Solemnity of All Saints

Year of Saint Joseph

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

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 25 Serious Faults 

Mass: Rev 7:2-4, 9-14; Resp Ps 24; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a

Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?

MARY, QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS,

PRAY FOR US.

Happy Solemnity of All Saints, a glorious day of celebration. I include here our reading from Vigils, taken from Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, On the Song of Songs, Sermon 69.

Certainly there are within the Church of God spiritual persons who serve God faithfully and with confidence, speaking with God as a person speaks with a friend, and whose consciences bear witness to God's glory. But who these are is known only to God and if you desire to be among them, then hear what sort of people you should be. I say this, not as one who knows it by experience, but as one who desires to do so. Show me a soul which loves nothing but God and what is to be loved for God's sake, for to whom to live is Christ, and of whom this has been true for a long time now; who in work and leisure alike endeavors to keep God before her eyes, and walks humbly with the Lord, who desires that her will may be one with the will of God, and who has been given the grace to do these things. Show me a soul like this, and I will not deny that she is worthy of the Bridegroom's care, of regard of God's majesty, of His sovereign favor, and attention of His governance. And if she is minded to boast, she will not be a fool, so long as she who boasts, boasts in the Lord.

Today is the also the day of my Solemn Profession as a Cistercian nun of Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey. Please pray for me and all of us at Redwoods. Thank you.  

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: A repeat performance fitting for today.

© Gertrude Feick 2021