Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
While escorting Jean Gabriel Taurin Defresse to Beijing, this soldier was touched by the faith of this man. He converted, became a priest, & evangelized the province of Sichuan until he was arrested himself. Sick, he died of exhaustion in prison in 1815. He was canonized with the martyrs of China during the Great Jubilee of the year 2000.'Tis also the festival of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá: Madonna-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Giovanna Scopelli, Religious, O.Carm. (1428-1491, Anglicized as Jane Scopelli), founding prioress of the Priory of Santa Maria del Popolo: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Nicolaas Pieck, Priest (O.F.M.), & Companions, Martyrs (died 1572, A.K.A. the nineteen Martyrs of Gorkum), martyred by Calvinist heretics: Martyr-link November Papa & Wikipedia-link November Papa, Martyr-link Juliett Charlie & Wikipedia-link Juliett Charlie; Martyrs-link Gorkum & Wikipedia-link Gorkum.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Veronica Giuliani, Abbess, O.S.C. Cap. (1660-1727, A.K.A. Orsola Giuliani), stigmatic: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duæ, & Wikipedia-link; Stigmata-link & Wikipedia-link Stigmata.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Genesis, chapter thirty-two, verses twenty-three thru thirty-three;
Psalm Seventeen, verses one(b), two & three, six & seven(a/b), & eight(b) & fifteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter nine, verses thirty-two thru thirty-eight.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus directs his disciples to “ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest,” to pray for evangelists to rescue the lost. But what precisely does it mean to evangelize?Euangelion (glad tidings) was a familiar word in the culture of the New Testament authors. When the emperor or one of his generals won a battle, he would send evangelists ahead to announce the glad tidings.
The first Christians were being edgy when they adapted the word to their purposes. They were saying that the definitive battle had indeed been won, but that it had nothing to do with Caesar and his armies. It had to do with the victory that God had won in Christ over sin and death.
Jesus went into the belly of the beast—into the heart of our dysfunction, to the limits of godforsakenness—and he defeated the dark powers. He demonstrated that the divine love is greater than our greatest enemies.
This evangelical message entails, too, that there is a new King, a new Emperor. Christ, the victor over sin and death, must be the center of your life.Video reflection by Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong & Companions
The First Letter of John, chapter five, verses one thru five;
Psalm One hundred twenty-six, verses one & two (a/b), two(c/d) & three, four & five, & six;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twelve, verses twenty-four, twenty-five, & twenty-six.
Scripture Study—Day 91: Covenant Crag, Day 23
The Book of Genesis, chapter sixteen, verses one thru seven, eleven, & twelve.
Commentary: The Birth of Ishmael (Genesis, 16:1-7, 11-12).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"God is present, no matter how often humanity may forget God. Christianity has the living & modern spiritual energy, ready to confront the negations of a materialistic world."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John XXIII (1881-1963, feast day: 11 October)
"Our Blessed Lord's last meal is more than a meal. It is a memorial of His death. He used bread & wine because these were the two substances which traditionally nourished man. In using bread & wine He was therefore using a symbol of ourselves. He now prepares the new Passover. The old Passover was to celebrate the Jews leaving their bondage in Egypt & coming into the promised land. The new covenant, the new exodus, the new Passover, is passing from sin to union with God through Christ. Our Lord then says, 'I am going to give you a memorial of My death.' He then symbolized for them His death by the separate consecration of His bread & wine. He said first, 'This is My Body.' Over the wine He said, 'This is My Blood,' not 'this symbolizes.' This is. That separate consecration of bread & wine was like the tearing apart of blood from body, which is the way He would die on the cross the next day. And then he said, 'Do this in memory of me.' Every time we assist at Mass we are watching the renewal of the death of Christ & incorporating our own death into His. That is the meaning of the Eucharist."
—Ven. Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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