'Tis the Optional Memorial of the Holy Name of Mary (A.K.A. the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary): Madonna-link ūna, Madonna-link duæ, & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Juventius of Pavia, Bishop (floruit first century), inaugural Bishop of Pavia: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link & Wikipedia-link Pavia.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Ailbe of Emly, Bishop (died circa 541, A.K.A. Elvis, Eilfyw), inaugural Bishop of Emly: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Emly.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Eanswith, Abbess (circa 630-650; also spelt Eanswythe, Eanswide) founding abbess of the original Folkestone Abbey: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Folkestone & Wikipedia-link St. Mary & St. Eanswythe's.
Commentary: Grand-daughter of Ss. Æthelberht [24 February] & Bertha of Kent [1 May].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Guy of Anderlecht (circa 950-1012, the "Poor Man of Anderlecht;" also spelt Guido, Guidon; A.K.A. Wye of Láken): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Apollinaris Franco, Priest & Martyr, O.F.M. (1575-1622): Martyr-link ūnus, Martyr-link duo, Wikipedia-link (List) ūnus, & Wikipedia-link (List) duo; Martyrs-link Nihon & Wikipedia-link Nihon.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Saturday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter ten, verses fourteen thru twenty-two;
Psalm One Hundred Sixteen (R/. seventeen), verses twelve & thirteen, seventeen & eighteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter six, verses forty-three thru forty-nine.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’ Gospel is Luke’s conclusion to the Sermon on the Plain.Video reflection by Sister Paul Robillard, S.S.J. (U. S. C. of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
Someone who comes to me, Jesus says, who “hears my words, and acts on them. That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when a flood arose, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.”
This is the heart of it: if you are rooted in God, then you can withstand anything, precisely because you are linked to that power that is creating the cosmos. You will be blessed at that deepest place, and nothing can finally touch you.
But the one who does not take Jesus’ words to heart “is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and great was the ruin of that house.”
When the inevitable trials come, the life built on pleasure, money, power, or fame will give way.
So the question is a simple one: Where do you stand? How goes it with your heart? On what, precisely, is the whole of your life built?
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of the Holy Name of Mary
The Acts of the Apostles/The Book of X/The Letter to X, chapter Y, verses Z;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one (R/. forty-nine), verses forty-six & forty-seven, forty-eight & forty-nine, fifty & fifty-one, fifty-two & fifty-three, & fifty-four & fifty-five
(or, R/. "O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.");
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses thirty-nine thru forty-seven.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"God of peace, bring Your peace to our violent world: Peace in the hearts of all men & women & peace among the nations of the earth. Turn to Your ways of love those whose hearts & minds are consumed with hatred."
—Pope Benedict XVI (b. 1927, r. 2005-2013)
Saint Quote o' the Day
"We become what we love & who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—St. Clare of Assisi, O.S.C. (1194-1253, feast: 11 August)
"Prayer is not about asking for things. Prayer is about putting yourself in the hands of God. Make yourself available to Him & learn to listen to His voice in the depths of your heart."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"You must remember to love people & use things, rather than to love things & use people."
—Ven. Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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