Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
Among his great initiatives were trade or vocational schools for disadvantaged children & credit unions for the use of the poor. He wrote books about rural spirituality & agricultural methods, which he himself tested first. in 25 August 1855, he founded the Religious of Mary Immaculate together with [Venerable] Maria Antonia Paris. The congregation was considered as the first women religious institute in Cuba. He also visited jails & hospitals, defended the oppressed, & denounced racism. His work stirred up opposition & at Holguin his cheek was stabbed by a would-be assassin. Claret obtained a commutation of the assailant's death sentence to a prison term.Wikipedia-link Claretian Sisters
'Tis also the festival of Saint Senoch, Priest & Abbot, O.S.B. (died 576), founding abbot of the monastery which gave rise to the commune of Saint-Senoch: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Saint-Senoch.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Martin of Vertou, Deacon & Abbot (527-601, the "Apostle of the Herbauges"), founding abbot of Vertou Abbey & Durieu Abbey: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Luigi Guanella, Priest (1842-1915), founder of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence (F.S.M.P.); the Guanellians (S.C.), formally the Servants of Charity; & the Pious Union of Saint Joseph: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link F.S.M.P. & Wikipedia-link S.C.
Commentary: Brother of Servant of God Caterina Guanella.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Giuseppe Baldo, Priest (1843-1915), founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Mary & the Little Daughters of Saint Joseph: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: St. Luigi Guanella & Bl. Giuseppe Baldo were born only two months apart, 19 December 1842 & 19 February 1843, respectively, & died on the very same day, 24 October 1915.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Romans, chapter six, verses nineteen thru twenty-three;
Psalm One (R/. Psalm Forty, verse five), verses one & two, three, & four & six;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twelve, verses forty-nine thru fifty-three.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, the statement of Jesus that we have in the Gospel for today is frightening: "I have come to cast a fire upon the earth; how I wish it were already kindled." He’s throwing fire down, much like the God who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.Video reflection by Father Roger Lopez, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Okay, so how do we make sense of all this? I thought the angels on Christmas morning said that he had come as the Prince of Peace? Jesus is the Incarnation of the God who is nothing but love, but this enfleshment takes place in the midst of a fallen, sinful world. Therefore, it will appear as something threatening, strange, off-putting.
The world, on the biblical reading, is a dysfunctional family. When Jesus comes, he necessarily comes as a breaker of the peace, as a threat to the dysfunctional family. Now we can begin to understand that strange language about setting three against two and two against three.
This is why Jesus wants to cast a consuming fire on the earth. He wants to burn away all that is opposed to God’s desire for us. He has to clear the ground before something new can be built. Is this utterly painful? Yes!
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret
The Book of Isaiah, chapter fifty-two, verses seven thru ten;
Psalm Ninety-six (R/. three), verses one & two(a), two(b) & three, seven & eight, & ten;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter one, verses fourteen thru twenty.
Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 91: Decision Dome, Day 32
The Book of Joshua, chapter seventeen, verses fourteen thru eighteen.
Commentary: The Tribe of Joseph Protests (Joshua, 17:14-18).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster is rises toward ever wider horizons!"
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"Love the Virgin Mary. She is our tender confidant in difficulty. Mary is the mother who cannot ignore our requests."Chesterton Quote o' the Day
—St. Gianna Molla (1922-1962, feast day: 28 April)
"It is a well-known fact that people who have never succeeded in anything end by writing books about how to succeed."
—G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
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