Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Serapion of Algiers, Priest & Martyr, O.de.M. (circa 1179-1240, A.K.A. of England), martyred by English pirates: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saints Nikola Tavelić, Déodat of Rodez, Pierre of Narbonne, & Stefano of Cueno, Priests & Martyrs, O.F.M. (died 1391, Anglicized as Nicholas Tavelic; A.K.A. the Martyrs of the Jaffa Gate), martyred in the reign of the Mameluke sultan Sayf ad-Din Barquq: Martyr-link November Kilo ūnus, Martyr-link November Kilo duo, & Wikipedia-link November Kilo; Martyr-link Delta, Martyr-link Papa, & Martyr-link Sierra.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Giovanni Liccio, Priest, O.P. (circa 1400-1511, Anglicized as John Licci): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Maria Luiza Merkert, Religious, C.S.S.E. (1817-1872), co-foundress of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth (C.S.S.E., the "Grey Nuns"): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link C.S.S.E.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Maria Theresa of Jesus, Religious, O.Carm. (1825-1889, A.K.A. Maria Scrilli), foundress of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Wisdom, chapter seven, verse twenty-two(b) thru chapter eight, verse one;
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen (R/. eighty-nine[a]), verses eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one, one hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-five, & one hundred seventy-five;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter seventeen, verses twenty thru twenty-five.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus warns that he, the Son of Man, will come on a day we do not expect. What’s so frightening about the coming of the Son of Man? Why isn’t it just good news?Video reflection by Harry Dudley, D.Min.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Well, if he is the life, that life which is opposed to him has to give way; and if he’s truth, then false claimants to truth must cede to him; and if he’s the way, then the false ways have to be abandoned. So as we await the Lord’s second coming, we must give our lives to him and renounce everything that opposes him.
Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 91: Relativism Ridge, Day 10
The Book of Judges, chapter four, verses seventeen thru twenty-four.
Commentary: Jael Kills Sisera (Judges, 4:17-24).
Proverb o' the Day (Sirach, 15:16-17)
He has placed before you fire & water:Papal Quote o' the Day
stretch out your hand for whichever you wish.
Before a man are life & death, good & evil,
& whichever he chooses will be given to him.
"Death can be an experience of extraordinary solidarity. Death makes us brothers & sisters. In a world that casts death aside & does everything to hide it, it is urgently necessary to recall the inevitability of an event that is part of the history of every person."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)
"Mercy imitates God & disappoints Satan."Chesterton Quote o' the Day
—St. John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church (349-407, feast day: 13 September)
"Boundaries are the most beautiful things in the world. To love anything is to love its boundaries."
—G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
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