Wednesday, October 3, 26th Week in Ordinary Time
ST. MOTHER THEODORE (ANNE-THERESE) GUERIN
(France, 1798-Indiana, 1856)
Missionary and Founder, Sisters of Providence (USA)
Canonized by Benedict XVI on 10/16/2006
AT THE VATICAN TODAY
General Audience - In his catechetical cycle of prayer which has now gone for over a year, the Holy Father reflected
for the second week on liturgical prayer, this time emphasizing its ecclesial nature - liturgy as "participation
in Christ’s own prayer addressed to the Father in the Holy Spirit", as "the place where God comes to us and enters
our lives. Let us remember that the liturgy is celebrated for God, not for us; it is his work; he is its subject".
At the end, he asked for the prayers of the faithful as he undertakes a pilgrimage to Loreto tomorrow for the success
of the Year of Faith and the Synodal Assembly on the New Evangelization.