Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Saints: Saint Claude La Colombiere (1641-1682)
Readings of the Day
Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 13:1-11 The Celebration of Lauds on Ordinary Days
Mass: James 1:12-18; Resp Ps 94; Mk 8:14-21
Your comfort gladdens by soul.
HEART OF JESUS, ENRICHING ALL WHO INVOKE THEE,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
In today's Gospel, Jesus asks a few questions. For one, He asks, Are your hearts hardened? (Mk 8:17). If your heart is hardened for one reason or another, and even if it is not, why not pray with the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Today is a perfect day to pray with the Litany as we commemorate Saint Claude La Colombiere, the saint largely responsible for promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Saint Claude did not act alone though; he collaborated with another great saint, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690). We have them to thank, then, and ask for their intercession. Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints, have mercy on us.
I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God.
(Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque)
SAINT CLAUDE LA COLOMBIERE,
SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: This one comes from German Sprachgenius Moni. You've seen some of her photos. Well-traveled and gifted with languages, and her camera too, here she is in Biarritz, France, where she spent a couple of months. It's fitting too as we commemorate Frenchman Saint Claude La Colombiere. Awesome.
© Gertrude Feick 2022
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