Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Cagnoald, Bishop (died 633, of Laon; A.K.A. Cagnou): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Brother of St. Faro [28 October], also a bishop, & St. Burgundofara [3 April], an abbess.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Magnus of Füssen, Priest & Abbot, O.S.B. (died circa 666, A.K.A. Mang), founder of Saint Mang's Abbey: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Abbey.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Gondulphus of Metz, Bishop (died 823, A.K.A. Gondon): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
The Pilgrim Church on Earth
Last Friday, after the 8:00 A.M. Mass, a Holy Family parishioner whose name I don't know complimented my voice & thanked me for using it during Mass, & gave me this note, "Thank you!" written on one side & the following on the other:
Pharisee—PerfectI suppose my imperfection was blatantly obvious to her & she felt I could use some consolation over my state of imperfection. Her very kind note was penned on the blank side of a photocopy of two facing pages out of the July/August edition of The Word among Us, a devotional magazine.
David—Not Perfect
but LOVED! GOD
sang, danced, Poetry
Like a Child
unreserably
We are a body
with many Parts!
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Feria
The Letter to the Colossians, chapter one, verses one thru eight;
Psalm Fifty-two, verses ten & eleven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter four, verses thirty-eight thru forty-four.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in our Gospel we see Jesus in action. He is always hurrying from place to place, on the go. Today Luke gives us a sort of "day in the life" of Jesus. And it is quite a day! Our Gospel opens just after the dramatic expulsion of a demon in the Capernaum synagogue. And after entering the house of Simon, Jesus cures Peter's mother-in-law and then the entire town comes to his door. He spends the whole evening curing presumably hundreds who were variously afflicted.Soter, rendered in Latin as Salvator, which just means "the bearer of the salus" or health. Jesus is portrayed as a healer, a savior. In him, divinity and humanity have come together; in him, the divine life and divine power are breaking through. God's deepest intentions for his beloved creatures appears—what God plans for us in the Kingdom to come is now historically anticipated.
In the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, in an attempt to make Jesus more palatable to rationalists and "realists," theologians put great stress on Jesus' preaching, especially his ethical teaching.
But this is not the Jesus that Luke presents. Rather, he is a healer.
Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Bible Study—The Bible Timeline: Divided Kingdom, Part 2 of 2
The Second Book of Kings, chapter thirteen (verses one thru twenty-five)
The Second Book of Kings, chapter fourteen (verses one thru twenty-nine);
The Second Book of Kings, chapter fifteen (verses one thru thirty-eight);
The Second Book of Kings, chapter sixteen (verses one thru twenty);
The Second Book of Kings, chapter seventeen (verses one thru forty-one).
Commentary: IV. The Kingdoms of Israel & Judah [concluded]: Reign of Jehoahaz of Israel (13:1-9), Reign of Joash of Israel (13:10-25), Reign of Amaziah of Judah (14:1-22), Jeroboam II of Israel (14:23-29), Azariah of Judah (15:1-7), Zechariah of Israel (15:8-12), Shallum of Israel (15:13-16), Menahem of Israel (15:17-22), Pekahiah of Israel (15:23-26), Pekah of Israel (15:27-31), Jotham of Judah (15:32-38), Ahaz of Judah (16:1-20), & Hoshea of Israel (17:1-41).
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