The more humble, the more simple we are- the more good we do

On this day in 1818, Fr. John Vianney arrived in a little town called Ars

THERE…he became a SAINT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRcgZS2Au8E

“In God’s will, there is great peace.” – Saint Josephine Bakhita

Today Jesus says: “This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me”

Sometimes we can do do all the right things — like the Pharisees and scribes — but yet our hearts are still far from him

Today the Church celebrates Paul Miki and the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki. Just decades after Catholic missionaries arrived on the shores of Japan, the emperor’s representatives commanded that 26 believers be executed. While on his cross, St. Paul Miki said: “After Christ’s example, I forgive my persecutors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all, and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a fruitful rain.”

Salt- salary, it preserves, heals, flavors, gives nutrition

Light- comfort, glow…and where light is, the Devil and his demons FLEE