TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY-NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

SAINTS OF THE DAY ~ FEAST DAY: OCTOBER 21, 2025

MEMORIAL OF SAINT CELINE, MOTHER OF SAINT REMIGIUS; SAINT URSULA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS AND SAINT HILARION (HILARY), HERMIT | OCTOBER 21ST | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/category/saints-of-the-day

(Direct link to the detailed history of Saint Celine, Saint Ursula and Companions, and Saint Hilarion | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/saints-of-the-day-feast-day-october-21st/ )

Watch “Holy Mass and Holy Rosary | EWTN | October 21, 2025 | “Holy Mass from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy” | Pray “Holy Rosary Novena From Lourdes” | Pray “The Chaplet of Divine Mercy in song from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy” | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/catholic-daily-mass-october-21-2025/

NOVENA TO SAINT JUDE | DAY 3 | Prayed in Desperate Situations and Hopeless Cases or anytime of the year, especially October 19–27th | Novena link below | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/novena-to-saint-jude/

KIND REMINDER: JUBILEE YEAR OF HOPE 2025 HOLY DOOR SCHEDULE TIMELINES | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/jubilee-of-hope-2025/

Greetings and blessings, beloved family!

Today, Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time, we joyfully thank God for the gift of life and for leading us into the month of October. May this month bring us God’s blessings, peace, and joy in abundance. We particularly pray for those mourning the loss of a loved one who recently passed away and the eternal repose of the souls in Purgatory. May our Blessed Mother Mary intercede for all those in pain and sorrow and may this month bring peace to troubled hearts, direction to the lost, comfort to the grieving, and strength to the weary. In all things, may His will be done and His name be glorified. Amen🙏🏽

Lord Almighty, we lift our hearts in gratitude for Your unfailing love, protection, and mercy that carried us through the past month. We entrust every day into Your hands, asking for Your blessings, guidance, and peace in our lives and families. May October be for us a season of renewed faith, deeper hope, and overflowing joy. We pray especially for all families, for children, parents, and teachers, that they may be strengthened and protected. Bless those who will celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, new opportunities, and milestones this month, and comfort those who enter October with heavy hearts or struggles. Lord, go before us, walk beside us, and remain with us always, now and forever. Amen🙏🏽

Today, we humbly pray for the poor, abandoned, and those in need, for all those who are marginalized in our society. For those who are imprisoned, especially those who are unjustly imprisoned. We pray for charitable organizations, asking God’s blessing upon their mission and we lift our prayers for peace, love, justice and unity in our families, marriages and our world. May God protect us all and keep us safe and united in peace, love and faith. Amen 🙏🏽

Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary on this special Feast day, we lift our prayers for the protection, safety and well-being of missionaries, pilots, and all travelers. We ask for healing for the sick and dying, especially those who are suffering from cancers and other terminal diseases, strength for the weary, peace in troubled homes, and provision for all in need. Guide our steps in righteousness, protect us from harm, and fill our hearts with faith, joy, and gratitude. May this month draw us closer to Your will, and may every day be a testimony of Your goodness and mercy in our lives. We begin this month with trust in Your unfailing love, Lord, and we surrender all that lies ahead into Your hands. Amen 🙏🏾

We continue to pray for the Church, the Clergy, our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, the Cardinals, Bishops, all Priests, that they be sanctified in their ministry to God’s people. We pray for persecuted Christians, for the conversion of sinners, and Christians all over the world suffering from political and religious unrest.

Through the intercession of St. Joseph, we pray for all fathers, mothers, workers, and all those who labor in this world. May the Lord bless the work of their hands, and may God’s grace and mercy be with us all during this season of Ordinary Time. Wishing us all and our loved ones a joyful, peaceful, and grace-filled month of October. 🙏🏽

We remember in prayer all who began this journey of life with us but are no longer here. We pray for the gentle repose of the souls of our loved ones who recently passed away, and we continue to pray for the souls in Purgatory; lost souls. For the repose of the souls of all the faithful departed, may the Lord receive them into the light of Eternal Kingdom.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” ~ Matthew 5:4

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🙏🏽

“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His Saints.” ~ Psalm 116:15

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 🙏🏽 ✝️🕯✝️🕯✝️🕯

KIND REMINDER: JUBILEE YEAR OF HOPE 2025 HOLY DOOR SCHEDULE TIMELINES | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/jubilee-of-hope-2025/

The Jubilee began with the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, and will conclude with the closing of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on January 6, 2026. The Holy Doors at the other major basilicas (St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. Paul Outside the Walls) will be closed on Sunday, 28 December 2025

Important notes

The holy doors at the major basilicas in Rome opened on December 24, 2024, and will remain open until the end of the Jubilee Year on January 6, 2026. 

