Saints + Scripture

The Popish Plot
"Make the Liturgy Divine Again"

'Tis the festival of Saint Paulinus of York, Bishop (584-644), inaugural (I) Archbishop of York, later third (III) Bishop of Rochester; a member of the Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link York & Wikipedia-link York, Diocese-link Rochester & Wikipedia-link Rochester, & Wikipedia-link Mission.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

'Tis also the festival of Saint John of Bridlington, Priest & Abbot, C.R.S.A. (circa 1319-1379; A.K.A. of Thwing, John Twenge), prior of the Bridlington Priory: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Bridlington.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Daniele Combini, Bishop, M.C.C.I. (1831-1881), Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa, founder of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (M.C.C.I.) & the Comboni Missionary Sisters (S.M.C.): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Central Africa, Wikipedia-link M.C.C.I., & Wikipedia-link S.M.C..

'Tis also the festival of Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska, Religious, C.S.S.F. (1825-1899, A.K.A. Sophia Camille Truszkowska), foundress of the Felician Sisters (C.S.S.F.), formally the Congregation of Sisters of Saint Felix of Cantalice Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Assisi: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link C.S.S.F..

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Malachi, chapter three, verses thirteen thru twenty(b);
Psalm One (R/. Psalm Forty, verse five[a]), verses one & two, three, & four & six;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eleven, verses five thru thirteen.

Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, our Gospel today is about prayer and the power of prayer. This excerpt from Luke is filled with wisdom in regard to the proper attitude of prayer. What is prayer, and how should we pray? Prayer is intimate communion and conversation with God. Judging from Jesus’ own life, prayer is something that we ought to do often, especially at key moments of our lives.

Well, how should we pray? What does it look like? You have to pray with faith. Have you noticed how Jesus says before working a miracle, “Do you believe I can do this?” Can you hear the simple faith in this astonishing line of Jesus: “I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.”

And today he says, “Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”

Video reflection by Monsignor James Vlaun: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 91: Decision Dome, Day 18
The Book of Joshua, chapter nine, verses one thru fifteen.

Commentary: The Gibeonites' Stratagem (Joshua, 9:1-15).

Papal Quote o' the Day

"In the past the attacks against the Christian Faith came from without, from forces contrary & extraneous to the believing community. Today the snares arise from within, in the context of the rapid social change that is taking place in our age."
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)

Saint Quote o' the Day

"Give me grace, O my Father, to be utterly ashamed of my own reluctance! Rouse me from sloth & coldness, & make me desire Thee with my whole heart. Teach me to love meditation, sacred reading, & prayer. Teach me to love that which must engage my mind for all eternity."
—Bl. John Henry Newman (1801-1890, feast day: 9 October)

Chesterton Quote o' the Day

"Too many modern authors are engaged in a free-for-all race for a bigger & bigger immorality."
—G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)