Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

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Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 7:62-70

Mass: Gn 1:20-2:4a; Resp Ps 8; Mk7:1-13 

God made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds of cattle, and all kinds of creeping things of the earth.

O COME, LET US WORSHIP GOD AND BOW LOW BEFORE THE GOD WHO MADE US, FOR HE IS THE LORD OUR GOD.

(Entrance Antiphon, Mass)

There is a long entry in Butler's Lives of the Saints for one of the saints for today, Saint Miguel Febres Cordero (1854-1910), born "in the city of Cuenca, seven thousand feet up in the Andes in Ecuador ..." He became a Christian Brother. And honestly, I have never met a Christian Brother I did not like. They are dear and faithful brothers. Saint Miguel's life was fascinating and not without incident. You might be interested to look him up. 

There is a short biography of him by Christian Brother Luke Salm, Brother Miguel Febres Cordero, F.S.C.: Teacher, Scholar, Saint. The title is a fitting one. Even so, after the lengthy account of Saint Miguel's life, Butler's concludes with this: "His whole life radiated service to others" (Butler's February, p. 99). May Saint Miguel Febres Cordero inspire us and intercede for us. He just may help us to love, serve, and honor God with our whole hearts, our whole souls, and all our strength, and love our neighbors as ourselves. As did he.

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: How's this for a creeping thing.

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