Thursday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

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

Saints: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769-1852); The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul  

Readings of the Day

RB:  Ch 40 The Proper Amount of Drink 

Mass: 1 Macc 2:15-29; Resp Ps 50; Lk 19:41-44

To the upright I will show the saving power of God.

EVERYONE HAS HIS OWN GIFT FROM GOD, ONE THIS AND ANOTHER THAT.

(RB 40:1/1 Cor 7:7)

In addition to celebrating the anniversary of the dedication of St. Peter at the Vatican and St Paul in the Via Ostiene (I used to live across the street from Saint Paul's Outside the Walls. It is enormous and magnificent. It was a favorite place to spend time, just being there, roaming around, and going to Mass in a side chapel), we commemorate another great women saint, Saint Rose Philippine Duchnese. 

Born in France, Rose entered religious life at the age of 18. Due to the French Revolution and the abolishment of her community, her dream of being a missionary was fulfilled. She joined the Religious of the Sacred Heart and in 1818 sailed for the New World. She and her companions eventually settled in St Charles, Missouri, and founded an orphanage. Among other notables, Rose "is credited with saving the Jesuit mission to Missouri from failure", providing them with much needed resources. Not done yet, Rose, now 72, in the company of three of sisters, went to Sugar Creek, Kansas to start a school for Indian girls. Only with the girls for one year, Rose inspired them through "her habit of constant prayer." After returning to St. Charles, she spent the last ten years in constant prayer before the Blessed Sacrament (Universalis). May she inspire us too.  

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL,

SAINT ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: A favorite peer into the woods, from last Friday's walkabout.

© Gertrude Feick 2021