Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

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

Saints: Saints Alban, Julius and Aaron, early Christian martyrs; The Irish Martyrs (16th-17th century)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 16 The Celebration of the Divine Office During the Day

Mass: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Resp Ps 60; Mt 7:1-5

Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

PRAY FOR US.

Welcome back to Monday, this one the day before the Summer Solstice, in the month of June dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and in the last week of the Year of the Family. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow! Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, have mercy on us.

Enough for today are the first and last lines of Jesus in today's Gospel. They are pretty clear. Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged ...remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye (Mt 7:1-2, 5)

Since, by the goodness of God, we who are called "Christians" have been granted the honor of sharing this name, the greatest, the highest, the most sublime of all names, it follows that each of the titles that express its meaning should be clearly reflected in us. If we are not to lie when we call ourselves "Christians," we must bear witness to it by our way of living.

(From a treatise on Christian Perfection by Saint Gregory of Nyssa, bishop, in Office of Readings, Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, Monday)

SAINTS ALBAN, JULIUS AND AARON,

THE IRISH MARTYRS,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: I like our fig tree. Watch out as the leaves are just getting started.

© Gertrude Feic 2022