Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Blessed Virgin Mary
Saints: Saint Romuald, Abbot (c.951-1027)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 15 The Times for Saying Alleluia
Mass: 2 Cor 12:1-10; Resp Ps 34; Mt 6:24-34
Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
MARY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS,
PRAY FOR US.
My first response to Jesus' question in today's Gospel, Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life span?, was a resounding "No.". In fact, worrying just subtracts, often painfully, one's life span, moment by moment. United in prayer and faith then, we go forth with this encouragement: Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil (Mt 6:34). This should keep us busy enough. When the going gets tough, we listen to what the Lord said to Saint Paul:
MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.
(2 Cor 12:9)
And then join Saint Paul, who encountered his fair share of difficulties:
FOR WHEN I AM WEAK THEN I AM STRONG.
(2 Cor 12:10)
Jesus "prayed to the Father for everyone: I am not praying for these only, but also those who believe in me through their preaching, that they may be one; just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us. God loves us; for the sake of our salvation He is generous toward us. He is not satisfied with redeeming us by His blood. He also prays to the Father on our behalf. Consider the love exemplified in that prayer. The Father and Son are one; we too are to abide in that oneness."
(From a treatise on the Lord's Prayer by Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr, Office of Readings, Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday)
SAINT ROMUALD,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: A repeat still a beauty. Blessed the man who takes refuge in Him.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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