FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

SAINTS OF THE DAY: FEAST DAY ~ FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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Greetings and blessings, beloved family and Happy Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time!

Today, we celebrate the Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin and Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río, Martyr. Saint Scholastica is the Patron Saint of Convulsive children; Nuns; Against rain and storms. And Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río is the Patron Saint of Persecuted Christians; Children; Adolescents; Sahuayo. Through the intercession of our Mother Mary, Saint Scholastica and Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río, we humbly pray for Nuns and all religious and we pray for all those who are sick, particularly sick children and those suffering from convulsive disorder and mental illness. We also pray for youths, children and persecuted Christians all over the world. We pray for God’s Divine healing and intervention… Amen🙏

NOVENA IN HONOR OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES | Novena Starts: February 2nd; Feastday: February 11th | Novena prayer | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/2025/02/02/novena-to-our-lady-of-lourdes/

We thank God for the successful completion of our Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes in preparation for the FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES tomorrow, February 11, 2025. May our Blessed Mother Mary continue to intercede for us… Amen🙏

We continue to pray for torture victims, the poor, the needy and the most vulnerable in our communities and around the world. Amen. For those who are sick, especially those who are sick with cancers and other terminal diseases. We pray 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. We continue to pray for peace all over the world, particularly in Africa, the Middle East, for an end to the Ukraine-Russia conflicts and for peace in our families and throughout our divided and conflicted World. May the Saints intercede for our children, children all over the world and us all. Amen. Saint Scholastica, Virgin and Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río, Martyr ~ Pray for us🙏

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 good Lord grant us His grace during this Ordinary Time as we continue to serve Him in spirit and in truth. 🙏🏽

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THE POPE’S MONTHLY INTENTIONS FOR 2025: FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY – FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE | Let us pray that the ecclesial community might welcome the desires and doubts of those young people who feel a call to serve Christ’s mission in the priesthood and religious life.

https://www.usccb.org/prayers/popes-monthly-intentions-2025 (See also http://www.popesprayerusa.net/.)

We continue to pray for the intentions of our Holy Father. We pray for the Clergy, our Holy Father, Pope Francis, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, all religious, for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. For those consecrated to God by the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience that they may seek to live their baptismal promises more intensely and have the grace to persevere in their commitment to the Lord and serve with open hearts and willing spirits… Amen 🙏🏽

On this special feast day, 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 pray for the repose of the gentle souls of the recent plane crashes and 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 and souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in perfect peace with our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen 🙏 ✝️🕯✝️🕯✝️🕯

“Blessed are those who have died in the Lord; let them rest from their abors for their good deeds go with them.” ~ Rev 14:13

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🙏

PRAYER FOR PEACE ~ POPE FRANCIS:

Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!

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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NOVENA IN HONOR OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES [Novena Starts: February 2nd; Feastday: February 11th]

NOVENA PRAYER: Most Holy Mother Mary, at Lourdes you asked us to do penance and to pray for the conversion of sinners. Obtain for each of us the grace of true repentance. Help those for whom we pray, and especially those who most need God’s mercy. Your Divine Son so loves every soul that He gave His life to pay the price for our redemption. Help us to return His love by making the sacrifices needed to keep his commandments. Most Holy Mother you offered your Divine Son to the Eternal Father when you presented Him in the temple; offer us to the Father as your other children; watch over us and guide us. Blessed Mother, obtain for me the grace I most need, and especially these favors that I ask in this Novena, if they be in keeping with God’s will. Amen.
O Immaculate Virgin Mary, preserved from the slightest stain of sin, and enriched with all the treasures of divine grace, I thank you for the many blessings I have received through your most powerful intercession. You know my needs, my trials, my sufferings. Mother of mercy, I beseech you to hear my prayer, and to obtain for me of your Divine Son the favors I seek in this Novena. (Here make your requests.)

