The rhythm of the liturgical year

I like this quote from Fr François de Sainte-Marie, a twentieth-century French Discalced Carmelite who was a prolific author and editor.  ‘Jesus continues to be born, to grow, and to die in the course of history, according to the very rhythm of the liturgical year, which takes up and gives voice to all the aspirations, the sufferings, the joys, and all the love of his own. And the Virgin, beside her Son, continues her watch of love through the souls who are devoted to her.’

Intercessions:

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Jacqui, Theresa K, Fr Jon B, Catherine, Alex (43 with five children)

Illness: Roy Seymour, Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Sophia – blind infant

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

Lucia – Overwhelmed by weariness

Mark – brain infection

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

RIP Richard Parker, Martin Gilham, Sue Burton, Wojtek, Joy Smith OCDS