Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Readings of the Day
RB: Prologue 45-50
Mass: Col 2:6-15; Resp Ps 145; Lk 6:12-19
Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord.
JESUS DEPARTED TO THE MOUNTAIN TO PRAY, AND HE SPENT THE NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD.
(Lk 6:12)
We are blessed with two-fold encouragement today. First, from Saint Paul, who keeps us on the straight and narrow so as not to be deceived: "As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, rooted in Him and built upon Him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving" (Col. 2:6-7). And then from Saint Benedict, who concludes the Prologue in a rousing way. At the same time, our holy father Benedict keeps us focused.
Therefore we intend to establish a school for the Lord's service. In drawing up its regulations, we hope to set down nothing harsh, nothing burdensome. The good of all concerned, however, may prompt us to a little strictness in order to amend faults, and to safeguard love. Do not be daunted immediately by fear and run away from the road that leads to salvation. It is bound to be narrow at the outset. But as we progress in this way of life and in faith, we shall run on the path of God's commandments, our hearts overflowing with the inexpressible delight of love. Never swerving from his instructions, then, but faithfully observing his teaching in the monastery until death, we shall through patience share in the sufferings of Christ that we may deserve also to share in his kingdom. Amen.
(Rule of Saint Benedict, Prologue 45-50)
SAINT JOSEPH, PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: Glorious Oregon hops at Luscher Farms, OR.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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