Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
De Lellis established the Order of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Infirm. (Better known as the Camillians.) His experience in wars led him to establish a group of health care workers who would assist soldiers on the battlefield. The large, red cross on their cassock remains a symbol of the Congregation today. Camillians continue to identify themselves with this emblem on their habits, a symbol universally recognized today as the sign of charity & service. This was the original Red Cross, hundreds of years before the International Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement was formed.'Tis also the festival of Saint Pambo of the Nitrian Desert, Priest & Hermit (circa 303-375, also spelt Pamo, Pemwah): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Thaney (sixth century; A.K.A. Theneva, Teneu, etc.): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Mother of St. Mungo [13 January].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Eadburh of Bicester, Religious (circa 620-650; A.K.A. of Aylesbury, also spelt Edburga): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Aunt of St. Osith [7 October].
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Exodus, chapter three, verses thirteen thru twenty;
Psalm One Hundred Five, verses one & five, eight & nine, twenty-four & twenty-five, & twenty-six & twenty-seven;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eleven, verses twenty-eight, twenty-nine, & thirty.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus is not offering us one more philosophy of God. He is offering us the view from the inside of the Trinity. And that is why we should respond to his compelling invitation: "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest."Video reflection by Monsignor James Vlaun: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
What everyone wants is rest, but not in the sense of relaxation. Rest here means achievement of joy. The great illusion is that joy will come from filling up the ego with goods. In fact, it will come from emptying out, from turning one’s life over to the direction of God.
We also find in today’s Gospel those extraordinary words: "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me." Jesus himself is bearing the yoke that he speaks of since he is yoked to the Father, doing only what he sees the Father doing. Jesus is, in his innermost nature, the one who listens and obeys.
What he is saying, therefore, is to stand next to him, just as one ox stands next to the other as they pull together. Just as Jesus is yoked to the Father, so we should be yoked to him, obeying him as he obeys the Father.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis
The First Letter of John, chapter three, verses fourteen thru eighteen;
Psalm One Hundred Twelve, verses one & two; three & four; five, six, & seven(a); seven(b) & eight; & nine;
The Gospel according to John, chapter fifteen, verses nine thru seventeen.
Scripture Study—Day 91: Covenant Crag, Day 32
The Book of Genesis, chapter twenty-three, verses one thru nine, seventeen, eighteen, & nineteen.
Commentary: Sarah's Death & Burial (Genesis, 23:1-9, 17-19).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"The world expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity to all, especially the lowly & poor, obedience, humility, detachment, & self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the hearts of people today."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978, feast day: 29 May)
"Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven."
—St. Camillus deLellis (1550-1614, feast day: 18 July)
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