The Popish Plot
"Bible Bites for May 17th, 2019"
'Tis the Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter: Wikipedia-link.
'Tis the festival of Saint Madron of Cornwall, Religious (died circa 545, also spelt Maddern, etc.): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Holy Well.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Thethmar, Priest, O.Præm. (died 1152, A.K.A. Theodemar): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Pàscuàl Baylón, Religious, O.F.M. (540-1592, the "Seraph of the Eucharist," Anglicized as Paschal Baylon): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, YouTube-link The True Enlightenment!, & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Ivan Ziatyk, Priest & Martyr, C.Ss.R. (1899-1952), martyred in the reign of the Communist dictator Joseph Stalin, one of the twenty-five Martyrs Killed under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link Eastern Europe.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter thirteen, verses twenty-six thru thirty-three;
Psalm Two, verses six & seven, eight & nine, & ten & eleven(a/b);
The Gospel according to John, chapter fourteen, verses one thru six.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s familiar and majestic passage, Jesus exhorts us to trust him: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me.”Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
So much depends on the spiritual meaning of the little word “trust.” Jeremiah the prophet laid it out as starkly and simply as possible: “Cursed be the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the Lord.” And conversely, “Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is in the Lord.”
What does it mean to trust, to have hope, to turn one’s heart to God? It means to root the whole of one’s life in God, and not to ground our concerns in the things of this world: wealth, power, pleasure, and honor.
Ask yourself: “What is the center of gravity in my life?” The Bible consistently proposes this question. For example, read the book of Joshua, when Joshua lays it on the line for the people of Israel: “Do you serve the Lord or some other gods?” That’s the question being asked of you today.
Scripture Study—Day 91: Reflection Peak, Day 15
The Book of Genesis, chapter two, verses ten thru seventeen.
Commentary: Another Account of Creation (cont'd; Genesis, 2:10-17).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"The fundamental lesson of humility is that it neither wipes away the greatness of Christ nor reduces to nothingness our poor merit. Humility is a moral attitude that does not destroy the values to which it is applied; it is a way to recognize & regain them."Little Flower Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978, feast day: 26 September)
"I have always desired to become a saint, but in comparing myself with the saints I have always felt that I am as far removed from them as a grain of sand, trampled underfoot by the passer-by is from the mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"Look into your own heart. I've looked into mine. I've had a great deal of suffering in the eighty-three years of my life—physical suffering and other suffering. It should never have happened, & it has lasted for many years. Yet, as I look back, I know very well that I have never received the punishment that I deserved. God has been easy with me. He has not laid on me burdens that were equal to my failures. If we look into our own souls, I think that we will also come to the same conclusion, for God speaks to us in various ways. As C. S. Lewis put it, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, He speaks to us in our conscience, & He shouts to us in our pain.” Pain is God's megaphone. And unlike the ripples that are made in a brook or that you see when you throw a stone in a pond, the ripples of pain, instead of going out to distant shores, narrow & narrow & come to a central point where there is less of the outside of the circle & more of the center. Not the ego, but the real person & the real self. And one begins to find oneself alone with God. That is what happens in pain."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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