Today we remember Saints Edmund Campion, S.J.; Ralph Sherwin; & Alexander Briant, S.J.; Priests & Martyrs (martyred 1581), martyred under Queen Elizabeth I: Martyr-link Echo Charlie & Wikipedia-link Echo Charlie, Martyr-link Romeo Sierra & Wikipedia-link Romeo Sierra, & Martyr-link Alpha Bravo & Wikipedia-link Alpha Bravo.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. Fr. Sherwin's last words were, "Iesu, Iesu, Iesu, esto mihi Iesus!" This trio are also memorialized as three of the Forty Martyrs of England & Wales (25 October, Wayback Machine).
We also remember Blessed Charles de Foucauld, Priest & Martyr (1858-1916), martyred by Senussi Mulsims: Martyr-link ūnus, Martyr-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter four (verses one thru twenty-five);
The Book of Deuteronomy, chapter six (verses one thru twenty-five) & chapter seven, verses one thru eleven.
Mass Readings
The Book of Isaiah, chapter eleven, verses one thru ten;
Psalm Seventy-two, verses one, two, seven, eight, twelve, thirteen, & seventeen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter ten, verses twenty-one thru twenty-four.
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