Participating in a pilgrimage to a designated holy door can earn a plenary indulgence. 

Individuals who cannot travel to Rome can participate in the Jubilee by making a pilgrimage to a local designated site. 

Local Pilgrimage Sites

For a complete list of local pilgrimage sites, check with your local diocese. 

For those in the US, you can find a list of designated pilgrimage sites for all the Dioceses on their websites. For instance, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the Diocese of Fort Worth, Diocese of Dallas, the Archdiocese of Seattle etc all listed their local pilgrimage sites on their websites. 

For example, the Diocese of Fort Worth has assigned the following Parishes as pilgrimage churches with holy doors.  

St. Patrick Cathedral,

Immaculate Conception of Mary Parish,

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish,

St. Philip the Apostle Parish

Sacred Heart Parish 

Plenary Indulgence

In his proclamation of the Jubilee of 2025, Pope Francis announced an indulgence would be available to the faithful during the jubilee year. The indulgence, he explained, would be “a way of discovering the unlimited nature of God’s mercy.”

A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ to remove the temporal punishment due to sin.

“May the Jubilee be a moment of genuine, personal encounter with the Lord Jesus, the ‘door’ (cf. Jn 10:7.9) of our salvation.” ~ Pope Francis

OPENING OF THE HOLY DOORS SCHEDULES | JUBILEE OF HOPE 2025
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door Ushering in the Jubilee of Hope | ‘Hope is Alive’ | Vatican News | December 24, 2024 | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/jubilee-of-hope-2025/

JUBILEE OF HOPE 2025: JUBILEE PRAYER | Link to the prayer of the Jubilee of Hope 2025 | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/2025/01/08/the-jubilee-prayer/

Daily Reflections with Philomena | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/

NOVENA TO SAINT JUDE: (Day 3) – The 2025 Novena to Saint Jude is scheduled to begin, Sunday, October 19th, and end on October 27th in preparation for his Feast day on October 28th. Novena to Saint Jude is prayed for Desperate Situations and Desperate Cases—especially for an end to war and terrorism. Prayed anytime of year, especially October 19–27th | Novena link below | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/novena-to-saint-jude/

Most holy Apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally, as the patron of difficult cases, of things almost despaired of, Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Intercede with God for me that He bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly – (make your request here) – and that I may praise God with you and all the saints forever. I promise, O Blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor granted me by God and to always honor you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you.
Amen 🙏🏽

PRAYER: May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, and loved in all the tabernacles until the end of time. Amen 🙏🏽

May the most Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised and glorified now and forever. Amen 🙏🏽

St. Jude pray for us and hear our prayers. Amen 🙏🏽

Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Blessed be the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Blessed be St. Jude Thaddeus, in all the world and for all Eternity. (say this prayer, followed by the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be)

Dear Apostle and Martyr for Christ, you left us an Epistle in the New Testament. With good reason many invoke you when illness is at a desperate stage. We now recommend to your kindness (name of patient) who is in a critical condition. May the cure of this patient increase his/her faith and love for the Lord of Life, for the glory of our merciful God. Amen 🙏🏽

SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS:

Bible Readings for today’s Holy Mass, Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time | USCCB | https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading

Today’s Bible Readings: Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time | October 21, 2025
Reading 1: Romans 5:12, 15b, 17–19, 20b–21
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 40:7–8a, 8b–9, 10, 17
Gospel: Luke 12:35–38

Gospel Reading ~ Luke 12:35–38

“Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.”

“Jesus said to His disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants.”

In today’s Gospel, Jesus calls us to live in constant vigilance and readiness for His coming. The parable of the servants faithfully waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast and ready to open the door to him as soon as he comes and knocks is an image of the Christian life. In many ways our life as followers of the Lord is about being alert to the various ways that the Lord comes knocking on the door of our lives. The image of servants awaiting their master’s return reminds us that discipleship is not a passive waiting but an active, faithful readiness. The “girded loins” symbolize a heart prepared for action, alert, disciplined, and devoted. “Lighting the lamps” represents keeping our faith alive through prayer, love, and good works.

