Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
On 11 February 1858, [St. Bernadette] Soubirous [16 April] went with her sister Toinette & neighbor Jeanne Abadie to collect some firewood & bones in order to buy some bread. After taking off her shoes & stockings to wade through water near the Grotto of Massabielle, she said she heard the sounds of two gusts of wind (coups de vent) but the trees & bushes nearby did not move. A wild rose in a natural niche in the grotto, however, did move.Quoth Minute Meditations from the Popes
O Mary, you appeared to the humble young woman, St. Bernadette Soubirous, to call us to conversion. Help me to respond to that call with generosity.Wikipedia-link Grotto
'Tis also the festival of Saint Cædmon, Religious (died circa 684, A.K.A. Cadfan), who composed "Cædmon's Hymn": Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Hymn.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Gregory II, Pope (669-731), eighty-ninth (LXXXIX) Bishop of Rome, an opponent of the first bout of the Byzantine iconoclastic heresy: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Pontiff & Wikipedia-link Heresy.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Paschal I, Pope, O.S.B. (circa 775-824, A.K.A. Pascale Massimi), ninety-eighth (XCVIII) Bishop of Rome, an opponent of the second bout of the Byzantine iconoclastic heresy: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Pontiff & Wikipedia-link Heresy.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero, Priest & Martyr (1892-1937), martyred in the reign of the Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas, one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link Mexico.
'Tis also the World Day of the Sick: Day of the Sick-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Genesis, chapter one, verses one thru nineteen;
Psalm One Hundred Four, verses one & two(a), five & six, ten & twelve, & twenty-four & thirty-five(c);
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter six, verses fifty-three thru fifty-six.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel reports Jesus healing many people at Gennesaret. We hear that people brought the sick from all over the region and all of them were cured. "Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed."Video reflection by Monsignor James Vlaun: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
It’s hard to deny that Jesus was known as a healer and a miracle worker. And there is also abundant evidence that the performance of miracles was a major reason why the first preachers were taken seriously.
In addition to miracles, we also have the witness of martyrs. Miracles and martyrs: two beacons of light that illuminate the truth of Jesus Christ.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Book of Isaiah, chapter sixty-six, verses ten thru fourteen(c);
The Book of Judith, chapter thirteen, verses eighteen(b/c/d/e) & nineteen & chapter fifteen, verse nine;
The Gospel according to John, chapter two, verses one thru eleven.
Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 22
The Book of Exodus, chapter nine, verses eight thru twelve.
Commentary: The Sixth Plague: Boils (Exodus, 9:8-12).
The Imitation of Christ
Book I: Useful Admonitions for the Spiritual Life
Chapter 22: "On the Consideration of Human Misery"
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Lourdes is a prophecy of justice & peace, where there is no room for pride & hardness of heart. Indeed, Lourdes is where this hardness is dissolved by one's witness of charity, mercy, serene resistance to evil, human solidarity, & sincere & moving generosity."Little Flower Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"In the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"Let us now praise the Guardian of the Kingdom of Heaven & the might of the Creator, & the thought of His Mind, glorious Father of men; for He, Lord Eternal, did frame the beginning of every marvelous thing. He first made the heavens as a roof for the children of men, God, the Creator! Then the mid-earth did the eternal Lord, the Guardian of men, therewith provide, & earth for men, the Lord God Almighty!"
—St. Cædmon (died 684, feast day: 11 February)
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