Thursday, 23 August was the Optional Memorial of Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin, T.O.S.D. (1586-1617): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duæ, Saint-link The True Enlightenment!, & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
She was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe asceticism & her care of the need of the city through her own private efforts. She was a lay member of the Dominican Order.Wikipedia-link T.O.S.D.
'Twas also the festival of Saint Tydfil, Martyr (died circa 480, as spelt Tudfil), martyred by pagan marauders (variously given as Picts, Welsh, or Saxons): Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Twas also the festival of Saint Éogan of Ardstraw, Bishop (died circa 618, also spelt Éoghan [both pronounced "Owen"]): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Twas also the festival of Saint Filippo Benizzi, Priest, O.S.M. (1233-1285, Anglicized as Philip Benitius), who attended the Second Council of Lyons (1272-1274): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Council.
'Twas also the festival of Blessed Juan María de la Cruz, Priest & Martyr, S.C.I. (1891-1936, A.K.A. Mariano García Méndez), martyred by Spanish Communist "Republicans" (Rojos), one of the Two Hundred Thirty-three Spanish Martyrs (A.K.A. the Martyrs of Valencia): Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link CCXXXIII.
Scripture of That Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Ezekiel, chapter thirty-six, verses twenty-three thru twenty-eight;
Psalm Fifty-one, verses twelve & thirteen, fourteen & fifteen, & eighteen & nineteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-two, verses one thru fourteen.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel likens the kingdom of heaven to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. Notice that the father (God the Father) is giving a banquet for his son (God the Son), whose bride is the Church. Jesus is the marriage of divinity and humanity—and we his followers are invited to join in the joy of this union.Video reflection by Father Roger Lopez, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The joyful intimacy of the Father and Son is now offered to us to be shared. Listen to Isaiah to learn the details of this banquet: "On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines."
Now there is an edge to all of this. For it is the king who is doing the inviting and it is a wedding banquet for his son. We can see how terribly important it is to respond to the invitation of the King of kings.
We have heard the invitation of God to enter into intimacy with him, to make him the center of our lives, to be married to him in Christ—and often we find the most pathetic excuses not to respond.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Rose of Lima
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter ten, verse seventeen thru chapter eleven, verse two;
Confer Psalm One Hundred Forty-eight, verses twelve(a) & thirteen(a);
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter thirteen, verses forty-four, forty-five, & forty-six.
Papal Quote o' That Day
"Evil is not the only thing that is contagious; goodness is as well. It is necessary that, at this favorable hour, goodness increasingly abound in us! Let us succumb to the contagion of goodness!"Little Flower Quote o' That Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"I am happy to die because, far more than on earth, I shall help the souls I hold dear."Catholic Quote o' That Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"If God's point of view does not exist, there is no truth beyond our subjective perspectives."
—Robert Spaemann (born 1927)
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