Saturday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time

For the Poor Souls in Purgatory

First Saturday of the Month

Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saints: Saint Domninus, Teothimus and Companions, Martyrs (3rd-4th century); Blessed Frances d'Amboise (1427-1485); Blessed Bernard Lichtenberg, Priest and Martyr (1875-1943)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 29 Readmission of Brothers Who Leave the Monastery

Mass: Ph 4:10-19; Resp Ps 112; Lk 16:9-15

The upright generation shall be blessed.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

MARY, HELP OF ALL CHRISTIANS,

SAINT GERTRUDE THE GREAT OF HELFTA,

SAINT NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO,

PRAY FOR US.

I have the strength for everything through Him who empowers me.

(Ph 4:13)

What is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.

(Lk 16:15)

Welcome to the First Saturday of the Month. We have more saints to commemorate and also dedicate the day to Our Blessed Mother. With Jesus, His Mother Mary, and all the saints in glory, we are good to go.

May your poor heart encounter in the Most Blessed Virgin Mary the tenderness of a mother, of a sister-that is what really matters. May you speak to Her with total honesty; talk of Her divine Son; ask Her for anything; and have confidence in Her. Then you'll see, things will go well for you ...

with God, I can do all things, and with Mary's help, I can do even more ... You'll see how, with those two things, and without relying on ourselves for anything at all, we'll become saints ...

(Saint Rafael Arnaiz in a November 27, 1935, letter to his Aunt Maria Osorio)

SAINTS DOMNINUS, THEOTHIMUS AND COMPANIONS,

BLESSED FRANCES D'AMBROISE,

BLESSED BERNARD LICHTENBERG,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: A rose for Our Lady. Mary, comfort of all those who mourn, pray for us.

© Gertrude Feick 2022