SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B)
SAINTS OF THE DAY: FEAST DAY ~ FEBRUARY 11, 2024
FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES
32ND WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
Greetings beloved family and Happy Sunday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time!
May God grant us His grace and mercy as we prepare to begin Lent, a period of fasting and penance this week, on Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024.🙏
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Today’s Bible Readings: Sunday, February 11, 2024
Reading 1, Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 11
Reading 2, First Corinthians 10:31-11:1
Gospel, Mark 1:40-45
DEVOTION OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY: MONTH OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD: The month of February is traditionally dedicated to the Passion of Our Lord in anticipation of the liturgical season of Lent. In this month, we begin to meditate on the mystery of Jesus’ sufferings which culminated in his death on the Cross for the redemption of mankind. Saints who had a special devotion to Christ’s passion include St. Francis of Assisi, who was the first known Saint to receive the stigmata; St. John of the Cross; St. Bridget of Sweden; and St. Catherine of Siena.
On this special feast day, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, and World Day of the Sick, with special intention through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary, and the Saints, we pray for the sick and dying. We especially pray for our loved ones who have recently died and we continue to remember our beloved late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on the first memorial anniversary of his death. We pray for the repose of his gentle soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, may the Lord receive them into the light of Eternal Kingdom. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May the gentle soul of Pope Benedict XVI and souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in perfect peace with our Lord Jesus Christ… Amen 🙏 ✝️🕯✝️🕯✝️🕯
Please let us continue to pray for peace all over the world, particularly in the Middle East, for an end to the current war in Israel-Palestine, and the Ukraine-Russia conflicts and for peace in our families and throughout our divided and conflicted World. Amen 🙏
PRAYER FOR THE DEAD: In your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters. In this life, you embraced them with your tender love; deliver them now from every evil, and bid them eternal rest. The old order has passed away: welcome them into paradise, where there will be no sorrow, no weeping or pain, but fullness of peace and joy with your Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen🙏
A PRAYER FOR PEACE: Lord Jesus Christ, You are the true King of peace. In You alone is found freedom. Please free our world from conflict. Bring unity to troubled nations. Let Your glorious peace reign in every heart. Dispel all darkness and evil. Protect the dignity of every human life. Replace hatred with Your love. Give wisdom to world leaders. Free them from selfish ambition. Eliminate all violence and war. Glorious Virgin Mary, Saint Michael the Archangel, Every Angel and Saint: Please pray for peace. Pray for unity amongst nations. Pray for unity amongst all people. Pray for the most vulnerable. Pray for those suffering. Pray for the fearful. Pray for those most in need. Pray for us all. Jesus, Son of the Living God, have mercy on us. Jesus, hear our prayers. Jesus, I trust in You! Amen 🙏
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SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS
Bible Readings for today, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) | USCCB | https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading
Gospel Reading ~ Mark 1:40–45
“The leprosy left him, and he was made clean”
“A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged Him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, He stretched out His hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning him sternly, He dismissed him at once. He said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to Him from everywhere.”
In today’s Gospel reading, a leper does something that the Jewish Law prohibited at the time. He left his community of lepers to approach someone who was perfectly healthy. He had come to hear about Jesus’ ministry, which was bringing new life to the sick and dying, and new hope to the lost. He came to Jesus and pleaded with Him on his knees, saying, ‘If you want to, you can cure me’. The leper doesn’t doubt Jesus’ power to heal him, but he wondered whether Jesus wanted to heal him. Would Jesus want to engage with him, or would He keep His distance, as everyone else would have done? In response to the leper’s plea, Jesus engaged with him in a way that would have surpassed his wildest expectations. Jesus spoke to him, but before He spoke to him Jesus did the unthinkable; He touched him. The touch of Jesus spoke more powerfully than any word Jesus could say. The leper would never have been touched by a healthy person before this. In touching him, Jesus was communicating very powerfully to him that his isolation was at an end. To confirm this good news, Jesus spoke the word that healed him and released him back into the community, ‘Be cured!’ Once cured, not surprisingly, the man went away and started talking about his healing freely, telling the story of what happened to him everywhere, even though Jesus had asked him not to publicize what had happened.
