Year of Saint Joseph
Other saints: Saint Aelred of Rievaulx, Cistercian Abbot (1110-1167)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 2:16-22
Mass: Heb 2:5-12; Resp Ps 8; Mk 1:21-28
All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field.
RECEIVE THE WORD OF GOD, NOT AS THE WORD OF MEN,
BUT AS IT TRULY IS, THE WORD OF GOD.
(Gospel Versicle, Mass)
Listen to Jesus, the word of God. Be astonished. Renew your sense of awe, "for the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart" (Heb 4:12). What is the word of God saying to you, today? Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
To join one's will to the will of God, so that the human will consents to whatever the divine will prescribes, and so that there is no other reason why it wills this thing or another except that it realizes God wills it: this is surely to love God.
(Aelred of Rievaulx, The Mirror of Charity)
SAINT AELRED OF RIEVAULX,
PRAY FOR US.
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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