Project BLACK MAMBA: The Long Road Back, Part I

Today, 3 July is the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.

Otherwise, 3 July would be the feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle (first century, A.K.A. Didymus): Apostle-link ūnus, Apostle-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings
The Book of Isaiah, chapter sixty-six, verses ten thru fourteen(c);
Psalm Sixty-six, verses one thru seven, sixteen, & twenty;
The Letter to the Galatians, chapter six, verses fourteen thru eighteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter ten, verses one thru twelve & seventeen thru twenty;
(or, the Gospel according to Luke, chapter ten, verses one thru nine).

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Sunday, 26 June was the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.

Otherwise, 26 June would have been the feast of Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Priest (1902-1975), founder of Opus Dei, formally the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Opus Dei.

Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings
The First Book of Kings, chapter nineteen, verses sixteen(b) & nineteen thru twenty-one;
Psalm Sixteen, verses one, two, five, & seven thru eleven;
The Letter to the Galatians, chapter five, verses one & thirteen thru eighteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses fifty-one thru sixty-two.

Bonus! Song of the Day
The University of Michigan Marching Band, "America the Beautiful" from A Saturday Tradition (The Music Man)

Commentary: Sung before Mass this morning, on the day before Independence Day.

"America! America!
God shed His grace on thee!
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!…"