Tuesday before Epiphany

The Month of January Dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus

The Most Holy Name of Jesus

Other saints: Saint Munchin (7th century); Saint Genevieve (c.420-c.510); Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871); Blessed Stephana Quinzani OP (1457-1530)

150th Birthday of Saint Therese of Lisieux (January 2, 1873-September 30, 1897)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Prologue 14-20 

Mass: 1 Jn 2:29-3:6; Resp Ps 98; Jn 1:29-34

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God,

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

PRAY FOR US.

JESUS, LAMB OF GOD,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God.

(1 Jn 3:1)

Happy Birthday Saint Therese of Lisieux, O she of many monikers. In this month of January dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Jesus, and on the day specifically dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Jesus, we look to Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face and exclaim, "O Jesus, my Love"!* With the Little Flower we may be called children of God, and so we are. 

Write what you will, I shall not relish it unless it tells of Jesus. Talk or argue what you will, I shall not relish it if you exclude the name of Jesus. Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.

Again, it is medicine. Does one feel sad? Let the name of Jesus come into his heart, from there let is spring to his mouth, so that shining like the dawn it may dispel all darkness and make a cloudless sky. Does someone fall into sin? Does his despair urge him to suicide? Let him invoke this life-giving name and his will to live will be at once renewed.

(Bernard of Clairvaux, On the Song of Songs, Sermon 15, III,6-IV)

JESUS, MEEK AND HUMBLE OF HEART,

JESUS, LOVER OF US,

JESUS, OUR WAY AND OUR LIFE,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX,

SAINT MUNCHIN,

SAINT GENEVIEVE,

SAINT KURIAKOS ELIAS CHAVARA,

BLESSED STEPHANA QUINZANI,

PRAY FOR US.

*"O Jesus, my Love ... my vocation, at last I have found it ... MY VOCATION IS LOVE!" (Saint Therese of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul, Manuscript B, Chapter IX).

Today's photo: Yesterday afternoon around 4:30 p.m., after the rain down had subsided. He has done wondrous deeds.

© Gertrude Feick 2023