Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Exodus, chapter thirty-four, verses twenty-nine thryu thirty-five;
Psalm Ninety-nine (R/. nine[c]), verses five, six, seven, & nine;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter thirteen, verses forty-four, forty-five, & forty-six.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today Jesus offers two parables about the kingdom of heaven. Let's focus on the first one: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again."Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
Sometimes God’s love is found that way. There’s a saying: "Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans." Sometimes in the course of our everyday lives, something happens that vividly and surprisingly summons us to union with God. We realize, in a flash, what it’s all about. We weren’t particularly looking for it, but it found us.
That’s what Jesus is getting at today. As you walk through the fields of life, be open to the inrushing of grace when you least expect it. And when it comes, give up anything that holds it back.
Video reflection by Doctor John Bergsma (Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Daily Reflection.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Daily Reflection.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"The Eucharist is the privileged summit of the meeting of Christ's love for us; a love that is made available for each of us, a love that is made to be sacrificial lamb & food for our hunger for life. As the Apostle says, 'He loved me & gave Himself up for me.'"Bonus! Papal Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint Paul VI (1897-1978, r. 1963-1978; feast: 29 May)
"Man only finds his way if he lets himself be led by Him who is both bread & way. Only by walking with the Lord can we survive the pilgrimage of our history."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Benedict XVI (d. 1927, r. 2005-2013)
"To begin is easy, to persevere is sanctity."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Saint Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975, feast:)
"We must know that we have been created for greater things, not just to be a number in the world, not just to go for degrees & diplomas. Not just to work & accomplish. We have been created to love & to be loved. This is easy to forget amidst the busyness of life. You have been created to love & to be loved. Make love a priority."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"We cannot get a real satisfaction out of our work unless we pause, frequently, to ask ourselves why we are doing it, & whether its purpose is one (of which) our minds wholeheartedly approve."Bonus! Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
"The twelve apostles that our Lord gathered to Himself were very individualistic. They were very much like the hydrogen & phosphate & sulphur in a laboratory. In fact, we have in the laboratory all the chemicals that enter into the constitution of a baby. Why can we not make a baby? Because we lack that vivifying, unifying power which is a soul. So the apostles, disparate, disconnected, disjointed, could not form this body of Christ. They could be formed only by Christ & His Spirit in them. And as through the physical Body of our Lord, it was God Who taught, it was God Who covered, it was God Who sanctified."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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