Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
National Back to School Month
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 66 The Porter of the Monastery
Mass: Rev 21:9b-14; Resp Ps 145; Jn 1:45-51
Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.
MARY, QUEEN OF APOSTLES,
PRAY FOR US.
In today's reading from the Holy Rule, we learn about the porter of the monastery, the sensible and mature person assigned to the door of the monastery so that she is available to welcome guests. When someone knocks on the door of the monastery, the porter replies, "Thanks be to God" or "Your blessing please" (RB 66:3). Wouldn't it be nice if all of us welcomed those who knock at our doors in the same way, especially those who come at unexpected or inconvenient times. After all, as Saint Benedict tells us in another chapter, "All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Proper honor must be shown to all, especially those who share our faith and to pilgrims" (RB 53:1-3).
May Saint Bartholomew, Apostle and Patron Saint of the Sick, intercede for us so that like him, there is no duplicity in us.
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: Maddy taking in a spectacular view of Three Sisters from the top of Scott Mountain, Oregon.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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