Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint: Saint Alexander of Alexandria (250-328)
Readings of the Day
Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 20 Reverence in Prayer
Mass: James 5:13-20; Resp Ps 141; Mk 10:13-16
O Lord, to you I call; hasten to me.
MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,
PRAY FOR US.
It is the time in my life when many of my nieces and nephews are having children; it is the time of the "grands". When I see photos of these precious babies, all children of God, I can clearly see why Jesus "embraced the children and blessed them, placing His hands upon them" (Mk 10:16). Yes, "the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these" (Mk 10:14). May we re-gain the simplicity, awe and wonder of a child. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it (Mk 10:15).
United in faith and prayer, we continue to "pray for one another" (Jm 5:16), invoke Mary, Queen of Peace, and pray for the people of Ukraine, and the people of Russia too. We go forth, then, and "lay our petitions before the Lord God of all things with utmost humility and sincere devotion" (Rule of Saint Benedict, 20:2).
May it be of your loving-kindness to make known to the world that grace which you found with God, by obtaining by your prayers pardon for the guilty, healing for the sick, strength for the fainthearted, consolation for the afflicted, help for those in danger, and freedom for your saints.
(Bernard of Clairvaux, in Mary, Most Holy)
SAINT ALEXANDER OF ALEXANDRIA,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: This is a very peaceful place, on our bridge over the Mattole River, as seen here last Monday morning.
© Gertrude Feick 2022
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