THE MEMORARE: Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother; to thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful; O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen 🙏🏽(Add your daily Rosary)

Our Lady of Lourdes, Pray for us 🙏🏽
Saint Bernadette, Pray for us 🙏🏽

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SAINTS OF THE DAY: MEMORIAL OF SAINT SCHOLASTICA, VIRGIN AND SAINT JOSÉ LUIS SÁNCHEZ DEL RÍO, MARTYR – FEAST DAY ~ FEBRUARY 10TH: Today, we celebrate the Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin and Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río, Martyr. Saint Scholastica is the Patron Saint of Convulsive children; Nuns; Against rain and storms. And Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río is the Patron Saint of Persecuted Christians; Children; Adolescents; Sahuayo. Through the intercession of our Mother Mary, Saint Scholastica and Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río, we humbly pray for Nuns and all religious and we pray for all those who are sick, particularly sick children and those suffering from convulsive disorder and mental illness. We also pray for youths, children and persecuted Christians all over the world. We pray for God’s Divine healing and intervention… Amen🙏

Saint Scholastica, Virgin and Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río, Martyr ~ Pray for us🙏

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SAINT SCHOLASTICA, VIRGIN: St. Scholastica (480–543 A.D.) was born in Nursia, Italy on March 2, 480, to a noble Roman family, along with her twin brother, the famous St. Benedict of Nursia. Their mother died in childbirth. St. Scholastica, like her twin brother, St. Benedict was dedicated to God as a child, and from a young age both siblings sensed a special divine calling. They both entered religious life and established communities within five miles of each other; St. Scholastica led a convent near Monte Cassino where St. Benedict established his world-renowned monastery. Because of the isolated nature of their vocations, the siblings only met once a year at a local farmhouse to discuss spiritual matters. Inspired by St. Benedict’s teaching, St. Scholastica devoted her whole life to seeking and serving God.

Information on the virgin Scholastica is very scanty. In his Second Book of Dialogues (Ch. 33 and 34) Pope St. Gregory has described for us the last meeting between brother and sister, St. Benedict and St. Scholastica: “His sister Scholastica, who had been consecrated to God in early childhood, used to visit with him once a year. On these occasions he would go to meet her in a house belonging to the monastery a short distance from the entrance. For this particular visit he joined her there with a few of his disciples and they spent the whole day singing God’s praises and conversing about the spiritual life. When darkness was setting in they took their meal together and continued their conversation at table until it was quite late. Then the holy nun said to him, ‘Please do not leave me tonight, brother. Let us keep on talking about the joys of heaven till morning.’ ‘What are you saying, sister?’ he replied. ‘You know that I cannot stay away from the monastery.’ The sky was so clear at the time, there was not a cloud in sight.

At her brother’s refusal Scholastica folded her hands on the table and rested her head upon them in earnest prayer. When she looked up again, there was a sudden burst of lightning and thunder accompanied by such a downpour that Benedict and his companions were unable to set foot outside the door. By shedding a flood of tears while she prayed, this holy nun had darkened the cloudless sky with a heavy rain. The storm began as soon as her prayer was over. In fact, the two coincided so closely that the thunder was already resounding as she raised her head from the table. The very instant she ended her prayer the rain poured down. Realizing that he could not return to the abbey in this terrible storm, Benedict complained bitterly. ‘God forgive you, sister!’ he said. ‘What have you done?’ Scholastica simply answered, ‘When I appealed to you, you would not listen to me. So I turned to my God and He heard my prayer. Leave now if you can. Leave me here and go back to your monastery.’ This, of course, he could not do. He had no choice now but to stay, in spite of his unwillingness. They spent the entire night together and both of them derived great profit from the holy thoughts they exchanged about the interior life. The next morning Scholastica returned to her convent and Benedict to his monastery.

Three days later as he stood in his room looking up toward the sky, he beheld his sister’s soul leaving her body and entering the heavenly court in the form of a dove. Overjoyed at her eternal glory, he gave thanks to God in hymns of praise. Then, after informing his brethren of her death, he sent some of them to bring her body to the abbey and bury it in the tomb he had prepared for himself. The bodies of these two were now to share a common resting place, just as in life their souls had always been one in God.” St. Scholastica died on February 10, 543 A.D. at Monte Cassino, Italy. Her tomb is at Monte Cassino, Italy. St. Benedict followed her soon after she died. She was Canonized Pre-Congregation by St. Peter III. She’s the Patron Saint of convulsive children; nuns; Against rain and storms.

