Today we remember Saint Anathalon of Milan (second century), bishop: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Today is also, in certain places, the Feast of Our Lady of Ransom: Our Lady-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
Introduction to the Book of Haggai;
the Book of Haggai, chapter one, verse nine thru chapter two, verse nine;
The Book of Wisdom, chapter one, verse sixteen thru chapter two (all, verses one thru twenty-four).
Commentary: Wisdom, 1:16 really should be part of the following chapter, as it represents a change in subject & perspective from the rest of the opening chapter.
For those who, like me, struggle with Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato Si' (On Care for Our Common Home), let me recommend to you the second chapter of Wisdom, which expresses what methinks the Holy Father is trying to say more concisely, more eloquently, & more evocatively than his own too often "crude & naïve" prose.
Mass Readings
The Book of Haggai, chapter one, verses one thru eight;
Psalm One Hundred Forty-nine, verses one(a) thru six(b), nine(b);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses seven thru nine.
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