Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Saint: Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop (c.316-397)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 34 Distribution of Good According to Need
Mass: Wis 7:22b-8:1; Resp Ps 119; Lk 17:20-25
Your word, O Lord, endures forever; it is firm as the heavens.
JESUS, CROWN OF SAINTS,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
There is something Sulpicius Severus (363-425) wrote about the saint we commemorate today, Saint Martin of Tours, hermit then monk at Liguge in western France, priest, and bishop who "founded other monasteries, educated the clergy, and preached the Gospel to the poor." Martin of Tours "was a man words cannot describe. Death could not defeat him nor toil dismay him. He was quite without a preference of his own; he neither feared to die or refused to live" (Office of Readings, November 11). May Saint Martin of Tours intercede for us as we, in the words of Saint Benedict, "yearn for everlasting life with holy desire and day by day remind ourselves that we are going to die" (RB 4:46-47). Then, "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" (RB Prol. 49). At the same time, we pray for wisdom, a gift of the Holy Spirit. Today's first reading from the Book of Wisdom (1:22b-8:1) describes wisdom, which certainly was embodied in Saint Martin of Tours. Wisdom "reaches from end to end mightily and governs all things well" (Wis 8:1).
SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS,
SAINT JOSEPH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: Another look at the sky over the second field is always worth it. Praise God in the heavens.
© Gertrude Feick 2021
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