Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
National Back to School Month
Saints: Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priests, Martyrs (-235); Saint Fachtna or Fachanan of Ross, Patron Saint of the Diocese of Ross (?); Blessed William Freeman (-1595)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 59 The Offering of Sons by Nobles and or by the Poor
Mass: Joshua 24:1-13; Resp Ps 136; Mt 19:3-12
His mercy endures forever.
HEART OF JESUS, PATIENT AND MOST MERCIFUL,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
Thinking about our Responsorial Psalm 136 proclaimed at Mass today, along with the words from Saint Hippolytus included below, it occurred to me that one prayer of praise and thanksgiving to put in our hearts and on our lips in the morning and the evening, and throughout the day as well, is contained in Ps 136:1, namely, Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever. Be on the look out for signs of God's merciful love and kindness throughout this day. They come in myriad and sometimes subtle ways ...
SAINTS PONTIAN AND HIPPOLYTUS,
SAINT FACHNA OF ROSS,
BLESSED WILLIAM FREEMAN,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Let every faithful man and woman when they rise from sleep at dawn before they undertake any work wash their hands and pray to God ... Pray also before thy body rests upon the bed.
(Saint Hippolytus)
Let each of us ... strive for the highest degree of glory, whichever be the honor for which he is destined; may all Christians be found worth of either the pure white crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of martyrdom.
(From a letter by Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr, in Office of Readings, August 13)
Today's photo: This beauty endures.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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