'Tis the Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, O.F.M. (1221-1274, the Doctor Seraphicus ["Seraphic Doctor"], of Bagnorea; A.K.A. Giovanni di Fidanza), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1273-1274) & seventh (VII) Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (1257-1274), who attended the Second Council of Lyons (1272-1274, the fourteenth [XIV] ecumenical council): Doctor-link ūnus, Doctor-link duo, Doctor-link trēs, & Wikipedia-link; Doctors-link & Wikipedia-link Doctors; Wikipedia-link Albano; Wikipedia-link Minister General; & Wikipedia-link Council.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Apronia of Toul, Virgin (died 420, A.K.A. Evronie of Troyes): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Sister of the bishop St. Aprus of Toul [15 September].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Donald of Ogilvy (eighth century; A.K.A. of Sheridan, Donivald, Domhnall): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Vladimir of Kiev (circa 956-1012, A.K.A. Basil; Grand Price Vladimir I of Kiev): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Grandson of St. Olga of Kiev [11 July] & father of the martyrs Ss. Boris (Roman) & Gleb (David) [24 July]
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey, Religious (1779-1851, the "Liberator of the Slaves"), foundress of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny (1807): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Sisters.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Isaiah, chapter ten, verses five, six, seven, & thirteen(b) thru sixteen;
Psalm Ninety-four (R/. fourteen[a]), verses five & six, seven & eight, nine & ten, & fourteen & fifteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eleven, verses twenty-five, twenty-six, & twenty-seven.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus reveals his intimate relationship with his Father: “No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
There is something absolutely remarkable and peculiar about Jesus. Like Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and David, he is sent by God. So far, so ordinary. However, this sent one is, at the same time, God. For he speaks and acts consistently in the very person of God: “Unless you love me…” “My son, your sins are forgiven…” “You’ve heard it said, but I say…” “Heaven and earth shall pass away…”
There seems to be one who is, in one sense, other than the one who sent him, and in another sense the same as the one who sent him. This one comes forth from the Father not as a creature but as an image and perfect reflection, the Logos or Word by which the Father understands himself.
These two “persons,” the Father and the Son, look at one another from all eternity and they sigh forth their love for one another. This mutual breathing-forth is the Holy Spirit.
Video reflection by Doctor John Bergsma (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Daily Reflection.
Mass Readings—Memorial of St. Bonaventure
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter three, verses fourteen thru nineteen;
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen (R/. twelve), verses nine, ten eleven, twelve, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-three, verses eight thru twelve.
Scripture Study—Day 91: Contentness Plateau, Day 24
The Second Book of Samuel, chapter eight, verses one thru six.
Commentary: David's Wars (2 Samuel, 8:1-6).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"In the light of Mary, the Church sees in the face of women the reflection of a beauty which mirrors the loftiest sentiments of which the human heart is capable: the self-offering totality of love; the strength that is capable of bearing the greatest sorrows; limitless fidelity and tireless devotion to work; the ability to combine penetrating intuition with words of support and encouragement."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great & heroic virtue."
—St. Bonaventure, O.F.M., Doctor of the Church (1221-1274, feast: 15 July)
Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
"Rigorous poverty is our safeguard. We do not want, as has been the case with other religious orders throughout history,to begin serving the poor & then gradually move toward serving the rich. In order for us to understand & to be able to help those who lack everything, we have to live as they live. The difference lies only in the fact that those we aid are poor by force, whereas we are poor by choice."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Some years ago a girl wrote to me telling me that at the age of eighteen she went to her first dance, in company with her cousin. After the dance, her cousin dropped her at the gate. Her house was some distance from the gate, & in the distance between the gate & the front porch, she was attacked by a stranger. In due time, she found herself with a child. The only ones who would believe her were her mother & her pastor. Neighbor women said, 'Oh, isn’t it terrible; the poor woman has one bad daughter.' Some girls in the choir would not allow her to sing because she was wicked. She told me of all of this torture that she endured, & she said, 'What’s the answer?' I wrote back to her & I said, 'My dear girl, all of this suffering has come upon you because you bore the sin of one man. If you ever bore the sins of ten men, you probably would suffer ten times more. And if you ever took upon yourself the sins of a hundred men, the sufferings would be a hundred times worse. And if you ever took upon yourself the sins of all the world, you might have had a bloody sweat.' That’s where your sin was, & mine: in that bloody sweat on Calvary, in this human nature that so loved us that we call it the Sacred Heart."
—Ven. Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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