Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Jerome was a priest, confessor, theologian, & historian. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin, & his commentaries on the Gospels. His list of writings is extensive.Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
St. Jerome was born in Eastern Europe around 345. His Christian family sent him to Rome at age twelve for a good education. He studied there until he was twenty. Then he & his friends lived in a small monastery for three years, until the group dissolved. Jerome set out for Palestine, but when he reached Antioch, he fell seriously ill. He dreamt one night that he was taken before the judgment seat of God & condemned for being a heretic. This dream made a deep impression on him. He studied Scripture under the Greek theologian [St.] Gregory Nazianzen [2 January]. Pope [St.] Damasus [I, 11 December] summoned him to Rome & had him translate the Bible into Latin, a thirty-year task. His translation, called the Vulgate, became the official text of the Catholic Church.'Tis also the festival of Saint Simon of Crépy, Hermit (circa 1047-1082, A.K.A. of Vexin): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Ludwik Roch Gietyngier, Priest & Martyr (1904-1941), martyred in the reign of the Führer Adolf Hitler, one of the One Hundred Eight Martyrs of World War II: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link (list, № 51); Wikipedia-link CVIII.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Feria
The Book of Zechariah, chapter two, verses five thru nine, fourteen, & fifteen(a);
The Book of Jeremiah, chapter thirty-one, verses ten, eleven & twelve(a,b), & thirteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses forty-three(b), forty-four, & forty-five.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today's Gospel Jesus predicts his being handed over to men, that is, his crucifixion. Here is the point I want to make: we are meant to see on that cross our own ugliness. What brings Jesus to the cross? Stupidity, anger, mistrust, institutional injustice, betrayal, denial, unspeakable cruelty, fear. St. Peter puts it with disquieting laconicism: the author of Life came and you killed him. In the light of the cross, all of the vermin are revealed. This is why we speak of the cross as God's judgment on the world.Video reflection by Father Nicholas Vaskov: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
So far so awful. But we can't stop telling the story at this point. Dante and every other spiritual master know that the only way up is down. When we live unaware of our sins, we will never make spiritual progress. So we need the light, however painful it is. Then we can begin to rise. Once Dante makes it all the way to the center of Hell, he suddenly finds himself climbing out.
On the cross of Jesus, we meet our own sin. But we also meet the divine mercy which has taken that sin upon himself in order to swallow it up.
Mass Readings—Memorial of St. Jerome
The Second Letter to Timothy, chapter three, verses fourteen thru seventeen;
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen, verse twelve;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter thirteen, verses forty-seven thru fifty-two.
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Bible Study—Proverbs in a Month
The Book of Proverbs, chapter thirty (verses one thru thirty-three);
The Book of Proverbs, chapter thirty-one (of thirty-one; verses one thru thirty-one).
Commentary: VI. The Words of Agur (Proverbs, 30:1-6), VII. Numerical Proverbs (30:7-33), VIII. The Words of Lemuel (31:1-9), & IX. The Ideal Wife (31:10-31).
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