Saints + Scripture: XXI Sunday in Tempus per annum

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'Tis the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings—Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Book of Isaiah, chapter twenty-two, verses nineteen thru twenty-three;
Psalm One Hundred Thirty-eight (R/. eight[b/c]), verses one & two, two & three, & six & eight;
The Letter to the Romans, chapter eleven, verses thirty-three thru thirty-six;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter sixteen, verses thirteen thru twenty.

Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus asks his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" In response, the disciples said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." But what all of those readings—reflective of the popular consensus—had in common was that they were wrong.

Having heard the results of this popular opinion survey, Jesus turns to his inner circle, the Twelve, and asks, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter alone speaks: "You are the Christ [the Messiah], the Son of the living God."

He would have said Mashiach, "the anointed," the one who would gather the tribes and cleanse the temple and defeat Israel’s enemies, but then he added that startling phrase, "Son of the living God." Even at this relatively early stage in Jesus’ ministry, Peter intuited that Jesus was much more than a prophet or rabbi or seer, however significant. He knew that there was something qualitatively different about his master.

Video reflection by Father Joseph Pisaneschi (U.S.C. of Catholic Bishops): Sunday Reflection.

Video reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire): Sunday Sermon.

Audio reflection by Scott Hahn, Ph.D. (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Breaking the Bread.

Scripture Study—Day 91: Decapitation Rock, Day 21
The Second Book of Samuel, chapter nineteen, verses one thru eight.

Commentary: David Mourns for Absalom (2 Samuel, 19:1-8).

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Otherwise, 23 August would be the festival of Saint Zacchaeus of Jerusalem, Bishop (died 116, A.K.A. Zacharias), fourth (IV) Bishop of Jerusalem (112-116): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link & Wikipedia-link Jerusalem.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

'Twould also be the festival of Saint Tydfil, Martyr (died circa 480, also spelt Tudfil), martyred by pagans (variously given as Picts, Welsh, or Saxons): Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Daughter of St. Brychan of Brycheiniog [6 April].

'Twould also be the festival of Saint Victor of Vita, Bishop (floruit 484), Bishop of Vita (484), exiled by Arian heretics: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Vita, & Heresy-link & Wikipedia-link Arianism.

'Twould also be the festival of Saint Éogan of Ardstraw, Bishop & Abbot (died circa 618; A.K.A. Eugenius, Tir Eoghain, Tyrone), inaugural Bishop of Ardstraw (581-618), abbot of the Abbey of Kilnamanagh (561-576): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Ardstraw.

'Twould also be the festival of Saint Filippo Benizzi, Priest, O.S.M. (1233-1285, Anglicized as Philip Benizi, Philip Benitius), Superior General of the Servite Order (1267-1285), who attended the Second Council of Lyon (1272-1274, the fourteenth [XIV] ecumenical council): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Lyon.

'Twould also be the festival of Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin, T.O.S.D. (1586-1617, A.K.A. Isabel Flores de Oliva): Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, Saint-link tria, & Wikipedia-link.

'Twould also be the festival of Blessed Juan María de la Cruz, Priest & Martyr, S.C.I. (1891-1936, A.K.A. Mariano García Méndez), martyred by Spanish Communist "Republicans" (Rojos), one of the Two Hundred Thirty-three Spanish Martyrs (A.K.A. the Martyrs of Valencia): Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link España & Wikipedia-link España.

Papal Quote o' the Day

"Faith in the God of Jesus Christ means faith in the God Who still opens up, really & truly, a future behind the wall of death. Only if that happens is the future truly promised."
—Pope Benedict XVI (b. 1927, r. 2005-2013)

Saint Quote o' the Day

"When we serve the poor & the sick we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus."
—St. Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (1586-1617, feast: 23 August)

Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day

"Here is another paradox: When you don't have anything, then you have everything. Having nothing liberates you in unimaginable ways. Be careful what you become attached to. In the end we have to give it all up anyway. But it is not true that we leave this world with nothing just as we come into the world with nothing. We cant take things or money with us, but we take all the love we have allowed God to full us with."
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)