Commentary: Quoth the bulletin:
Alphonsus Maria de'Luguori, C.Ss.R., was an Italian (sic) Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, scholastic philosopher, & theologian. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy redeemer (Redemptorists). A prolific writer, he published nine editions of his moral theology in his lifetime, in addition to other devotional & ascetic works & letters. Among his best known works are The Glories of Mary & The Way of the Cross, the latter still used in parishes during Lenten devotions.I know a Redemptorist priest, the Rev. Thomas Firestone, who is quite possibly the most consistently excellent homilist I've heard.
Scripture of the Day (Saturday)
Personal Reading
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter two.
Mass Readings
The Book of Leviticus, chapter twenty-five, verses one, eight thru seventeen;
Psalm Sixty-seven, verses two & three, five, seven & eight;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter fourteen, verses one thru twelve.
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2 August was the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Otherwise, we would have remembered Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868), one-time member of the Society of Mary & co-founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament & the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Congregation & Wikipedia-link Servants.
Scripture of the Day (Sunday)
Personal Reading
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter three.
Mass Readings
The Book of Exodus, chapter sixteen, verses two thru four, twelve thru fifteen;
Psalm Seventy-eight, verses three & four, twenty-three thru twenty-five, fifty-four;
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter four, verses seventeen, twenty thru twenty-four;
The Gospel according to John, chapter six, verses twenty-four thru thirty-five.
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Today we remember Blessed Augustine Kažotić, O.P. (c. 1261-1323, A.K.A. Augustine Gazotich), bishop: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day (Today)
Personal Reading
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter four.
Mass Readings
The Book of Numbers, chapter eleven, verses four(B) thru fifteen;
Psalm Eighty-one, verses twelve thru seventeen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter fourteen, verses thirteen thru twenty-one.
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Mass Journal: Week 32
Reflection by Matthew Kelly of the Dynamic Catholic Institute
In any moment when you surrender to the will of God & choose to be (sic) the-best-version-of-yourself, you are holy. Any moment that you grasp as an opportunity to exercise virtue is a holy moment. But as quickly as this holiness can be found, it can be lost, because in any moment that you choose to be less than (sic) the-best-version-of-yourself, you have become distracted from living a holy life. There is nothing more attractive than holiness. This attractiveness has not only been demonstrated in Jesus, but is constantly demonstrated here & now in our own place & time: whenever someone goes out of his or her way to ease the burden of a stranger; whenever someone is honest; whenever someone lays down his or her life by working hard to support his or her family; whenever someone rejects the premise of modern culture. In his letter to the Thessalonians, Saint Paul writes, "This is the will of God: that you be saints" (1 Thessalonians, 4:3). God wants you to be holy. Your holiness is the desire of God, the delight of God, & the source of your happiness. To embrace who you were created to be & to become (sic) the-best-version-of-yourself is God's dream for you. Threfore, holiness is for everyone, not just for a select few, for monks in monasteries & nuns in convents; it is for you & me.Commentary: The nonsensically punctuated phrase the "best-version-of-yourself," here presented as the even more ludicrous "the-best-version-of-yourself," is the least attractive feature of Matthew Kelly's writing. You should, one & all, strive to be the best version of yourself, but Mr. Kelly's punctuation only makes sense when taking about something like adopting a best-version-of-yourself mentality.
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