Readings: Rv 4:1-11 / Lk 19:11-28

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 Spirit of the Redeemer, Eufaula, AL, we pray.

For the members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Br. Steven Vesely, ST we pray.

For the deceased members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Colleen Ried, MCA, 1999; J. Patrick Arbow, MCA, 2010; Fr. John Seymour, ST, 2020, we pray.

Reading: When your death comes, religion will throw open her doors, she will bid her black-vested priests to go to the altar of God and lift up their hands in sacrifice for - your soul. (MCM, p. 319)