Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint: Saint Finbar (c.550-620)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:1-4 Humility
Mass: Zechariah 2:5-9, 14-15a; Resp Ps (Jer 31); Lk 9:43b-45
Hear the word of the Lord, O nations.
MARY, MOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE,
PRAY FOR US.
We dedicate this day to the Virgin Mary. As we turn to Our Lady then, we have a quotation attributed to Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Saint Edith Stein), Carmelite nun, Co-Patron Saint of Europe:
Mary is our mother in the most real and lofty sense, a sense which surpasses that of earthly maternity. She begot our life of grace for us because she offered up her entire being, body and soul, as the Mother of God. That is why an intimate bond exists between Mary and ourselves. She loves us, she knows us, she exerts herself to bring each one of us into the closest possible relationship with the Lord - that which we are above all supposed to be.
At the same time we begin the great Chapter 7 on Humility as presented by Saint Benedict in the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict. Mary, our mother, certainly embodied humility. Saint Benedict begins: Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted (Lk 14:11; 18:14/ RB 7:1). Here's a beautiful little poem by Christine Rodgers, Prayer For Humility. You will find it in her Into the Great Green Heart of God (Green Heart Press, 2009) p. 19.
I cannot
take a
breath
nor even
a single
step
without
Your
strength
and Your
grace
inside me.
SAINT FINBAR,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: For Our Lady.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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