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Stained Glass Window Motto?

Question

Question

In many parts of the website, there is a stained glass window with Saint Peter Julian Eymard, SSS, the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. What do the words mean around Saint Peter Julian as he give Holy Communion?

--Bugged in Birmingham

Answer

Answer

From Fr. Paul Bernier, SSS:

The Latin at the top is from the old Latin Mass: "Through him, with him, and in him..." The French is from Fr. Eymard, expressing his love for the place (the Calvary of St. Romans) and says: "Do not forget my rock,,, andits chapel." The word roche actually means rock; rocher has the implication of a a huge rock outcropping (which in this case had plenty of room for both a calvary and a chapel).