Saints + Scripture

'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest, M.I. (1550-1614), founder of the Camillians, formally the Clerics Regular, Ministers to the Sick: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link M.I.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

Saint Camillus de Lellis, M.I., was a Roman Catholic priest from Italy who founded a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Pambo, Priest & Hermit (circa 303-375): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Theneva (floruit sixth century, A.K.A. Teneu, Thaney, etc.): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Mother of St. Mungo [13 January].

Scripture of This Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Isaiah, chapter ten, verses five, six, seven, & thirteen(b) thru sixteen;
Psalm Ninety-four, verses five & six, seven & eight, nine & ten, & fourteen & fifteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eleven, verses twenty-five, twenty-six, & twenty-seven.

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

Friends, in today’s Gospel we see Jesus praying to his Father. We are being given a share in the inner life of God, the conversation between the first two Trinitarian persons.

And what are the "things" that have been concealed from the learned and revealed to the little ones? Nothing other than the mystery of the inner life of God.

Now why, precisely, is this knowledge concealed from the learned and disclosed to children? The clue is in the next statement: "All things have been handed over to me by my Father." What is the essence of the divine life? It is a play of giving and receiving.

The Father, forgetting himself, gives rise to the Son, and the Son, refusing to cling to himself, receives from the Father. The Holy Spirit is this mutual sharing of the Father and the Son. God’s own inner life is a looking toward the other in love.

From Adam and Eve to today the fundamental human problem is that we seek something other than God. We seek to fill up the ego with stuff, such as sex, pleasure, power, honor. But this will never work, because we’ve been wired for God, and God is love.

Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis
The First Letter of John, chapter three, verses fourteen thru eighteen;
Psalm One Hundred Twelve, verse one;
The Gospel according to John, chapter fifteen, verses nine thru seventeen.

Papal Quote o' This Day

"Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble & do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?' If you don't ask those questions, your governance will not be good."
—Pope Francis (born 1936, reigning since 2013)

Little Flower Quote o' This Day

"I wish to smile, resting on Your Heart & there tell You again & again that I love You, O my Lord."
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)

Saint Quote o' This Day

"Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven."
—St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614, feast day: 18 July)