THE GOSPEL
Matthew 5:1-12aHe began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.”
Jesus,
we pray with those who are poor in spirit,
and all who hunger and thirst now
for righteousness.
St. Francis of Assisi,
show us how to reverence and care for
brother earth and sister skies.
St. Mother Theresa
teach us how to feed all God’s
hungry people.
St. Albert the Great,
show our scientists all the ways
to create vaccines to end
the Pandemic.
St. Luke,
protect doctors, nurses and
all in the medical profession taking
care of the sick.
Saints Martin de Porres and Peter Claver,
teach us how to find inter-racial
justice and harmony.
St. Catherine of Siena,
help us learn how to prevent the fires
ravaging our country.
Amen
THE FIRST READING
Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14
Do not damage the land or the sea or the trees until we put the
seal on the forehead of the servants of our God.
Oscar Romero,
Dorothy Day and
Alphonsus Rodriguez
washed their robes in the
blood of the
Lamb.
O God, please, cleanse us
as you did your saints.
and imprint
yourself
on our foreheads.
Teach us to lay down our lives
for our neighbor,
out of love
THE SECOND READING
1 John 3:1-3
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be
has not yet been revealed.
We are God’s children right now.
God does not wait to become
our loving father until
tomorrow
or next
week.
God is Father
today,
this
minute.
Dear Lord,
love us more
than we can fathom,
no matter what,
right now.
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