One Minute Reflection – 16 February – Saturday of the Fifth week in Ordinary Time, Year C – First Reading: Genesis 3:9-24 and the Memorial of Blessed Joseph Allamano (1851–1926)
And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife, garments of skins and clothed them…Genesis 3:21
REFLECTION – “The merciful protection of God for man and woman, in every case, never fails either of them. Let us not forget this! The symbolic language of the Bible tells us, that before exiling them from the Garden of Eden, God made for man and woman garments of skins and clothed them (cf. Gn 3:21). This act of tenderness, means that, in the painful consequences of our sin, God does not want us to be left naked and abandoned to our fate as sinners.”…Pope Francis – General Audience, 16 September 2015
PRAYER – Loving and merciful Father! In all our needs, even when we turn from You and cause You sorrow, You are there to help us! You grace us with garments of love to protect us from the evils which surround us. Bless us we pray, as we turn to You in pain and repentance and by the sufferings of Your divine Son Whom You sent to redeem us, grant us peace. May the prayers of Blessed Joseph Allamano intercede in our strife as we make our way home to You. Through Jesus our Lord, with the Holy Spirit, one God for all eternity, amen.
AnaStpaul 