PRAYER TO SAINT SCHOLASTICA: “Loving mother, Scholastica, with a woman’s love and confidence in God, you moved the heavens with your tears for the sake of love. Teach me to live in love and share generously the gifts God has given to me. Show me how to surrender everything to God in full trust, even my smallest hopes and desires. Help me to grow in gentle patience. May the trials of daily life never take me away from the joy of living in God’s loving presence and grace. Intercede for my loved ones. May your prayers help them to live in the Way of God as did your prayers for your brother, Benedict. In Jesus Name we pray… Amen.”🙏

Quote of Saint Scholastica: “I asked you and you would not listen; so I asked my God and He did listen.”

PRAYER: God our Father, today we celebrate the memory of St. Scholastica. Grant that, following her example, we may serve You with perfect love and rejoice in experiencing Your goodness. Amen🙏

SAINT JOSÉ LUIS SÁNCHEZ DEL RÍO, MARTYR: Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río (1913 – 1928) was born on March 28, 1913, Sahuayo, Mexico. He was a Mexican Cristero born to Macario Sánchez and Maria del Río. He lived during the turbulent Catholic persecution in Mexico, by the Calles government, called the Cristero War. St. Jose had a love for Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Blessed Sacrament. He pleaded to be a Cristero at the young age of 13 and was finally allowed. During a fierce battle, the general’s horse was shot in which St. Jose, gave him his own horse. This cost him his life. He was captured and imprisoned. St. Jose’s captures ordered him to renounce his faith, but with courage he would not, yelling “Viva Cristo Rey and Long live Our Lady of Guadalupe”. He died on February 10, 1928, Sahuayo, Mexico after being tortured, without a trial, at 14 years old. Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río was put to death by government officials because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. His death was seen as a largely political venture on the part of government officials in their attempt to stamp out dissent and crush religious freedom in the area. Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río was dubbed “Joselito.”

Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río was declared to be venerable on June 22, 2004, by Pope John Paul II and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI – through the Cardinal-Prefect of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints – on November 20, 2005, in Mexico. Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to him on January 21, 2016, allowing for his canonization to take place; a date was determined at a consistory on March 15, 2016, and he was proclaimed to be a saint on October 16, 2016. Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río is the Patron Saint of Persecuted Christians; Children; Adolescents; Sahuayo.

Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río, Martyr ~ Pray for us 🙏

SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS:

Bible Reading for today’s Holy Mass, Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time | Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin | USCCB | https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading

Today’s Bible Readings: Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time | February 10, 2025
Reading 1, Genesis 1:1-19
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 24, 35
Gospel, Mark 6:53-56

Gospel Reading ~ Mark 6:53-56

“As many as touched it were healed”

“After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and His disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.”

Today’s Gospel reading according to St. Mark the Evangelist, gives an account of the works of the Lord at the Lake of Galilee or the Lake of Gennesaret where He called His first disciples, the fishermen Simon, Andrew, James and John. It was there that many people came flocking to Him, seeking for Him to heal their sick ones, or their own infirmities. According to the Gospel, ‘people started hurrying all through the countryside’ and they ‘brought the sick on stretchers to wherever they heard He was’. It was told to us how He patiently cared for all of them, curing them and helping all those who had been downtrodden and afflicted. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who became incarnate in the flesh and appearing before us as the Son of Man, God made Himself approachable and tangible in His love, with Christ as the perfect manifestation of His love in this world amongst us all. Today’s Gospel reading brings home to us the extent to which Jesus drew people to Himself, especially those who were sick and broken. It was above all those in need of healing who reached out towards Jesus and sought to touch even the fringe of His cloak. They reached out to Him because they recognized Him as the source of life and healing. We ourselves very often reach out towards the Lord with greatest energy in those times when we experience our own need of healing, whether it is physical or emotional or spiritual healing. The struggles of life, the brokenness and suffering we experience in the course of our lives, can make us more aware of our need of the Lord and more open to His presence. It is often the cracks in our lives that allow the Lord’s light to enter and shine on us. It can sometimes be through our experience of the cross that we grow in our relationship with the risen Lord. The darker times of our lives can leave us more spiritually aware by bringing home to us our need of the Lord. It is in such moments that we truly make our own that prayer which forms part of a well-know hymn ‘Help of the helpless, o abide with me’. Those who were broken in body, mind or spirit wanted to draw upon God’s power that was at work in and through Him. The path to the Lord today for many people is often through their brokenness. When we are desperate, for whatever reason, we tend to approach the Lord with the greatest earnestness and passion. It is in our brokenness that we recognize our poverty and our need of the one who came as strength in our weakness, life in our death, light in our darkness. In the gospel reading the sick wanted to touch the fringe of the Lord’s cloak; they wanted not only a personal contact with Jesus. For us today, it is above all in the Eucharist that we touch the Lord and the Lord touches us. It is there above all that we bring our brokenness before Him for His healing touch.

