Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Italian-American religious sister, who founded the Missionary Sisters of the sacred Heart, a Catholic religious institute that was a major support to the Italian immigrants to the United States. She was the first naturalized citizen of the United States to be canonized… on 7 July 1946.Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
Ever since she was a young girl, Francesca desired to be a missionary. She applied to enter several religious communities but was always turned down because of frail health. She was advised by the bishop to start a religious community herself. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Early in 1889, Pope Leo XIII asked her to go to the United States where there were many Italian immigrants. Within a few months of her arrival, she open an orphanage & a school. She founded sixty-seven charitable institutions & houses of her Congregation. She obtained many favors through her prayers. She died in Chicago in 1917.
Saint quote of the week: "Carry your cross then but carry it joyfully. Thank that Jesus loves you very much. And in return for such love, don';t lose yourself in so many desires, but accept daily with serenity whatever comes your way."—St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, whose feast day is 13 November
We also remember Saint Didacus of Alcalá, O.F.M. (circa 1400-1463, A.K.A. Diego de San Nicolás): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter eleven (verses one thru thirty-three).
Mass Readings
The Book of Wisdom, chapter thirteen, verses one thru nine;
Psalm Nineteen, verses two thru five(b);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter seventeen, twenty-six thru thirty-seven;
or, for the Memorial,
The Book of Hosea, chapter two, verses sixteen(b,c), seventeen(c,d), twenty-one, & twenty-two;
Psalm Forty-five, verse eleven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter ten, verses thirty-eight thru forty-two.
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