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'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Margaret of Scotland (circa 1045-1093, A.K.A. of Wessex), Queen of Scots, "the Pearl of Scotland:" Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

St. Margaret instigated religious reform, striving to conform the worship & practices of the Church in Scotland to those of Rome.

Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:

Saint Margaret was born around 1046 in Hungary where he father was exiled. She was married to King Malcom III of Scotland & gave birth to eight children. The ideal mother & queen, St. Margaret died at Edinburgh in 1093.

'Tis also the Optional Memorial of Saint Gertrude, Virgin, O.S.B. (1256-1302; the Great, A.K.A. of Helfta): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

St. Gertrude was a German Benedictine, mystic, & theologian.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Othmar, Priest & Abbot, O.S.B. (circa 689-759, A.K.A. Audemar), inaugural abbot of the Abbey of Saint Gall: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Abbey.

'Tis also the festival of Blessed Edward Osbaldeston, Priest & Martyr (circa 1560-1594), martyred in the reign of the queen Elizabeth I, one of the Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link LXXXV.

Scripture o' the Day
Mass Readings—Feria
The Book of Wisdom, chapter seven, verse twenty-two(b) thru chapter eight, verse one;
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen, verses eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one, one hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-five, & one hundred seventy-five;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter seventeen, verses twenty thru twenty-five.

Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus warns that he, the Son of Man, will come on a day we do not expect. What’s so frightening about the coming of the Son of Man? Why isn’t it just good news?

Well, if he’s the life, that life which is opposed to him has to give way; and if he’s the truth, then false claimants to truth must cede to him; and if he’s the way, then the false ways have to be abandoned. So, as we await the Lord’s second coming, we must give our lives to him and renounce everything that opposes him.

Video reflection by Father Don Miller, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Margaret of Scotland
The Book of Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verses six thru eleven;
Psalm One Hundred Twelve, verse one;
The Gospel according to John, chapter fifteen, verses nine thru seventeen.

Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Gertrude
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter three, verses fourteen thru nineteen;
Psalm Twenty-three, verse one;
The Gospel according to John, chapter fifteen, verses one thru eight.

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Bible Study—Psalms & Proverbs
The Book of Psalms, psalm nineteen (verses one thru fifteen);
The Book of Proverbs, chapter sixteen (verses one thru thirty-three).

Commentary: God's Glory in the Heavens & in the Law (Psalm 19) & II: First Collection of the Wisdom of Solomon (cont'd; Proverbs, 16:1-33).

Saint Quote o' the Day
From "Heroes' Words" in 54-Day Basic Training in Holiness by Father Richard Heilman:

"To live is to change, & to be perfect is to have changed often."
—Bl. John Henry Newman (9 October)