Our first reading today from the beginning of the Book of Genesis gives an account of the Creation of the Universe, detailing how God created all things at the moment of Creation in the beginning of time, making all things to be as they exist to this day. We heard the first half of these events of Creation, as God created what we are all familiar with, beginning with Light, and then the world itself, and all the celestial bodies and structures, showing to us that God is truly the Lord and Master of all the whole Universe. Of course some would debate on whether God really created the world and the whole Universe in just seven days, but in truth, the Scriptures never truly said that God finish the Creation in seven literal days. One possible point of view is that, from the perspective of the storyteller and from those inspired by the Lord to write this account, the event took place over seven days, while the actual event might have spanned millennia and even millions of years, thus reconciling the view of how the Universe exists according to scientific beliefs and evidences and our Christian faith in the Creation of the Universe. After all, there are many things that Science and our understanding of this world and universe cannot explain, as we are limited in our capabilities to comprehend things that are truly beyond our imagination and ability to understand the true and full reality of this world and Universe around us. This is something that we have to keep in mind, just as we all also realise the nature of our own mortality, how our lives are all belonging to God, and have been given to us by God.

As we reflect on the words of the Sacred Scriptures today, all of us are reminded of the love of God which has been given to us, in His Creation of this whole world and universe, of everything present around us, our world and all the good things in it. Ultimately, we also recall our own gift of life, the most wonderful gift of this life which we have received from the Lord Himself through His Spirit, the Spirit of Life, giving us all the life that we are now experiencing and which we have gained by the great love that God has for each and every one of us. It was God’s love that made everything possible for us, even our lives and existence, for without His love, none of us would have existed and lived. As God’s beloved people, those whom He has created out of love, let us all realise how fortunate all of us have been to be loved in such a great manner by God, our Creator, and we ought to show Him our gratitude by loving Him in the same manner that He has loved us all first. We should also always strive to live our lives worthily and virtuously, filled with God’s grace and love, His truth and justice. We must not allow sin and darkness to corrupt us and lead us down the path towards ruin and destruction, but we ought to resist those temptations, keeping in mind that each one of us are meant to live and exist in the state of grace, as God has created us all, pure and blameless, free from the corruption of sin. May the Lord our loving God, Father and Creator continue to be with us always, and may He empower each one of us to walk ever more faithfully in His Presence from now on, doing our best to take good care of everything that He has created, this world and everyone around us. May all of us, as His disciples and followers, be good examples and inspirations for one another so that we may help lead more and more souls towards the salvation in God. Let us all therefore be inspired by the good examples, piety and faith of the Saints and Holy men and women, particularly those whom we celebrate today, Saint Scholastica and Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río. Who have shown us, in all of their life and work, dedicating themselves wholly to the Lord and to His path. Let us all reject the temptations of worldly power and glory, and remind ourselves that we do not end up being swayed by all those things and fall into the path of sin and evil. Let us instead deepen our relationship with God by spending more quality time with Him, through prayer, charity and almsgiving, and by our exemplary way of life at all times. 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 and continue to bless us in everything that we say and do, and may He empower all of us to live ever more faithfully in His presence, now and always, and be good role models and inspirations to many others all around us. May God bless us always, our every good deeds and endeavours, all for His greater glory. Amen 🙏🏽

