Year of Saint Joseph
Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"
Month of May Dedicated to Our Lady and a “Marathon” of Prayer to End the Pandemic
Other Saints: Saint Zdzislawa of Lemberk OP (c. 1220-1252); Saint Luke Kirby (c.1549-1582); The Yorkshire Martyrs (16th-17th century); Saint Joan of Arc (c.1412-1431); Saint Walstun (11th century); Saint James Salomonio OP (1231-1314)
Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:24-30
Mass: Dt 4:32-34, 39-40; Resp Ps 33; Rm 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-0
May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us who have put our hope in you.
AS SOON AS THE CANTOR BEGINS TO SING "GLORY BE TO THE FATHER," LET ALL THE MONKS RISE FROM THEIR SEATS IN HONOR AND REVERENCE FOR THE HOLY TRINITY.
(Rule of Saint Benedict, 9:7)
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. If we turn to our Catechism, we learn that "the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them" (CCC 234). Furthermore, as a commentator wrote: "God is wrapped in holy mystery: the reality of the Blessed Trinity, one God in Three Persons, eludes our comprehension, spills over our limited words, and commands our awe, expressed in reverent worship" (Magnificat, Prayer for the Evening, Vigil of the Most Holy Trinity, 2021). So let us express the Most Holy Trinity in reverent worship today and every day, or as Saint Benedict writes, consider how you ought to behave in the presence of God and His angels (RB 19:6). When you sign yourself: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, be deliberate and pay attention, or as Father Paschal, OSB, of happy memory used to remind others, "Sign yourself big and slowly." After all, "Christians are baptized 'in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit", and "the faith of all Christians rests on the Trinity" (CCC 232). Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia!
You, who are Three in one Substance, the one God,
from whom we are,
by whom we are,
in whom we are,
You, from whom we departed by sinning,
to whom we were made unlike,
but away from whom we have not been allowed to perish,
You, the Beginning, to whom we are returning,
The Pattern we are following,
The Grace by which we are reconciled,
You, we worship and bless!
To You, be glory for ever! Amen.
(William of St. Thierry, On Contemplating God)
HOLY TRINITY, ONE GOD,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
SAINT JOSEPH,
MARY, MOTHER OF MERCY,
SAINT ZDZISLAWA OF LEMBERK,
SAINT LUKE KIRBY,
THE YORKSHIRE MARTYRS,
SAINT JOAN OF ARC,
SAINT WALSTAN,
BLESSED JAMES SALOMONIO,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's photo: Know, and fix in your heart, that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and that there is no other (Dt 4:39).
© Gertrude Feick 2021
