Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 4:63-78
Mass: Acts 18:9-18; Resp Ps 47; Jn 16:20-23
God is king of all the earth.
MARY, MOTHER OF OUR CREATOR,
PRAY FOR US.
First, about today's photo. In the spirit of Laudato Si Week, we've been busy beautifying our grounds, here with weed whacking, also with mowing and gardening. We are blessed to be surrounded by God's grandeur. And blessed with the teaching of Saint Benedict who writes: "Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Therefore, the sisters should have specified periods for manual labor as well as for prayerful reading … when they live by the labor of their hands, as our ancestors and the apostles did, then they are really monks" (RB 48:1,8). Join us, wherever you find yourself, with tending to the beauty of creation, which may be even simply admiring the glory contained in one flower, a means to regain a sense of awe and wonder.
In today's Gospel, Jesus says: Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you (Jn 16:23). Strengthened by the Lord's words to Paul, do not be afraid (Acts 18:9), we pray with "A Prayer for Our Earth" from Pope Francis, Laudato Si Praised be to you, my Lord, 246:
All-powerful
God,
you
are present in the whole universe
and
in the smallest of your creatures.
You
embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour
out upon us the power of your love,
that
we may protect life and beauty.
Fill
us with peace, that we may live
as
brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O
God of the poor,
help
us to rescue the abandoned
and
forgotten of this earth,
so
precious in your eyes.
Bring
healing to our lives,
that
we may protect the world and not prey on it,
that
we may sow beauty,
not
pollution and destruction.
Touch
the hearts
of
those who look only for gain
at
the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach
us to discover the worth of each thing,
to
be filled with awe and contemplation,
to
recognize that we are profoundly united
with
every creature
as
we journey towards your infinite light.
We
thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage
us, we pray, in our struggle for justice, love and peace.
SAINT RITA OF CASCIA,
PRAY FOR US.
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