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'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint John of Capistrano, Priest, O.F.M. (1386-1456, "the Soldier Saint"): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

He was a Franciscan friar & Catholic priest from the Italian town of Capestrano, Abruzzo. Famous as a preacher, theologian, & inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname 'the Soldier Saint' when in 1456, at age seventy he led a crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade with the Hungarian military commander John Hunyadi.

Wikipedia-link Siege of Belgrade

'Tis also the festival of Saint Romanus of Rouen, Bishop (died circa 640), twentieth (XX) Bishop of Rouen (A.K.A. Rotomagus): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link Rouen & Wikipedia-link Rouen.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Ignatius of Constantinople, Bishop & Abbot (circa 798-877, A.K.A. Niketas), eighty-fifth (LXXXV) Patriarch of Constantinople: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Constantinople.

'Tis also the festival of Blessed Giovannangelo Porro, Priest & Hermit, O.S.M. (1451-1505, Anglicized as John Angelo Porro): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the festival of Blessed Arnould Rèche, Religious, F.S.C. (1838-1890, A.K.A. Julian-Nicolas Rèche): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Romans, chapter six, verses twelve thru eighteen;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-four (R/. eight[a]), verses one(b), two, & three; four, five, & six; & seven & eight;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twelve, verses thirty-nine thru forty-eight.

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

Friends, in today’s Gospel we meet a prudent steward who serves his master wisely. I would like to say something about prudence and wisdom. In the Middle Ages, prudence was called "the queen of the virtues," because it was the virtue that enabled one to do the right thing in a particular situation.

Prudence is a feel for the moral situation, something like the feel that a quarterback has for the playing field. Justice is a wonderful virtue, but without prudence, it is blind and finally useless. One can be as just as possible, but without a feel for the present situation, his justice will do him no good.

Wisdom, unlike prudence, is a sense of the big picture. It is the view from the hilltop. Most of us look at our lives from the standpoint of our own self-interest. But wisdom is the capacity to survey reality from the vantage point of God. Without wisdom, even the most prudent judgment will be erroneous, short-sighted, inadequate.

The combination, therefore, of prudence and wisdom is especially powerful. Someone who is both wise and prudent will have both a sense of the bigger picture and a feel for the particular situatio

Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter five, verses fourteen thru twenty;
Psalm Sixteen (R/. five[a]), verses one(b), two(a), & five; seven & eight; & eleven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses fifty-seven thru sixty-two.

Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 91: Decision Dome, Day 31
The Book of Joshua, chapter sixteen, verse ten & chapter seventeen, verses twelve & thirteen.

Commentary: The Territory of Ephraim (Joshua, 16:10) & the Territory of the Half-tribe of Manasseh (West) (Joshua, 17:12-13).

Papal Quote o' the Day

"We are not the sum of our weaknesses & failures; we are the sum of the Father's love for us & our real capacity to become the image of His Son."
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)

Saint Quote o' the Day

"O Jesus, I promise to submit myself to all that You permit to happen to me, make me only know Your Will."
—St. Gianna Molla (1922-1962, feast day: 28 April)

Chesterton Quote o' the Day

"Modern religious intolerance is a funny thing. But we really think modern religious tolerance is funnier still."
—G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)