Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
National Back to School Month
In other years: Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop, Doctor of the Church, Patron of Confessors and Moralists (1696-1787)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 50 Brothers Working at a Distance or Traveling
Mass: Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Resp Ps 78; Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35
He commanded the skies above and opened the gates of heaven.
JESUS, LIGHT OF CONFESSORS,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
In today's Gospel, Jesus says: I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst (Jn 6:35). It is Jesus, Our Lord, who we turn to for all life, for everything we need to fulfill our hunger and thirst. If we look elsewhere, we find ourselves joining chorus with the Israelites who grumbled against Moses and Aaron (Ex 16:2). During this month of August, we might strive to "put away the old self of our former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires, and be renewed in spirit and put on the new self" (Eph 4:22-24). We pray that our faith may be deepened so that we trust more fully in Jesus, who is our help and our shield. Or simply remember some words from Saint Alphonsus Liguori: He who trusts in Himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.
The following quotations are attributed to Saint Alphonsus Liguori:
Christ loves a soul that is in a state of grace with an immense love; He ardently desires to unite Himself with it. This is what Holy Communion does.
We should submit our reason to the truths of faith with the humility and simplicity of a child.
He who does not give up prayer cannot possibly continue to offend God habitually. Either he will give up prayer, or he will stop sinning.
If you embrace all things in life as coming from the hands of God, and even embrace death to fulfill His holy will, assuredly you will die a saint.
We must mortify our tongue, by abstaining from words of detraction, abuse, and obscenity. An impure word spoken in jest may prove a scandal to others, and sometimes a word of double meaning, said in a witty way, does more harm than a word openly impure.
SAINT ALPHONSUS LIGUORI,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: Welcome to North Carolina. Thanks, Jean.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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