The surprising reversal in the parable, that the master himself will serve his vigilant servants, reveals the tender humility of Christ, who came not to be served but to serve. According to the parable that Jesus speaks, we have the very unusual image of the master of a household putting on an apron, sitting his slaves down at table and then waiting on them. The kind of picture Jesus was painting there had no place in the culture in which He and His disciples lived. Yet, the picture in the parable that Jesus speaks there does put us in mind of the scene in John’s Gospel where Jesus puts a towel around Himself and washes the feet of His disciples. The Lord, it seems, wants to serve us; the Lord wants to be our servant. Normally, the role of Lord and the role of servant are at opposite ends of a spectrum, but in Jesus they are combined. In the parable Jesus tells in today’s Gospel reading, the master’s service is in response to his servants’ faithfulness and vigilance. The Lord who serves us looks to us to be faithful and vigilant, so that we are ready to open the door as soon as He comes and knocks. We are reminded of that saying of the risen Lord in the Book of Revelation, ‘behold, I stand at the door and knock’. The Lord is always knocking at the door of our lives; He comes and knocks every day. If we respond to His daily coming, today’s Gospel reading assures us that He will be our servant in ways that will surprise us. The Gospel is calling on us to continue to wait on Him and we like those servants who remain faithful, even through the long watches of the night, will all share in the joy of His kingdom. The call to vigilance is not born of fear but of love, love that desires to be found ready when the Beloved returns.

In the first reading, St. Paul beautifully contrasts the disobedience of Adam with the obedience of Christ. Through Adam, sin and death entered the world, but through Christ, grace and life overflow to all. This passage reveals the boundless mercy of God, whose grace not only cancels sin but surpasses it. “Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more.” These words remind us that no failure, no sin, and no human weakness is beyond the reach of divine grace. Through one righteous act, the obedience of Christ unto death, humanity is reconciled to God. As Adam’s sin affected all, so too does Christ’s obedience bring salvation to all who believe. We are invited today to live as those who have received this abundance of grace, to let His mercy transform our hearts, and to become instruments of that same grace in the world.

Reflecting on the Responsorial Psalm, the Psalmist’s response, “Here I am, Lord; I come to do Your will,” captures the essence of true discipleship. God desires not mere ritual or outward offerings but hearts open to His word and ready to obey His will. This echoes Christ Himself, who came into the world saying, “Behold, I come to do Your will, O God.” Our readiness to say “Here I am” is a daily renewal of faith and surrender. In a world filled with distractions and self-will, this psalm invites us to listen deeply, to delight in God’s law, and to make obedience an act of love. The truly vigilant servant is not only watchful for the Lord’s coming but also attentive to His voice in the present moment.

As we reflect and meditate on the words of the Sacred Scriptures today, let us ask ourselves: Do I live each day with the awareness that the Lord could come at any moment? Am I spiritually alert, or have comfort and routine dulled my watchfulness? When God calls, can I say, “Here I am, Lord,” with a willing heart? Do I trust that His grace is greater than my weaknesses, allowing Him to transform me daily? Like the faithful servants in the Gospel, do I keep the lamp of faith burning through prayer, service, and love? And like Christ, do I seek to do the Father’s will even when it demands sacrifice? Beloved in Christ, today’s readings remind us that the Christian life is a sacred journey of grace and vigilance. Through the obedience of one man, Jesus Christ, we have been set free from the reign of sin and death; through His love, we have been made heirs of eternal life. Yet this gift of grace calls for a response a heart awake, a faith alive, and a spirit ready for service. The Lord urges us: “Gird your loins and light your lamps.” This is not a call to fear but to faithful readiness, a readiness born from love and hope.

Let us, therefore, live each day as vigilant servants, not distracted by the world’s noise or lulled by complacency, but alert in prayer, mercy, and obedience. The night may be long, but the Master is near, and blessed are those He finds awake and faithful when He comes. May we be among those servants whose lamps never go out hearts burning with charity, eyes fixed on heaven, and lives rooted in grace. For when we live watchfully in Christ, even in the quiet hours of waiting, our souls already share in the joy of His coming. May God in His infinite grace and mercy, grant us His grace as we continue to serve Him in spirit and in truth. 🙏🏽

Heavenly Father, help us to remain vigilant and steadfast in faith as we await the coming of Your Son. May our hearts be pure, our lamps burning brightly, and our hands ready for service. Teach us to delight in doing Your will, to live by grace rather than fear, and to trust always in Your mercy. Strengthen us to persevere through the long watches of the night, confident that You will reward those who are faithful. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 🙏🏽

