Sunday, 8 July was the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of That Week
Mass Readings—Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Book of Ezekiel, chapter two, verses two thru five;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-three, verses one & two, two, & three & four;
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter twelve, verses seven thru ten;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter six, verses one thru six(a).
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel develops a theme that is uncomfortable. It tells how the people of Nazareth rejected Jesus. Authentically religious people, authentically spiritual people, will almost always be opposed. The logic behind this is simple and unanswerable: we live in a world gone wrong, a world turned upside down; therefore, when someone comes speaking the truth to us, we will think that they are crazy and dangerous.Video reflection by Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Think for just a moment what would happen to you if you consistently and publicly spoke the word of God to our culture. If you spoke out against abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, human trafficking, rampant materialism, and ideological secularism, what would happen to you? If you presented, in a full-throated way, the full range of Catholic social and moral and spiritual teaching, what would they do to you? Today’s Gospel offers a clue.
Video reflection by Father Claude Burns: Weekend reflection with Father Pontifex.
Video reflection by Jeff Cavins (Ascension): Encountering the Word.
Audio reflection by Scott Hahn, Ph.D. (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Breaking the Bread.
Mass Journal: Week Twenty-eight
Reflection by Matthew Kelly, founder of the Dynamic Catholic Institute:
A man's work may be to collect the rash, but if he does it well, & hour by hour turns to God in his heart & says, Father, I offer You this hour of work as a prayer for my neighbor Karen, who is struggling with cancer… or in thanksgiving for my wife & children, then he has truly discovered & is living the words "pray constantly" (1 Thessalonians, 5:17). He has transformed an hour of work into an hour of prayer. Through his work he has grown intimacy with God & neighbor, & he has becomea-better-version-of-himself. The attitude with which we approach our work is crucial. The transformation of ordinary activities into prayer is the very essence of the inner life. Every activity of our day can lead us to experience God. Learn to foster the interior life in this way & you will live a life uncommon in the midst of common circumstances.†
Otherwise, 8 July would have been the festival of Saints Priscilla & Aquila, Martyrs (died circa 64, also spelt Prisca), wife & husband, martyred in the reign of the Roman emperor Nero: Martyr-link Papa, Martyr-link Alpha, & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Twould also have been the festival of Saint Adrian III, Pope (circa 830-885, also spelt Hadrian; A.K.A. Agapitus), one hundred ninth (CIX) Bishop of Rome: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Pontiff.
'Twould also have been the festival of Blessed Eugene III, Pope, O.Cist. (circa 1080-1153, A.K.A. Bernardo Pignatelli, of Pisa), one hundred sixty-seventh (CLXVII) Bishop of Rome, who called the Second Crusade: Blessed-link ūnus, Blessed-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Pontiff & Wikipedia-link Crusade.
Papal Quote o' That Day
"Some of you might ask me: 'Don't you ever have doubts?' I have many. Of course, everyone has doubts at times! Doubts which touch the faith, in a positive way, are a sign that we want to know better & more fully God, Jesus, & the mystery of His love for us."Little Flower Quote o' That Day
—Pope Francis (born 1936, reigning since 2013)
"Let us be one with Jesus… let us make our life a continual sacrifice, a martyrdom of love to console Jesus."Saint Quote o' That Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"I pray, go to the nearest church, & bring me the cross, & hold it up level with my eyes until I am dead. I would have the cross on which God hung ever before my eyes while life lasts in me."
—St. Joan of Arc (1412-1431, feast day: 30 May)
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