The Popish Plot
Theology Thursday: "Really Real"
'Tis the festival of Saint Oda of Canterbury, Bishop, O.S.B. (circa 870-959; A.K.A. the Good, the Severe; also spelt Odo), second (II) Bishop of Ramsbury, then twenty-second (XXII) Archbishop of Canterbury: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Ramsbury, Diocese-link Canterbury, & Wikipedia-link Canterbury.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. Uncle of fellow bishop St. Oswald of Worchester [29 February].
'Tis also the festival of Blesseds Thomas Bosgrave; John Carey; John Cornelius, Priest (S.J.); & Patrick Salmon; Martyrs (died 1594), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I: Martyr-link Tango Bravo, Martyr-link Juliett Charlie-Alpha & Wikipedia-link Juliett Charlie-Alpha, Martyr-link Juliett Charlie-Oscar & Wikipedia-link Juliett Charlie-Oscar, & Martyr-link Papa Sierra.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, T.O.S.D. (1901-1925, the "Man of the Eight Beatitudes;" A.K.A. Girolamo): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Józef Kowalski, Priest & Martyr, S.D.B. (1911-1942), martyred in the reign of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, one of the One Hundred Eight Blessed Polish Martyrs: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link Polska & Wikipedia-link Polska.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Genesis, chapter twenty-two, verses one(b) thru nineteen;
Psalm One Hundred Fifteen, verses one & two, three & four, five & six, & eight & nine;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter nine, verses one thru eight.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in our Gospel today Jesus heals a paralytic, but not before first forgiving his sins: "People brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ‘Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.’" Jesus read the hearts of scribes who had decided he was blaspheming, and so he replied, "Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk?’" When no reply came, Jesus sent the man off home carrying his stretcher.Video reflection by Father Juan Molina, O.SS.T.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The story affirms that Jesus offers us forgiveness and healing. Even though we are sinners, even though we are hopeless in our hatred and stupidity, even though we had gone (and would still go today) to the limits of killing God’s own Son, God still loves us; God still forgives us. We know that nothing can possibly separate us from the love of God because we hear in the greeting of the risen Jesus that any and every sin can be forgiven.
Quoth the missalette:
The readings, psalm, & Gospel acclamation may also be taken from the Mass for Various Needs & Occasions: For the Nation or For Peace & Justice. The following are suggested from among the many options.Mass Readings—Independence Day
The Book of Numbers, chapter six, verses twenty-two thru twenty-seven;
Confer Psalm Eighty-five, verse nine(b);
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter five, verses one thru twelve(a).
Scripture Study—Day 91: Covenant Crag, Day 18
The Book of Genesis, chapter thirteen, verses fourteen thru eighteen.
Commentary: Abram & Lot Separate (concluded; Genesis, 13:14-18).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."
—Pope St. John Paul II (the Great, 1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
Little Flower Quote o' the Day
"I do not know what more I could have in Heaven than I already have on earth, except that I shall see God. As for being with Him, I am that always, even here on earth."Papal Quote o' the Day
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
"Jesus comes to me every morning in Communion, & I return the visit by going to serve the poor."
—Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925, feast day: 4 July)
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