30th August – Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
The Church’s Liturgy may…be considered as a sacred poem, in the framing of which both heaven and earth have taken part and by which our humanity, redeemed in the blood of the Lamb without spot, rises on the wings of the Spirit even unto the throne of God Himself.
It may even be said, that the very source of holiness of the Church is fully contained in her Liturgy; for, without the holy sacraments, the Passion of our Lord, in the existing dispensation instituted by Almighty God, we would have no efficacy in us, since there would be no channels capable of conveying its treasure to our souls - Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
