Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Saints: Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 45 Mistakes in the Oratory
Mass: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34; Resp Ps 106; Mt 13:31-35
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.
THEY RECEIVED BLESSINGS FROM THE LORD AND MERCY FROM GOD THEIR SAVIOR.
(Communion Antiphon, Mass)
Welcome to Monday! May we begin this week with joy and in gratitude and pray with the Holy Father's prayer from yesterday's Angelus: May the Virgin Mary who answered 'Yes' to God's unprecedented proposal, help us to open our hearts to the Lord's invitations and to the needs of others. Amen.
Joachim and Anne, how blessed a couple! All creation is indebted to you. For at your hands the Creator was offered a gift excelling all other gifts; a chaste mother, who alone was worthy of him ...
Joachim and Anne, how chaste a couple! ... While leading a devout and holy life in your human nature, you gave birth to a daughter nobler than angels, whose queen she now is ... Rejoice in God, all the earth. Sing, exult and sing hymns. Raise your voice, raise it be not afraid.
(From a sermon by Saint John Damascene, bishop, in Office of Readings, July 26)
SAINT ANNE AND SAINT JOACHIM,
MARY, VIRGIN MOST POWERFUL,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: This week features flowers from the monastery, courtesy of MG. Today we have mock orange.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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