Thursday, 27 December was the Thursday within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord, within the Christmastide: Wikipedia-link Octave & Wikipedia-link Christmastide. Merry Christmas!
Thursday, 27 December was the Feast of Saint John, Apostle & Evangelist (circa 6-101, the "Beloved Disciple" or "the Disciple whom Jesus loved;" A.K.A. of Patmos, the Divine, the Theologian, the Revelator, the Presbyter, the Elder): Apostle-link ūnus, Apostle-link duo, Wikipedia-link Apostle, Wikipedia-link Evangelist, Wikipedia-link Patmos, Wikipedia-link Presbyter, & Wikipedia-link Disciple.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
He was the only one of Jesus's apostles who did not leave Him during His crucifixion & death. In the gospel, Jesus even asks John to take care of Mary, the Blessed Mother, after His Death.Wikipedia-link Twelve Apostles
Scripture of That Day
Mass Readings—Feast of St. John
The First Letter of John, chapter one, verses one thru four;
Psalm Ninety-seven, verses one & two, five & six, & eleven & twelve;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twenty, verses one(a) & two thru eight.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today we celebrate the feast of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist. St. John is, of course, a spiritual master, but he is a literary master as well. We can see his skill throughout his Gospel, but perhaps especially in the stories dealing with the resurrected Jesus. We can find them in the twentieth and twenty-first chapters of his Gospel. Our passage for today is from chapter twenty, and it contains, in short compass, the whole of Christianity, if we have the eyes to see it.Video reflection by Father Roger Lopez, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
"On the evening of that first day of the week…" Easter Sunday is the new creation day. On the first creation day, God had said, "Let there be light," and now, on Easter day, the one who said, "I am the light of the world" has returned from the dead. And this means that everything has changed, and everything has been recreated.
'Twas also the festival of Saint Maximus of Alexandria, Bishop (died 282), fifteenth (XV) Patriarch of Alexandria: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Coptic Pope.
'Twas also the festival of Saint Nikarete of Constantinople (died circa 405): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Twas also the festival of Saints Theodorus of Apamea, Priest & Martyr, & Theophanus of Nicaea, Bishop (circa 775-842 & circa 778-845; A.K.A. the Branded, the Hymnographer), the Grapti ("written upon"); martyred & persecuted in the reign of the Byzantine emperor Theophilos, victims of Byzantine iconoclasm: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link Theodorus, Saint-link & Wikipedia-link Theophanus; Wikipedia-link Iconoclasm.
'Twas also the festival of Blessed Sára Salkaházi, Religious & Martyr, S.S.S. (1899-1944), martyred in the reign of the Nazi puppet dictator Ferenc Szálasi: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
Papal Quote o' That Day
"The measure of our love cannot be found simply in the weak capacity of the human heart. We must love according to the measure of the Heart of Christ. With renewed conviction, proclaim your fidelity to Christ, the Redeemer of humanity."Saint Quote o' That Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"An understanding love—a love that sees the good in others—will be our goal."
—St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa, 1910-1997; feast day: 5 September)
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