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
Saints: Saint Augustine of Canterbury (-605); Bl. Andrew Franchi OP (1335-1401)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:5-9
Mass: Sirach 42:15-25; Resp Ps 33; Mk 10:46-52
For upright is the word of the Lord, and all his works are trustworthy.
AT GOD'S WORD WERE HIS WORKS BROUGHT INTO BEING; THEY DO HIS WILL AS HE HAS ORDAINED THEM.
(Sirach 42:15)
The above words from the Book of Sirach take me to fond memories of Sister Antoinette, OSB, of happy memory. I've shared this before yet it remains inspiring food for thought. It was one day some 21 years ago when Sister Antoinette and I were visiting in her office. It was quiet and she looked out of the window and said, "See that tree there? It is doing just what God wants it to do." One might say the same about the flowers in today's photo. May we be inspired by beauty that surrounds us, even if it be a tiny flower growing through the crack in the sidewalk, and do God's will as He has ordained each one of us. And if you find you can't manage to see any beauty around you, be bold with Bartimaeus in today's Gospel, and say to Jesus, "Master, I want to see" (Mk 10:51). And may Jesus respond, Go your way, your faith has saved you (Mk 10:51). Our Father who art in heaven ... may your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY,
BLESSED ANDREW FRANCHI,
SAINT JOSEPH,
MARY, MOTHER OF MERCY,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: These beauties are in our cloister flower garden.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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