Sunday, September 4, 2016

Project BLACK MAMBA: XXIII Sunday in Ordinary Time

Tis the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.

Otherwise, 4 September would be the feast of Saint Hermione, Martyr (died circa 117), martyred in the reign of the emperor Trajan: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine '15.

'Twould also be the feast of Saint Rosalia, Virgin (circa 1130-1166), nicknamed La Santuzza, "the little saint:" Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Twould also be the feast of Saint Rose of Viterbo, Virgin, T.O.S.F. (circa 1233-1251), venerated annually through the procession of the magnificent Macchina di Santa Rosa: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Machine.

Commentary: Wayback Machine '14.

Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings
The Book of Wisdom, chapter nine, verses thirteen thru eighteen(b);
Psalm Ninety, verses three thru six, twelve thru fourteen, & seventeen;
The Letter to Philemon, verses nine, ten, & twelve thru seventeen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter fourteen, verses twenty-five thru thirty-three.

Commentary: The Letter to Philemon is brief, being divided solely into verses, not chapters.

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