Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

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

Saints: Blessed Mary Rose Durocher (1811-1849); Saint Bruno, Priest (c.1033-1101) 

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 7:55 Humility 

Mass: Jonah 4:1-11; Resp Ps 86; Lk 11:1-4

For to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

JESUS, FATHER OF THE WORLD TO COME,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

MARY, MOTHER OF THE LIVING GOD,

PRAY FOR US.

Today we have the joy of commemorating another two great saints, both founders of religious Orders. First, we have Blessed Mary Rose Durocher, founder of the Congregations of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Dear and much loved Sister Frances Madden, SNJM, of happy memory, taught me Metaphysics. Then we have Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusian Order. The statue of Saint Bruno in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome remains my favorite. In the great basilica, the statue of Saint Bruno is awesome in its grandeur. 

United in our faith and baptism in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we cry out to Our Father in the words that Jesus teaches us in today's Gospel (Lk 11:2-4):

Father, hallowed be your name,

your Kingdom come,

Give us each day our daily bread

and forgive us our sins

for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,

and do not subject us to the final test.

We know, as did Jonah, that God is "gracious and merciful, slow to anger, rich in clemency, loathe to punish" (Jonah 4:2), and extends His love and forgiveness to each and every one of us, yes, even those who we don't think deserve God's mercy. Let's not be angry like Jonah though, and embrace the words of Jesus in our hearts: Forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us.

BLESSED MARY ROSE DUROCHER,

SAINT BRUNO,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: More from Paul and Sue.

© Gertrude Feick 2021