Project BLACK MAMBA: The Long Road Back, Part VI

Today, 16 July is the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Our Lady-link ūna, Our Lady-link duae, Wikipedia-link Mount Carmel, & Wikipedia-link Scapular.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

This title is given to Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is known to many Catholic faithful as the "scapular feast." It is associated with the Brown Scapular devotional sacramental signifying the weaver's consecration to Mary & affiliation with the Carmelite Order.

Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:

This title is given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the late twelfth & early thirteenth centuries. There they built in the midst of their hermitages a chapel dedicated to the Blessed Mother. Since the fifteenth century, popular devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel has centered on the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a sacramental associated with promises of Mary's special aid for the salvation of the devoted wearer.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
Weekday
The Book of Micah, chapter two, verses one thru five;
Psalm Ten, verses one thru four, seven, eight, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twelve, verses fourteen thru twenty-one;

or, for Our Lady:
The Book of Zechariah, chapter two, verses fourteen thru seventeen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verse forty-nine;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twelve, verses forty-six thru fifty.

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Saturday, 9 July was the Optional Memorial of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, & Companions, Martyrs (died 1648-1930): Martyr-link Alpha Zulu Romeo, Martyrs-link ūnus, Martyrs-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

St. Augustine Zhao Rong shares a feast day with eighty-six other Chinese Catholic martyrs: catechists, laborers, & other converts ranging in age from nine to seventy-two, & with thirty-three Western missionaries. All were killed in China between 1648 & 1930, many during the Boxer Rebellion. Augustine was a Chinese soldier who accompanied Bishop Jean Gabriel Taurin Dufresse to his martyrdom in Beijing. Moved by the missionary's patience, Augustine decided to become a Catholic.

'Twas also the feast of Saint Veronica Guiliani, Abbess, O.S.C. Cap. (1669-1727), stigmatist: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
Weekday
The Book of Isaiah, chapter six, verses one thru eight;
Psalm Ninety-three, verses one, two, & five;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter ten, verses twenty-four thru thirty-three;

or, for the Martyrs of China:
The First Letter of John, chapter five, verses one thru five;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-six, verse five;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twelve, verses twenty-four thru twenty-six.

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Saturday, 2 July was the feast of Saint Swithun, Bishop (died circa 862): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Raise your hand if the first mention of St. Swithun's name you can recollect was in the motion picture The Dark Knight Rises.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Book of Amos, chapter nine, verses eleven thru fifteen;
Psalm Eighty-five, verses nine(a & b) & ten thru fourteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter nine, verses fourteen thru seventeen.