Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
She is the patroness of musicians. It is written that as the musicians played at her wedding she "sang in her heart to the Lord."'Tis also the festival of Saints Philemon & Apphia, Martyrs (died circa 68), martyred in the reign of the Roman emperor Nero, recipients of the Letter to Philemon: Martyr-link Papa, Martyr-link Alpha, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Epistle.
'Tis also the festival of Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales (died 1584-1679), martyred in the reigns of the English queen Elizabeth I; the Anglo-Scottish kings James VI & I, Charles I, & Charles II; & the English warlord Oliver Cromwell: Martyrs-link England & Wales & Wikipedia-link England & Wales.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Salvatore Lilli, Priest & Martyr, O.F.M. (1853-1895), martyred by Muslims, one of the eight Martyrs of Armenia: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link Armenia.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Tommaso Reggio, Bishop (1818-1901), Archbishop of Genoa (1892-1901), Bishop of Ventimiglia (1877-1892), & founder of the Sisters of Saint Martha (1878): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Ventimiglia & Wikipedia-link Genoa.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
The First Book of Maccabees, chapter four, verses thirty-six, thirty-seven, & fifty-two thru fifty-nine;
The First Book of Chronicles, chapter twenty-nine (R/. thirteen[b]), verses ten(b/c/d), eleven(a/b/c), eleven(d) & twelve(a), & twelve(b/c/d);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nineteen, verses forty-five thru forty-eight.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire Catholic Ministries):
Friends, in today’s Gospel we see Jesus cleansing the temple. What did it mean for a provincial prophet to come into the holy city of Jerusalem and make a ruckus in the temple? Well, you can probably imagine. To make matters worse, Jesus says something that is as shocking as his actions. He says, "I will destroy this temple and in three days rebuild it." No wonder that it was precisely this act that led to his Crucifixion.Video reflection by Paula Triglo-Galan: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
So what was he doing and why? First, in showing his lordship over even this most sacred symbol, he was announcing who he was. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus acts in the person of God. Secondly, he was instituting a new Temple, the Temple of his crucified and risen body. Jesus himself is the place where God dwells, and we, in the measure that we are grafted on to him, are temples of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is passing judgment on all of the inadequate, corrupt forms of human religion and is establishing the new and eternal covenant, the new Temple, in his own person.
Mass Readings—Memorial of St. Cecilia
The Book of Hosea, chapter two, verses sixteen(b/c), seventeen(c/d), twenty-one, & twenty-two;
Psalm Forty-five (R/. eleven), verses eleven & twelve, fourteen & fifteen, & sixteen & seventeen;
(or, R/. "The bridegroom is here; let us go out to meet Christ the Lord.")
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-five, verses one thru thirteen.
Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 91: Relativism Ridge, Day 18
The Book of Judges, chapter eleven, verses thirty thru forty.
Commentary: Jephthah's Vow (Judges, 11:30-33) & Jephthah's Daughter (Judges, 11:34-40).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"You produce music, poetry & art, drama, painting & sculpture, & literature. All those things reflect the soul of a nation being influenced by the Spirit of Christ for the perfection of humanity."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"Arise, soldiers of Christ, throw out the works of darkness & put on the armor of light."
—St. Cecilia (died circa 176-235, feast day: 22 November)
Chesterton Quote o' the Day
"What is always crumbling is not the creed but the criticism."
—G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
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