Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Saints: Saint Dominic (1170-1221); Saint Mary of the Cross (1842-1909)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 55:15-22 The Clothing and Footwear of the Brothers 

Mass: Ezk 1:2-5, 24-28c; Resp Ps 148; Mt 17:22-27

Praise Him, all you His hosts.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

HEART OF MARY, INSTRUMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

PRAY FOR US.

True teaching was in his mouth; no evil found on his lips.

-His words burned like a torch.

(Responsory, Office of Readings, August 8)

Welcome to Monday. And we know how these days go, full as they are with getting on with a new week. We keep going and pray especially for all the Dominicans, the Order of Preachers. May Saint Dominic intercede for them, and for all the faithful. We look to the life of Saint Dominic for inspiration:

Dominic possessed such great integrity and was so strongly motivated by divine love, that without a doubt he proved to be a bearer of honor and grace. He was a man of great equanimity, except when moved to compassion and mercy. And since a joyful heart animates the face,

he displayed the peaceful composure of a spiritual man in the kindness he manifested outwardly and by the cheerfulness of his countenance.

(From various writings on the history of the Order of Preachers, in Office of Readings, August 8)

SAINT DOMINIC,

SAINT MARY OF THE CROSS,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: Back to a favorite, these particular ones you have not seen. Praise Him, all you His angels.

© Gertrude Feick 2022