September is the Month dedicated to the Sorrowful Mother
Readings for the Rule of Saint Benedict for the Week: Chapter 1 The Kinds of Monks - Ch 2:1-32 Qualities of the Abbot
The Lord raises up those who are bowed down.
MARY, REMEDY IN PERPLEXITY,
SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,
PRAY FOR US.
Say to those whose hearts are frightened:
Be strong, fear not!
(Isaiah 35:4)
Hi folks! Welcome to Sunday, the Lord's day, the day of Resurrection, the day of Christians - it is our day!* So, let us rejoice in the Lord always, let me say it again, rejoice!
I will keep things simple ... just believe what the Lord says. When He says, "Be strong, fear not!" then be strong and fear not. If the eyes of the blind can be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared ... if streams will burst forth in the desert, and burning sands will become pools (see Is 35:4-7a), then it is so. If God chose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He promised to those who love Him (see James 2:1-5), then love Him because anything is possible with God. He has certainly done all things well (see Mark 7:31-37). Not a few things, but all things. If He says, "I am the light of the world, and whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will instead have the light of life" (see John 8:12), then follow Him and have the light of life. When He says, "This is my Body; this is my Blood. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life," then believe it. This is our faith. We believe because Jesus tells us it is so. Keep repeating: "I believe, help my unbelief." As I echo: Anything is possible with God.
Keep going faithful readers and believe. Let me know what happens ... ☺
And now, as usual, a voice from here and a voice from there.
The Church and the world have a great need of eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. Let our adoration never cease.
(Pope Saint John Paul II, 1920-2005, Dominicae cenae, 3)
We should pant after the light of grace that the day of glory and honor may shine upon us.
(Adam of Perseigne, 1145-1220)
Study, I beg you, and each day meditate on the words of your Creator. Learn the heart of God in the words of God, so that you may long more ardently for eternity.
(Pope Saint Gregory the Great, 540-604)
When you cease to believe in God, you believe in anything.
(G.K. Chesterton, 1874-1936)
How can there be too many children? That's like saying there are too many flowers.
(Saint Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997)
I am not advocating world-movements or public meetings ... my appeal is rather to the individual conscience than to the public ear; my hope is rather to see the emergence of a Saint, than that of an organization ...
There is no harm in besieging heaven for the canonization of such and such holy persons now dead. But should we not do well to vary these petitions of ours by asking for more Saints to canonize?
(Ronald Knox, 1888-1957)
The real contemplative standard is to have no standard, to be ourselves. That's what God is asking of us, to be ourselves.
(Thomas Merton, 1915-1968)
And just in case you are thinking about becoming a missionary ...
This is what it means to be a missionary, to make oneself all things to all people, both interiorly and externally; to be responsible for everything, people, animals, and things, and all this in order to gain souls, with a large and generous heart.
(Saint Jacques Berthieu, 1838-1896)
Remember, however, that you can be a missionary in your own neighborhood. Your neighbor is waiting for someone to reach out to her. Go for it. And don't forget to take a plate of freshly baked cookies; you can't go wrong with Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies. And I just saw a recipe yesterday for Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cake. I bet your neighbor would enjoy that too; I certainly would.
SAINT PETER CLAVER,
SAINT CIARAN OF CLONMACNOISE,
SAINT OSBURG,
SAINT AMBROSE BARLOW, OSB,
SAINT EGWIN, BISHOP,
BLESSED AGNELLUS OF PISA, PRIEST,
BLESSED FRANCIS GARATE,
SAINT DEINIOL,
SAINT NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO,
BLESSED MARY OF JESUS,
SAINT JOHN GABRIEL PERBOYTE,
SAINT AILBE,
BLESSED FRÉDÉRIC OZANAM,
BLESSED OGIER OF LOCEDIO, CISTERCIAN ABBOT,
SAINT PETER II OF TARENTAISE, CISTERCIAN BISHOP,
SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM,
PRAY FOR US.
*See Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1166. I love the Catechism ☺.
Today's photo: The Lord shall reign forever.
© Gertrude Feick 2024
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