'Tis the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.
My Your grace, O Lord, we pray,Scripture of the Week
at all times go before us & follow after
& make us always determined
to carry out good works.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
Who lives & reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever & ever.
Mass Readings—Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Book of Isaiah, chapter twenty-five, verses six thru ten(a);
Psalm Twenty-three (R/. six[c/d]), verses one, two, & three(a); three(b) & four; five; & six;
The Letter to the Philippians, chapter four, verses twelve, thirteen, fourteen, nineteen, & twenty;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-two, verses one thru fourteen
(or, the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-two, verses one thru ten).
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel likens the kingdom of God to a king who gives a wedding feast for his son. The biblical authors couldn’t find a more apt metaphor for the coming together of divinity and humanity than a wedding banquet. God and humanity are married, and they are surrounded by joy, peace, celebration, and good food.Video reflection by Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M. (U. S. C. of Catholic Bishops): Sunday Reflection.
What was Jesus’ strategy? Open table-fellowship; outreach to all, to the righteous and the unrighteous, to the healthy and the sick, to the mainstream and the marginalized. Here comes everybody. You don’t have to be good to receive God’s grace; that’s why they call it "grace."
But then something puzzling emerges. When the king comes to welcome his guests, he finds someone not properly dressed: "The king said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’" It was customary at the time (as it still is) for people to come to a wedding dressed up.
The play here is between grace and works. We can refuse the invitation altogether, or we can refuse the transformation that should follow from grace. We have to cooperate with grace, donning the wedding garment of love, forgiveness, peace, and nonviolence.
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: Havel Highlands, Day 21
The Book of Ecclesiastes, chapter six, verses one thru six.
Commentary: Frustration of Desires (Ecclesiastes, 6:1-6).
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Otherwise, 11 October would be the festival of Saint Philip the Evangelist, Deacon (died circa 58, of Hierapolis), one of the Seven Deacons: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Seven Deacons.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. Father of St. Hermione of Ephesus [4 September].
'Twould also be the festival of Saint Firminus of Uzès, Bishop (circa 480-553), fourth (IV) Bishop of Uzès (538-553), a father of the Fourth (541) & Fifth Councils of Orléans (549): Saint-link ūnus & Saint-link duo; Wikipedia-link Uzès & Wikipedia-link Orléans.
'Twould also be the festival of Saint Agilbert of Paris, Bishop (died circa 685), Bishop of Paris (668-685), second (II) Bishop of Dorchester (650-660): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link & Wikipedia-link Paris, & Wikipedia-link Dorchester.
'Twould also be the festival of Saint Æthelburh of Barking, Abbess, O.S.B. (died circa 686, also spelt Ethelburgh), co-foundress & inaugural abbess of Barking Abbey (666-686): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Barking.
Commentary: Sister of the bishop St. Erkenwald [30 April].
'Twould also be the festival of Saint Bruno the Great, Bishop (925-965, of Cologne, of Saxony; A.K.A. Duke Bruno I of Lotharingia), Archbishop of Cologne (953-965), founder of the abbey at St. Pantaleon's Church (955): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link, Wikipedia-link Cologne, & Wikipedia-link Archbishops; & Wikipedia-link Saint Pantaleon's.
Commentary: Son of St. Matilda of Ringelheim [17 March]. Not to be confused with St. Bruno of Cologne (1030-1101), founder of the Carthusian Order [6 October].
'Twould also be the festival of Saint María Soledad, Virgin, S. de M. (1826-1887, A.K.A. Antonia Bibiana Manuela Torres y Acosta), foundress of the Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick (1851, S. de M.): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link S. de M.
'Twould also be the festival of Saint John XXIII, Pope, T.O.S.F. (1881-1963, "Good Pope John;" A.K.A. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli), two hundred sixty-first (CCLXI) Bishop of Rome (1958-1963), Patriarch of Venice (1953-1958), who convened the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965, the twenty-first [XXI] ecumenical council): Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, Saint-link trēs, Saint-link quattuor, & Wikipedia-link; Pontifex-link & Wikipedia-link Pontifex; Diocese-link, Wikipedia-link Venice, & Wikipedia-link Patriarch; & Wikipedia-link Vatican II & Wikipedia-link Ecumenical Council.
"All too often… people do not accept the ‘Gospel of Life’ but let themselves be led by ideologies & ways of thinking that block life, that do not respect life…"Bonus! Papal Quote o' the Day
—Pope Francis (b. 1936, r. 2013-present)
"We have a responsibility regarding the light that has been passed to us. We cannot enclose it withing the four walls of 'I.' We must communicate it to others. We must shine with it before all."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"A gentleman of the Protestant faith told me: 'I love you; I love your work; & I love everything I see here. but there is one thing I don't understand: Our Lady. You are full of Mary.' This is not difficult to understand, I explained to him: 'No Mary, no Jesus. No mother, no Son. I know you love Jesus. Loving & respecting the woman who brought Him into this world is a naural extension of your love for Jesus. Loving Mary is not exclusively Catholic.' A few months later he sent me a card with these words printed in big letters: 'I believe, No Mary, no Jesus! This has changed my life.'"Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Well, Lord. It's Your Church. I'm tired & going to bed."
—Pope St. John XXIII (1881-1963, r. 1958-1963; feast: 11 October)
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