40th Anniversary of Pope Saint John Paul II declaring Saints Cyril and Methodius ("Apostles to the Slavs") as Co-Patrons of Europe
Year of Saint Joseph
Other saints: Pope Saint Silvester I (335); SS Melania the Younger (? 383-439) and Pinian (? 379-440); Saint Columba of Sens, Martyr (date unknown); Saint John-Francis Regis (1597-1640); Saint Catherine Laboure (1806-1876)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 73 This Rule Only a Beginning of Perfection
Mass: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Resp Ps 96; Jn1:1-18
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord all you lands.
FROM HIS FULLNESS WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED, GRACE IN PLACE OF GRACE.
(Jn 1:16)
Welcome to the last day of the year 2020. Did you make a list of five things you are grateful for as suggested yesterday? The following, repeated from some time ago, comes from Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude:
To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us-and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by heresay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.
POPE SAINT SYLVESTER I,
SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS,
PRAY FOR US.
JOSEPH, HOPE OF THE SICK,
PRAY FOR US.
© Gertrude Feick 2020
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