Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
He is considered to be the first Apostolic Father of the Church. Clement is the intermediary through whom the apostles teach the Church.Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
Clement of Rome was the third successor of Saint Peter (22 February, 29 June), reigning as pope during the last decades of the first century. He's known as one of the Church's five "Apostolic Fathers," those who provided a direct link between the Apostles & later generations of Church Fathers.Wikipedia-link Apostolic Fathers.
'Tis also the Optional Memorial of Saint Columban, Abbot (543-615, A.K.A. Columbanus), founder of the Abbeys of Luxeuil & Bobbio: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Luxeuil & Wikipedia-link Bobbio.
Commentary: Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Columban was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries from around 590 in the Frankish & Lombard kingdoms.Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
Columban was the greatest of the Irish missionaries who worked on the European continent. As a young man who was greatly tormented by temptations of the flesh, he sought the advice of a religious women who had lived a hermit's life for years. He saw in her answer a call to leave the world. He went first to a monastery on an island in Lough Erne, then to the great monastic seat of learning at Bangor.'Tis also the Optional Memorial of Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest & Martyr, S.J. (1891-1927), martyred in the reign of the president Plutarco Elías Calles: Martyr-link ūnus, Martyr-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Miguel was a Mexican Jesuit Catholic priest executed under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles on charges of bombing & attempted assassination of former Mexican president Álvaro Obregón.Bl. Miguel's was the first Christian martyrdom ever photographed (above). His last words were, "¡Viva Cristo Rey!" ("Long live Christ the King!")
'Tis also the festival of Saint Clement of Metz, Bishop (floruit first century): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Felicitas of Rome, Martyr (circa 101-165, Anglicized as Felicity), martyred in the reign of the emperor Marcus Aurelius: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Commentary: 23 November is always a bit of a traffic jam, what with three optional memorials on this one day, but add in a couple of different options of Thanksgiving & today we're proud—Proud? Well, bemused if not slightly chagrined—to bring you six different sets of readings one might hear at the Holy Mass today here in these United States.
Mass Readings—Feria
The First Book of Maccabees, chapter two, verses fifteen thru twenty-nine;
Psalm Fifty, verses one(b) & two, five & six, & fourteen & fifteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nineteen, verses forty-one thru forty-four.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Clement I
The First Letter of Peter, chapter five, verses one thru four;
Psalm Eighty-nine;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter sixteen, verses thirteen thru nineteen.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Columban
The Book of Isaiah, chapter fifty-two, verses seven thru ten;
Psalm Ninety-six, verse three;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses fifty-seven thru sixty-two.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro
The Book of Sirach, chapter fifty-one, verses one thru eight;
Psalm Thirty-one, verse six;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter ten, verses twenty-eight thru thirty-three.
Mass Readings—Thanksgiving
Commentary: Quoth the missalette:
Today's readings & psalm may be chosen from the Proper texts "In Thanksgiving to God (Lectionary 943-947) or from the weekday Mass for Thursday of the thirty-third week in Ordinary Time (Lectionary 500, page 153). The following are suggested from among the many options.The Book of Sirach, chapter fifty, verses twenty-two, twenty-three, & twenty-four;
Psalm One Hundred Thirteen, verses one & two, three & four, five & six, & seven & eight;
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter one, verses three thru nine;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter seventeen, verses eleven thru nineteen;
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today's Gospel recounts the Lord's healing of ten lepers, only one of whom comes back to give thanks. Leprosy frightened people in ancient times, just as contagious and mysterious diseases frighten people today. But, more than this, leprosy rendered someone unclean and therefore incapable of engaging in the act of worship. It is not accidental that the person responsible for examining the patient in ancient Israel was the priest. The priest's job was to monitor the whole process of Israelite worship, very much including who could and couldn't participate in the Temple.Video reflection by Father Don Miller, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
What is so important about worship? To worship is to order the whole of one's life toward the living God, and, in doing so, to become interiorly and exteriorly rightly ordered. To worship is to signal to oneself what one's life is finally about. Worship is not something that God needs, but it is very much something that we need.
or,
The First Book of Kings, chapter eight, verses fifty-five thru sixty-one;
Psalm One Hundred Forty-five, verses two & three, four & five, six & seven, eight & nine, & ten & eleven;
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter one, verses three thru nine;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses thirty-nine thru fifty-five.
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Bible Study—Wisdom Books
The Book of Psalms, psalm twenty-three (verses one thru six);
The Book of Psalms, psalm twenty-four (verses one thru ten);
The Book of Psalms, psalm twenty-five (verses one thru twenty-two);
The Book of Wisdom, chapter one, verse sixteen;
The Book of Wisdom, chapter two (verses one thru twenty-four);
The Book of Wisdom, chapter three (verses one thru nineteen);
The Book of Wisdom, chapter four, verse one thru nineteen.
Commentary: The Lord, Shepherd & Host (Psalm 23), the Glory of God in Procession to Zion (Psalm 24), & Confident Prayer for Forgiveness & Guidance (Psalm 25);
I: The Reward of Justice (cont'd): The Wicked Reject Immortality & Justice Alike (Wisdom, 1:16-2:24) & the Hidden Counsels of God: A. On Suffering (3:1-12), B. On Childlessness (3:13-4:6), & C. On Early Death (4:7-19).
Saint Quote o' the Day
"Whoever sees God has obtained all the goods of which he can conceive."
—St. Gregory of Nyssa (10 January)
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