Drink of the Day: California Red Wine

July 1 – Feast of St. Junipero Sera – Founder of California Missions

            Franciscan friars planted the first vineyards in California with grapevines that Jesuits had brought to Mexico from Spain.

            So, you should drink red wine from California today.   Even better, find the California wine called Mission Bell that is named in honor of the state’s mission history.

July 1 – Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

            Since it was suppressed in 1969, this feast is no longer observed today because it was combined with the Feast of the Body of Christ (Corpus Christi).

            However, you can still observe it by drinking Sangria or red wine.

Toast of the Day – from the Anima Christi prayer:

            “Blood of Christ, inebriate me!”

Pope Leo XIII granted an indulgence (no longer valid however) that you can still use as a toast today:

            “Hail saving Victim, offered for the whole human race.

            Hail, precious blood, flowing from the wounds of our crucified Lord Jesus Christ and washing away the sins of the whole world.

            Remember, O Lord, Thy creature that Thou hast redeemed by Thy precious blood.”

June is considered the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

July is considered the Month of the Most Precious Blood.