DEVOTION OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY | MONTH OF THE HOLY FAMILY The month of February is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Family. Between the events which marked Christmas and the beginning of Christ’s public life the Church has seen fit to recall the example of the Holy Family for the emulation of the Christian family. The Feast of the Presentation (February 2) or Candlemas forms a fitting transition from Christmas to Easter. The small Christ-Child is still in His Mother’s arms, but already she is offering Him in sacrifice.
The Saints that we will focus on this month and try to imitate are:
St. Blaise and St. Ansgar (February 3); St. Agatha (February 5); St. Jerome Emiliani and St. Josephine Bakhita (February 8); St. Scholastica (February 10); Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11); Sts. Cyril and Methodius (February 14); Seven Founders of the Orders of Servites (February 17); St. Peter Damian (February 21); Chair of St. Peter (February 22) and St. Polycarp (February 23). The Optional Memorial of Polycarp (February 23), is superseded by the Sunday Liturgy.

From Feast to Fast: Though the shortest month of the year, February is rich in Liturgical activity. It contains a feast (Presentation of our Lord) that bridges two other seasons (Christmas and Easter). The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd harkens back to the Christmas mystery of Light except that now, Christ, the helpless babe, is “the Light of Revelation to the Gentiles who will save His people from their sins.” Candles, symbolizing Christ our Light, will be carried in procession this day, as will be the Paschal candle during the Easter Vigil Liturgy. In addition, the faithful may receive in February two of the four major public sacramentals that the Church confers during the liturgical year: blessed candles and the blessing of throats. “The Light of Revelation” shines more brightly with each successive Sunday of Ordinary Time, until its magnificence–exposing our sinfulness and need for conversion–propels us into the penitential Season of Lent. We prepare to accept the cross of blessed ashes on Ash Wednesday, falls on March 5, 2025, marking the beginning of the Lenten season and plunge ourselves into anticipating the major exercises of Lent–fasting, prayer, almsgiving–laying our thoughts and prayers on the heart of our Mother Mary. She, who offered her Son in the temple and on the Cross, will teach us how to deny ourselves, take up our cross daily, and follow after her Son. 🙏🏽

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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 good Lord grant us His grace during this Ordinary Time as we continue to serve Him in spirit and in truth. Every life is a gift. Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary and all the Saints, we humbly pray for torture victims, the poor, the needy and the most vulnerable in our communities and around the world. 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. We pray for all those who are sick, we particularly pray for sick children, the mentally and physically ill, strokes, heart diseases, and those suffering from breast cancer and other cancers and 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 an end to war, political and religious unrest. We pray for peace, love and unity in our families, our marriages and our divided and conflicted world. For God’s deliverance from impossible causes or situations. We pray for the souls in Purgatory and the repose of the souls of the faithful departed and for all widows and widowers. We continue to pray for the Clergy, our Holy Father, Pope Francis, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, all religious, for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. For those consecrated to God by the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience that they may seek to live their baptismal promises more intensely and have the grace to persevere in their commitment to the Lord and serve with open hearts and willing spirits… Amen. We pray 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. During this Ordinary Time, please let us all continue to pray for peace all over the world, particularly in Africa, the Middle East, for an end to the Ukraine-Russia conflicts and for peace in our families and throughout our divided and conflicted World. Amen 🙏🏾

Let us pray:

My healing Lord, I thank You for the spiritual healing You continually offer me, especially through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. I thank You for the forgiveness of my sins on account of You suffering on the Cross. Fill my heart with a greater desire to come to You so as to receive the greatest gift I could ever receive: the forgiveness of my sins. Jesus, I trust in You ~ Amen 🙏🏽

Save Us, Savior of the World. Our Blessed Mother Mary and Saint Scholastica and Saint José Luis Sánchez del Río ~ Pray for us 🙏🏽

Thanking God for the gift of this new 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 as during this Ordinary Time. Have a blessed, safe, grace-filled and fruitful week. May God keep us all safe and well ~ Amen 🙏🏽

Blessings and Love always, Philomena 💖