Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

Saints: Blessed Victoria Rasoamanarivo (1848-1894); Saint Alberto Hurtado Chruchaga (1901-1952)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 63:1-9 Community Rank

Mass: Ezk 36:23-38; Resp Ps 51; Mt 22:1-15

A clean heart create for me, O God.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

HEART OF MARY, COMFORT OF THE AFFLICTED,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you,

taking from your body your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts.

(Ezk 36:26)

We can always open our hearts a little more to receive the love and mercy of God. Our Lord is calling each one of us. When we hear His voice, may we not harden our hearts, but open wide and listen instead. We want to be ready. United in faith and prayer, we keep going. 

Many are invited, but few are chosen.

(Mt 22:1-16)

We end with a sweet little prayer from The Catholic Devotional: A Collection of Prayers and Inspiration for Every Catholic (Apostolic Publishing Company, 2022), p. 52, a gift I found at Saint Bernard Catholic Parish, Eureka, CA.

For Dependence on God

Lord, what we know not, teach us.

Lord, what we have not, give us.

Lord, what we are not, make us.

Amen.

BLESSED VICTORIA RASOAMANARIVO,

SAINT ALBERTO HURTADO CHRUCHAGA,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: More beauty from Saint Bernard Catholic Parish, Eureka, CA, this time a delightful Fuschsia flower. 

© Gertrude Feick 2022