'Tis the festival of Saint Justus of Lyon, Bishop & Hermit (died circa 390), thirteenth (XIII) Archbishop of Lyon (374-381), a father of the Council of Aquileia (381) & foe of the Arian heresy: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link & Wikipedia-link Lyon; Wikipedia-link Aquileia, Heresy-link, & Wikipedia-link Arianism.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Agricola of Avignon, Bishop (circa 625-700), Bishop of Avignon (670-700): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link & Wikipedia-link Avignon.
Commentary: Son of the bishop St. Magnus of Avignon [19 August].
'Tis also the festival of Saint William of Roskilde, Bishop (died circa 1074), third (III) Bishop of Roskilde (1060-1074): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Roskilde.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Brocard, Religious, O.Carm. (died 1231, also spelt Burchard): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Ingrid of Skänninge, Abbess, O.P. (died 1282, A.K.A. of Sweden), founding abbess of Skänninge Abbey (1272-1282; formally St. Ingrid's Priory, originally St. Martin's): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Skänninge.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Salomone Leclercq, Priest & Martyr, F.S.C. (1745-1792, A.K.A. Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis Leclercq), martyred in the reign of the Paris Commune, one of the one hundred ninety-one Holy September Martyrs: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link September & Wikipedia-link September.
'Tis also the festival of the one hundred ninety-one Holy September Martyrs (died 1792, A.K.A. the Blessed Martyrs of Carmes; including Blesseds Jean Marie du Lau d'Allemans, Bishop, final Archbishop of Arles [1775-1792]; Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand; Jean-François Burté, O.F.M. Conv.; Appolinaris of Posat, O.F.M. Cap.; & Severin Girault, T.O.R., Priests), martyred in the reign of the Paris Commune, victims of the September Massacres: Martyr-link Juliett Mike Delta & Wikipedia-link Juliett Mike Delta, Diocese-link & Wikipedia-link Arles; Martyr-link Alpha Foxtrot & Wikipedia-link Alpha Foxtrot; Martyr-link Juliett-Foxtrot Brave; Martyr-link Alpha Papa; & Martyr-link Sierra Golf; Martyrs-link September ūnus, Martyrs-link September duo, Martyrs-link September trēs, & Wikipedia-link September; Wikipedia-link Massacres & Wikipedia-link Carmes Prison.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter three, verses one thru nine;
Psalm Thirty-three (R/. twelve), verses twelve & thirteen, fourteen & fifteen, & twenty & twenty-one;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter four, verses thirty-eight thru forty-four.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus declares his mission: “I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent.” And he continues to pursue his mission among us in our efforts to do the work of evangelization.Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
Do we need evangelization? The statistics couldn’t be clearer. Did you know that there are far more ex-Catholics than Catholics in this country? Did you know that the fastest-growing category in polls of religious affiliation is “none”?
So, Catholics cannot avoid the demand of evangelization, proclaiming the faith. Vatican II couldn’t be clearer on this score, seeing the Church itself as nothing but a vehicle for evangelization: it’s not so much the case that the Church has a mission, but rather that a mission has the Church.
St. Paul VI and St. John Paul II made this idea central to their teaching. In fact, John Paul famously called for a New Evangelization. Bringing people to Christ is not one work among many; rather, it is the central work of the Church, that around which everything else that we do revolves
Video reflection by Doctor John Bergsma (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Daily Reflection.
Scripture Study—Day 91: Decapitation Rock, Day 31
The Second Book of Samuel, chapter twenty-two, verses one thru five, seven, eighteen, nineteen, & twenty.
Commentary: David's Song of Thanksgiving (2 Samuel, 22:1-5, 7, 18-20).
Scripture Study—Pierced Hands Bible Reading Plan: Day 28
The Book of Exodus, chapter one (verses one thru twenty-two);
The Book of Exodus, chapter two (verses one thru twenty-five);
The Book of Exodus, chapter three (verses one thru twenty-two);
The Book of the Psalms, psalm twenty-eight (verses one thru nine);
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter thirteen, verses thirty-one thru fifty-three.
Commentary: The Sons of Israel (Exodus, 1:1-7), the Israelites Are Oppressed by the Egyptians (Exodus, 1:8-22), Birth & Youth of Moses (Exodus, 2:1-10), Moses Flees to Midian (Exodus, 2:11-25), Moses & the Burning Bush (Exodus, 3:1-12), & God Reveals His Name (Exodus, 3:13-22); Prayer for Help; & Thanksgiving for It (Psalm 28); & the Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew, 13:31-32), the Parable of the Leaven (Matthew, 13:33), Why Jesus Speaks in Parables (Matthew, 13:34-35), Jesus Explains the Parable of the Weeds (Matthew, 13:36-43), Three Parables about the Kingdom (Matthew, 13:44-50), & Treasures New & Old (Matthew, 13:51-52).
Scripture Study—Pierced Hands Bible Reading Plan: Day 29
The Book of Exodus, chapter four (verses one thru thirty-one);
The Book of Exodus, chapter five (verses one thru twenty-three);
The Book of Exodus, chapter six, verses one thru twenty-seven;
The Book of the Psalms, psalm twenty-nine (verses one thru eleven);
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter thirteen, verses fifty-four thru fifty-eight;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter fourteen, verses one thru twenty-one.
Commentary: God Gives Moses Help for His Mission (Exodus, 4:1-17), Moses Returns to Egypt (Exodus, 4:18-31), Bricks without Straw (Exodus, 5:1-6:1), God Promises Deliverance (Exodus, 6:2-13), & the Genealogy of Moses & Aaron (Exodus, 6:14-27); the Voice of God in a Great Storm (Psalm 29); & the Rejection of Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew, 13:53-58), the Death of John the Baptist (Matthew, 14:1-12), & Feeding the Five Thousand (Matthew, 14:Y-Z).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Suffering reminds us that faith’s service to the common good is always one of hope—a hope which looks ever ahead in the knowledge that only from God, from the future which comes from the risen Jesus, can our society find solid & lasting foundations."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Francis (b. 1936, r. 2013-present)
"What a wonderful thing it is when families realize the power they have. This power works for the sanctification of the world, the mutual sanctification of husband & wife, & the reciprocal influence between parents & children."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Pope Ven. John Paul I (1912-1978, r. 1978)
"If you want to become holy, become poor. Jesus became poor to save us, & if we really want to become poor, like Jesus, then we have to be really poor, spiritually poor."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"The miracles of our Lord are inseparable from His Person. His miracles differed from that of prophets & others inasmuch as theirs were answers to prayers, granted by a higher power. But His flowed from the majestic life that was vested in Him. That is why St. John calls them, in his gospel, 'signs' or 'works,' meaning that they were the sort of thing that might be expected from the Son of God. They were evidences of Jesus, divine revelation. But they were even more, for they testified to His redemptive action as the Savior of the world. By healing the palsied & the lame & the blind, Christ clothed with visible form His power to cure spiritual diseases. These physical diseases were to Him symbols of that which was spiritual. He often passed from the physical fact of the miracle to its symbolic & spiritual meaning. For example, blindness was a symbol of blindness to the light of faith. By casting out devils from those who were possessed, He pointed out His victory over the powers of evil, whereby men would be freed from slavery to evil & restored to moral liberty."
—Ven. Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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