Today’s Gospel reading reminds us that no matter how isolated we may feel from others, we need never be isolated from the Lord. Even when others do not want to connect with us for whatever reason, the Lord always wants to touch our lives. ‘If you want to’, the leper said to Jesus, to which He replied, ‘Of course, I want to!’ The Lord wants to seek us out in our isolation, just as he sought out Zacchaeus who was socially and religiously isolated, even though he was physically healthy. Jesus reveals the heart of God, a heart that has room for everyone and wants no one to feel isolated. We can sometimes isolate ourselves from the Lord, like Adam in the Book of Genesis who hid from God. We hide from the Lord because we may feel that we are unfit to be in his presence due to something we have done or failed to do. However, the Lord is always seeking us out in His love, no matter where we find ourselves on our life journey. We will often need something of the courageous faith of the leper in today’s Gospel reading, who broke out of his enforced isolation to connect with Jesus. If we approach the Lord as he did, we can be assured of the Lord’s accepting and healing touch. The Lord wants to touch the lives of all those who feel isolated today. Leprosy is not the isolating disease it used to be, but we continue to regard some people as polluting society, as fit only to live apart, in the words of the first reading. The Lord wants to work through all of us to bring people in from the cold, to make them feel they belong in God’s family. This was Jesus’ life mission, to gather together the scattered children of God, and He needs our help to continue that mission today. The Gospel reading reveals Jesus as someone who desires to enter into our isolation, who seeks to release us from our isolation, even at the cost of experiencing great isolation Himself. He continues to enter our experiences of isolation today if, like the leper, we invite Him. The letter to the Hebrews puts it well when it encourages us, ‘Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need’. We are encouraged to approach the Lord with the same assurance with which He approaches us.
Our first reading today from the Book of Leviticus, presented to us the matter of leprosy and how it should he handled and treated. However, first of all, we must understand that the kind of disease now known as leprosy, is probably different from what was indicated and known in the time of the Exodus and in the historic Israel. The skin diseases that are infectious and showing external signs easily visible to others at that time were generally all called leprosy, and this kind of infection was greatly feared at the time especially because during the time of the Exodus and the journey from the land of Egypt to the Promised Land of Canaan, many of the people were living together in close and cramped quarters, in which any disease outbreak would have been deadly. That was why, as part of the laws and customs established then by the Law of God and Moses, it was settled that those who suffered from leprosy ought to distance themselves from others, and they were to be sent out from the community for the good of the whole community. At the same time, those who suffered from the leprosy could eventually return once they have recovered and been cured from the leprosy. Nonetheless, it has always been the intention of the Lord to help manage, safeguard and protect His people through the Law that He has given to them, so that they could remain safe and healthy throughout their long journey. However, this Law in time became a source of prejudice and discrimination against those who suffered from leprosy and other diseases, as those who suffered from them became ostracised and were treated badly against, as they were deemed to be unclean and even treated as if they had committed bad things and deeds in life, in which the leprosy became some sorts of Divine retribution or punishment for their wickedness and sins. This was where the Lord came in and showed that this attitude was not helpful and charitable, and is something that they should not be doing, as ultimately, everyone who suffered from those diseases and afflictions, are also equally beloved by God, and are our own brothers and sisters in the same Lord and Father.
