Fr Peter declares today – the feast of St Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorists – a “red letter day.” Alphonsus responded the LORD’s call to serve the most abandoned – a service that, like Jeremiah’s in today’s first reading, became the joy and happiness of his heart. We, too, are called to the LORD’s service. How will we respond?
When I found your words, I devoured them; they became my joy and the happiness of my heart.
JER 15:10, 16-21
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds … and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
MT 13:44-46