Year of Saint Joseph (December 8, 2020-December 8, 2021)
Our Lady of Loreto
Other saints: Saint Melchiades (d. 314); Pope Saint Gregory II (741); The London Martyrs of 1591; Saint John Roberts and Bd Thomas Somers, Martyrs (1610)
Human Rights Day
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 57 The Artisans of the Monastery
Mass: Is 41:13-20; Resp Ps 145; Mt 11:11-15
Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord.
MARY, HOUSE OF GOLD,
PRAY FOR US.
Jesus ends today's Gospel's passage with these words: Whoever has ears ought to hear (Mt 11:15). May we hear His words as they come from the Prophet Isaiah: "I am the Lord, your God, who grasp your right hand; it is I who say to you, 'Fear not, I will help you'" (Is 41:13). We call on the Lord Our God to help us then, to "live justly and devoutly in this age, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of the glory of our great God" (Communion Antiphon, Mass). O God, come to my assistance, O Lord, make haste to help me.
Looking to Saint Benedict and today's reading from his chapter on artisans, we invoke Saint Joseph, to pray for all artisans, both inside and outside of the monastery, that we practice our various crafts with all humility, so that in all things God may be glorified (RB 57:1, 9).
JOSEPH, MODEL OF ARTISANS,
PRAY FOR US.
© Gertrude Feick 2020
No comments:
Post a Comment