Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Saints: Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 46 Faults Committed in Other Matters

Mass: Jer 14:17-22; Resp Ps 79; Mt 13:36-42

All generations will declare your praise.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

PRAY FOR US.

Is it not you alone, O Lord, our God, to whom we look?

(Jer 14:22)

The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower; all who come to Him will live forever.

(Gospel acclamation, Mass)

Teach us your ways, O Lord. And, whoever has ears ought to hear (Mt 13:43). May we listen to the voice of the Lord, often through others who have formed us, and do form us in the faith: parents, grandparents, and teachers, religious and lay alike. May those who have gone before us rest in the peace of Christ. United in faith and prayer, all of us, pilgrims and companions on the journey, we go forth to bear good fruit.

Today the Church celebrates the parents of the Virgin Mary, the grandparents of Jesus, Saints Joachim and Anne; she was surrounded by their love and faith ... They were part of a long chain of people who had transmitted their faith and love for God, expressed in the warmth and love of family life, down to Mary, who received the son of God in her womb and who have Him to the world, to us.

(Pope Francis, Angelus Address, July 26, 2013)

SAINTS JOACHIM AND ANNE,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: In honor of Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. Grandma and Grandpa with their precious, little grandson Teddy, on a stroll at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Let us praise Joachim and Anne, to whom, in their generation, the Lord gave him who was a blessing for all the nations.

© Gertrude Feick 2022