Our beautiful Church has a myriad of ways to remind us of Christ throughout the year. One of these is through the tradition of monthly devotions. The month of July is especially close to my heart. This month’s devotion is to the Most Precious Blood. To non-Catholics — and perhaps to some Catholics as well — this devotion is slightly grisly sounding. I mean, isn’t focusing on Christ’s blood a little too macabre? And why would we call something so…well, bloody…precious? To start, let’s define what exactly Catholics mean when they talk about “devotions.” What is a Devotion? A devotion in the Catholic Church is, at its core, an aid for…