Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Chad (-672); Saint Cedd (-644)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 19 The Discipline of the Psalmody

Mass: Eph 4:32-5:8; Resp Ps 1; Lk 13:10-17

He is like a tree that is planted beside flowing waters.

JESUS, GENTLE AND HUMBLE OF HEART,

TOUCH OUR HEARTS AND MAKE THEM LIKE YOUR OWN.

Today's passage from Saint Paul's Letter to the Ephesians concludes with the Apostle telling us to live as children of light (Eph 5:8). Some ways to go about living as children of light precede that verse: Be kind to one another; forgive one another as God has forgiven you; live in love; do not bother to mention immorality or any impurity or greed; obscene or silly or suggestive talk is out of place. What is not out of place is thanksgiving. Or as Saint Paul writes in his Letter to the Colossians: "let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful" (Col 3:15). We are light in the Lord. Our God is God of the living. May we be a thankful and grateful people. 

I include today's saints, remembered primarily in England, because I know of a Chad and a Cedd, both Benedictine monk priests in England. It's not every day that one knows both a Chad and a Cedd. Aren't they great names? They were brothers, both educated at Lindisfarne under Aidan. They are all great saints. And as far as I am concerned, we can use all the saintly intercession we can get. 😊 So let's ask St Aidan to pray for us too.

SAINT CHAD, SAINT CEDD, SAINT AIDAN,

PRAY FOR US.

© Gertrude Feick 2020