Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Finbarr, Bishop & Abbot (circa 550-623, of Cork; also spelt Fionnbharra, abbreviated Barra), founder of the monastery at Gougane Barra & the city of Cork: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Monastery & Wikipedia-link City.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Ceolfrid, Abbot, O.S.B. (circa 642-716, also spelt Ceolfrith), who contributed to the Codex Amiatinus: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Codex.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Hermann of Reichenau, Religious, O.S.B. (1013-1054, A.K.A. the Cripple), who wrote the hymn Alma Redemptoris Mater: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Hymn.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, Priest & Abbot (circa 1314-1392, A.K.A. of Moscow, Bartholomew), founder of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Lavra.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Vincenzo Maria of Saint Paul, Bishop, C.P. (1745-1824, A.K.A. Vincenzo Strambi, Anglicized as Vincent): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Proverbs, chapter twenty-one, verses one thru six & ten thru thirteen;
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen, verses one, twenty-seven, thirty, thirty-four, thirty-five, & forty-four;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eight, verses nineteen, twenty, & twenty-one.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus identifies his disciples as his family. I want to say something about our becoming disciples in his family. Once we make the decision to follow Jesus then every other claimant to supremacy must fall away. As I’ve argued many times before, every one of us has something or some set of values that we consider greatest.Video reflection by Father Seán Paul Fleming: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Perhaps it is money, material things, power, or the esteem of others. Perhaps it is your family, your kids, your wife, your husband.
None of this is false, and none of these things are bad. But when you place any of them in the absolute center of gravity, things go awry. When you make any of them your ultimate or final good, your spiritual life goes haywire. When you attach yourself to any of them with an absolute tenacity, you will fall apart.
Only when we make Christ the cornerstone of our lives are we truly ready for mission. Keep in mind that every encounter with God in the Bible conduces to mission, to being sent to do the work of the Lord. If we try to do this work while we are stuck to any number of attachments, we will fail. Period.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Let Jesus Himself be the One to define your existence & direct your choices. In this way the relationships among you may correspond always to the model of love given by the Heart of Christ, without either lapses or evasions."Little Flower Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"God has taken from us Him whom we loved so tenderly—was it not that we might be able to say more truly than ever: "Our Father Who art in Heaven"? How consoling is this divine word, & what vast horizons it opens before us!"Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"All creatures on earth feel as we do. All creatures strive for happiness as we do. All creatures on earth love, suffer, & die as we do, & therefore they are equally with us works of the almighty Creator—our brethren."
—St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226, feast day: 4 October)
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