Commentary: Wayback Machine. Daughter of Ss. Louis Martin & Marie-Azélie Guérin [12 July] & sister of Servants of God Agnes of Jesus, O.C.D.; Françoise-Thérèse, V.H.M.; & Geneviève of the Holy Face, O.C.D.
Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Louis, her father, while talking to Thérèse in the garden, got up, gently picked a little white flower, root intact, & gave it to her, explaining the care with which God brought it into being & preserved it until that day. Thérèse later wrote: "While I listened I believed I was hearing my own story." To Thérèse, the flower seemed a symbol of herself, "destined to live in another soil."'Tis also the festival of Blessed John Robinson, Priest & Martyr (circa 1530-1588), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, one of the one hundred fifty-eight Martyrs of Douai: Martyr-link; Martyrs-link Douai & Wikipedia-link Douai.
'Tis also the festival of Blesseds Ralph Crockett & Edward James, Priests & Martyrs (died 1588), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, two of the one hundred fifty-eight Martyrs of Douai: Martyr-link Romeo Charlie & Wikipedia-link Romeo Charlie, Martyr-link Echo Juliett & Wikipedia-link Echo Juliett; Martyrs-link Douai & Wikipedia-link Douai.
'Tis also the festival of Blesseds Christopher Buxton, Gerard Edwards, & Robert Wilcox, Priests; & Robert Widmerpool; Martyrs (died 1588), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, the four Oaten Hill Martyrs (A.K.A. the Canterbury Martyrs): Martyr-link Charlie Bravo & Wikipedia-link Charlie Bravo, Martyr-link Romeo Whiskey-India-Lima, Martyr-link Romeo Whiskey-India-Delta; Wikipedia-link Oaten Hill.
Commentary: Bls. Christopher Buxton & Robert Wilcox are also two of the Martyrs of Douai.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Luigi Maria Monti, Religious (1825-1900, also spelt Aloysius), founder of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Zechariah, chapter eight, verses twenty thru twenty-three;
Psalm Eighty-seven, verses one(b), two, & three; four & five; & six & seven
(R/. the Book of Zechariah, chapter eight, verse twenty-three);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses fifty-one thru fifty-six.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus rebukes James and John for their desire for vengeance. We are walking with Jesus and his disciples as they make their way to Jerusalem. As they pass through Samaria, they are refused hospitality, for their destination is Jerusalem and this annoys the Samaritans. Bothersome? Stupid? Racist? Sure, all of those things. As a result, James and John (the sons of thunder) cry out: "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?"Video reflection by Father Andrew Lauricella: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Can you hear echoes of this cry up and down the ages? Whenever people have been unjustly treated, excluded, looked down upon, they experience, naturally enough, feelings of hatred and a desire to get back. Correctly enough, they will say that their family or their race or their country was offended, and so they, with justification, react.
But Jesus turns only to rebuke them. Why? Because following him and his way of nonviolence is more important than race or country or ethnic group. Our feelings for him have to go beyond even our justified feelings for these good things.
Mass Readings—Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus
The Book of Isaiah, chapter sixty-six, verses ten thru fourteen(c);
Psalm One Hundred Thirty-one, verses one(b/c/d/e), two, & three;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eighteen, verses one thru four.
Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 91: Decision Dome, Day 9
The Book of Joshua, chapter five, verses one thru eight.
Commentary: The Sons of Israel Are Circumcised (Joshua, 5:1-8).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"In order that your life may retain a taste of the feast, be dynamic & joyful in the service of others. Seek to carry out what Christ asks of you; answer with Mary's 'fiat': 'I am the servant of the Lord' (Luke, 1:38)."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"I will seek out a means of getting to heaven by a little way."
—St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast day: 1 October)
Mass Matters
Through 1 October 2019, I have participated in the holy sacrifice of the Mass two hundred seventy-three times (CCLXXIII), six fewer Mass than by this point last year, 1 October 2018 (two hundred seventy-nine, CCLXXIX).
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