Today’s memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes is
also World Day of the Sick. Mary is gateway to all the compassion that Jesus
longs to be for us. Through her intercession, we pray for all the sick, for all
physicians and health care workers, and for all who do medical research. We rely
upon Our Lady's attentiveness, for she is gateway to all the compassion that
Jesus longs to be for us.
Gate of Heaven, pray for us. Morning star,
pray for us. Health of the sick, pray for us. Refuge of sinners, pray for us.
Comforter of the afflicted, pray for us.
Image by Lauren Ford.
