Readings: 1 Thes 4:9‑11 / Mt 25:14‑30

Missionary Cenacle Intentions: We dedicate Saturdays to Mary, Queen of the Missionary Cenacle. Today we pray:

For a growth in our devotion to Mary, the Queen of the Missionary Cenacle, we pray.

For the end of oppression and inequality for all women, we pray.

For disarmament ‑ especially nuclear ‑ that leads to world peace, we pray.

For the members of the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate of St. Patricia, Rock Hill, SC, we pray.

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

For the deceased members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Sr. Magdalen Lee, MSBT, 1953; Fr. Cletus Gillson, ST, 1984, we pray.

Reading: You cannot have a prayerful and a humble spirit if you have an independent spirit. A dependent spirit shows itself in humble and loyally keeping with others. There is a lack, there, of (exaggerated) self‑confidence. We feel the need of others. We feel the need of cooperative action. But an independent spirit does not feel anything of the kind. (MCM, p. 250)