'Tis also the festival of Saint Godfrey of Amiens, Bishop & Abbot, O.S.B. (circa 1066-1115): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed John Duns Scotus, Priest, O.F.M. (circa 1265-1308), the "Subtle Doctor" (Doctor Subtilis), an early theologian of the Immaculate Conception, whose philosophy is known as Scotism: Blessed-link ūnus, Blessed-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Immaculate Conception, Scotism-link, & Wikipedia-link Scotism.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, Religious, O.C.D. (1880-1906, A.K.A. Élisabeth Catez): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Feria
The Letter to the Romans, chapter thirteen, verses eight, nine, & ten;
Psalm One Hundred Twelve, verses one(b) & two, four & five, & nine;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter fourteen, verses twenty-five thru thirty-three.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in our Gospel today the Lord offers one of the greatest, most "slap you in the face" challenges he ever offered. "If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother…and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple."Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
There is the great spiritual principle that undergirds the entire Gospel: detachment. The heart of the spiritual life is to love God and then to love everything else for the sake of God. But we sinners, as St. Augustine said, fall into the trap of loving the creature and forgetting the Creator. That's when we get off the rails.
We treat something less than God as God—and trouble ensues. And this is why Jesus tells his fair-weather fans that they have a very stark choice to make. Jesus must be loved first and last—and everything else in their lives has to find its meaning in relation to him.
In typical Semitic fashion, he makes this point through a stark exaggeration: "Unless you hate your mother and father, wife and children, sisters and brothers...." Well yes, hate them in the measure that they have become gods to you. For precisely in that measure are they dangerous.
Bible Study—Psalms & Proverbs: The Long Road Back
The Book of Psalms, psalm six (verses one thru eleven);
The Book of Psalms, psalm seven (verses one thru eighteen);
The Book of Psalms, psalm eight (verses one thru ten);
The Book of Proverbs, chapter four (verses one thru twenty-seven);
The Book of Proverbs, chapter five (verses one thru twenty-three);
The Book of Proverbs, chapter six (verses one thru thirty-five).
Commentary: Prayer in Distress (Psalm 6), God the Vindicator (Psalm 7), & Divine Majesty & Human Dignity (Psalm 8); Wisdom: The Supreme Guide of Men (Proverbs, 4:1-9), the Good & the Evil Way (4:10-27), Warning against Adultery (5:1-23), Miscellaneous Proverbs (6:1-19), &—yes, another—Warning against Adultery (6:20-35).
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