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The Popish Plot
"Pope's Prayer Intention for October 2022"

Commentary:

A Church Open to Everyone

We pray for the Church; ever faithful to, & courageous in preaching the Gospel, may the Church be a community of solidarity, fraternity, & welcome, always living in an atmosphere of synodality.

Saints of the Day
'Tis the Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf & Isaac Jogues, Priests, & Companions, Martyrs, S.J. (died 1642-1649, A.K.A. the North American Martyrs, the Canadian Martyrs).

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

'Tis the Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter three, verses two thru twelve;
The Book of Isaiah, chapter twelve (R/. cf. three), verses two & three, four(b/c/d), & five & six;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twelve, verses thirty-nine thru forty-eight.

Commentary: Daily Readings.

Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, in today’s Gospel, the Lord urges his disciples and us to be prudent servants, following his ways in anticipation of his coming again. Theologians often call prudence the queen of the virtues because it is the capacity to reign sovereignly over one’s life, both ordering one’s inner powers and directing one’s affairs wisely in the outside world.

Prudence is that sure touch, that moral instinct that renders one capable of making the right decision under pressure and in the face of complex circumstances. Prudence is a sort of accumulated theoretical and practical wisdom, a know-how that is for the most part instinctual, in the bones.

When placed in the Christian context, therefore, prudence is a feel for how Jesus would react, how he would think, how he would move in a particular situation. It is tantamount to having one’s soul gathered around Christ as its center, so that all one’s actions are informed by Jesus and his way of being in the world. Christian prudence comes from apprenticing to Christ—that is to say, moving with him, watching at close quarters how he lives and moves and gestures.

Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.

Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Daily Reflection.

Mass Readings—Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, & Companions
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter four, verses seven thru fifteen;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-six (R/. five), verses one(b/c) & two(a/b), two(c/d) & three, four & five, & six;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-eight, verses sixteen thru twenty.

Commentary: Memorial Readings.

Papal Quote o' the Day

"The Cross was not an accident in the journey made by Jesus. It was an element consciously willed for the redemption of humankind."
—Pope Saint John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)

Saint Quote o' the Day

"While [the Blessed Virgin Mary] holds your hand, you cannot fall."
—Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church (1090-1153, feast: 20 August)

Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day

"Life is an adventure, dare it."
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)

Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day

"Everyone else who was ever born into the world, came into it to live; our Lord came into it to die."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)