In our second reading today from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, the Apostle exhorted the faithful people of God in the city of Corinth reminding them that they all should be following the examples of the Lord, in doing what He had taught and commanded them to do, not to seek their own interests or to offend anyone. This also implied that they should also not differentiate anyone by their background or origins, as what St. Paul had often championed, in highlighting the equality between the Jewish people and the non-Jewish people or the Gentiles, how everyone ought to be treated equally, and not be prejudiced or biased against each other. According to the Scriptures, at that time, the Jewish people, who were directly descended from the people of Israel and Judah, had considered themselves to be better and more privileged than others by virtue of them and their ancestors being the chosen people, the ones descended from Abraham and Israel, God’s first chosen people. However, some among them like the Pharisees, took this to the extreme, by considering that any association or contact with the Gentiles or pagans would have made them to be unclean and unworthy, stained and corrupted in some form. This is why the Lord reached out to the leper in our Gospel reading today, as He showed His mercy and compassion on him as the leper begged the Lord to heal him and to make him healthy once again. No one among the Jewish people, especially the Pharisees would have even come close to the leper, less still to help and heal him. The Lord wanted the leper, His disciples and all of us to know that, nothing can separate or come in between us and the love of God, no matter what. He came to heal us and to gather us all back to His loving Presence, and to liberate us from all of our trials and troubles. We are all reminded to love and treat one another equally, regardless of our background or origins, and not be prejudiced or biased against each other.
As we reflect on the words of the Sacred Scriptures this Sunday, each and every one of us are reminded first of all that we have to seek the Lord and put Him at the centre and as the focus of our lives, as it is in Him alone that we can find liberation and freedom from all of our troubles, sufferings and pains, which is represented by the problem of leprosy highlighted in our Scripture readings today. That leprosy is a representation of all of the things which have kept us from the fullness of grace in God, and it is in the Lord alone that we can find total and complete freedom from all these taints and corruptions, and find true satisfaction and joy. We are reminded that God alone has the power to heal and save us from our own ‘leprosy’ that is our sins. Yes, sin is the leprosy of our souls, which afflicts and corrupts our body, mind, heart and soul, essentially our whole being. And unlike other kinds of diseases and afflictions, which can be cured and managed by doctors and medicines, by the technology and advancements in this world, even that of the usual leprosy, but the leprosy of our sins can only be cured by God’s grace and healing.Yes, the Lord alone has the power and authority to free us all from our many sins and evils, from our wickedness and corruptions. He can forgive and heal us from the power of darkness, and bring us all into the Light of salvation and grace. Let us all therefore spend some time to reflect on these readings from the Scriptures and see in what way that we can be better disciples and followers of Our Lord and God. Let us all restrain ourselves from the path of sin and evil, and do our part so that we may always continue to grow in faith in Him, and come to be good role models and examples in faith at all times. Let us all be humble and seek the Lord’s forgiveness and healing, liberating us from the shackles and slavery to sin. May God in His infinite grace and mercy, grant us His grace and may the Lord in His great love and compassion for all of us continue to love us and bless us in each and every moments of our lives, and may He guide us in our journey of faith and life, and be with us always, now and forevermore. Amen 🙏
FEAST OF THE DAY: Today, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. We also celebrate the World day of the sick.
WORLD DAY OF THE SICK: “February 11 was proclaimed World Day of the Sick by Pope John Paul II. Therefore, it would be appropriate to celebrate the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick on this day during a Mass or Liturgy of the Word. (The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is only to be given to “those of the faithful whose health is seriously impaired by sickness or old age,” Roman Ritual. This Sacrament must not be given indiscriminately to all who take part in Masses for the sick.)”
