Readings: Nm 6:22‑27 / Gal 4:4‑7 / Lk 2:16‑21 Prop
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 Dulce Corazón de María, Paramount, CA, we pray.
For the members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially our sick, we pray.
For the deceased members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Sr. Immaculate Conception Winters, MSBT, 1936, Sr. M. Michael Shelvy, MSBT, 1956; Sr. Jane Kraft, MSBT, 2008; Sr. John Baptist Parker, MSBT, 2012, we pray.
Reading: Gratitude implies appreciation. It insists upon realizations of how and whence the favors have come, and recognition that some external response should be made to show the interior sentiments that we have of thankfulness. We do appreciate these favors; that is why we are trying to be thankful. We realize whence they came and how much they stand for God's love toward us. Now the important thing is, what is to be the response. (MCM, p. 34)