Tuesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week In Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

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

Saints: Pope Saint Clement I (end of 1st century); Saint Columbanus, Abbot (540?-615); Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro (1891-1927)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 44 Satisfaction by the Excommunicated

Mass: Dn 2:31-45; Resp Ps (Dn 3); Lk 21:5-11

Give glory and eternal praise to him.

JESUS, BRIGHTNESS OF THE ETERNAL LIGHT,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

It is a blessing for us this week, the last one of the liturgical year and also one in which we celebrate Thanksgiving Day, to have verses from the Book of Daniel, Chapter 3, as our Responsorial Psalm. They are wonderful verses to use for our prayer, to recall the marvelous works of Our Lord, and to give thanks to Him, whose loving kindness endures forever.

Another blessing for us today especially is that we hear wisdom from Pope Saint Clement I, taken from a letter to the Corinthians, found in today's Office of Readings. Pope Clement I was writing around the end of first century. Pope Saint Clement I writes to us too and he brings to mind words of Saint Benedict written several centuries later. It is in Chapter 72 of the Holy Rule where Saint Benedict exhorts us to support with greatest patience one another's weaknesses of body or behavior (vs. 5), and also to pray that Christ may bring us all to everlasting life (vs. 12).

Our entire body ... will be preserved in Christ Jesus, and each of us should be subject to his neighbor in accordance with the grace given to each. The stronger should care for the weak, and the weak should respect the stronger. The wealthy should give to the poor, and the poor man should thank God that he has sent him someone to supply his needs. The wise should manifest their wisdom not in words but in good deeds, and the humble should not talk about their own humilty but allow others to bear witness to it. Since, therefore, we have all this from him, we ought to thank him for it all. Glory to him for ever. Amen.

(Pope Saint Clement I)

POPE SAINT CLEMENT I,

SAINT COLUMBANUS,

BLESSED MIGUEL AUGUSTIN PRO,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: One of my favorite views, from a Sunday late afternoon walk.

© Gertrude Feick 2021