Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
He was a Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop & missionary, & was confessor of Isabella II of Spain. He founded the congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, commonly called the Claretians.'Tis also the festival of Saint Senoch, Priest & Abbot, O.S.B. (died 576), founder of a monastery around which arose the commune of Saint-Senoch: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Commune.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Luigi Guanella, Priest (1842-1915), founder of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence & the Servants of Charity: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link F.S.M.P. & Wikipedia-link S.C.
Commentary: Brother of Servant of God Caterina Guanella.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Giuseppe Baldo, Priest (1843-1915), founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Mary & the Little Daughters of Saint Joseph: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: St. Luigi & Bl. Giuseppe died on the same day, 24 October 1915.
Scripture of This Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter three, verses two thru twelve;
The Book of Isaiah, chapter twelve, verses two & three, four(b/c/d), & five & six;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twelve, verses thirty-nine thru forty-eight.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel we meet a prudent steward who serves his master wisely. I would like to say something about prudence and wisdom. In the Middle Ages, prudence was called “the queen of the virtues,” because it was the virtue that enabled one to do the right thing in a particular situation.Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Prudence is a feel for the moral situation, something like the feel that a quarterback has for the playing field. Justice is a wonderful virtue, but without prudence, it is blind and finally useless. One can be as just as possible, but without a feel for the present situation, his justice will do him no good.
Wisdom, unlike prudence, is a sense of the big picture. It is the view from the hilltop. Most of us look at our lives from the standpoint of our own self-interest. But wisdom is the capacity to survey reality from the vantage point of God. Without wisdom, even the most prudent judgment will be erroneous, short-sighted, inadequate.
The combination, therefore, of prudence and wisdom is especially powerful. Someone who is both wise and prudent will have both a sense of the bigger picture and a feel for the particular situation.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret
The Book of Isaiah, chapter fifty-two, verses seven thru ten;
Psalm Ninety-six, verse three;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter one, verses fourteen thru twenty.
Papal Quote o' This Day
"To celebrate Advent means: to become Marian, to enter into that communion with Mary’s ‘Yes,’ which, ever anew, is room for God’s birth, for the ‘fullness of time.’"Little Flower Quote o' This Day
—Pope Benedict XVI (born 1927, reigned 2005-2013)
"The Lord has given me the grace never to fear the conflict, to do my duty no matter what the cost."Saint Quote o' This Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"Among creatures, no one knows Christ better than Mary; no one can introduce us to a profound knowledge of His mystery better than His Mother."
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
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