Project BLACK MAMBA: The Long Road Back, Part VII

Today, 21 August is the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.

Otherwise, 21 August would be the feast of Saint Pius X, Pope (1853-1914), two hundred fifty-seventh Bishop of Rome: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine '14 & Wayback Machine '15.

'Twould also be the feast of Our Lady of Knock (1879): Our Lady-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of This Week
Mass Readings
The Book of Isaiah, chapter sixty-six, verses eighteen thru twenty-one;
Psalm One Hundred Seventeen, verses one & two;
The Letter to the Hebrews, chapter twelve, verses five thru seven & eleven thru thirteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter thirteen, verses twenty-two thru thirty.

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Sunday, 14 August was the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.

Otherwise, 14 August would have been the feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest & Martyr, O.F.M. Conv. (1894-1941), martyred in the reign of the Führer Adolf Hitler: Martyr-link ūnus, Martyr-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine '14 & Wayback Machine '15.

'Twould also have been the feast of Saint Eusebius of Rome, Priest & Martyr (died 357), martyred in the reign of the emperor Constantius II: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of Last Week
Mass Readings
The Book of Jeremiah, chapter thirty-eight, verses four thru six & eight thru ten;
Psalm Forty, verses two, three, four & eighteen;
The Letter to the Hebrews, chapter twelve, verses one thru four;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twelve, verses forty-nine thru fifty-three.

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Sunday, 7 August was the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.

Otherwise, 7 August would have been the feast of Saint Sixtus II, Pope, & Companions, Deacons, Martyrs (died 258), twenty-fourth Bishop of Rome, martyred in the reign of the emperor Valerian: Martyr-link Sierra & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link Companions.

Commentary: Wayback Machine '14 & Wayback Machine '15.

'Twould also have been the feast of Saint Cajetan, Priest, C.R. (1480-1547), founder of the Theatines, formally the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link C.R.

Scripture of the Week Before Last
Mass Readings
The Book of Wisdom, chapter eighteen, verses six thru nine;
Psalm Thirty-three, verses one, twelve, & eighteen thru twenty-two;
The Letter to the Hebrews, chapter eleven, verses one, two, & eight thru nineteen
(or, the Letter to the Hebrews, chapter eleven, verses one, two, & eight thru twelve);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twelve, verses thirty-two thru forty-eight
(or, the Gospel according to Luke, chapter twelve, verses thirty-five thru forty).