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'Tis also the festival of Saint Leonard of Noblac, Hermit & Abbot (died circa 559; also spelt Lienard, Annard, etc.; A.K.A. of Limoges, of Limousin), founder of the abbey around which grew up the town of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Saint-Léonard.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Barlaam of Khutyn, Hermit & Abbot (died circa 1193; also spelt Varlaam, A.K.A. of Novgorod), founder of the Khutyn Monastery of the Savior's Transfiguration & of Saint Varlaam: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Monastery.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Christina of Stommeln, Religious (1242-1312, A.K.A. Christina Bruso), a Beguine & a stigmatic: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Beguines & Wikipedia-link Stigmata.
Scripture of This Day
Mass Readings—Feria
The Letter to the Romans, chapter eleven, verses twenty-nine thru thirty-six;
Psalm Sixty-nine, verses thirty & thirty-one, thirty-three & thirty-four, & thirty-six;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter fourteen, verses twelve, thirteen, & fourteen.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today's Gospel Jesus gives us an extraordinary command to consider the weakest and most vulnerable in our society: "When you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind." This is one of his central concerns throughout the Gospels. Foreigners, strangers, widows, orphans, the poor—if these weak people are ignored, God will become angry.Video reflection by Monsignor James Vlaun (Telecare T.V.): U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
God's passion not only runs right through the Biblical tradition, but it comes roaring up into the social teaching of the Catholic Church: "If you have two coats in your closet, one belongs to you; the other belongs to the man who has no coat."
Let us not forget the poor and marginalized today.
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