Readings: Rv 11:19a;12:1‑6a,10ab / 1 Cor 15:20‑27 / Lk 1:39‑56 Proper
Missionary Cenacle Intentions: We dedicate today to honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus. Today we pray:
That Mary may truly be the Mother and Queen of the Missionary Cenacle, we pray.
That Mary may inspire a respect for all women and their rights, we pray.
That Mary, by her love, guide us always to her son Jesus, we pray.
For the members of the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate of Holy Spirit, Dublin, GA, we pray.
For the members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Fr. Guy Wilson, ST we pray.
For the deceased members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Sr. Alphonsus Tighe, MSBT, 1943; Sr. Elizabeth O=Brien, MSBT, 1996; Carmela Castro, MCA, 2022, we pray.
Reading: "Be patient towards all men."(l Thes.5:14) This often involves no small interior conflict; patience is a difficult virtue and is won only little by little. To bear with defects of others is the hard task. Contradictory dispositions grate upon us, autocratic manners antagonize us, selfish natures distress us, but let us be patient, meek, and yielding for the sake of Him "who, when he was reviled, did not revile." (1 Pet. 2:23) (MCM, p. 237)