Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Nikola Tavelić & Companions (Déodat of Rodez, Pierre of Narbonne, & Stefano of Cueno), Priests & Martyrs, O.F.M. (died 1391, Anglicized as Nicholas Tavelic; A.K.A. the Martyrs of the Jaffa Gate), martyred in the reign of the sultan Sayf ad-Din Barquq: Martyrs-link, Martyr-link November Kilo & Wikipedia-link, Martyr-link Delta, Martyr-link Papa, & Martyr-link Sierra.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Giovanni Liccio, Priest, O.P. (1400-1511, Anglicized as John Licci): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Maria Luiza Merkert, Religious, C.S.S.E. (1817-1872), co-foundress of the "Grey Nuns," the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link C.S.S.E.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Maria Theresa of Jesus, Religious, O.Carm. (1825-1889, A.K.A. Maria Scrilli), foundress of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to Titus, chapter three, verses one thru seven;
Psalm Twenty-three, verses one(b), two, & three(a); three(b/c) & four; five; & six;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter seventeen, verses eleven thru nineteen.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel recounts the Lord’s healing of ten lepers, only one of whom comes back to give thanks. Leprosy frightened people in ancient times, just as contagious and mysterious diseases frighten people today. But, more than this, leprosy rendered someone unclean and therefore incapable of engaging in the act of worship. It is not accidental that the person responsible for examining the patient in ancient Israel was the priest. The priest’s job was to monitor the whole process of Israelite worship, very much including who could and couldn’t participate in the Temple.Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
What is so important about worship? To worship is to order the whole of one’s life toward the living God, and, in doing so, to become interiorly and exteriorly rightly ordered. To worship is to signal to oneself what one’s life is finally about. Worship is not something that God needs, but it is very much something that we need.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Death can be an experience of extraordinary solidarity. Death makes us brothers & sisters. In a world that casts death aside & does everything to hide it, it is urgently necessary to recall the inevitability of an event that is part of the history of every person."Little Flower Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"O my God, You have surpassed all my expectations."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"A miracle does not take place contrary to nature but rather contrary to our knowledge of nature."
—St. Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church (354-430, feast day: 28 August)
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