Commentary: Wayback Machine. Brothers.
'Tis also the festival of Saints Exuperantius, Felix, & Regula of Zurich, Martyrs (died 286), martyred in the reign of the Roman emperors Diocletian & Maximian, cephalophores: Martyr-link Echo, Martyr-link Foxtrot, Martyr-link Romeo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Cephalophore.
Commentary: Ss. Regula & Felix were sister & brother, St. Exuperantius was their servant.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Paphnutius of Thebes, Bishop & Confessor (floruit 335; A.K.A. of Egypt), a father of the First Council of Nicaea (325) & the Synod of Tyre (335), a foe of the Arian heresy: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Nicaea & Wikipedia-link Tyre; & Heresy-link & Wikipedia-link Arianism.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Theodora the Penitent, Hermitess (died 491, of Alexandria), one of the Desert Mothers: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Desert Mothers.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Carlo Spinola, Priest & Martyr, S.J. (circa 1564-1622), martyred in the reign of the Japanese warlord Tokugawa Hidetada: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blesseds John Bathe, S.J.; Thomas Bathe; Richard Overton, O.P.; & Peter Taaffe, O.S.A.; Priests & Martyrs (died 1649), martyred in the reign of the English warlord Oliver Cromwell, four of the Irish Martyrs: Martyr-link Juliett Bravo & Wikipedia-link Juliett Bravo, Martyr-link Tango Bravo, Martyr-link Romeo Oscar, & Martyr-link Papa Tango; Martyr-link Éire & Wikipedia-link Éire.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Priest & Martyr, C.M. (1802-1840), martyred in the reign of the Chinese Qing dynasty's Daoguang Emperor: Martyr-link ūnus, Martyr-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Tempus per annum
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter nine, verses sixteen thru nineteen & twenty-two(b) thru twenty-seven;
Psalm Eighty-four (R/. two), verses three, four, five & six, & twelve;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter six, verses thirty-nine thru forty-two.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus asks, “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?” I recommend that you apply this text to your choice of a spiritual director.Video reflection by Deacon Roger Macias (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
Does the person to whom you’ve entrusted your soul know where to take you? Or are they as lost as you are? How do we know whether they see properly? In a way, this is rather simple: Have you entrusted yourself to someone who is utterly dedicated to Christ?
The next quality of a good spiritual teacher is that he acknowledges his need for a savior. Jesus uses a rather funny image to make this point. “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?
Every spiritual teacher is eager to tell you what’s wrong with you. They are confident diagnosticians of your problems. But unless they’ve surrendered to Christ and found salvation in him, they are absolutely in no position to help you. They are as absurd as the man with a roof beam sticking out of his eye.
Video reflection by Doctor John Bergsma (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Daily Reflection.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Faith humiliates our pride of imagined self-sufficiency & at the same time opens our hearts to the immense & exalting proportions of the revealing Word of God. On the threshold of the crib, of the Gospel, of salvation stands faith."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978, r. 1963-1978; feast: 29 May)
"I only cure you. It is God Who heals you."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—St. Martin de Porres, O.P. (1579-1639, feast: 3 November)
"I heard the Pope John Paul II speak about peace, & one thing he said was this: 'No to violence & yes to peace.' What is violence? In the first place, we think of weapons, knives, killings. We never think of connecting violence with our tongues. But the first weapon, the cruelest weapon, is the tongue. Examine what part your tongue has played i creating peace of violence. We can really wound a person, we can kill a person, with our tongue."
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
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