Today is the memorial of Saint Edmund Campion† (1540-1581), Jesuit, priest, & martyr, counted among the Forty Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: As an Anglophile who is Catholic thanks to the quarter of my heritage that is Irish (the three quarters that are English & Scottish were Protestant), I have particular affinity for those martyred under that monstrous dynasty, the House of Tudor, the victims of the atrocities those monsters committed against all who refused to bow to them as God's sole representatives on Earth.
Today is also the memorial of Blessed Charles de Foucald† (1858-1916), hermit & martyr: Blessed-link Unus, Blessed-link Duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter six.
Daily Mass Readings
The Book of Isaiah, chapter two, verses one through five;
Psalm one hundred twenty-two;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eight, verses five through eleven.
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