Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

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

Saints: Blessed Gonsalvo of Amarante OP (c.1187-1259); Blessed Ann of the Angles Monteagudo OP (1602-1686)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 2:1-10 Qualities of the Abbot

Mass: 1 Sm 1:1-8; Resp Ps 116; Mk 1:14-20 

To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise.

WITH YOU, O LORD, IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, 

AND IN YOUR LIGHT WE SEE LIGHT.

(Communion Antiphon, Mass)

Welcome to Ordinary Time. It is wonderful to be here. It is the day we jump right into the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, as seen in today's Gospel. Our Lord calls His first disciples, Simon and his brother Andrew, James and his brother John, all fishermen (Mk 1:16-19). Jesus calls us too, each and every day, to follow Him. May we be so eager; we too can be fishers of men (Mk 1:17).

Give us grace, Lord, to hope in your Name, to which all creatures owe their being ...

Lord, we entreat you to help us. Come to the aid of the afflicted, pity the lowly, raise up the fallen, show your face to the needy, heal the sick, convert the wayward, feed the hungry, deliver the captives, support the weak, encourage the fainthearted. Let all nations know that you alone are God; Jesus Christ is your Son, and we are your people and the sheep of your pasture ...

Give peace and concord to us and to all mankind, even as you gave it to our ancestors when they devoutly called upon you in faith and truth. Lord, you alone are able to bestow these and even greater benefits upon us. We praise you through Jesus Christ, our high priest and the champion of our souls. Through Him be glory and majesty to you now and throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

(From a letter to the Corinthians by Saint Clement I, pope, in Office of Readings, First Week in Ordinary Time, Monday)

BLESSED GONSALVO OF AMARANTE,

BLESSED ANN OF THE ANGELS MONTEAGUDO,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: This one was taken some years ago, after Second Vespers on a Sunday. 

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