Saints: Saint Jeanne Jugan (1792-1879); Saint Margaret Clitherow, nee Middleton (1556-1586); Saint Anne Line, nee Heigham (1565?-1601); Saint Margaret Ward (-1588); Blessed Ghebre Michael (1790-1855); Saint Fiacre; Saint Edmund Arrowsmith (1585-1628)
Readings of the Day
Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 72 The Good Zeal of Monks
Mass: 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Resp Ps 145; Lk 4:31-37
©The Lord is faithful in all His works.
MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,
HEART OF MARY, COMFORT OF THE SAD,
PRAY FOR US.
Let them prefer nothing whatever to Christ.
(Rule of Saint Benedict, 72:11)
It is a good day, dear faithful readers. Saint Benedict gives us his beautiful Chapter 72 on the Good Zeal of Monks, Jesus is busy rebuking demons (Lk 4:35), and there are many glorious saints to invoke. God is praised.
With the "mind of Christ" (1 Cor 2:16), may we be about good zeal, that zeal "which separates from evil and leads to God and everlasting life" (RB 72:2), and go with some words from Pope Francis, preached this past Sunday in L'Aquila, Italy, on the occasion of the Celestinian Pardon (Perdonanza Celestiniana), a celebration established in 1294 by Pope Celestine V.
The saints' lives are a privilege vantage point from which we can glimpse the good news that Jesus came to proclaim - namely, that God is our Father and each of us is loved by Him. This is the heart of the Gospel, and Jesus is the proof of this Love - His incarnation, His face.
(Pope Francis, Feast of Celestinian Forgiveness, Mass, homily, L'Aquila, Italy, August 28, 2022)
And news of Him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.
(Lk 2:16)
SAINT JEANNE JUGAN,
SAINT MARGARET CLITHEROW,
SAINT ANNE LINE,
SAINT MARGARET WARD,
BLESSED GHEBRE MICHAEL,
SAINT FIACRE,
SAINT EDMUND ARROWSMITH,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: Peppers abound in our greenhouse of delight. The Lord is holy in all His works.
© Gertrude Feick 2022
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