Commentary: Wayback Machine. Daughter of Ss. Louis Martin & Marie-Azélie Guérin [12 July] & sister of Servants of God Agnes of Jesus, O.C.D.; Françoise-Thérèse, V.H.M.; & Geneviève of the Holy Face, O.C.D.
Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Virgin, nun, mystic. Thérèse has been a highly influential model of sanctity for catholics & for others becaus of the :simplicity & practicality of her approach to the spiritual life." Together with Saint Francis of Assisi [4 October], she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the Church.'Tis also the festival of Blesseds Ralph Crockett & Edward James, Priests & Martyrs (died 1588), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, two of the Martyrs of Douai: Martyr-link Romeo Charlie & Wikipedia-link Romeo Charlie, Martyr-link Echo Juliett & Wikipedia-link Echo Juliett; Martyrs-link Douai & Wikipedia-link Douai.
'Tis also the festival of Blesseds Christopher Buxton, Gerard Edwards, & Robert Wilcox, Priests; & Robert Widmerpool; Martyrs (died 1588), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, the four Oaten Hill Martyrs, A.K.A. the Canterbury Martyrs: Martyr-link Charlie Bravo & Wikipedia-link Charlie Bravo, Martyr-link Romeo W-I-D, & Martyr-link Romeo W-I-L; Wikipedia-link Oaten Hill Martyrs.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Luigi Maria Monti, Religious (1825-1900, also spelt Aloysius), founder of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of This Day
Mass Readings—Monday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Job, chapter one, verses six thru twenty-two;
Psalm Seventeen, verses one(b/c/d), two & three, & six & seven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses forty-six thru fifty.
Mass Readings—Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus
The Book of Isaiah, chapter sixty-six, verses ten thru fourteen(c);
"In You, Lord, I have found my peace;"
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eighteen, verses one thru four.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today is the Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus. The best introduction to Thérèse’s spirituality is a text that she wrote at the behest of Sr. Marie of the Sacred Heart, a sort of memoir of the retreat that she made in September 1896, just a year before her death.Video reflection by Msgr. James Vlaun (Telecare T.V.): United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
What she offers is a “science of love,” a way of knowing and acting that is utterly conditioned by the love that Jesus has placed in her heart: “Jesus deigned to show me the road that leads to this Divine Furnace, and this road is the surrender of the little child who sleeps without fear in its Father’s arms.”
God, Thérèse concluded, is pleased to work with those who have become utterly docile to his direction, who have acknowledged their total dependence upon him, their readiness to receive gifts. Any sense that God’s love must be earned or that a relationship with him is a product of economic calculation is repugnant to a healthy spirituality: “Jesus does not demand great actions from us but simply surrender and gratitude.”
When this attitude is in place, anything and everything is possible. Following Thérèse, we can be pleasing to God and valuable to the Church in the humblest places and through the simplest acts. All we need to do is surrender, like a little child asleep in its Father’s arms.
Bible Study—The Bible Timeline Reading Plan: Early World
The Book of Genesis, chapter one (verses one thru thirty-one);
The Book of Genesis, chapter two (verses one thru twenty-five);
The Book of Genesis, chapter three (verses one thru twenty-four);
The Book of Genesis, chapter four (verses one thru twenty-six).
Commentary: I read these narrative books a little over a year ago, when I facilitated a group study of The Bible Timeline. I'm re-reading them now that I have the brand-new Great Adventure Bible, which uses the Revised Standard Version—Second Catholic Edition translation, whereas I used the New American Bible translation when going through The Bible Timeline.
Six Days of Creation & the Sabbath (Genesis, 1:1-2:3), Another Account of Creation (2:4-25), the Fall of Man (3:1-24), Cain & Abel (4:1-16), & Beginnings of Civilization (4:17-26).
Bible Study—Wisdom Books
The Book of the Psalms, psalm one hundred fifty (verses one thru six);
The Book of the Proverbs, chapter one (verses one thru thirty-three).
Commentary: Praise for God's Surpassing Greatness (Psalm 150); the Call of Wisdom (Proverbs, 1:1-33).
Proverb o' This Day (Proverbs, 1:18-19)
But these men lie in wait for their own blood,Papal Quote o' This Day
they set an ambush for their own lives.
Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence;
it takes away the life of its possessors.
"In order that your life may retain a taste of teh feast, be dynamic & joyful in the service of others. Seek to carry out what Christ asks of you; answer with Mary's 'fiat': 'I am the servant of the Lord' (Luke, 1:38)."Little Flower Quote o' This Day
—Pope St. John Paul Ii the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"My God… I love Thee!"Bonus! Little Flower Quote o' This Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"I will seek out a means of getting to heaven by a little way."
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
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