A Lesson Inscribed on the floor

A friend was talking to me recently about the Litany of Humility, composed by Cardinal Merry del Val, who was the Secretary of State to Pope Pius X and well known back in the day.  St Teresa of course placed a very high value on humility, and indeed there’s nothing more destructive than pride and inflated egos in communities.  I am reminded of a visit to Italy’s beautiful Lake Maggiore many years ago.  We took a boat excursion and the boat let us out onto a little island with a mansion that had belonged to the princely Borromeo family, once home to Teresa’s great contemporary St Charles Borromeo (1538-1584).  On an ancient stone floor of one of the rooms was inscribed a single Latin word – Humilitas (Humility).  Teresa would have loved that …   

Intercessions

RIP Mervyn Leach, father of two Secular Carmelites

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Jacqui, Fr Jon Bielowski (Plymouth Diocese), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Sister Daranee Teapthong, Theresa K

Sophie – newborn having heart surgery

Ivy – sick child

Brian (recovering from Pneumonia)

Kevin (heart attack)

William Gove (recovering from stroke)

Illness:  Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Mark – brain infection

Michael, Kira – vulnerable youngsters

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

We are asked to pray for the Diocese of Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand, as the Northern Mission celebrates its centenary. The process of selecting a new bishop continues.