Catholic Dads

St. John Bosco (1888) did not make his boys do long prayers. Instead he encouraged short visits to the Blessed Sacrament & one line prayers.

These visits are appreciated by the Lord even today, as confirmed from this anecdote of Fr. Jimmy Hernandez of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C.. A construction worker would use his lunch breaks to visit a nearby church. It took him half an hour to get there, so all that he can do is knell and pray, “Lord, this is Jose. I just dropped by to say hello.” Then he’d hurry back to the site.

One day he had an accident and was hospitalized. When his friends stopped over, they found him laughing. He said the Lord stopped by saying, “Jose, this is the Lord. I just dropped by to say hello.”

While most churches are closed when there’s no service, whenever we drive by we can always pray “O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, all praise & all thanksgiving be every moment Thine.”

Other popular one-liners are: “Jesus meek & humble of heart, make my heart like unto Thine.”, “Mary Help of Christians, pray for us.”, “Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.”

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