Catholic Daily Devotional 8th February 2022 | Tuesday MessageĀ
St. Jerome Emiliani, St. Josephine Bakhita
Topic: Blessed Are We
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest
in which she puts her youngā
ā¦Blessed they who dwell in your house!
Psalm 84:4, 5
Catholic Daily Devotional 8th February 2022 Message
A big tree grows not far from the side of the building where we live. For weeks I kept hearing the sound of a bird, day after day. Then I realized the bird had her home in that tree! And there were eggs in the nest she was protecting and keeping safe until they hatched. At a time when so many in our city and in our world are homelessāseeking a safe place to be a homeāher call seemed especially poignant.
I once heard a Scripture scholar teach that the Greek verb meno in John 15:4, usually translated as āremain inā or āabide in,ā also means āmake your home in.ā We are invited: āMake your home in me as I make mine in you.ā Homeā¦in God!
Blessed are we who dwell in your house! Thank you, God!
– Patricia Livingston
Today Reading: 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30; Psalm 84:3-5, 10-11 Mark 7:1-13