Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
St. Peter was a Catholic priest, missionary, & martyr. His zeal was widely respected, & his care, particularly of those in the parish [who] were sick.'Tis also the Optional Memorial of Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest, T.O.S.D. (1673-1716), founder of the Company of Mary, the Daughters of Wisdom, & the Gabrielite Brothers, formally the Brothers of Christian Instruction of Saint Gabriel; also author of the spiritual classics Secret of Mary, Secret of the Rosary, & True Devotion to Mary: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Company, Wikipedia-link Daughters, & Wikipedia-link Brothers; & Wikipedia-link Secret of Mary, Wikipedia-link Secret of the Rosary, & Wikipedia-link True Devotion to Mary.
Commentary: Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
St. Louis was a French Roman Catholic priest & confessor. He was known in his time as a preacher & was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI. Montfort is known for his particular devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary & the practice of praying the Rosary.'Tis also the festival of Blessed Marie-Louise of Jesus, Religious (1684-1759, A.K.A. Marie-Louise Trichet), co-foundress of the Daughters of Wisdom: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Daughters.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Józef Cebula, Priest & Martyr, O.M.I. (1902-1941), martyred in the reign of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, one of the One Hundred Eight Blessed Polish Martyrs: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link CVIII & Wikipedia-link CVIII.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, Confessor (1922-1962): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duæ, & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Easter Weekday
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter thirteen, verses forty-four thru fifty-two;
Psalm Ninety-eight, verses one, two & three(a/b), & three(c/d) & four;
The Gospel according to John, chapter fourteen, verses seven thru fourteen.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus declares his mutual indwelling with God: “Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?”Video reflection by Deacon Bernard Nojadera: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Charles Williams, a friend of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, stated that the master idea of Christianity is “coinherence,” what he described as mutual indwelling.
But we sometimes forget that we are all interconnected. How do we often identify ourselves? Almost exclusively through the naming of relationships: we are sons, brothers, daughters, mothers, fathers, members of organizations, or members of the Church.
Yet read the Gospel today and see how Jesus identifies himself. Jesus reveals the coinherence that obtains within the very existence of God. “Lord,” Philip said to him, “show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus replied, “Philip, after I have been with you all this time, you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”
How can this be true, unless the Father and the Son coinhere in each other? Though Father and Son are really distinct, they are utterly implicated in each other by a mutual act of love. As Jesus says, “It is the Father who lives in me accomplishing his works.”
Mass Readings (Ordinary Form)—Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chanel
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter one, verses eighteen thru twenty-five;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter sixteen, verse fifteen;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter one, verses fourteen thru twenty.
Mass Readings (Ordinary Form)—Optional Memorial of St. Louis Grignion de Montfort
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter one, verses eighteen thru twenty-five;
Psalm Forty, verses eight(a) & nine(a);
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-eight, verses sixteen thru twenty.
Mass Readings (Extraordinary Form)—III Class Feast of St. Paul of the Cross
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter one, verses seventeen thru twenty-five;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter ten, verses one thru nine.
Commentary: I attended a workshop this morning titled "T.L.M. 101"—Traditional Latin Mass. It was dreadfully uninformative, full of haughtiness & bereft of charity. I will not again subject myself to the snobs of Flint's Traditional Latin Mass Community nor the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (Tridentine Mass) unless ordered to do so by a competent ecclesiastical authority. Good riddance!
In the Ordinary Form of the Mass (the Mass of Paul VI or Novus Ordo Mass), the Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross is observed in October, near the date of his death (& in no position to clash with 28 April's Optional Memorials of Ss. Peter Chanel & Louis de Montfort).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Wherever there is a heart that overcomes selfishness, violence, & hatred—wherever there is a heart that reaches out to someone in need—Christ is risen from the dead, risen today… May the whole world rise in Him. Alleluia."Little Flower Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II (the Great, 1920-2005; feast day: 22 October)
"Nothing is sweeter than to think well of others."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
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