Wednesday February 26th
Ecclesiasticus
4:11-19. Mark 9:38-50
The days of man are limited
on the earth but adequate
for training and for service.
Each child of man is offered
ways and means to grow in
understanding, for Wisdom
ministers to heart and mind
through faith, tradition,
and the conscience of each
one. But all are free to
choose the way of progress
or rejection. The faithful
and the true of heart are
brought through all vicissitudes
to know the Father's will
and - in the power of Our
saving, sanctifying love
- to do it.
Be faithful, then, in all
things as the Father is
ceaselessly faithful to
His beloved sons and daughters.
And let the grace and power
of Our compassion minister
to others through your faithfulness.