I like to observe holidays; they exist for a reason. It may amount to a cloth on the table, some dessert, a day of less housework. Sunday is also in this category - it's different from the other days of the week.
From the first reading at Mass:
Today is holy to the Lord, your God. Do not be sad, and do not weep.... Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared; for today is holy to our Lord.
-Nehemiah 8:9
"If we take for ourselves no other model than those who are world-famous, this will hurt us a great deal and result in a lifetime of striving to be somebody. But if we follow the model of a Redeemer who for thirty years lived in obscurity, it should not distress us to be ignored. There are very few people of worldly importance; far in the majority are the multitudes of ordinary people whose path to heaven is unexciting and unromantic. How very kind of God to show us by his long, hidden life that his plan of redemption includes everyone, even those whose lives are so unremarkable that the world does not notice at all!"
- Sister Mary Jean Dorcy, O.P., from Magnificat, January 2022
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ReplyDeleteAn excellent quote from Sister Mary Jean! We had that same reading from Nehemiah yesterday.
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to hear that we are on the same schedule, at least part of the time!
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