Readings: Sir 47:2‑11 / Mk 6:14‑29

Missionary Cenacle Intentions: We dedicate Fridays to the Mystery of the Passion and Death of the Lord. Today we pray:

For the end of all kinds of terrorism in the world, we pray.

For the people in the places where we have worked and no longer serve, we pray.

That we may work to protect the world God has given us, we pray.

For the members of the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Mayagüez , Puerto Rico, we pray.

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

For the deceased members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Margarita Pacheco, MCA, 1994; Sr. Marie Inez Briody, MSBT, 1999; Margaret Peg Hoeler, MCA, 2012, we pray.

Reading: Love any depression which weighs you down. that makes you prayerful and gives you a keen sense of your dependence on God. May God grant you this great grace; may He grant you to gain and acquire it now, and to increase in it through life. (MCM, p. 69)