Readings for the massJust a note on the gospel: Today the parable of the sower and the seed strikes our mind with a very lucid image. The sower sows seed everywhere.
The image is meant to get us to understand that God the sower allows his word to go all places. There is no such thing as dead soil when it comes to God. He never sees it as a waste for he recognizes the potential in every place no matter how barren it may seem to us.
What may seem like dismay and despair to us will always look like potential in the eyes of God
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Today in the church we celebrate the memorial of St. Angela Merici.
Today in the church we celebrate the memorial of St. Angela Merici.
She was born in the late 15th century and died in the 16th century.
At the age of ten both of her parents died, as well as, later she sat at the bedside of her sister while she died.
A life filled with sadness and sorrow did not however distract her from loving God.
In fact, it inspired her and strengthen her to more devoutly give herself to God.
She became rich soil that bore much fruit in her life.
So, we honor her today.
We can still learn much from her wisdom and teachings.
Just a few bits of wisdom form her:
1) the disorder of society is rooted in the disorder of the family. If you want to know what is wrong with society and why you must direct your attention to the family. If you want to correct the errors of society and direct it anew then the remedy will only be discovered and implemented in the family as well.
2) The devil never sleeps. Therefore we must remain aroused from slumber by continued prayer and acts of love. By this life of devotion will we be able to beat the devil at his own game.
Stay awake, the devil prowls like a lion seeking to devour souls. But a soul full of prayer and love can never be overcome.
May St. Angela help guide us home.
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