Saints: Saint Henry (973-1024); Saint Teresa of Los Andes (1900-1920)
Readings of the Day
Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 35:1-11 Kitchen Servers of the Week
Mass: Is 10:5-7; Resp Ps 94; Mt 11:25-27
All the upright of heart shall follow it.
MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,
PRAY FOR US.
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth;
you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom.
(Gospel acclamation, Mass)
We will let today's photo and not yet two Teddy help us reflect. Here, Teddy walks tall among the giants in Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park, Crescent City, CA. I'm told that Teddy is quite the explorer and has constant commentary on everything. Our Father certainly revealed these things to the childlike. God is praised.
And some words too, from the ancient Life of Saint Henry, one of our saints of the day, included in the July 13 Office of Readings.
After the most blessed servant of God had been anointed king, he was not satisfied with the anxieties of his realm; so, in order to attain the crown of immortality, he determined to campaign for the King of all, for to serve Him is to rule ...
"Henry, king by the preordained mercy of God, to all the sons of the Church, both future and present. By the most salutary instructions of sacred eloquence we are taught and advised to abandon temporal riches, to lay aside earthly goods, and to strive to reach the eternal and everlasting dwelling-places in heaven. For present glory is fleeting and meaningless, while it is possessed, unless in it we can glimpse something of heaven's eternity. But God's mercy toward the human race provided a useful remedy when He made the reward for earthly existence a share in our heavenly country."
SAINT HENRY,
SAINT TERESA OF LOS ANDES,
PRAY FOR US.
© Gertrude Feick 2022
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