July - Month of the Precious Blood

I didn’t manage to post something for the Feast of the Precious Blood (- observed as a “Feast” in the Passionist Calendar) on 1 July. However, at last Wednesday’s general audience, Pope Benedict referred to the month of July as the month of devotion to the Precious Blood of Christ. In case you missed it, here is the text issued by the Vatican Information Service: In the greetings he addressed to participants in today’s general audience, the Holy Father reminded Polish pilgrims that July is “a month in which we traditionally venerate the Most Precious Blood of Christ.” He went on: “In the world innocent human blood is continually being spilt. The hearts of men are often full of hate rather than evangelical love, they often contain disdain and arrogance rather than care for mankind,. I ask you to pray that modern humanity may experience the power of the Blood of Christ, spilt on the Cross for our salvation.”