Year of Saint Joseph
Other saints: Pope Saint Dionysius (268 or 269); Pope Saint Zosimus (418); Saint Tathai (Fifth-Sixth Century); Bd Vincentia Lopez y Vicuna, Foundress (1847-1890)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 68 The Assignment of Impossible Tasks
Mass: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Resp Ps 31; Mt 10:17-22
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
JOSEPH, MOST STRONG,
PRAY FOR US.
There are at least three things to keep in mind these days. First, the demand of Christian discipleship is to take up our cross and follow Jesus. Second, we are to forgive not seven times, but seventy-seven times. And lastly, what Jesus tells us in today's Gospel: You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved (Mt 10:22).
We are called to bear witness to Jesus Christ right where we live, in our families, at work, everywhere, even just by giving the light of a smile and fleeing the shadow of gossip and tattle-telling.
(Pope Francis, Angelus Address, December 26, 2020)
SAINT STEPHEN,
PRAY FOR US.
© Gertrude Feick 2020
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