Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 24 Degrees of Excommunication
Mass: Gn 18:16-33; Resp Ps 102; Mt 8:18-22
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
HEART OF JESUS, BURNING FURNACE OF CHARITY,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
To honor Saint Junípero Serra, Apostle to California, founder and first pastor of Mission San Juan Capistrano, in what is now Orange County, California, I include the hymn for Prayer for the Evening, Magnificat, July 1, 2019. Our Lord calls us to follow Him in today's Gospel. May we keep Junípero Serra's motto in our hearts: Siempre adelante! Always forward!
O faithful saint! Apostle to the West!
Founder of missions, striving without rest!
With you we sing, Junípero the blest:
Siempre adelante! Siempre adelante!
Through suffering illness, violence and fear,
You gave his love to those God brought you near;
Your footsore journeys spoke the Gospel clear!
Come, ring the bell you rang in days of yore,
Come, plant the Cross again upon our shore!
Bring California to Christ's heart once more!
ST JUNIPERO SERRA, PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: Healthy grapes, Our Lady of New Clairvaux Abbey, Vina, CA
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