Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
World Water Day
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 43:1-12 Tardiness at the Work of God or at Table
Mass: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62; Resp Ps 23; Jn 8:1-11
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
HEART OF JESUS, ABODE OF JUSTICE AND LOVE,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
Two brief comments for today. First, we have the inspirational story of Susanna in today's First Reading, always worth reading in the longer form. Dear Susanna, who "trusted in the Lord wholeheartedly" (Dn 13:35), please intercede for us as we too put our trust in the Lord.
In the Gospel, Jesus says this: Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her (Jn 8:7). What comes to mind are two things. The first is something I've shared before, what someone said to me years ago, namely, "when you point your finger at someone else, three of your fingers are pointing at you." The second comes from Jesus: How can you say to your brother, "Let me remove that splinter in your eye," while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye (Mt 7:4-5). Kyrie, eleison.
One of the saints of the day is Saint Deogratias, a bishop of Carthage (located in what is now Tunisia, North Africa) in the 5th century. What a great name. I knew a South African Benedictine Sister with the name Deogratias. Saint Deogratias, pray for us.
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: I was intrigued by the late afternoon sun on these leaves.
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