May 31, 2010
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior; He will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love, He will sing joyfully because of you. Zephaniah 3:17
“And how does this happen to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” Luke 1:43-45
Piety
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, he has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children for ever.”
Study
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZi2j0BNueE
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But now it has been manifested to his holy ones, to whom God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for glory. Colossians 1:26-27
Action
The alternative first reading for Mass today provides much fruit to consider in our action:
Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor. Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the holy ones, exercise hospitality. Romans 12:9-13
Memorial Day was one of two special holidays always marked in my father’s calendar. As a naval veteran, he did not look at today merely as the figurative beginning of summer. Today was a day to remember his comrades and all those who have gone before us to preserve our freedom.
As we remember those fallen soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who have fought around the world to preserver our freedom, let us also remember our Christian brothers and sisters who picked up the cross of Christ in the battle against evil to secure freedom and dignity and equality for people here and elsewhere. They placed the mission of Christ first. They did not accept defeat. They did not quit until death.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Louis Allen
Addie Mae Collins
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Mack Charles Parker
Emmett Till
Medgar Evans
Denise McNair
Cynthia Wesley
Rachel Corrie
Oscar Romero
Jean Donovan
Dorothy Kazel
Maura Clarke
Ita Ford
Ignacio Ellacuria
Ignacio Martin-Baro
Segundo Montes
Arnando Lopez
Joaquin Lopez y Lopez
Juan Ramon Moreno
Julia Elba Ramos
Cecilia Ramos
Tom Fox
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