Readings: Gn 21:5,8‑20a / Mt 8:28‑34

Missionary Cenacle Intentions: We dedicate Wednesdays to St. Joseph and St. Vincent de Paul. Today we pray:

For a greater devotion to St. Joseph as patron of workers throughout the world, we pray.

For an increase in vocations to the Missionary Cenacle, we pray.

For a greater sensitivity to the poor and abandoned, especially refugees, we pray.

For the members of the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate of Br. James McPike, Barkhamsted, CT, we pray.

For the members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially our sick, we pray.

For the deceased members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Sr. Thomas Marie Higgins, MSBT, 1935; Sr. Mary Geraldine Burr, MSBT, 1982, we pray.

Reading: Do not worry! Let each day take care of itself. Determine first of all to love God, with your whole heart and soul; secondly to please Him more and more; thirdly, to act with purity of intention, and then do not bother about anything other than these. Leave the rest to God. (MCM, p. 199)