Daily
Readings:
Gn 1:20—2:4a; Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Mk 7:1-13
Gn 1:20—2:4a; Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Mk 7:1-13
Reflection: It always amazes me how
the Holy Spirit can speak to us through scripture, even if it is through
passages we have read or heard numerous times before. The readings from Genesis are certainly
familiar to many of us, and likely even to our children. Yet, we can be struck by new words or phrases
we didn’t notice in the past. Some key
take-away components of today’s reading for me were the difference in how God
reflected on His creation before man was created and after man was
created. After each new creation is
added to the kingdom, God stands back, observes His creation, and notes it is
good. But, after man has been created I the
kingdom, God says His creation is very good.
What does this difference mean to you?
What does it mean to you to reflect on the fact that of all that God
created, only man is created in God’s image?
Do you see the amazing power of God in that we consistently see “God
said….and so it happened”? What does it
mean for you and your life that even God rested on the seventh day?
Big
Picture: We are
created in God’s image
Discussion
Starters:
Younger saints: Take time today to slowly read through the reading from Genesis. We can find ourselves quickly reading this scripture because we have heard it so many times and it has become “too familiar” to us. Sit with your child and read it line by line. Discuss anything that stands out to you. Have your child draw a picture as you go along and discuss the creation story.
Older saints: Take time today to slowly read through the reading from Genesis. We can find ourselves quickly reading this scripture because we have heard it so many times and it has become “too familiar” to us. Slowly read it line by line. Discuss anything that stands out to you. Are there any details that you don’t remember noticing before? Is there anything that speaks to you today more than other times you have read this passage?
Younger saints: Take time today to slowly read through the reading from Genesis. We can find ourselves quickly reading this scripture because we have heard it so many times and it has become “too familiar” to us. Sit with your child and read it line by line. Discuss anything that stands out to you. Have your child draw a picture as you go along and discuss the creation story.
Older saints: Take time today to slowly read through the reading from Genesis. We can find ourselves quickly reading this scripture because we have heard it so many times and it has become “too familiar” to us. Slowly read it line by line. Discuss anything that stands out to you. Are there any details that you don’t remember noticing before? Is there anything that speaks to you today more than other times you have read this passage?
Fun
Fact: Man is made
of body and soul and we are made in the image and likeness of God (St. Joseph’s
Baltimore Catechism No. 1, 2008, p. 27).
Saint
of the day:
Name: Saint Buonfiglio Monaldo
What they are remembered for: St. Buonfiglio Monaldo joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin and was inspired by a vision, on the feast of the Assumption, to live a life of solitude and prayer. After 15 years of serving the Church in this manner, he took the name of Servant of Mary in 1240. The “Seven Holy Founders” of the Servants of Mary were canonized in 1887.
Feast day: February 12
Patron saint of:
Name: Saint Buonfiglio Monaldo
What they are remembered for: St. Buonfiglio Monaldo joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin and was inspired by a vision, on the feast of the Assumption, to live a life of solitude and prayer. After 15 years of serving the Church in this manner, he took the name of Servant of Mary in 1240. The “Seven Holy Founders” of the Servants of Mary were canonized in 1887.
Feast day: February 12
Patron saint of:
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