Project BLACK MAMBA: Current Edition

Simplex Edition
'Tis the Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope (1835-1914), two hundred fifty-seventh Bishop of Rome: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

His most important reform was to order the codification of first Code of Canon Law, which collected the laws of the Church into one volume for the first time.

Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:

Pope {Pius X is perhaps best remembered for his encouragement of the frequent reception of Holy Communion, especially by children. The second of ten children in a poor Italian family, Joseph Sarto became Pius X at [age] sixty-eight, one of the [twentieth] century's greatest popes.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Abraham of Smolensk, Priest & Abbot (died circa 1222): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the festival of Our Lady of Knock (apparition in 1879): Madonna-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of This Day
Mass Readings—Feria
The Book of Judges, chapter two, verses eleven thru nineteen;
Psalm One Hundred Six, verses thirty-four & thirty-five, thirty-six & thirty-seven, thirty-nine & forty, & forty-three(a,b) & forty-four;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter nineteen, verses sixteen thru twenty-two.

Commentary: Video reflection by Monsignor James Vlaun: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, today's Gospel is the story of the rich young man. The rich young man has a deep desire to share in everlasting life. He is hungry for the infinite good of the spirit. He knows what he wants, and he knows where to find it. Jesus is the infinite Good that the souls wants. He is God's own self made flesh.

If you want to live in friendship with God, there are certain things that you must cut out of your life. Friendship with God means a life of love; therefore, those things that egregiously violate love have to be eliminated.

Jesus looks at him with love and says, "There is one thing more you must do. Go and sell what you have and give it to the poor; you will have treasure in heaven. After that come follow me." God is nothing but love, straight through, and therefore the life of friendship with him, in the richest sense, is a life of total love, self-forgetting love.

But at this point, the young man tragically balks. The spiritual life, at the highest pitch, is about giving your life away, and this is why his many possessions are a problem.

Mass Readings—Memorial of Saint Pius X
The First Letter to the Thessalonians, chapter two, verses two(b) thru eight;
Psalm Eighty-nine, verse two;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twenty-one, verses fifteen, sixteen, & seventeen.