First Friday of the Month
Saint John Damascene, Priest, Doctor (c. 657-749)
Other saints: Saint Fare, Abbess (657); Saint Sigiramnus, Abbot (? 655); Saint Anno, Bishop (1010-1075); Saint Osmund, Bishop (1099); Saint Bernard of Parma, Bishop (1133); Bd Peter of Siena (1289); BB Francis Galvez, Simon Yempo, and Jerome de Angelis, Martyrs (1623); Bd Adolf Kolping, (1813-1865); Bd John Calabria, Founder (1873-1954)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 53:1-15 The Reception of Guests
Mass: Is 29:17-24; Resp Ps 27; Mt 9:27-31
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
JESUS, TRUE LIGHT,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
As Jesus, the Divine Healer said to the two blind men in today's Gospel, He says to you, He says to me: Let it be done for you according to your faith (Mt 9:29). Take your needs, cares, worries, joys and sorrows to the Lord today. Approach Him with the words of the blind men: "Son of David, have pity on me!" (Mt 9:27). Do you believe that Jesus will have pity and help you? May our response be the same as the two blind men: "Yes, Lord" (Mt 9:28). Let it be so, according to our faith. I believe, help my unbelief. Dear Jesus, increase our faith.
Come, Lord Jesus, make our distracted hearts watchful. Awaken within us the desire to pray and the need to love.
(Pope Francis, Twitter, December 4, 2020).
SAINT JOHN DAMASCENE,
PRAY FOR US.
© Gertrude Feick 2020
