Year of Saint Joseph
Other saints: Saint Walburga, Abbess (-776)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 19 The Discipline of the Psalmody
Mass: Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Resp Ps 138; Mt 7:7-12
In the presence of the angels I will sing your praise.
HEART OF JESUS, KING AND CENTER OF ALL HEARTS,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
Today is one of the those bonus days where Saint Benedict echoes the psalmist in a passage from the Holy Rule. The psalmist sings, In the presence of the angels I will sing your praise, in Responsorial Psalm 138 and our holy father Benedict echoes the same in his chapter on the Discipline of the Psalmody. With this in heart and mind, may we, like Queen Esther in today's first reading, be earnest in our prayer and say, "My Lord, our King, you alone are God. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you" (Es C:14). We heed too Saint Benedict's words as we "consider how we ought to behave in the presence of God and His angels" (RB 19:6). Ask and it will be given to you, says the Lord, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Mt 7:7).
You were made in the image of God. If then you wish to resemble him, follow His example. Since the very name you bear as Christians is a profession of love for others, imitate the love of Christ.
(From a homily by Saint Asterious of Amasea, bishop, in today's Office of Readings)
SAINT WALBURGA,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: Another look at the Oregon coast. Thanks, d.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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