Year of Saint Joseph
Other saints: Saint Alexander of Alexandria (250-328)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 20 Reverence in Prayer
Mass: Ezk 18:21-28; Resp Ps 130; Mt 5:20-26
I trust in the Lord; my soul trusts in His word.
HEART OF JESUS, PATIENT AND MOST MERCIFUL,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
The Lord God, through the Prophet Ezekiel, tells us that He rejoices when one turns from his evil way that he may live (Ezk 18:23). Sometimes turning away from evil is through small acts of civility and kindness that turn out to be great acts of love, mercy, and compassion. Pope Francis gives us ways to go about this:
In Lent, may we be increasingly concerned with 'speaking words of comfort, strength, consolation and encouragement, and not words that demean, sadden, anger or show scorn'. In order to give hope to others, it is enough simply to be kind, to be 'willing to set everything else aside in order to show interest, to give the gift of a smile, to speak a word of encouragement, to listen amid general indifference'.
(Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2021, 2)
SAINT ALEXANDER OF ALEXANDRIA,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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