Readings: Phil 1:18b-26 / Lk 14:1,7-11
Missionary Cenacle Intentions: We dedicate Saturdays to Mary, Queen of the Missionary Cenacle. Today we pray:
In gratitude to God for Mary, our model and our hope, we pray.
That all in the Cenacle be simple, humble, and charitable men and women, we pray.
For our Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters, we pray.
For the members of the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate of Fr. Gabriel Hannan, Chattanooga, TN, we pray.
For the members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Fr. Victor Santiago, ST; Fr. Carlos Zacarías, ST; Br. Jordan Baxter, ST we pray.
For the deceased members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Sr. Joseph Mary Taylor, MSBT, 1970; Sr. Carmen Marie Vila, MSBT, 1990; Bill Gile, MCA, 2010; Sr. Joseph Miriam Blackwell, MSBT, 2015, we pray.
Reading: After the Divine Child Jesus, none is so great nor holy, none so efficiently predestined as Mary. We owe her our homage and love because of her singular and august position. Those who have a special function in the service of God are ordained to it and prepared for it. Our Lord is the first, and He was "predestinated the Son of God in power." (Rom. 1:4) Next, standing out beyond all the rest of humanity in order of God's predestination, is the Blessed Virgin. (MCM, p. 333)