St. Juliana Falconieri was always most devoted to the Holy Eucharist. She was an only child, born in 1270 to a wealthy family in Florence, Italy. Legend says she never gazed into a mirror, never looked at a man's face, trembled at the mention of sin, and fainted upon hearing scandalous gossip. She refused an arranged marriage at age 14. She became a Servite tertiary in 1285 and served as first superior of the Servite Order of Mary, which was formally established in 1304, and their first convent founded in 1305. In her last days, a stomach ailment which had afflicted her for a long time, as it became more acute, prevented her from receiving Communion. Before her death in 1341, she asked that the priest put a corporal on her chest and place a Consecrated Host upon her as she recited a prayer. As she prayed, the Host disappeared and left a violet mark, as if the mark had been branded there. She was beatified in 1678 and canonized in 1737. She is the patron saint of bodily ills, sick people, and illnesses. May our lives reflect virtue, and may we strive to emulate all that is good. May we receive Jesus in Communion weekly with His Presence creating within us a longing and love of the Holy Mass and Adoration. May He burn within us.