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Today is the Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious, T.O.S.F. (1207-1231): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

After her husband, Louis, [died], Elizabeth left the court, made arrangements for the care of her children, & in 1228, renounced the world, becoming a tertiary of St. Francis. She built the Franciscan hospital at Marburg & devoted herself to the care of the sick until her death at the age of twenty-four.

Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:

St. Elizabeth was born in Hungary, the daughter of King Andrew II. At the age of fourteen, she married Louis IV of Thuringia. She became the mother of three children. Her husband died when she was only twenty years old. She left the castle at Wartburh & dedicated the rest of her life to extraordinary works of charity. She refused to marry a second time. Instead, she founded a hospital in honor of St. Francis of Assisi (4 October), & donned the grey habit of the Franciscan tertiaries. She died at the age of twenty-four.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Second Book of Maccabees, chapter six, verses eighteen thru thirty-one;
Psalm Three, verses two thru seven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nineteen, verses one thru ten;

or, for the Memorial,
The First Letter of John, chapter three, verses fourteen thru eighteen;
Psalm Thirty-four, verses two or nine;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter six, verses twenty-seven thru thirty-eight.