Tuesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"

Saints: Saint Wilfrid (634-709); Blessed Jan Beyzym (1850-1912); Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil) 

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 9 The Number of Psalms at the Night Office

Mass: Rm 1:16-25; Resp Ps 19; Lk 11:37-41

The heavens proclaim God's glory.

HOLY TRINITY, ONE GOD,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

We are in the midst of some of my favorite chapters of the Rule of Saint Benedict, those that provide instruction on the Work of God, also called the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours, the universal prayer of the Church. The 12 some chapters, often called the liturgical code, provide the structure for our common prayer. Essentially, the chapters treat what psalms and how many psalms we are to pray, and when to pray certain psalms throughout the liturgical year. Today's chapter on the Number of Psalms at the Night Office offers a wake up call. There is a call to keep us focused and grounded in what we are about in our life of faith and at the Work of God. It is here that Saint Benedict writes, "As soon as the cantor begins to sing 'Glory be to the Father,' let all the monks rise from their seats in honor and reverence for the Holy Trinity" (RB 9:7). With profound bow, we honor the Holy Trinity: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. If our minds or hearts are wandering, we have opportunity at this time to remember who we are, where we are, and what we are doing. We should be no where else or doing anything else. With profound bow, Holy Trinity, One God, we revere you. As our Catechism teaches us: 

The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the "hierarchy of truths." The whole history of salvation is identical with the history of the way and the means by which the one true God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, reveals himself to men "and reconciles and unites with himself those who turn away from sin."

(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 234)

SAINT WILFRID,

BLESSED JAN BEYZYM,

OUR LADY OF APARECIDA,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: More from Maddy and Becca's camping adventure in Utah. Here, sunset at Zion National Park.

© Gertrude Feick 2021