The Popish Plot
"Farewell to the Knights of Columbus Full Regalia"
Commentary: The Reverend Peter Lawrence with the Color Corps of Monsignor Patrick R. Dunigan Assembly 0510 & Knights of Our Lady of Good Counsel Council 6742 at Holy Family Parish in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on 30 June '19, the last day the full regalia was licit.
Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings—Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Book of Isaiah, chapter sixty-six, verses ten thru fourteen(c);
Psalm Sixty-six, verses one, two, & three; four & five; six & seven; & sixteen & twenty;
The Letter to the Galatians, chapter six, verses fourteen thru eighteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter ten, verses one thru twelve & seventeen thru twenty
(or, the Gospel according to Luke, chapter ten, verses one thru nine).
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, our Gospel today, taken from the magnificent tenth chapter of Luke’s Gospel, is a portrait of the Church. It shows us what Jesus wants his followers to be doing and how to do it. Listen to how the passage begins: "The Lord appointed a further seventy-two and sent them in pairs before him to every town and place he intended to visit."Video reflection by Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
We are a missionary Church. We are sent by the Lord to spread his word and do his work. The Christian Gospel is just not something that we are meant to cling to for our own benefit. Rather, it is like seed that we are meant to give away.
He sends them two by two. We do this work together, with others, in community. Ministers need people to support them, pray for them, talk to them, challenge them. Francis has an experience of God and then, within months, gathers people around him; Dominic, from the beginning, has brothers in his work; Mother Teresa attracted a number of her former students to join her in her mission. We don’t go it alone.
Video reflection by Father Claude Burns (uCatholic): Weekend Reflection with Father Pontifex.
Audio reflection by Scott Hahn, Ph.D. (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Breaking the Bread.
Scripture Study—Day 91: Covenant Crag, Day 21
The Book of Genesis, chapter fifteen, verses one thru six.
Commentary: God's Covenant with Abram (Genesis, 15:1-6).
Mass Journal: Week 32
Reflection by Matthew Kelly, founder of the Dynamic Catholic Institute:
In any moment when you surrender to the will of God & choose to be the-best-version-of-yourself, you are holy. Any moment that you grasp, as an opportunity to exercise virtue is a holy moment. But as quickly as this holiness can be found, it can be lost, because in any moment that you choose to be less than the-best-version-of-yourself, you have become distracted from living a holy life.†
There is nothing more attractive than holiness. This attractiveness has not only been demonstrated in Jesus, but is constantly demonstrated here & now in our own place & time: whenever someone goes out of his or her way to each the burden of a stranger; whenever someone is honest; whenever someone lays down his or her life by working hard to support his of her family; whenever someone rejects the premise of modern culture. In his letter to the Thessalonians, Saint Paul writes, "This is the will of God: that you be saints" (1 Thessalonians, 4:3). God wants you to be holy. Your holiness is the desire of God, the delight of God, & the source of your happiness. To embrace who you were created to be & to become the-best-version-of-yourself is God's dream for you. Therefore, holiness is for everyone, not just for a select few, for monks in monasteries & nuns in convents; it is for you & me.
Otherwise, 7 July would be the festival of Saint Prosper of Aquitaine (circa 390-455): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Twould also be the festival of Saint Boswell, Abbot (died 661, A.K.A. Boisil), abbot of Melrose Abbey: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Abbey-link Melrose & Wikipedia-link Melrose.
'Twould also be the festival of Blessed Benedict XI, Pope, O.P. (1240-1304, A.K.A. Nicola Boccasini, Niccolò of Treviso), one hundred ninety-fourth (CXCIV) Bishop of Rome, ninth (IX) Master of the Order of Preachers: Blessed-link ūnus, Blessed-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Master, Pontiffs-link, & Wikipedia-link Pontiff.
'Twould also be the festival of Blessed Ralph Milner, Martyr (died 1591), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Liberty & authority are not opposing terms, but values that complement each other. Their mutual cooperation fosters growth of the community & of the capabilities for initiative & enrichment of individual values."Little Flower Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978, feast day: 29 May)
"May all moments of our life be for Him alone."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"The Mass is not a souvenir. When you go to Mass it is not the same as going, for example, to Calvary & chipping away a rock & saying, 'This is a souvenir of the place where our Lord died.' No, the Mass is a vision; it is an action in time & in eternity. It is in time, because we see it taking place before our eyes on the altar. It is also in eternity, as regards the value of redemption. All the merits of our Lord's death, Resurrection, ascension, & glorification are applied to us. We unite ourselves with that great eternal act of love. The Mass, then, is not a distinct sacrifice from the cross. If we at the Mass close our eyes & concentrate on that mystery, we are in effect with Mary, & Magdalen, & John at the foot of the cross."
—Ven. (soon to be Bl.) Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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