Wednesday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

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

Saint: Pope Saint Leo the Great, Doctor (-461)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 33 Monks and Private Ownership

Mass: Wis 6:1-11; Resp Ps 82; Lk 17:11-19 

Rise up, O God, bring judgment to the earth.

IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, GIVE THANKS, FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS.

(Gospel versicle, Mass)

In our reading from the Book of Wisdom, we hear that the "Lord of all shows no partiality, nor does He fear greatness. Because He himself made the great as well as the small, and He provides for all alike" (Wis 6:7). Therefore, we should put our trust in the Lord and release whatever anxieties or worries we have today. That is easier said than done. Ask the Lord to help you. O God, come to my assistance, O Lord, make haste to help me. We join in prayer this day for all those who are suffering in any way, those facing surgery, grieving, hurting, or worried. For we are united in our faith. We are the Body of Christ. And as Dom M. Eugene Boylan, O.C.R., said, "We are united to our Lady, to all the saints in heaven, to all living members of the Church on earth, to the suffering members in purgatory. We can share in all their works and merits, for we are all one in Christ" (quoted in Magnificat, November 2021, p. 128). At the same time, we join the one leper in today's Gospel, and fall at the feet of Jesus, to give thanks and glorify God (Lk 17:16) for all the gifts He has bestowed upon us. 

Invisible in His own nature [God] became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp.

(Pope Saint Leo the Great)

POPE SAINT LEO THE GREAT,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: A niece and her husband had this view in Naples, FL.

© Gertrude Feick 2021