Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
St. John was a Franciscan friar & Catholic priest from the Italian town of Capistrano, Abruzzo. Famous as a preacher, theologian, & inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname "the Soldier Saint" when at age seventy he led a crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade.Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
John of Capistrano studied law at Perugia & eventually became governor there in 1412. He was taken prisoner when Perugia was conquered by Malatesta di Rimini. He had a vision in which St. Francis of Assisi (4 October) invited him to enter the Franciscan Order. He made his religious profession in 1418. He dedicated himself to preaching & being a promoter of the Franciscan reform. He was such a successful preacher that after one of his sermons, more than one hundred young university students entered the Franciscan Order. He spent many hours in the confessional & converted many Jews in Eastern Europe. The Turks attacked the fortress at Belgrade, but because of the prayers & zeal of St. John of Capistrano, who held up the banner of the Holy Name of Jesus, the Christians were victorious. He teaches us to be prompt & zealous in promoting & upholding spiritual values. St. John of Capistrano died at the age of seventy, leaving behind nineteen volumes of his writings & more than seven hundred letters.Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Letter to the Romans, chapter seven, verses eighteen thru twenty-five(a);
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen, verses sixty-six, sixty-eight, seventy-six & seventy-seven, ninety-three & ninety-four;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twelve, verses fifty-four thru fifty-nine;
or, for the Memorial,
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter five, fourteen thru twenty;
Psalm Sixteen, verse five(a);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses fifty-nine thru sixty-two.
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