Today, 16 October is the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.
Otherwise, 16 October would be the feast of Saint Hedwig, Widow (1174-1243, A.K.A. of Silesia, of Andechs): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Twould also be the feast of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin, V.H.M. (1647-1690), to whom devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was revealed through a series of apparitions: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Sacred Heart.
Scripture of This Week
Mass Readings
The Book of Exodus, chapter seventeen, verses eight thru thirteen;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-one, verses one thru eight;
The Second Letter to Timothy, chapter three, verse fourteen thru chapter four, verse two;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eighteen, verses one thru eight.
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Sunday, 9 October was the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wikipedia-link.
Otherwise, 9 October would have been the feast of Saint Denis, Bishop & Martyr (died circa 250), martyred in the reign of the emperor Decius, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers: Martyr-link ūnus, Martyr-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link XIV.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Twould also have been the feast of Saint John Leonardi, Priest, O.M.D. (1541-1609), founder of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link O.M.D.
'Twould also have been the feast of Blessed John Henry Newman, Priest, C.O. (1801-1890), also a cardinal, though never a bishop: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of Last Week
Mass Readings
The Second Book of Kings, chapter five, verses fourteen thru seventeen;
Psalm Ninety-eight, verses one thru four;
The Second Letter to Timothy, chapter two, verses eight thru thirteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter seventeen, verses eleven thru nineteen.
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