Eight Days after the Assumption of Mary, we celebrated The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Monday, August 22 instituted by Pope Pius X. St. Rose of Lima gifted with an extraordinary physical beauty admired by many, wanted instead to focus on her inner beauty that is, the truth of our relationship with Christ like a treasure buried in a field or a pearl of great price. She spent her life in penance and prayer. On Wednesday, we commemorate the feast of St. Bartholomew (Synoptics) Nathanael (John), Apostle. He was quoted saying, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"  Philip who brought him to Jesus said, Come and See!. When Jesus met him, he said, "Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him". He was honest and simply straightforward in his approach. Some of us like his style. Others don't. Jesus promised Nathanael, "You will see greater things than these". That's the price and perks of a discipleship. You see deeper heavenly things that others don't. This Saturday, August 27 is the memorial of St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine who prayed persistently for the conversion of her son (the son of her tears) and her alcoholic husband. In the Office of Readings, St. Augustine recorded his (heart to heart) conversation with his mother Monica provided in the Confessions, whereby she said, "For my part, my son, I no longer find pleasure in anything that this life holds. What I am doing here still, or why I am still here, I do not know, for worldly hope has withered away for me. One thing only there was for which I desired to linger in this life: to see you a Catholic Christian before I died" (From the Confessions).