Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Ursula, Virgin, & Companions, Martyrs (died 383), martyred at Cologne by the Huns, atop whose grave is build the Basilica of Saint Ursula; namesake & patroness, though not foundress, of the Ursulines (O.S.U.), formally the Order of Saint Ursula, & the Angelines, formally the Company of Saint Ursula: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Basilica, Wikipedia-link O.S.U., & Wikipedia-link Angelines.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Viator of Lyons, Hermit (died circa 390): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Wendelin of Trier, Abbot (circa 554-617), inaugural (I) abbot of a company of hermits who became Tholey Abbey: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Tholey.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Karl of Austria (1887-1922; Emperor Karl I of Austria, King Károly IV of Hungary, & King Karel III of Bohemia, etc.; A.K.A. Karl Franz Joseph Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria von Habsburg): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi, Priest & Martyr (1937-1993, "Pino"), martyred on the orders of the Mafia gangsters Filippo & Giuseppe Graviano, against whom he crusaded fearlessly: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Romans, chapter four, verses twenty thru twenty-five;
The Gospel according to Luke (R/. sixty-eight), chapter one, verses sixty-nine & seventy; seventy-one & seventy-two; & seventy-three, seventy-four, & seventy-five;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twelve, verses thirteen thru twenty-one.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today in our Gospel Jesus tells of a rich man who has been so successful that he doesn’t have space enough to store his harvest. So he tears down his barns and builds bigger ones. But that very night, he dies—and all of it comes to naught. "Thus it will be for all who store up treasure for themselves but are not rich in what matters to God."Video reflection by Monsignor James Vlaun: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
No matter how good, how beautiful a state of affairs is here below, it is destined to pass into nonbeing. That sunset that I enjoyed last night—that radiantly beautiful display—is now forever gone. It lasted only a while. That beautiful person—attractive, young, full of life, creative, joyful—will eventually age, get sick, break down, and die.
An image that always comes to mind when I think of these things is the gorgeous firework that bursts open like a giant flower and then, in the twinkling of an eye, is gone forever. Everything is haunted by nonbeing. Everything, finally, is a bubble.
But this is not meant to depress us; it is meant to redirect our attention precisely to the things that are "above," to the eternity of God.
Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 91: Decision Dome, Day 29
The Book of Joshua, chapter fourteen, verses six thru fifteen.
Commentary: Hebron Allotted to Caleb (Joshua, 14:6-15).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Choosing a carpenter for His 'foster father' & becoming a carpenter Himself, Christ has enriched human work with a dignity that cannot be equaled. Now all who work know that they are doing something Divine which can even be linked with God's initial work."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"My own human body is made up of millions & millions of cells, & yet it is one body because it is vivified by one soul, governed by an invisible mind, & presided over by a visible head. So all who later on will be incorporated into this new body of Christ will be one because they will be vivified by one soul, the Holy Spirit, governed by an invisible mind, Christ in heaven, & presided over by a visible head, namely, the one whom Christ chose at the beginning to bear the keys of His kingdom. Therefore, this body of Christ was to be the prolongation of His Incarnation. Our Lord was to grow & expand very much like a cell. We sometimes think that a church is formed by all of us coming together & saying, 'Oh, let’s get together & form a church,' just as we form a tennis club. That’s not the way the body of Christ was formed. God’s power was in the midst of His people"Chesterton Quote o' the Day
—Ven. Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
"While there are stupid people everywhere, there is a particular minute & microcephalous idiocy which is only found in an intelligentsia."
—G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
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