On this feast of Our Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Lourdes, may she intercede for us sinners, who are sickened by sin, and who are suffering the consequences of our infidelity and weakness. We humbly pray for her to guide us in our path to seek the healing from the hands of her Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Saviour. May God in His infinite grace and mercy, grant us His grace and look kindly upon us and show us His mercy, love and compassion, now and always. ‘May the Lord touch our ears to receive His word, and our mouth to proclaim His faith, to the praise and glory of God the Father’ Amen🙏
Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary, we humbly pray for our personal intentions, for our physical and spiritual healing, for the safety and well-being of our families and our loved ones, for healing of the sick and dying, with special intentions for those suffering from cancers and other terminal diseases, the elderly and those suffering from physical and mental illness. For peace in our divided and conflicted world, for protection from diseases and harm ~ Amen🙏
Our Lady of Lourdes, who brings healing and hope to your children in France and throughout the world~ pray for us🙏
OUR LADY OF LOURDES: On February 11, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to 14-year-old French Peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous in the hollow rock of Massabielle in southern France. That year Bernadette would report a total of 18 apparitions of a woman she described as “lovelier than I have ever seen.” On March 25, when Bernadette asked the Beautiful Lady her name, she replied: “I am the Immaculate Conception.” The woman in the vision revealed herself as the “Immaculate Conception,” in confirmation of this dogma of the Catholic faith which was infallibly defined by the Holy Father just four years prior. The Marian apparitions began Feb. 11, 1858, ended July 16 that year and received the local bishop’s approval after a four-year inquiry. Coming soon after the 1854 dogmatic definition of her Immaculate Conception, the Virgin Mary’s appearances at Lourdes turned the town into a popular travel destination. Our Lady told Bernadette to drink from an unseen fountain at the grotto, when Bernadette scratched at the ground, a stream of pure spring water surged forth. This stream demonstrated healing properties, and it continues to draw pilgrims to the grotto from around the globe. Thousands of people say their medical conditions have been cured through pilgrimage, prayer and the water flowing from the spring to which Bernadette was directed by the Blessed Virgin. Experts have verified 69 cases of miraculous healing at Lourdes since 1862. St. Bernadette also has her own liturgical memorial, which occurs on February 18th in France and Canada and April 16th elsewhere. Born in January 1844, the future visionary was the first child of her parents Francois and Louise, who both worked in a mill run by Francois. Their family life was loving but difficult. Many of Bernadette’s siblings died in childhood, and she developed asthma. Economic hardship and an injury suffered by her father cost them the mill in 1854. Years of poverty followed, during which Bernadette often had to live apart from her parents and work rather than attending school. In January 1858 she returned to her family, whose members were living in a cramped single room. Strongly committed to her faith, Bernadette made an effort to learn the Church’s teachings despite her lack of formal education.
On Feb. 11, 1858, Bernadette went to gather firewood with her sister and a friend. As she approached a grotto near a river, she saw a light coming from a spot near a rosebush. The light surrounded a woman who wore a white dress and held a rosary. Seeing the lady in white make the sign of the Cross, Bernadette knelt, took out her own rosary, and began to pray. When she finished praying, the woman motioned for her to approach. But she remained still, and the vision disappeared. Her companions had seen nothing. Bernadette described the lady in white to them, demanding they tell no one. But the secret came out later that day. The next Sunday, Bernadette returned to the grotto, where she saw the woman again. The identity of the apparition, however, would remain unknown for several weeks. Some adults accompanied Bernadette on her third trip, on Feb. 18, though they did not see the vision she received. The woman in white asked the girl to return for two weeks. “She told me also,” Bernadette later wrote, “that she did not promise to make me happy in this world, but in the next.” A group of family members and others went with her to the cave the next day, but only the young peasant girl saw the woman and heard her words. Over the next few days, the number of people in attendance at the cave swelled to more than 100. A parish priest, Father Peyramale, became concerned – as did the police. On Feb. 24, 250 people saw Bernadette break into tears, but only she heard the woman’s message: “Penance! Penance! Penance! Pray to God for sinners. Go, kiss the ground for the conversion of sinners.” A larger crowd was there on Feb. 25 – but they were shocked to see Bernadette drinking from a muddy stream and eating weeds. The apparition had told her to drink the water, and the weed-eating was a penitential act. Onlookers, meanwhile, saw only the girl’s unusual behavior, and popular fascination turned to ridicule and suspicion. On Feb. 27, Bernadette made a joyful discovery: the spring from which she drank was not muddy now, but clear. As the crowds continued to gather, this change was noticed, and a woman with a paralyzed arm came to the water hoping to be healed. Four years later, her case would be recognized as the first miraculous healing at Lourdes. Public interest continued, and Bernadette heard a recurring message from the vision: “Go, tell the priests to bring people here in procession and have a chapel built here.”
