Saturday of the Sixth Week of Eastertide

Year of Saint Joseph

Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"

Month of May Dedicated to Our Lady and a “Marathon” of Prayer to End the Pandemic 

Other saints: Saint Pachomius, Desert Father (292-348); Saint Isidore the Farmer, Patron Saint of Madrid (1070-1130); Saint Carthage (c.555-637): Saint Giles of Vaozela OP (c.1184-1265); Bl Andrew Abellon OP (1375-1450)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 2:30-32

Mass: Acts 18:23-28; Resp Ps 47; Jn 16:23b-28

For king of all the earth is God; sing hymns of praise.

JESUS, OUR WAY AND OUR LIFE,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

In today's Gospel, Jesus tells us this: Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete (Jn 16:23b-28). Our Catechism teaches us this: "There is no other way of Christian prayer than Christ. Whether our prayer is communal or personal, vocal or interior, it has access to the Father only if we pray 'in the name' of Jesus. The sacred humanity of Jesus is therefore the way by which the Holy Spirit teaches us to pray to God our Father" (2664). Yes, the Spirit will come "to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings" (Rm 8:26) So why not call on the name of Jesus today with the Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus. You can find it on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) website, among other places. What invocation in the Litany is your favorite? Let it be in your heart and on your lips today. 😊 Ask in the name of Jesus. Receive. May our joy be complete. Come, Holy Spirit, come!

SAINT PACHOMIUS,

SAINT ISIDORE THE FARMER,

SAINT CARTHAGE,

SAINT GILES OF VAOZELA,

BLESSED ANDREW ABELLON,

SAINT JOSEPH,

MARY, MOTHER OF MERCY,

MARY, CAUSE OF OUR JOY,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: In honor of Saint Isidore the Farmer, Patron Saint of Farmers, a close-up look at some greens, from our garden of delights. 

© Gertrude Feick 2021