Today’s the liturgical memorial of Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta (1878-1905), a missionary sister with the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. A biographer notes that Blessed Maria Assunta was happy to be assigned to do farmwork —working with chickens, goats and the pigs. I can relate to her happiness in this service. What was striking was her letter to her parents where she wrote of her mission: “I ask the Lord for the grace to make known to the world purity of intention—which consists in doing everything for the love of God, even the ordinary of actions.”
May we follow Blessed Maria Assunta’s lead.