While others were quick to conclude that Bernadette was seeing the Virgin Mary, the visionary herself did not claim to know the woman’s identity. As she conveyed the repeated message to Fr. Peyramale, the priest grew frustrated and told Bernadette to ask the woman her name. But when she did so, the woman smiled and remained silent. Her identity remained a mystery after the initial two-week period. Three weeks later, on the Feast of the Annunciation, Bernadette visited the cave again. When she saw the lady, she kept asking to know her identity. Finally, the woman folded her hands, looked up and said: “I am the Immaculate Conception.” The seer, devout but uneducated, did not know what these words meant. She related them to Fr. Peyramale, who was stunned and informed his bishop. Bernadette saw the Blessed Virgin Mary two more times in 1858: on the Wednesday after Easter, and on the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The publicity given these miraculous events on the one hand and the seeming sincerity and innocence of the girl on the other made it necessary for the bishop of Tarbes to institute a judicial inquiry. In 1862, four years later bishop of Tarbes declared the apparitions to be supernatural and and worthy of belief and permitted the public veneration of the Immaculate Conception in the grotto. Soon a chapel was erected. St. Bernadette left Lourdes in 1866 to join a religious order in central France, where she died after several years of illness in 1879. By the time of her death, a basilica had been built upon the rock of the Massabielle at the apparition site in response to Our Lady’s request, and in 1876 it was consecrated as the “Church of the Rosary”, under the leadership of Fr. Peyramale. Since that time countless pilgrims come every year to Lourdes to fulfill promises or to beg graces. Due to the multitudes of medically documented miraculous healings, the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in the world. Our Lady of Lourdes is the Patron Saint of Illness and Healing, sick people, protection from diseases, Lourdes, France, Quezon City, Tagaytay City, Barangay Granada of Bacolod, Daegu, South Korea, Tennessee, Diocese of Lancaster.
PRAYER: “Grant us, O merciful God, protection in our weakness, that we, who keep the Memorial of the Immaculate Mother of God, may with the help of her intercession, rise up from our iniquities. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever”…Amen🙏
SAINTS OF THE DAY: MEMORIAL OF SAINT ABIGAIL, RELIGIOUS AND BLESSED BARTHOLOMEW OF OLMEDO, PRIEST: Today, we also celebrate the Memorial of Saint Abigail, Religious and Blessed Bartholomew of Olmedo, Priest.
SAINT ABIGAIL, RELIGIOUS: Saint Abigail (5th-6th C.) was a Medieval Irish saint, also known as St. Gobnait (Irish for Abigail which means brings joy) or Deborah (meaning honeybee). She was was born around the 6th century in County Clare, Ireland. According to tradition, Abigail’s family was always feuding. This caused her to run away from home to settle on Inis Oirr in the Aran Islands. After some time, an angel appeared to Abigail and told her this was not her place of resurrection. She was to head inland to find the place she would spend the rest of her life. The angel told Abigail this place would be marked with the presence of nine white deer. Abigail set off in search for the deer throughout the southern coastal counties. Her journey is now marked by churches and holy wells which are dedicated to her along the way. She finally found the herd of deer in Ballyvourney, County Cork, now known as St. Gobnet’s Wood.
St. Abigail would spend the rest of her earthly life dedicated to pastoral service and Christian charitable work. Her brother, St. Abban is believed to have joined her to help set the foundation for a convent, placing St. Abigail as its abbess, or mother superior of the community of women religious. St. Abigail also went on to spend much of her time caring for the sick. She had a special relationship with bees and would care for the sick with honey and natural medicines. According to early Celtic folklore and religious symbolism, the soul departs from the body in the form of a bee or butterfly. So, it is not surprising that, given her deep Christian faith and belief in the Resurrection, St. Abigail also became a beekeeper. It is said that she developed a powerful relationship with the bees and would use their honey to treat illnesses and heal wounds. She became known for her miracles in rousting bees from their hives and using them to chase off evil. Some pious legend even claim that the bees transformed into soldiers, with their hives becoming helmets. St. Abigail is also credited with saving Ballyvourney from the plague. Abigail ministered to the people until her “soul left her body” which in Irish legend is represented by a flying bee. She remained settled in Ballyvourney until her death where she was then buried “to await her resurrection.” St. Abigail is the Patron Saint of honeybees, beekeepers health, and fertility. She is often featured surrounded by bees or carrying a honeycomb. Her feast day is celebrated on February 11.
