Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
St. Denis is known as the first bishop of Paris & the Apostle of France. He was captured by the Parisians & after a long imprisonment, & several aborted executions, three martyrs were beheaded with a sword (Denis, Rusticus, & Eleutherius).Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
St. Denis was a bishop who was martyred at Paris in the middle of the third century, along with his companions Rusticus & Eleutherius. They were martyred in Montmartre, Paris, & their bodies thrown into the Seine river from which they were recovered & given a decent burial. The abbey of Saint-Denis was eventually built over his tomb on the outskirts of Paris.'Tis also the Optional Memorial of Saint John Leonardi, Priest, O.M.D. (1541-1609), founder of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link O.M.D..
Commentary: Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
St. John Leonardi founded in Rome what became the InstituteDe Propaganda Fide (Society for the Propagation of the Faith) & the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine for the promotion of the Catholic faith & the formation of missionaries.Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
St. John Leonardi was a contemporary of St. Philip Neri & St. John Calasanz. He was the founder of the Congregation of Clerks of the Mother of God. He was born in 1541 at Lucca, Italy. He was a pharmacist, but at the age of twenty-five he left that profession to become a priest. He was ordained in 1571 & dedicated himself to the catechetical instruction of children & youth. Persecuted in his own city, he went to Rome & was encouraged by his spiritual director, St. Philip Neri, to send members of his congregation to the foreign missions. In 1603 he helped found the seminary for the Propagation of the Faith for the formation of priests from the mission countries. St. John worked to promote peace, unity, & moral reform in the Church beginning at the top & working down to the members. He died in Rome in 1609.We further remember Blessed John Henry Newman, Cong. Orat. (1801-1890), cardinal: Blessed-link ūnus, Blessed-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Book of Joel, chapter one, verses thirteen thru fifteen & chapter two, verses one & two;
Psalm Nine, verses two & three, six, eight & nine, sixteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eleven, verses fifteen thru twenty-six;
or, for St. Denis's Memorial
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter six, verses four thru ten;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-six, verse five;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter five, verses thirteen thru sixteen;
or, for St. John Leonardi's Memorial
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter four, verses one & two;
Psalm Ninety-six, verse three;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter five, verses one thru eleven.
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