Intro to the day: “First offer them the milk of simpler teaching, as the Apostle recommends, so that gradually, as they grow strong on the food of God’s Word, they are capable of receiving more elaborate instructions and of carrying out the higher commandment of God.” –St. Aidan

Today is Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time. We are praying for the faculty, staff, and families of Mater Dei Catholic School in Albany, NY.

In the Gospel, we hear the parable of the dishonest steward.

Gospel: Luke 16:1-8

Saint of the Day: Saint Vincent Liêm

Marian prayer for the day:  O Mother of my God, and my Lady Mary - St. Alphonsus de Liguori

O, Mother of my God, and my Lady Mary; as a beggar, all wounded and sore, presents himself before a great Queen, so do I present myself before you, who are Queen of heaven and earth. 

From the lofty throne on which you sit, disdain not, I implore you, to cast your eyes on me, a poor sinner. 

God has made you so rich that you might assist the poor, and has made you Queen of Mercy in order that you might relieve the miserable. 

Behold me then, and pity me: behold me and abandon me not, until you see me changed from a sinner into a saint. Amen.

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