'Tis also the festival of Saint Felix IV, Pope (died 530, Felix III), fifty-fourth (LIV) Bishop of Rome (526-530): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Pontifex-link & Wikipedia-link Pontifex.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. Pope St. Felix I [30 December] reigned in the third century; Antipope Felix II pretended in the fourth, & his memory is sometimes conflated with a faithful martyr, Felix [29 July], accounting for the miscounting; Pope St. Felix III [1 March] was the truly only the second Pope Felix; & today's Pope St. Felix IV [30 January] was truly only the third Pope Felix. To further muddy the already murky waters, a fifteenth century antipope styled himself Felix V.
Wikipedia-link Antipope Felix II & Wikipedia-link Antipope Felix V
'Tis also the festival of Saint Hyacintha of Mariscotti, Virgin, T.O.R. (1585-1640, A.K.A. Clarice Mariscotti), foundress of the Oblates of Mary: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duæ, & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Columba Marmion, Priest & Abbot, O.S.B. (1858-1923, A.K.A. Joseph Aloysius Marmion), third (III) abbot of Maredsous Abbey: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Maredsous.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Zygmunt Pisarki, Priest & Martyr (1902-1943, also spelt Sigismondo, Segismundo), martyred in the reign of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, one of the One Hundred Eight Blessed Polish Martyrs: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link (List, № 78); Martyrs-link Polska & Wikipedia-link Polska.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
The Second Book of Samuel, chapter seven, verses eighteen, nineteen, & twenty-four thru twenty-nine;
Psalm One Hundred Thirty-two, verses one & two; three, four, & five; eleven; twelve; & thirteen & fourteen
(R/. the Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verse thirty-two[b]);
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter four, verses twenty-one thru twenty-five.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus says the measure that you use will be measured out to you. He is speaking about the loop of grace.Video reflection by Father John Crossin, O.S.F.S. (U.S. Con. of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
God’s love can truly dwell in us only in the measure that we give it away. If we try to cling to it, it will never work its way into our own hearts. But if we give it away as an act of love, then we get more of it, entering into a delightful stream of grace. If you give away the divine love, then you keep it.
Love is described in the Christian tradition as a theological virtue, a habit or capacity that comes as a gift from God. This is true because love is a participation in the divine life. God is uniquely capable of love in the complete sense, since he alone can fully will the good of the other as other.
What makes real love possible among humans is only a sharing in the love with which God loves, some participation in the divine to-be. When we root ourselves in the God who has no need, who exists in radical self-sufficiency, we can begin to love the other as he does.
Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 18
The Book of Exodus, chapter seven, verse twenty-five thru chapter eight, verse fifteen.
Commentary: The Second Plague: Frogs (Exodus, 7:25-8:15).
Scripture Study—Wisdom Books
The Book of Sirach, chapter thirty-eight (verses one thru thirty-four);
The Book of Sirach, chapter thirty-nine (verses one thru thirty-five).
Commentary: Concerning Physicians, Tradesmen, & Craftsmen (Sirach, 38:1-34) & the Student of the Law; & Praise of God (Sirach, 39:1-35).
Proverb o' the Day (Sirach, 39:16)
"All things are the works of the Lord, for they are very good,Papal Quote o' the Day
and whatever He commands will be done in His time."
"Christ desires to be newly present to this contemporary world with all the explosive force of His Mystery of love. He wishes to meet the people of today through teachers who are true educators, drawn by Christ."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope ST. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast day: 22 October)
"I am only an instrument of the Lord… I would like to lead those who come to me to Him."
—St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942, feast day: 9 August)
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