Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

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

Saints: Saint Augustine Zhoa Rong and his Companions, Martyrs in China between 1648 and 1930; The Martyrs of Gorcum (-1572); Saint Paulina of the Heart of the Dying Jesus (1865-1942); Saint Leo Ignatius Mangin, Mary Zhu Wu and Companions, Martyrs in China (-1900); Bl Jane Scopelli (1428-1491)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 31:13-19

Mass: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Resp Ps 37; Mt 10:16-23

The Lord watches over the lives of the wholehearted; their inheritance lasts forever.

HEART OF JESUS, FULL OF GOODNESS AND LOVE,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

Something to keep in mind and heart today is more from Saint Benedict's chapter on the Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer, especially as we prepare to celebrate the Solemnity of Saint Benedict on Sunday, July 11. The reading from the Holy Rule today has Saint Benedict quoting the Book of Sirach with this: A kind word is better than the best gift (Sir 18:17/RB 31:14). 

It is better for a man to confess his sins than to harden his heart.

(From a letter to the Corinthians by Saint Clement, pope, in Office of Readings, Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Friday)

SAINT AUGUSTINE ZHOA RONG AND HIS COMPANIONS,

THE MARTYRS OF GORCUM,

SAINT PAULINA OF THE HEART OF THE DYING JESUS,

SAINT LEO IGNATIUS MANGIN, MARY ZHU WU AND COMPANIONS,

BLESSED JANE SCOPELLI,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: A contribution from the Otto Family, here in Prairie Creek Redwood State Park, Orick, CA.

© Gertrude Feick 2021