Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Saints: Saint Victor (d. 198); Saint Sampson (-564); Saint Alphonsa Muttathupadathu (1910-1946)

Readings of the Day

Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 48:1-9 The Daily Manual Labor

Mass: Jer 18:1-6; Resp Ps 146; Mt 13:47-53

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,

PRAY FOR US.

Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son.

(Gospel Acclamation, Mass)

In haste for today, dear faithful readers, I thank you again for being there. We take with us the words of the Lord to the Prophet Jeremiah: Like clay in the hand of the potter, so you are in my hand (Jer 18:6). Dear Lord, shape us, mold us, help us to do your will. Amen.

SAINT VICTOR,

SAINT SAMPSON,

SAINT ALPHONSA MUTTATHUPADATHU,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's photo: This is awesome. I will praise the Lord all my life.

 

© Gertrude Feick 2022

Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Year of Saint Joseph

Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"

Saints: Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Cardinal, Doctor of the Church (1218-1274); Saint Swithun (-862); Saint Osmund of Salisbury (-1099)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 36 The Sick

Mass: Ex 3:13-20; Resp Ps 105; Mt 11:28-30

The Lord remembers his covenant forever. 

HEART OF JESUS, KING AND CENTER OF ALL HEARTS,

HAVE MERCY ON US.

In today's Gospel, Jesus' words are few and oh so comforting: Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light (Mt 11:28-30). Go to Jesus today with whatever is troubling you. And take with you in your heart those you know who are sick or suffering in any way, for Saint Benedict tells us: Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may be truly served as Christ" (RB 36:1). We are united in faith and prayer.

In God alone is there primordial and true delight, 

and in all our delights it is this delight that we are seeking.

(Saint Bonaventure)

When we pray, the voice of the heart must be heard more than the proceedings from the mouth.

(Saint Bonaventure)

SAINT BONAVENTURE,

SAINT SWITHUN,

SAINT OSMUND OF SALISBURY,

SAINT JOSEPH,

PRAY FOR US. 

Today's photo: From our cloister flower garden. A marvel to behold.

© Gertrude Feick 2021

Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent

Pope St Damasus I (304-384)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 58:1-16 The Procedure for Receiving New Members
Mass: Is 40:1-11; Resp Ps 96 (Is 40:10ab); Mt 18:12-14

In the desert prepare the way of the Lord!