The Month of February Dedicated to the Holy Family
In other years: Blessed Reginald of Orleans, OP (c.1180-1220)
Readings of the Day
Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 10 The Arrangement of the Night Office in Summer
Mass: Sirach 15:15-20; Resp Ps 119; 1 Cor 2:6-10; Mt 5:17-37
The wonders of your law.
MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,
SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,
PRAY FOR US.
HOLY FAMILY, WHOSE DIVINE CHILD IS A MODEL OF FILIAL OBEDIENCE,
PRAY FOR US.
Before man are life and death, good and evil,
whichever he chooses will be given him.
(Sirach 15:17)
Who is the man that fears the Lord?
The Lord will instruct him in the way that he should choose.
(Psalm 25:12)
There seems to be no cause to waver then on what is the path to choose. However, we must listen to what the Lord is telling us. Listen, that is, with the ear of our heart. So doing, we can be firm and let our 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and our 'No' mean 'No.' For anything else is from the evil one (see Mk 17:37).
Jesus is the Finger of God who writes in the interior of our being, who etches living truth on the flesh of our heart with His tender yet powerful touch. If He can do this it is because He Himself, eternal Word possesses a human heart and knows how to reach other hearts. And the simple, absolute, and unsurpassable law He inscribes in our hearts is the law of the love of God.
(E. Leiva-Merikakis, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to St. Matthew)
BLESSED REGINALD OF ORLEANS,
SAINT DOMINIC,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: This is a guanaco at spectacular Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. Just one of the new animals the Ottos met during their recent Chilean adventure. That I may be firm in the ways of keeping your statutes!
© Gertrude Feick 2023
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