MEMORIAL OF SAINT CELINE, MOTHER OF SAINT REMIGIUS; SAINT URSULA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS; AND SAINT HILARION (HILARY), HERMIT ~ FEAST DAY: OCTOBER 21ST: Today, the Church celebrates the faith and holiness of Saint Celine, Mother of Saint Remigius (Patron of Mothers and the Diocese of Rheims); Saint Ursula and Companions, Martyrs (Patron Saints of Catholic education, schoolgirls, and the Ursuline Order); and Saint Hilarion (Hilary), Hermit (Patron of Gaza, Palestine, and monastics). Through their steadfast faith and intercession, we pray for all mothers and families, for students, teachers, and religious educators, and for those seeking solitude and spiritual renewal. We remember especially the sick and dying, the poor and forgotten, the widows and widowers, and all those battling anxiety or physical suffering. May their courage and love inspire us to persevere in holiness. We also lift up our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, the bishops, clergy, and all consecrated persons. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace, and may the light of Christ bring healing and peace to our troubled world. Amen. 🙏🏾

Saints of the Day with Daily Reflections | October 21st | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com

(Direct link to the detailed history of Saint Celine, Saint Ursula and Companions, and Saint Hilarion | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/saints-of-the-day-feast-day-october-21st/)

SAINT CELINE, MOTHER OF SAINT REMIGIUS (Died c. 458): Saint Celine is remembered as the devout mother of two bishops—Saint Principius of Soissons and Saint Remigius of Rheims, the Apostle of the Franks. Though little is known about her early life, she is revered for her deep faith, prayerful spirit, and maternal holiness. In her advanced age, she miraculously gave birth to Saint Remigius, a child destined to lead the conversion of Gaul under King Clovis. Her humility and constant charity were her true glory. Tradition tells that she also healed a hermit, Montanus, who had foretold her son’s birth. Celine’s quiet sanctity reveals the powerful influence of a mother’s faith on the future of the Church. She died around the year 458 and was buried near Lyons.

PRAYER: Lord God, You blessed Saint Celine with the grace to raise children who became holy shepherds of Your Church. Through her intercession, strengthen all mothers and families to nurture faith and virtue in their homes. Amen. 🙏🏾

SAINT URSULA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS (4th Century): Saint Ursula’s story, surrounded by legend yet radiant with faith, tells of a British princess of noble birth and profound Christian devotion. Chosen for marriage by a pagan prince, she agreed on the condition that he and his court be baptized and that they make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. With her companions—virgins devoted to Christ—she embarked on this sacred journey. On their return, they were captured in Cologne and martyred for their fidelity to Christ. Ursula’s unwavering courage inspired generations of women religious, particularly Saint Angela Merici, who founded the Ursulines under her patronage. Though history cannot recount every detail, the essence of their witness remains: a pure and steadfast love that preferred death to denial of Christ.

PRAYER: O God, who crowned Saint Ursula and her companions with the glory of martyrdom, grant that through their example we may remain faithful to You with unshakable courage and joyful hearts. Amen. 🙏🏾

SAINT HILARION (HILARY), HERMIT (c. 291–371): Saint Hilarion of Gaza is known as one of the great founders of monastic life in Palestine. Born into a pagan family, he was converted to Christianity while studying in Alexandria. Drawn to a life of prayer and solitude, he became a disciple of Saint Anthony of Egypt, then returned to Gaza to live as a hermit. He devoted his life to fasting, Scripture, and constant prayer, battling temptations and performing miracles through the power of faith. Many were drawn to his holiness, and he became the father of numerous monks. Even amid trials and demonic attacks, he remained steadfast, proclaiming before his death: “Go forth, my soul; why do you fear? You have served Christ for seventy years!” His life reveals the strength born of solitude and the joy of total surrender to God.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, You called Saint Hilarion to the desert to find peace in Your presence. Through his intercession, teach us to silence our hearts before You and to seek holiness in simplicity and prayer. Amen. 🙏🏾

Our Blessed Mother Mary, Saint Celine, Saint Ursula and Companions, and Saint Hilarion ~ Pray for us. 🙏🏾

GENERAL PRAYERS AND INTENTIONS | PRAYERS FOR PEACE | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/general-prayers-and-intentions/

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY (WMS) | OCTOBER 19, 2025 | Pope Leo XIV’s Message | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/world-mission-sunday-october-19-2025/

CANONIZATION OF SEVEN NEW SAINTS BY POPE LEO XIV| OCTOBER 19, 2025 | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/pope-leo-xivs-canonization-of-seven-new-saints-october-19-2025/

Pope Leo XIV’s Canonization of Seven New Saints – October 19, 2025 | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/pope-leo-xivs-canonization-of-seven-new-saints-october-19-2025/

LIST OF ALL NOVENAS | Month of October | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/list-of-all-novenas-october/

COMMON CATHOLIC PRAYERS | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/common-catholic-prayers/

Please find below links to the websites for Daily Reflections, Foundation, and interesting topics and articles about our Catholic faith and doctrines | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/2025/01/30/daily-reflections-and-prayer-links/

THE POPE’S MONTHLY INTENTIONS FOR 2025: FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER: For collaboration between different religious traditions. Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice, and human fraternity.

