Project BLACK MAMBA: XXII Sunday in Ordinary Time

'Tis the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.

Otherwise 28 August would be the feast of Saint Augustine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church (354-430, A.K.A. of Hippo): Doctor-link ūnus, Doctor-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

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

'Twould also be the feast of Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, Priest & Martyr, S.J. (1585-1628), martyred in the reign of the king Charles I, one of the Forty Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link XL.

Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings
The Book of Sirach, chapter three, verses seventeen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-seven, & twenty-eight;
Psalm Sixty-eight, verses four thru seven, ten, & eleven;
The Letter to the Hebrews, chapter twelve, verses eighteen, nineteen, & twenty-two thru twenty-four(a);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter fourteen, verses one & seven thru fourteen.

Commentary: On Friday mornings, I visit the Genesee County Jail & do my utmost to minister to the inmates. Our usual routine is to read with them & discuss the following Sunday's readings. On Friday, because one of the gentlemen asked about the Book of Sirach, we got to explain the differences 'twixt the Catholic Bible (A.K.A. the Bible) & the Protestant Bible; Sirach is one of the deuterocanonical books rejected by the Protestant "reformers." By what right, you ask? On their own illicit authority, at the peril of their own souls.

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Saturday, 27 August was the Memorial of Saint Monica (circa 331-387, A.K.A. of Hippo): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine '14 & Wayback Machine '15. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

An early Christian saint & the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo (28 August). She is remembered & honored in most Christian denominations for her outstanding virtues, particularly the suffering caused by her husband's adultery, & her prayerful life dedicated to the reformation of her son, who wrote extensively of her pious acts & life with her in his Confessions.

'Twas also the feast of Blessed Roger Cadwallador, Priest & Martyr (circa 1568-1610), martyred in the reign of the king James VI & I, one of the Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link LXXXV.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
Weekday
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter one, verses twenty-six thru thirty-one;
Psalm Thirty-three, verses twelve, thirteen, & eighteen thru twenty-one;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-five, verses fourteen thru thirty;

or, for St. Monica:
The Book of Sirach, chapter twenty-six, verses one thru four & thirteen thru sixteen;
Psalm One Hundred Thirty-one;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter seven, verses eleven thru seventeen.