Today's Good News
After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.
- Mark 6:53-56
Spirituality Today
Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Wikipedia: "Gerolamo Emiliani"
Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation (rc.net): "Immediately the people recognized Jesus"
Daily Mass Readings Podcast (USCCB)
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From the Desk of Sister Natalie . . .
Reflections based on Poverty in the Diocese of Albany: A Threat to the Common Good: Working full time is no longer a sure ticket out of poverty. A single mother of two children earning New York's minimum hourly wage of $7.15 would bring home just under $15,000 a year. The federal poverty level for a family of three is $17,170, which doesn't even come close to the true measure of the income needed to meet basic needs. It costs $42,432 a year for a parent and two children living in Albany County to pay for housing, food and other necessities. Legislation is needed to narrow the 'Hardship Gap', in which income from employment and government support doesn't cover those basic needs.
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