PRAYER: Heavenly Patron, in whose name I glory, pray ever to God for me: strengthen me in my faith; establish me in virtue; guard me in the conflict; that I may vanquish the foe malign and attain to glory everlasting. Amen. St. Abigail, Pray for Us 🙏
BLESSED BARTHOLOMEW OF OLMEDO, PRIEST: Blessed Bartholomew of Olmedo (1485-1524) was a Spanish Mercedarian priest, and the first priest to arrive on Mexican soil in 1516 at the age of 31. He was chaplain for the expedition of Spanish Conquistador Fernando Cortés, who began the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the downfall of the Aztec empire. Bartholomew was well-liked by the native people. He taught them the Christian faith and exhorted them to end their practice of human sacrifice. He also defended them against injustice and restrained Cortés from acting out in violence against them. Bartholomew taught the native Mexicans devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Mercy, which they embraced. Blessed Bartholomew of Olmedo baptized more than 2500 people before he died in Mexico in 1524 at the age of 39. He was buried in Santiago de Tlatelolco. His feast day is February 11.
Blessed Bartholomew of Olmedo, Priest ~ Pray for us 🙏
PRAYER INTENTIONS: We thank God for blessing us all with the gift of His precious son, may we be saved by the name of our Savior Jesus Christ! May the Lord grant us His grace as we continue to serve Him in spirit and in truth. Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary and the Saints on this feast day, we humbly pray for peace, love and unity in our families, our marriages and our divided and conflicted world. Every life is a gift. We continue to pray for all those who are sick and dying, especially sick children, those who are mentally and physically ill, strokes, heart diseases, and those suffering from cancers and other terminal diseases. May God restore them to good health and grant them His Divine healing and intervention. May our Mother Mary comfort them, may the Angels and Saints watch over them and may the Holy Spirit guide them in peace and comfort during this challenging time. We pray for the safety and well-being of us all and our families. We pray for God’s deliverance from impossible causes or situations. We pray for torture victims, the poor, the needy and the most vulnerable in our communities and around the world. We pray for the souls in Purgatory and the repose of the gentle souls of all the faithful departed, may the Lord receive them into the light of Eternal Kingdom. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May their gentle souls through the mercy of God rest in perfect peace with our Lord Jesus Christ… Amen. For all widows and widowers. And we continue to pray for our Holy Father, Pope Francis, the Bishops, the Clergy and all those who preach the Gospel. We pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life, for the Church, for persecuted christians, for all the innocent who suffer violence due to political or religious unrest, for the conversion of sinners, and Christians all over the world. Please let us continue to pray for peace in our families and throughout our divided and conflicted World. Amen🙏
Let us pray:
Most merciful Lord, You desire all of Your children to be healed of the many sins that keep them from communion with You and with Your people. Please give me the faith and trust I need to always be able to humble myself before You so as to receive the restoration to Your grace I so desire. Jesus, I trust in You ~ Amen 🙏
Save Us, Savior of the World. Our Blessed Mother Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes; Saint Abigail and Blessed Bartholomew of Olmedo ~ Pray for us🙏
Thanking God for the gift of this year and praying for justice, peace, love and unity in our families and our world and for God’s Divine Mercy and Grace upon us all during this Ordinary Time. Have a blessed, safe and grace-filled Sunday and Lenten week. May God keep us all safe and well ~ Amen🙏
Blessings and Love always, Philomena 💖
