Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

The Month of February Dedicated to the Holy Family

Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint: Blessed John of Fiesole OP, Fra Angelico (c.1386-1455)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 15 The Times for Saying Alleluia

Mass: Heb 11:1-7; Resp Ps 145; Mk 9:2-13

Speak of the splendor of Your glorious majesty.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

MARY, QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,

SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,

PRAY FOR US.

JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH, IMAGE OF THE BLESSED TRINITY HERE ON EARTH,

PRAY FOR US.

By faith, we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible.

(Heb 11:3)

Jesus was transfigured before Peter, James, and John (see Mk 9:2-3). The Lord is transfigured before each one of us too, if we look and read. One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek: to dwell in the Lord's house all the days of my life, to gaze on the Lord's beauty, to visit His temple (Ps 27:4).

Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. 

Can you ask for a louder voice than that?

(Saint Augustine of Hippo, 354-430, Sermon 126.6)

BLESSED JOHN OF FIESOLE, FRA ANGELICO, 

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: As I have said before, "don't forget to look up." After hearing from Saint Augustine, "don't forget to look down" either. You just might find some glorious Vinca minor, commonly called periwinkle, and another beauty to honor Our Lady. Tell of Your wondrous works.

© Gertrude Feick 2023

Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

The Month of February Dedicated to the Holy Family

Saint: Saint Mel (d. 488); Saint Richard (8th century); Pope Blessed Pius IX (1792-1878)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 7:59 Humility

Mass: Gn 1:20-2:4a; Resp Ps 8; Mk 7:1-13  

Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,

PRAY FOR US.

JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH, SON, MOTHER, AND HEAD OF HOLY FAMILY,

PRAY FOR US.

Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work He had been doing, He rested on the seventh day from the all the work He had undertaken.

(Gn 2:2)

Take a look around and see. It is no wonder God rested on the seventh day; He must have been tired. 

For the beauty of the earth

For the glory of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

Over and around us lies.

Lord of all, to Thee we raise,

This our hymn of grateful praise.

About the saints we commemorate today, Saint Mel, Saint Richard, and Blessed Pope Pius IX. It is said that Saint Mel or Moel was a Briton who came to Ireland with his uncle, Saint Patrick, with whom he worked until he was ordained. Saint Mel is one of the earliest Irish saints and gave the religious veil to Saint Brigid. Saint Richard was the father of three saints, Saints Willibald, Winnebald, and Walburga. Saint Richard has been called "King of the English". And among other things, Pope Blessed Pius IX convoked the First Vatican Council in 1868.*

SAINT MEL,

SAINT RICHARD,

POPE BLESSED PIUS IX,

SS. WILLEBALD, WINNEBALD, AND WALBURGA,

SAINT PATRICK,

SAINT BRIGID,

PRAY FOR US.

*See Universalis, "About Today," Catholic News Agency "St. Richard," and Vatican News, "Saint of the Day."

Today's photo: Welcome to the Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, South America. Faithful reader, Catherine, and her husband just returned from a few weeks in Chile. About the National Park and the beauty of the place, Catherine commented, "Can never get enough. Completely over the top - what our Creater has made!!!" God looked at everything He made, and He found it very good.

© Gertrude Feick 2023

Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 72 The Good Zeal of Monks
Mass: 1 Co 1:1-9; Resp Ps 145; Mt 24:42-51

I will praise your name for ever, Lord. (Resp Ps 45)

My Mouth Will Declare Your Praise!

Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Henry (d. 1024)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 35:1-11 Weekly Servers in the Kitchen and at Table
Mass: Ho 14:2-10; Resp Ps 51; Mt 10:16-23

All you beasts, wild and tame, bless the Lord; praise and exult him above all forever.

(Da 3:81)