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"Catholic T-Shirt Club Unboxing: Our Lady of the Rosary"

'Tis the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary (formerly, Our Lady of Victory), instituted to celebrate the miraculous victory of the Holy League over the Muslim Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto (1571): Madonna-link ūna, Madonna-link duæ, & Wikipedia-link; Rosary-link, & Wikipedia-link Rosary; & Wikipedia-link Lepanto.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

According to Dominican tradition, in 1206, St. Dominic [8 August] was in Prouille, France, attempting to convert the Albigensians back to the Catholic faith. The young priest has little success until one day he received a vision of the Blessed Virgin, who gave him the Rosary as a tool against heretics. While Mary's giving the Rosary to St. Dominic is generally acknowledged as a legend, the development of this prayer form owes much to the followers of St. Dominic.

Quoth Minute Meditations from the Popes:

Lord Jesus, today is the feast of our Lady of the Rosary. May the prayers of Your Holy Mother for the world lead me to pray the Rosary more often & with greater fervor.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Mark, Pope (died 336), thirty-fourth (XXXIV) Bishop of Rome: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Pontiffs-link & Wikipedia-link Pontiff.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Cynog ap Brychan, Martyr (circa 434-492, also spelt Canog): Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Osyth, Abbess & Martyr (died circa 700; also spelt Osgyth, Sythe, etc.), foundress of the convent around which arose a namesake village; martyred by pagan Danes (a cephalophore): Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link St. Osyth & Wikipedia-link Cephalophore.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Gerold of Cologne, Martyr (circa 1201-1251), martyred by thieves while on pilgrimage: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Jonah, chapter one, verse one thru chapter two, verse two & verse eleven;
The Book of Jonah, chapter two, verses three, four, five, & eight;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter ten, verses twenty-five thru thirty-seven.

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

Friends, our Gospel today is one of the best-known of Jesus’ parables, the story of the Good Samaritan. Every story, parable, illustration, and exhortation is, at the end of the day, a picture of the Lord.

In one of the great windows of Chartres Cathedral there is an intertwining of two stories, the account of the fall of mankind and the parable of the Good Samaritan. This reflects a connection that was made by the Church Fathers. The Good Samaritan is a symbol of Jesus himself, in his role as Savior of the world.

Now our task is to be other Christs. "Which of these three was neighbor to the man who fell in with the robbers?" "The one who treated him with compassion." Jesus says to him, "Go and do the same."

We spend our lives now looking for those people stranded by the road, victimized by sin. We don’t walk by, indifferent to them, but rather we do what Jesus did—even for those who are our natural enemies, even for those who frighten us. And we bring the Church’s power to bear, pouring in the oil and wine of compassion, communicating the power of Christ’s cross.

Video reflection by X: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Mass Readings—Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter one, verses twelve, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses forty-six & forty-seven, forty-eight & forty-nine, fifty & fifty-one, fifty-two & fifty-three, & fifty-four & fifty-five;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses twenty-six thru thirty-eight.

Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 91: Decision Dome, Day 15
The Book of Joshua, chapter eight, verses one thru nine.

Commentary: Capture & Destruction of Ai (Joshua, 8:1-9).

Papal Quote o' the Day

"I want to recommend the Rosary to you in a special way. It is a source of profound Christian life. Try to pray it every day alone or with your family. Meditate on those scenes of the life of Jesus & Mary of which the Joyful, [Luminous,] Sorrowful, & Glorious Mysteries remind us."
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)

Saint Quote o' the Day

"When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus & Mary more glory & is more meritorious than any other prayer."
—St. Louis de Montfort (1673-1716, feast day: 28 April)

Chesterton Quote o' the Day

"Knowledge & innocence are both excellent things, & they are both very funny. But it is right that knowledge should be the servant & innocence the master."
—G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)