Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Other saints: Saint John of Egypt (304-394)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 47 Announcing the Hours for the Work of God
Mass: Ezk 37:21-28; Resp Ps (Jer 31); Jn 11:45-56
The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock.
HEART OF JESUS, SON OF THE ETERNAL FATHER,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, says the Lord, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.
(Verse before the Gospel, Mass)
Tomorrow we celebrate Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord and enter into the holiest week of the year. Is there something you need to do to prepare yourself? United, let's not enter into Holy Week with dulled senses. We pray "that Christians everywhere will live this Holy Week with special reverence, self-giving, and devotion" (Magnificat, Prayer of the Faithful, March 28, 2021). All of us, united.
"Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?" (Mk 4:35-41). We have realized we are on the same boat, all of us, fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all us called to row together.
(Pope Francis, Twitter, March 27, 2021)
Saint news of the day: Today's fourth century monk, Saint John of Egypt, after leaving home at the age of 25, first lived under the guidance of a wise hermit. After the death of his master teacher, he withdrew "into a remote cave on Mount Lycos. There he live a strict life, devoting himself to prayer and manual work." Saint John of Egypt provides a good model for all followers of Saint Benedict, those who devote themselves often to prayer (RB 4:56), and whose daily life has "specified periods for manual labor as well as for prayerful reading" (RB 48:1).
SAINT JOHN OF EGYPT,
HOLY MARY,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: A tulip tree just getting started.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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