Today is the memorial of Saint Dominic of Silos, O.S.B.† (1000-1073), priest & abbot: Saint-link Unus, Saint-link Duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter twenty-five.
Commentary: Acts has lost some of its wondrous momentum, as the swiftly-moving account of the early years of the Church has given way to a ponderous account of the persecution, imprisonment, & (eventual) martyrdom of Saint Paul. I know that these chapters are important & I remain prayerful that the Lord will unclose my eyes to their significance & applicability to my pilgrimage & the contemporary life of the Church. (Of course, that might not be too hard to see, as there are many today who are fearful of persecution by the increasingly militant secular & atheistic elements of American society. I think those fears somewhat overblown, but then I've always been a sanguine fellow, arguably even complacent.)
Daily Mass Readings
The Book of Isaiah, chapter seven, verses ten through fourteen;
Psalm Twenty-four, verses one through four(AB), five & six;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses twenty-six through thirty-eight.
Commentary: Today's Gospel reading is the exact same as the fourth Sunday of Advent's, tomorrow's.
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