9th Week, Ordinary Time, Thursday, June 3
Tobit 6:10-11; 7:1, 9-14; 8:4-9 / Mark 11:5-17
Tobiah and Sarah pray together: They asked God to bless their marriage.
9th Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, June 2
Tobit 3:1-11, 16-17 / Mark 12:18-27
Today's reading is like a play with three acts. In the first act, Tobit becomes so depressed that he asks God to save him from his troubles, even if it means death.
Elizabeth’s special recipe
Elizabeth's house was always filled with love, joy, good times - and fresh bread. Of course, things come slower these days for 85-year-old Elizabeth. The simplest tasks take more time and demand more energy now than they did when she was 25.
9th Week: May 31- June 5:
May 3 Monday: Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary
The context: The mystery of the Incarnation comes to ordinary people living ordinary lives, who have the willingness to respond to God’s call and the openness and generosity to do God’s will.
9th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, June 1
As sometimes happens, the harder people try to be loyal to God, the more misfortune seems to strike them. This happened to Tobit; he became blind.
From Fr. Jude Botelho:
8th Week: May 24-29:
May 24 Monday (Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church)
One of the most recent architectural additions to Saint Peter’s Square is the mosaic of Mary “Mother of the Church,”