Daily Mass, Saturday, July 26, 2025, Sts. Joachim and Ann, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Daily Mass, Saturday, July 26, 2025, Sts. Joachim and Ann, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Good morning! Welcome to St. Gilbert Church! O Lord, God of our Fathers, who bestowed on Sts. Joachim and Anne, this grace, that of them should be born the Mother of your incarnate Son, grant through the prayers of both that we may attain the salvation you have promised to your people. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen. Holiness in Hospitals Reflect It’s understandable why we fear hospitals, for ourselves, and our loved ones. But at some point, we all end up there. Think back to when you were in the hospital: taking someone to the ER, or having a surgery yourself. As scary as this can be, and even if the outcome was heartbreaking, can you see how God’s healing presence was there? Pray You, God, are not just in the hospital chapel, but in the long, sterile hallways, the fluorescent lights, the waiting rooms alongside strangers. You are in the hands of the surgeons and nurses using their gifts to heal. You are in the fragments of prayers we murmur while we wait. As we suffer. It feels so strange to discover you here, and yet, of course you are here! When fear strips everything away we find you again in the places we need you the most. Act Take time to acknowledge a doctor, nurse, or medical assistant who was there for you or a loved one. A card, a text, even a positive review online, to honor those who, as St. Theresa of Avila says, are “Christ’s hands on earth.” Today's Pause+Pray was written by Maureen O'Brien. Taken from Franciscan media, July 25, 2025, Pause & Pray This stream is created with #PRISMLiveStudio