Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Saints: Blessed Peter Snow (1567-1598) and Ralph Grimston (?-1598)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 12 The Celebration of the Solemnity of Lauds
Mass: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Resp Ps 146; Mt 5:43-48
Praise the Lord, my soul!
I GIVE YOU A NEW COMMANDMENT;
LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.
(Gospel Acclamation, Mass)
In today's Gospel, Jesus tells us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us (Mt 5:44). Saint Benedict echoes Our Lord's teaching in his tools for good works when he tells us to pray for our enemies out of love for Christ (RB 4:72). Here's what some of the other saints have to say about this:
You shall not hate any man; but some you shall admonish, and pray for others, and still others you shall love more than your own life.
(Teachings of the Twelve Apostles)
A man who is well disposed toward and loves those who revile and abuse him and cause him harm, and who prays for them, in short time attains great achievements.
(Saint Simeon the New Theologian, 949-1022)
Our friends, then, are all those who unjustly afflict us with trials and ordeals, shame and injustice, sorrows and torments, martyrdom and death; we must love them greatly for we all possess eternal life because of them.
(Saint Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226)
In our neighbor, we should observe only what is good.
(Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641)
At the end of our life, we shall be judged by our love.
(Saint John of the Cross, 1542-1591)
BLESSED PETER SNOW AND RALPH GRIMSTON,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: The first of two "Fuschia enjoying the rain". Thanks to d in West Linn, OR.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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