How do we even have 4 canners? One was my wedding gift from Pat's siblings, and so it was a huge indication of what our summers would be full of... canning! I looked at my oldest yesterday and thought to myself how special it is that Ruth has the life she grew up with and is my canning partner. She is the master gardener, too! To my one pail of tomatoes from my garden she brought over 5 pails! Her garden is lush and clean!
We canned together over the years and even later when she was over 90 she would come and help. I thought she would just sit and watch, but she would be up and working!
The readings today are about humility... the most important virtue for us on this journey! We are nothing without our Lord!
Father shared this in his homily and it was great to see it shared as they are pearls of Truth! The silence over wordiness one is ringing a bell for me!
The Alleluia today before the Gospel about taking the lowest place at a wedding and then being offered to move up rather than down!
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord,
and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus, how we want to die to self so that you may live in us. We make such a mess of our day to day lives when we take them into our hands and have our way. Our way is selfishness and you ask us to be humble. Show us the way! Jesus, we trust in you. Amen and Hallelujah
The Truth! May love start and grow and mature in our homes as well as sharing our Faith with JOY!
Each day with Our Lady and her prayer and intercession for us!
Litany of Humility
O Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being loved,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being extolled,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being honored,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being praised,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being preferred to others,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being consulted,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the desire of being approved,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being humiliated,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being despised,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of suffering rebukes,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being calumniated,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being forgotten,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being ridiculed,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being wronged,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
From the fear of being suspected,
Deliver me, O Jesus.
That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be esteemed more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be chosen and I set aside,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be praised and I go unnoticed,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be preferred to me in everything,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
Charity
Charity is patient, is kind; charity does not envy, is not pretentious, is not puffed up, is not ambitious, is not self-seeking, is not provoked; thinks no evil, does not rejoice over wickedness, but rejoices with the truth, bears with all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Cor. 13:4-7).
To have Charity is to love God above all things for Himself and be ready to renounce all created things rather than offend Him by serious sin. ( Matt. 22:36-40)
by Merry Cardinal del Val, secretary of state to Pope Saint Pius X from the prayer book for Jesuits, 1963
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