Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
St. Agatha died in defense of her purity, in Catania, Sicily, where she was born. After Quintanus, the governor of Sicily, tried in vain to force her to consent to sin, she was imprisoned for a month with an evil woman. She died while praying. Her name appears in the Roman Canon.Quoth Minute Meditations from the Popes:
O Lord, teach me the lessons of love that guided St. Agatha as she suffered & died for her Faith. Give me the courage to see my own suffering as an encounter with Your Cross.Canon-link Eucharistic Prayer I & Wikipedia-link Canon of the Mass
'Tis also the festival of Saint Avitus of Vienne, Bishop (circa 450-518, A.K.A. Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus), Bishop of Vienne (494-518): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link Vienne & Wikipedia-link Vienne.
Commentary: Son of St. Hesychius [?] & brother of St. Apollinaris of Valence [5 October].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Bertulf of Renty, Priest & Abbot, O.S.B. (circa 640-705, also spelt Bertoul), founding abbot of the Abbey of Renty: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed John Morosini, Abbot, O.S.B. (died 1012), founding abbot of the San Giorgio Monastery: Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link San Giorgio.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Adelaide of Vilich, Abbess, O.S.B. (circa 960-1015; also spelt Adelheid, A.K.A. Alice, of Guelders), abbess of the abbeys of Vilich & Sankt Maria im Kapitol ("Saint Mary in the Capitol"): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Sankt Maria im Kapitol.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Elisabetta Canori Mora, O.SS.T. (1774-1825, A.K.A. Maria Elisabetta Cecilia Gertrude Canori): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
The Second Book of Samuel, chapter twenty-four, verses two & nine thru seventeen;
Psalm Thirty-two (R/. see: five[c]), verses one & two, five, six, & seven;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter six, verses one thru six.
Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus is rejected by the people of his own town. For as he says, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place." But he astounded crowds throughout Galilee because he taught with authority.Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
As far as we can determine, Jesus was not formally trained in a rabbinic school, nor was he educated to be a temple priest or a scribe, nor was he a devotee of the Pharisees, the Saduccees, or the Essenes. He was, if I can use a somewhat anachronistic term, a layman. And this made his arrival on the public scene all the more astounding.
For this Nazarene carpenter with no formal religious education or affiliation began to speak and act with an unprecedented authority. To the crowds who listened to him preach, he blithely declared, "You have heard it said, but I say . . ." He was referring, of course, to the Torah, the teaching of Moses, the court of final appeal to any faithful rabbi; and therefore, he was claiming for himself an authority greater than that of Israel’s most significant teacher and lawgiver.
Mass Readings—Memorial of St. Agatha
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter one, verses twenty-six thru thirty-one;
Psalm Thirty-one (R/. six), verses three(c/d) & four, six & eight(a/b), & sixteen(b/c) & seventeen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses twenty-three thru twenty-six.
Scripture Study—Exodus 90: Day 24
The Book of Exodus, chapter ten, verses one thru twenty.
Commentary: The Eighth Plague: Locusts (Exodus, 10:1-20).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Love gives suffering meaning & makes it acceptable. It is possible to have love without suffering; but suffering without love has no meaning. Suffering accepted with love, as Christ & the Saints accepted it, acquires an inestimable value."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope X (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast day: 22 October)
"My fellow Christians, our annual celebration of a martyr‘s feast has brought us together. Agatha achieved renown in the early Church for her noble victory. For her, Christ’s death was recent, His blood was still moist. Her robe is the mark of her faithful witness to Christ. Agatha, the name of our saint, means 'good.' She was truly good, for she lived as a child of God. Agatha, her goodness coincides with her name & her way of life. She won a good name by her noble deeds, & by her name she points to the nobility of those deeds. Agatha, her mere name wins all men over to her company. She teaches them by her example to hasten with her to the true Good, God alone."
—St. Methodius of Sicily (788-847, feast day: 14 June)
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