Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

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

Saints: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, a patron of youth (1568-1591); Saint John Rigby (1570-1600)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 17 The Number of Psalms to Be Sung at These Hours

Mass: Gn 12:1-9; Resp Ps 33; Mt 7:1-5

May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us who have put our hope in you.

HEART OF JESUS, WORTHY OF ALL PRAISE,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

If the opportunity arises, read from the Office of Readings a letter Saint Aloysius of Gonzaga wrote to his mother. It is beautiful the respect and love he has for his mother evidenced in the way he begins, "May the comfort and grace of the Holy Spirit be yours for ever, most honored lady ..."

May we greet those we meet with such respect and love. One way to help us be in the frame of mind and heart to "honor everyone" (RB 4:8), is to listen to Jesus in today's Gospel: Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, you will be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you (Mt 7:1-2). They are good questions the Lord asks us: Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother "Let me remove that splinter from your eye," while the wooden beam is in your own eye? (Mt 7:3-4). United in faith and prayer, let us pray for the grace to remove the wooden beam from our own eye first; then we will see clearly to remove the splinter from our brother's eye (Mt 7:5). 

Of what use are riches in eternity?

(Saint Aloysius Gonzaga) 

SAINT ALOYSIUS GONZAGA,

SAINT JOHN RIGBY,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: This from my gifted sister-in-law who has an eye for beauty. Thank you, Terri. Un abbraccio forte. 

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