(https://popesprayerusa.net/popes-intentions/)

OCTOBER IS MONTH OF THE HOLY ROSARY | THE HOLY ROSARY: WHAT IS THE HOLY ROSARY AND WHY DO WE PRAY THE HOLY ROSARY? | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/2024/11/21/the-holy-rosary-what-is-the-holy-rosary-and-why-do-we-pray-the-holy-rosary/

DEVOTION OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER | MONTH OF THE HOLY ROSARY: October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary, a powerful prayer that draws us into the heart of the Gospel through the eyes of Mary. The Rosary is more than repetition. It is a meditation on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, united with the loving presence of His Blessed Mother. As Pope St. John Paul II reminded us, the Rosary is “a compendium of the Gospel,” helping us to contemplate Christ’s face with Mary.

The twenty mysteries of the Rosary, Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous, invite us to journey with Christ from His Incarnation to His Passion and His triumph over death. Each mystery opens us to God’s saving love, strengthens our faith, and leads us to imitate the virtues of Jesus and Mary in our daily lives. This month, the Church invites us to renew our devotion to the Rosary by praying it daily, whether alone, in families, or in community. Through it, we find peace in times of trial, strength against temptation, and deeper trust in God’s providence. Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, intercedes for us and leads us always to her Son.

“O Mary, our Blessed Mother and Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, teach us to pray with a pure heart and a steadfast spirit. As we meditate on the mysteries of Christ, help us to grow in faith, hope, and love. Intercede for us before your Son, that our families, our Church, and our world may be filled with peace and the light of the Gospel. Amen.” 🙏🏽

https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=12540

PRAYER INTENTIONS: Heavenly Father, in today’s Gospel You call us to be vigilant servants, ready for Your coming at every hour. Through the example of Saint Celine’s steadfast faith, Saint Ursula’s courageous witness, and Saint Hilarion’s life of prayer and simplicity, may we grow in fidelity and perseverance. We pray for mothers and families, that they may be sanctuaries of love and faith; for teachers, students, and all who educate in the spirit of Saint Ursula; and for those who seek peace and solitude, that they may find rest in You as Saint Hilarion did. We remember the sick and the suffering, the poor and forgotten, and all who carry heavy burdens, may Your mercy bring them strength and healing. We lift up our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, the bishops, clergy, and religious, asking for renewed zeal in their service. Grant eternal rest to the souls in Purgatory, and help us to live each day watchful and ready for Your kingdom of grace. Amen. 🙏🏾

LET US PRAY:

My most merciful Lord, I thank You for the countless ways throughout my life that You have spoken to me, calling me to fulfill my mission of faith and love in this world. I commit to You, this day, to always remain vigilant and attentive to You every time You call. Use me, dear Lord, so that I may bring the light of Your saving Gospel to a world in need. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen 🙏🏽

Lord Jesus, keep our hearts awake in faith, our hands ready in service, and our spirits aflame with love for You. As we strive to be faithful stewards of Your grace, help us to walk in humility like Saint Celine, to witness courageously like Saint Ursula and her companions, and to pray with devotion like Saint Hilarion. May Your mercy abound where sin once reigned, and may Your light find us watchful when You come again in glory. Amen. 🙏🏾

Save Us, Savior of the World. Our Blessed, Saint Celine, Saint Ursula and Companions, and Saint Hilarion ~ Pray for us 🙏🏾

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for us. Amen 🙏🏽

Thanking God for the precious gift of this new day, and during this gentle rhythm of Ordinary Time, may our hearts remain open to the quiet working of the Holy Spirit who continues to guide, renew, and strengthen us each day. As we begin this new month of October, we lift our hearts in gratitude for the blessings of the past and entrust the days ahead into God’s loving hands. May this month be filled with hope, safety, and the quiet joy that comes from knowing that Christ walks with us always. Alleluia! Have a blessed, safe, grace-filled Tuesday, fruitful week, and a fulfilling month of October.🙏🏽

Blessings and Love always, Philomena 💖

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