Wednesday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

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

Saints: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231); Saint Hilda of Whitby (614-680); Saint Hugh of Lincoln (1140-1200); Saint Dionysius of Alexandria, Bishop (190-265)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 39 The Proper Amount of Food  

Mass:  2 Macc 7:1, 20-31; Resp Ps 17; Lk 19:11-28

My steps have been steadfast in your paths, my feet have not faltered.

I CHOSE YOU FROM THE WORLD TO GO AND BEAR FRUIT THAT WILL LAST, SAYS THE LORD.

(Gospel versicle, Mass)

Today we commemorate another great saint, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, daughter of a king, became queen when she was fourteen. Even as a child she served the poor. She became a wife, then the mother of three children. After her husband's death, she "entered the Franciscan Third Order and gave herself wholly to nursing the sick" (Magnificat). It is said too that Elizabeth "frequently meditated on heavenly things" (Universalis). 

Then we have the great Saint Hilda of Whitby from the 7th century. Hilda was "an extraordinary woman of her time" (Universalis). For one, Hilda established the famous double monastery (a monastery of men and women) at Whitby which she governed for the rest of her life" (Universalis). Saint Bede the Venerable said of Hilda, "all who knew her called her mother, such were her wonderful godliness and grace" (Universalis).

May Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and Saint Hilda of Whitby intercede for us and help us bear fruit, bear fruit that will last. 

SAINT ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY,

SAINT HILDA OF WHITBY,

SAINT HUGH OF LINCOLN,

SAINT DIONYSIUS OF ALEXANDRIA,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: From Isaac's run in Forest Park, Portland, OR.

© Gertrude Feick 2021