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St. Brigid of Sweden |
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Saturday of the Sixteenth week in Ordinary Time
Feast of the Church : In Europe: SAINT BRIDGET OF SWEDEN, co-patroness of Europe - FeastToday we celebrate the Feast of St. Brigid of Sweden. Wife – mother – Religious and more recent times declared one of the Patron Saints of Europe.
In her life story we read that despite the fact that she had her problems with some of her children – NOT all of them were saints. Nevertheless Brigid always had a smiling face.
It was the sign that the Joy of Christ was in her soul and that the Joy was complete as Jesus promised it would be.
It was a joy that came from her knowing that she was loved by God and united to his Son Jesus Christ as Branches are united to the Vine.
It was a joy that came from her allowing her life to be cleansed and so pruned by The Teaching of Jesus so that she could bear fruit that endures – for the glory of God - the fruit of doing good works for the service of others.
It was a joy that came from knowing that she could ask from the Father and that her prayer would be heard.
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Lord – We have sometimes forgotten that you love us and that you are present with us and that you are present with us and within us and so we have become discouraged and disheartened –
Lord have mercy ...
Lord have mercy ...
Lord – We have sometimes overlooked the fact that each and every one an neighbour is made in your image and likeness. So we sometimes judged them unjustly and spoken hardly of them -
Christ have mercy ...
Christ have mercy ...
Lord – We have sometimes allowed ourselves to be so preoccupied and obsessed with our feelings and needs that we have overlooked the needs of others -
Lord have mercy . . .
Lord have mercy . . .
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