Project BLACK MAMBA: The Long Road Back, Part IV

Today, 18 August is the feast of Saint Helena (circa 248-328), mother of the emperor Constantine, discoverer of the True Cross: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link True Cross.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

'Tis also the feast of Blessed Martín Martínez Pascual, Priest & Martyr (1910-1936), martyred at the hands of Spanish Communists ("Republicans"): Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link (Spanish).

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Book of Ezekiel, chapter thirty-six, verses twenty-three thru twenty-eight;
Psalm Fifty-one, verses twelve thru fifteen, eighteen, & nineteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-two, verses one thru fourteen.

Personal Reading
The Book of Revelation, chapter sixteen (verses one thru twenty-one);
The Book of Revelation, chapter seventeen (verses one thru eighteen).

Commentary: The Seven Bowls (16, inclusive), Babylon the Great (17:1-6a), & Meaning of the Beast & Harlot (17:6b-18).

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Thursday, 11 August was the Memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin, O.S.C. (1194-1253, A.K.A. of Assisi), foundress of the Poor Clares, formally the Order of Saint Clare (the Second Order of Saint Francis): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link O.S.C.

Commentary: Wayback Machine '14 & Wayback Machine '15. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

St. Clare was born in Assisi. At the age of eighteen she heard (St.) Francis (4 October) preach during a Lenten service in the church of San Giorgio at Assisi, & asked him to help her live after the manner of the Gospel. She left her family to follow Francis, & lived a simple life of poverty, austerity, & seclusion from the world, according to the Rule which Francis gave them as a Second Order (Poor Clares).

'Twas also the feast of Blessed John Sandys, Priest & Martyr (circa 1552-1586), martyred in the reign of the queen Elizabeth I, one the the Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link LXXXV.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
Weekday
The Book of Ezekiel, chapter twelve, verses one thru twelve;
Psalm Seventy-eight, verses fifty-six thru fifty-nine, sixty-one, & sixty-two;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eighteen, verse twenty-one thru chapter nineteen, verse one;

or, for St. Clare:
The Letter to the Philippians, chapter three, verses eight thru fourteen;
Psalm Sixteen, verse five(a);
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter nineteen, verses twenty-seven thru twenty-nine.

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Thursday, 4 August was the Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest, T.O.S.F. (1786-1859): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine '14 & Wayback Machine '15. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

To the incomparable exclusion of everything else he addressed himself to the greatest honor & glory of God & the salvation of souls. he accepted his obligation to holiness at an early age, & it took complete possession of him. He possessed the gift of being able to understand the soul of a man in an instant, &, without any lengthy explanations, to feel at once what spiritual trouble was afflicting it.

'Twas also the feast of Saint Lua, Priest (circa 554-609, A.K.A. Molua, of Limerick, of Killaloe): Saint-link ūnus & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
Weekday
The Book of Jeremiah, chapter thirty-one, verses thirty-one thru thirty-four;
Psalm Fifty-one, verses twelve thru fifteen, eighteen, & nineteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter sixteen, verses thirteen thru twenty-three;

or, for St. John, the Curé d'Ars:
The Book of Ezekiel, chapter three, verses seventeen thru twenty-one;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter sixteen, verse fifteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter nine, verse thirty-five thru chapter ten, verse one;