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Today is the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Otherwise, 27 September would be the memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, C.M. (1581-1660), priest, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity, formally the Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, & the Vincentians, formally the Congregation of the Mission: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link D.C. & Wikipedia-link C.M..

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Family Parish bulletin:

St. Vincent de Paul was born of a poor family. He became a priest at age nineteen. he established the Congregation of the Mission (later called the Vincentians) & the Daughters of Charity. These groups are dedicated to charitable works, especially to the poor. St. Vincent de Paul societies are one example of how the work he began continues to this day. He died in Paris in 1660.

The Holy Family Parish bulletin's "Saint quote of the week:"

"Even though the poor are often rough & unrefined, we must not judge them from external appearances nor from the mental gifts they seem to have received. On the contrary, if tyou consider the poor in the light of faith, then you will observe that they are taking the place of the Son of God who chose to be poor."—St. Vincent de Paul

Scripture of the Lord's Day
Mass Readings
The Book of Numbers, chapter eleven, verses twenty-five thru twenty-nine;
Psalm Nineteen, verses eight, ten, twelve thru fourteen;
The Letter of James, chapter five, verses one thru six;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter nine, verses thirty-eight thru forty-three, forty-five, forty-seven & forty-eight.

Mass Journal: Week 40
Reflection by Matthew Kelly, founder of the Dynamic Catholic Institute

A tree with deep roots can weather any storm. In your life & mine it is only a matter of time before the next storm gets here: an illness, the death of a loved one, unemployment, financial difficulties, a troubled child, a natural disaster, marital strife, or any number of other things. The storms of life are inevitable. The question is not weather there will be another storm. The question is: When will the next storm get here? (sic) And when the next storm gets here, it's too late to sink the roots. When the next storm gets here, you either have the roots or you don't.