'Tis the festival of Saints Joseph of Arimathea & Nicodemus (floruit first century): Saints-link, Saint-link Juliett & Wikipedia-link Juliett, & Saint-link November & Wikipedia-link November.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Aristides of Athens (died circa 134; A.K.A. the Philosopher, Marcianus Aristides), author of the Apology of Aristides: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Apology of Aristides.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Paulinus of Trier, Bishop & Martyr (died 358), Bishop of Trier (349-358), a foe of the Arian heresy, martyred in the reign of the Arian Roman emperor Constantius II: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link & Wikipedia-link Trier; & Heresy-link & Wikipedia-link Arianism.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Aiden of Lindisfarne, Bishop (circa 590-651, the "Apostle of Northumbria"), inaugural Bishop of Lindisfarne (635-651) as founder of the Lindisfarne Priory (634): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link & Wikipedia-link Lindisfarne, Wikipedia-link Priory, & Wikipedia-link Holy Island.
'Tis also the festival of Saints Cuthburh & Cwenburh of Wimborne, Abbesses, O.S.B. (died circa 725; also spelt Cuthburg, Cuthburga & also spelt Quenburga), foundresses & first two abbesses of Wimborne Abbey: Saint-link C-U & Wikipedia-link C-U, Saint-link C-W & Wikipedia-link C-W; Wikipedia-link Wimborne.
Commentary: Sisters.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Raymond Nonnatus, Priest, O. de M. (1204-1240), Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (1239-1240), second (II) Master General of the Mercedarians (O. de M.), formally the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, Saint-link trēs, & Wikipedia-link; Cardinal-link & Wikipedia-link Cardinal.
Commentary: Nonnatus is an epithet, meaning "not born," referring to St. Raymond's birth by Caesarean section.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Andrea Dotti, Priest, O.S.M. (1256-1315): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter two, verses one thru five;
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen (R/. ninety-seven), verses ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred, one hundred one, & one hundred two;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter four, verses sixteen thru thirty.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus begins his Galilean ministry with a prophetic message in the synagogue at Nazareth: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”kairos; something that human beings have been longing for and striving after and hoping to see has appeared. In Jesus of Nazareth, the divine and human have come together in a salvific way, and this reconciliation is the long awaited kingdom of God.
The moment has arrived, the privileged time, the
One motif in Scripture is persistent: the passionate desire for deliverance, the cry of the heart toward the God from whom the people feel alienated. What Jesus announces in his first sermon, and what he demonstrates throughout his life and ministry, is that this wild desire of his ancestors, this hope against hope, this intimate union of God and humanity, is an accomplished fact, something that can be seen and heard and touched.Video reflection by Monsignor James Vlaun (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
Video reflection by Curtis Mitch (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Daily Reflection.
Scripture Study—Day 91: Decapitation Rock, Day 29
The Second Book of Samuel, chapter twenty-one, verses one, two, five, six, seven, twelve, thirteen, & fourteen.
Commentary: David Avenges the Gibeonites (2 Samuel, 21:1-2, 5-7, 12-14).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"No matter where we look, no matter how we strive, if we wander far from God, we will not enjoy nature's tranquility, nor harmony & peace of soul. We will be restless & harassed, as though tossed by fever."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Ven. Pius XII (1876-1958, r. 1939-1958)
"The Church admires the simplicity & the depth of St. Joseph's faith."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"Jesus loves you. Ever more—He longs for you. He misses you when you don't come close. He thirsts for you, even when you don't feel worthy."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Pain without Christ is suffering. Pain with Christ is sacrifice."
—Ven. Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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