Saints + Scripture

Better Late than Never | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa!

The Popish Plot
Theology Thursday: "My Love"

'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Albert the Great, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, O.P. (circa 1193-1280, of Cologne; in Latin Albertus Magnus): Doctor-link ūnus, Doctor-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Doctors-link & Wikipedia-link Doctors.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

Also known as Saint… Albert of Cologne, [he] was a German Catholic Dominican friar & bishop. He was known during his lifetime as Doctor universalis & Doctor expertus &, late in his life, the sobriquet Magnus was appended to his name. He is known to be the greatest German philosopher & theologian of the Middle Ages. The Catholic Church distinguishes him as one of the thirty-six Doctors of the Church.

'Tis also the festival of Blessed Hugh Faringdon, Abbot & Martyr (died 1539, A.K.A. Hugh Cook), martyred in the reign of the English king Henry VIII, last abbot of Reading Abbey: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Abbey.

'Tis also the festival of Blessed Mary of the Passion, Religious, F.M.M. (1839-1904, A.K.A. Hélène-Marie-Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville), foundress of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary: Blessed-link ūna, Blessed-link duæ, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link F.M.M.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Raphael of Saint Joseph, Priest, O.C.D. (1835-1907, A.K.A. Józef Kalinowski): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to Philemon, verses seven thru twenty;
Psalm One Hundred Forty-six, verses seven, eight & nine(a), & nine(b/c) & ten;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter seventeen, verses twenty thru twenty-five.

Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus warns that He, the Son of Man, will come on a day we do not expect. What’s so frightening about the coming of the Son of Man? Why isn’t it just good news?

Well, if He is the Life, that life which is opposed to Him has to give way; and if He’s Truth, then false claimants to truth must cede to Him; and if He’s the Way, then the false ways have to be abandoned. So as we await the Lord’s second coming, we must give our lives to Him and renounce everything that opposes Him.

Video reflection by Father Roger Lopez, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great
The Book of Sirach, chapter fifteen, verses one thru six;
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen, verse twelve;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter thirteen, verses forty-seven thru fifty-two.

Papal Quote o' the Day

"Every day… Christians must face a struggle, like the one that Christ underwent in the desert of Judea, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. …It is a spiritual battle waged against sin &, finally, against Satan. It is a struggle that involves the whole of the person & demands attentive & constant watchfulness."
—Pope Benedict XVI (born 1927, reigned 2005-2013)

Little Flower Quote o' the Day

"I have never given God anything but love and it is with love He will repay."
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)

Saint Quote o' the Day

"The Faith that we have received as a gift is a sacred trust that must be handed on to others. There is an urgency about the truths of Christianity, a missionary dimension to its saving message."
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)