Reading and meditation on the Word of God, Monday of the 19th week in ordinary time, August 10, 2020

La Porta | Renungan Harian Katolik - Daily Meditation according to Catholic Church liturgy · Aug 9, 2020 · 6m

Reading by Sr. M. Yolenta, SND (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) and meditation by Shalaza Williams (Jakarta)

GOD LOVES THOSE WHO GIVE WITH JOY

The theme for our meditation today is: God Loves Those Who Give with Joy. Today the Church celebrates the feast of Saint Lawrence, who was a deacon from Rome. He was killed by the Emperor Valerian in the 3rd century. In one particular moment, Lawrence was temporarily imprisoned and awaiting execution. He was considered the person who kept all the treasures of the Church, which were left by Pope Sixtus II, who had been killed four days earlier. On the day of his…