Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Canonization of Mother Mariam Thresia Chiaramel Mankidiyan; Marguerite Bays; Mother Giuseppina Vannini; Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes; Cardinal John Henry Newman!

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 10 The Arrangement of the Night Office in Summer
Mass: 1 Kings 5:14-17; Resp Ps 98; 2 Tim 2:8-13; Lk 17:11-19

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

HEART OF JESUS, FULL OF GOODNESS AND LOVE, 

HAVE MERCY ON US.

In today's Gospel, Jesus heals ten lepers. "One of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him" (Lk 11:15-16). May each and every one of us, together, join the grateful man and "be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him" (Col 3:15-17) 

Stand up and go; your faith has saved you. 

(Lk 11:19)

The culmination of the journey of faith is to live a life of continual thanksgiving. To give thanks is not a question of etiquette or good manners, it is a question of faith ...

A grateful heart is one that remains young.

(Pope Francis, Homily, Canonization Mass, October 13, 2019)

I saw that God has given all of us many gifts … There are two things. One is the challenge of remembering our gifts. As the other is the heart to never forget them ...

A constant attitude of gratitude brings every blessing in life.

(Harjot Singh Khalsa in The Way of Gratitude)

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. 

(Jean Baptiste Massieu in The Way of Gratitude)

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

(Garrison Keillor in The Way of Gratitude)

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

(Meister Eckhart in The Way of Gratitude)

SAINT MARIAM THRESIA CHIARAMEL MANKIDIYAN, 

SAINT MARGUERITE BAYS, SAINT GIUSEPPINA VANNINI, 

SAINT DULCE LOPES PONTES, SAINT JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, 

PRAY FOR US.

NB. M. Leach, J.T. Keane, D. Goodnough, eds. The Way of Gratitude: Readings for a Joyful Life (New York: Orbis, 2017).

© Gertrude Feick 2019