy.  

Bring us to life again 

in Your holy love.

Amen.


St Pius X, pray for us


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