Saturday of the Second Week of Lent

The Month of March Devoted to Saint Joseph

Saints: Saint Aengus (-824); Saint Constantine (6th century); Saint Aurea (11th century)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 33 Monks and Private Ownership

Mass: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20; Resp Ps 103; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32

He heals all your ills.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,

PRAY FOR US.

JOSEPH MOST STRONG, 

PRAY FOR US.

Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of His inheritance;

Who does not persist in anger forever, but delights rather in clemency, 

And again will have compassion on us, treading underfoot our guilt?

(Micah 7:18-19)

May we rid ourselves of anger and rather delight in clemency, and have compassion on others. We just might find ourselves in a predicament of one kind or another someday. May we have sincere remorse and the humility to reconcile. 

Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you ...

While he was still a long way off, the son's father caught sight of his son, and was filled with compassion.

(Lk 15:20-21)

Groggy and in haste, I wasn't paying attention. I got a bit ahead of myself in the Office of Readings with the following quotation. On the other hand, it never hurts to hear from Saint Augustine, and, as he says, we are in training. Now.

Our thoughts in this present life should turn on the praise of God, because it is in praising God that we shall rejoice for ever in the life to come; and no one can be ready for the next life unless he trains himself for it now. So we praise God during our earthly life, and at the same time make petitions to Him. Our praise is expressed with joy, our petitions with yearning ...

But see that your praise comes from  your whole being; in other words, see that you praise God not with your lips and voices alone, but with your minds, your lives and all your actions.

(From a discourse on the psalms by Saint Augustine, bishop, in Office of Readings, Fifth Week of Easter, Saturday)

SAINT AENGUS,

SAINT CONSTANTINE,

SAINT AUREA,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: This was taken in July 2019. These colorful beauties should bring joy and gladness to any heart. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

© Gertrude Feick 2023