Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Efflam of Brittany, Hermit & Abbot (circa 448-512): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Leonard of Noblac, Hermit & Abbot (died circa 559; also spelt Lienard, Annard, etc.; A.K.A. of Noblet, of Limoges, of Limousin), founder of the abbey around which grew up the commune of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link;Wikipedia-link Commune.
Commentary: Brother of St. Lifiard [?].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Barlaam of Khutyn, Hermit & Abbot (died circa 1193; also spelt Varlaam, A.K.A. Alexis Milchalevich, of Novgorod), founder of the Khutyn Monastery of the Savior's Transfiguration & of Saint Varlaam: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Monastery.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Christina of Stommeln, Religious (1242-1312, A.K.A. Christina Bruso), a Beguine & a stigmatic: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Order-link Beguines & Wikipedia-link Beguines, Stigmata-link & Wikipedia-link Stigmata.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Philippians, chapter two, verses five thru eleven;
Psalm Twenty-two, verses twenty-six(b) & twenty-seven; twenty-eight, twenty-nine, & thirty(a/b); thirty(e); & thirty-one & thirty-two;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter fourteen, verses fifteen thru twenty-four.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel likens the kingdom of heaven to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. Notice that the father (God the Father) is giving a banquet for his son (God the Son), whose bride is the Church. Jesus is the marriage of divinity and humanity—and we his followers are invited to join in the joy of this union.Video reflection by Father John Guthrie: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The joyful intimacy of the Father and the Son is now offered to us to be shared. Listen to Isaiah to learn the details of this banquet: “On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.”
Now, there is an edge to all of this. For it is the king who is doing the inviting, and it is a wedding banquet for his son. We can see how terribly important it is to respond to the invitation of the King of kings.
We have heard the invitation of God to enter into intimacy with him, to make him the center of our lives, to be married to him in Christ—and often we find the most pathetic excuses not to respond.
Scripture Study—Nazarite Challenge
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter six, verses twenty-five thru thirty-three.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"We must flourish in ourselves a personal religious activity. To meditate. To pray. To pray means to ascend; to ascend to the first source of everything: of being, thought, action, enjoyment."Little Flower Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978, feast day: 26 September)
"Jesus, the Doctor of all doctors, teaches without words… I have never heard Him speak but I know He is inside me. At each & every moment, He guides me to do what I must do."Quasi-Catholic Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"The more the Church models her life on Mary, the more maternal she becomes & the more a believer can be reborn of God in her & achieve reconciliation."
—Roger Schütz (1915-2005)
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