Meditation Monday: "3rd Week of Advent: The Pink Candle"
'Tis the festival of Saint Lazarus of Bethany (floruit first century; A.K.A. of the Four Days, the Resurrected): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. Brother of Ss. Martha & Mary of Bethany [29 July].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Tydecho, Hermit (floruit sixth century, also spelt Tudoc, etc.): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Brother of St. Cadfan [1 November].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Judicaël, Religious (circa 590-658, also spelt Judhael, etc.), king of Domnonée (Brittany): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Father of Ss. Judoc [13 December] & Winnoc [6 November].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Sturmi of Fulda, Priest & Abbot, O.S.B. (circa 705-799, the "Apostle of the Saxons;" also spelt Sturm), founder of the Abbey of Fulda: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Abbey.
'Tis also the festival of Saint John of Matha, Priest, O.SS.T. (1160-1223), co-founder of the Trinitarians, formally the Order of the Most Holy Trinity & of the Captives: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Order-link O.SS.T. & Wikipedia-link O.SS.T.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Monday of the Third Week of Advent
The Book of Genesis, chapter forty-nine, verses two, eight, nine, & ten;
Psalm Seventy-two, verses one & two, three & four(a/b), seven & eight, & seventeen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter one, verses one thru seventeen.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel records the genealogy of Jesus. It was desperately important for Matthew to show that Jesus didn’t just appear out of the blue. Rather, he came out of a rich, densely textured history. St. Irenaeus tells us that the Incarnation had been taking place over a long period of time, with God gradually accustoming himself to the human race.
Look at this long line of characters: saints, sinners, cheats, prostitutes, murderers, poets, kings, insiders, and outsiders—all leading to the Christ. Of course, King David is mentioned. He was, without doubt, a great figure, the king who united the nation. But he was also an adulterer and a murderer.
From this long line of the great and not-so-great, the prominent and obscure, saints and sinners, and kings and paupers came "Jesus who is called the Messiah." God became one of us, in all of our grace and embarrassment, in all of our beauty and ordinariness. God had a series of human ancestors, and, like most families, they were kind of a mixed bag. And what good news this is for us! It means that God can bring the Christ to birth even in people like us.
Video reflection by Msgr. James Vlaun (Telecare T.V.): United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"How beautiful it is to open our spirit to the history of human life starting from the humble crib at Bethlehem. Oh, the greatness of Christ's littleness! Oh, the coming of Christ at the human level of our lowliness in order to raise us to the heights of His divinity!"Little Flower Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978, feast day: 26 September)
"The Lord's will fills my heart to the brim, & if anything else is added it cannot penetrate to any depth, but like oil on the surface of water it glides easily across."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"At the end of prayer, you say 'Amen' & thus you ratify by this word that means 'so be it' all that is contained in this prayer that God has taught us."
—St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Doctor of the Church (313-386, feast day: 18 March)
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