Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Blesseds Adalbert of Tegernsee, Abbot, & Ottokar of Tegernsee, Religious, O.S.B. (floruit eighth century), founders of the Tegernsee Abbey: Blessed-link Alpha & Blessed-link Oscar; Wikipedia-link Abbey.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Robert Drury, Priest & Martyr, Obl.S.B. (circa 1567-1607, also spelt Drewrie), martyred in the reign of the Anglo-Scottish king James VI & I, one of the Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link England & Wales & Wikipedia-link England & Wales.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Paula of Saint Joseph Calasanz, Religious (1799-1889, A.K.A. Paula Montal Fornés), foundress of the Sisters of the Pious Schools: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Piedad of the Cross, Religious (1842-1916, A.K.A. Tomasa Ortiz Real), foundress of the Congregation of Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of This Day
Mass Readings—Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Sirach, chapter two, verses one thru eleven;
Psalm Thirty-seven, verses three & four, eight & nineteen, twenty-seven, & twenty-eight;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter nine, verses thirty thru thirty-seven.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus presents a child as the model for his disciples. Jesus lays out for his disciples what is going to happen to him in Jerusalem, how he will be rejected, tortured, and killed. Oblivious to this, the disciples are discussing who among them is the most important. For Jesus, the path to greatness lies on the road to Calvary, to self-forgetting love; for the disciples—and for most people of most ages—it lies along the road to ego inflation.Video reflection by Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
What is the antidote? A child is proposed as a kind of living icon to these ambitious disciples. We notice first how Jesus physically identifies with the child, sitting down at his level and placing his arms around him. It is as though he is saying that he himself is like a child. How so? Children don’t know how to dissemble, how to be one way and act another. They are what they are; they act in accordance with their deepest nature.
Why was this story of Jesus’ identification with children preserved by all of the synoptic Gospels? Somehow it gets close to the heart of Jesus’ life and message.
Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 37
The Book of Exodus, chapter fifteen, verses one thru twenty-one.
Commentary: The Songs of Moses & Mariam (Exodus, 15:1-21).
Papal Quote o' This Day
"In a secularized world, to speak & act in the name of Jesus can bring opposition & even ridicule. It often means being out of step with the majority opinion. Yet if we look at the New Testament, we find encouragement for perseverance in this testing of our faith."Little Flower Quote o' This Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"Pain lifted up to Him, is pain no more:Saint Quote o' This Day
Joy casts aside the weeds that sorrow wore."
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"The Heart of Christ still beats. It unites millions of other hearts. The Church sees the beauty of these hearts, which will surely proclaim a spiritual revival in our modern world."
—Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978, feast day: 26 September)
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