Saturday, 3 November was the Optional Memorial of Saint Martin de Porres, Religious, O.P. (1579-1639): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Some people do good no matter what happens to them. Martin de Porres did. His mother was an African or Indian from Panama, a former slave. His father was a Spanish soldier & nobleman. Some people made fun of Martin because he came from two different races. Martin wanted to join the Dominicans in their work. He was not allowed to work with them as a servant who swept floors & answered the door (at the time, the law in Peru did not allow persons of other races of mixed races to enter religious life).'Twas the festival of Saint Gwenhael, Abbot (died circa 590, also spelt Guénaël), abbot of the Abbey of Landévennec: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Abbey.
'Twas the festival of Saint Hubertus, Bishop, O.S.B. (circa 656-727, of Liège, the "Apostle of the Ardennes;" also spelt Hubert), namesake of the traditional cure Saint Hubert's Key: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Key.
Commentary: Father of the bishop St. Floribert of Liège [27 April].
'Twas the festival of Saint Malachy, Bishop (1094-1148, of Armagh; in Irish: Máel Máedóc Ua Morgair, Anglicized as Malachy O'More), abbot of Bangor Abbey, definitely not the author of the Prophecy of the Popes: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Abbey-link, Wikipedia-link Abbey, & Wikipedia-link Prophecy.
Commentary: Brother of the bishop St. Christian of Clogher [12 June].
Scripture of That Day
Mass Readings—Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Philippians, chapter one, verses eighteen(b) thru twenty-six;
Psalm Forty-two, verses two, three, & five(c/d/e/f);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter fourteen, verses one & seven thru eleven.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, our Gospel today is the famous passage from Luke’s Gospel dealing with honor at a banquet. Jesus has been invited to the home of a prominent person, one of the "leading Pharisees," and he notices how people jockey carefully for position, status, prominence.Video reflection by Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Who will notice me? Who can I impress? And Jesus puts his finger on the most desperate scenario for an egotist. Trying as hard as he can to be noticed, he gets noticed but for all the wrong reasons! His egotistic games backfire dreadfully, as everyone sees him reduced to embarrassment. So what’s the solution? Stop playing the game. Take the lowest place on purpose. Opt out.
Another strategy is suggested at the end of the parable. It’s also a strategy of noncooperation with evil. I’ll have a dinner for people, but only so that they can pay me back with another dinner. So opt out! Don’t play. Invite people to a party who have no capacity whatsoever to invite you in return. "Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you."
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Martin de Porres
The Letter to the Philippians, chapter four, verses four thru nine;
"In You, Lord, I have found my peace;"
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-seven, verses thirty-four thru forty.
Papal Quote o' That Day
"Brother Martin had three loves: Christ crucified, Our Lady of the Rosary, & Saint Dominic. He also had three passions: charity, especially toward the poor & the sick; a very vigorous penance that he regarded as 'the price of love;' & nourishing those virtues, humility."Little Flower Quote o' That Day
—Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978, feast day: 26 September)
"Your love has gone before since I was a child. It has grown with my growth."Mere Christian Quote o' That Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"Anyone who has heard the Easter proclamation can no longer go around with a tragic expression on his face & lead the humorless existence of a man who has no hope."
—Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)
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