Saints + Scripture

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The Popish Plot
Bonus Episode: "Shameless Self-Promoting"

'Tis the Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin & Doctor of the Church (1515-1582, A.K.A. of Ávila, Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada), co-foundress of the Discalced Carmelites, formally the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel; author of, among other words, The Way of Perfection & The Interior Castle: Doctor-link ūna, Doctor-link duæ, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Doctors & Wikipedia-link O.C.D.; Wikipedia-link Perfection & Wikipedia-link Castle.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

She was a Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun, author, & theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. Active during the Counter-Reformation [more properly, the Catholic Reformation], she was a reformer in the Carmelite Order.

Wikipedia-link Reformation & Wikipedia-link O.Carm.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Aurelia of Strasbourg, Virgin (floruit fourth century): Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Severus of Trier, Bishop (died circa 455): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Canus Natus, Bishop (died 490, also spelt Cannatus): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Galatians, chapter four, verses twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-six, twenty-seven, & thirty-one thru chapter five, verse one;
Psalm One Hundred Thirteen, verses one(b) & two; three & four; & five(a), six, & seven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eleven, verses twenty-nine thru thirty-two.

Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus tells the crowd that they will receive no sign except the sign of Jonah, which was a prophetic code for his Death and Resurrection.

Everything Jesus said and did, in one way or another, is an anticipation of his Resurrection. The God of Israel, the God of Jesus Christ, is a God of life, a God of the living. He hates death and the ways of death.

He hates sin, which brings about spiritual death; he hates physical illness, which brings about bodily death; he hates corruption, which brings about societal death. And so he battles all these things all the way. Jesus heals blind eyes and deaf ears and crippled limbs; he illuminates darkened minds; he liberates imprisoned souls.

His ministry is a ministry of life, of the triumph of life over death.

Video reflection by Msgr. James Vlaun (Telecare T.V.): United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Mass Readings—Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus
The Letter to the Romans, chapter eight, verses twenty-two thru twenty-seven;
Psalm Nineteen, verse ten;
or, the Gospel according to John, chapter six, verses sixty-three;
The Gospel according to John, chapter fifteen, verses one thru eight.

Papal Quote o' the Day

"If only we can say Our Father & know what this means, then we would understand the Christian faith."
—Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978, feast day: 26 September)

Little Flower Quote o' the Day

"I am a child of the Church. I do not ask for riches or glory, not even for the glory of heaven."
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Dotor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)

Saint Quote o' the Day

"Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be."
—St. Óscar Romero (1917-1980, feast day: 24 March)

Commentary: Ss. Paul VI & Óscar Romero were canonized yesterday, 14 October 2018.