Feast of Saints Philip and James

Readings of the day: RB Prol 8-13

Mass: 1 Co 15:1-8; Resp Ps 19; Jn 14:6-14

I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.

I do not want to be doomed to mediocrity in my feeling for Christ. I want to feel. I want to love. Take me, dear Lord, and set me in the direction I am to go.

(F. O’Connor, A Prayer Journal, p. ix)

LET US GET UP, THEN, AT LONG LAST, FOR THE SCRIPTURES ROUSE US WHEN THEY SAY: IT IS HIGH TIME FOR US TO ARISE FROM SLEEP (Rm 13:11). LET US OPEN OUR EYES TO THE LIGHT THAT COMES FROM GOD, AND OUR EARS TO THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN THAT EVERY DAY CALLS OUT THIS CHARGE:

IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE TODAY, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS (Ps 94[95]:8).

(RB Prol. 8-10)

Saint Philip, Saint James,

pray for us.