Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

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

Saints: Blessed Peter Snow and Ralph Grimson (16th century)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 12 The Celebration of the Solemnity of Lauds

Mass: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Resp Ps 31; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Love the Lord, all you faithful ones.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

PRAY FOR US.

Place your hope in God alone.

(Rule of Saint Benedict, 4:41)

Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.

(Psalm 31)

In this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we can turn to the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1899 for an invocation, or, it seems fitting that we can make up our own invocation. In relation to today's Gospel, I offer this one: Heart of Jesus, meek and humble, have mercy on us. As Jesus tells us, Your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you (Mt 6:18).

We should live like temples of God we are, so that it can be seen that God lives in us.

(From a treatise on the Lord's Prayer by Saint Cyprian, in Office of Readings, Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday)

BLESSED PETER SNOW AND RALPH GRIMSON,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: Our pomegranate tree. Take 2. The Lord keeps those who are constant.

© Gertrude Feick 2022