'Tis the festival of Our Lady of the Pillar (apparition circa 40), the image is housed in Zaragoza's Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar: Madonna-link ūna, Madonna-link duæ, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Cathedral-Basilica & Wikipedia-link Fiestas del Pilar.
Commentary: Wayback Machine '18.
'Tis also the festival of Our Lady Aparecida (statue recovered 1717; A.K.A. Our Lady Revealed, Our Lady of the Conception Appeared): Madonna-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Edwin of Northumbria, Martyr (circa 585-633; also spelt Eadwine, Æduinus), King of Deria & Bernicia (616-633), martyred by the pagan king Penda of Mercia: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Husband of St. Æthelburh of Kent [8 September], father of St. Eanflæd of Whitby [24 November], & great uncle of St. Hilda of Whitby [17 November].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Wilfrid of York, Bishop, O.S.B. (circa 633-710, the "Apostle of Sussex;" A.K.A. of Ripon, of Hexham; also spelt Wilfrith), sixth (VI) Bishop of Hexham (706-710), second (II) Bishop of Leicester (692-705), inaugural Bishop of Selsey (681-685), third (III) Bishop of York (664-678), inaugural abbot at Ripon (658-663); a father of the Synod of Whitby (664); subject of the Vita Sancti Wilfithi: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link Hexham & Wikipedia-link Hexham, Wikipedia-link Leicester, Wikipedia-link Selsey, Diocese-link York & Wikipedia-link York, & Wikipedia-link Ripon; Wikipedia-link Whitby; & Wikipedia-link Vita Sancti Wilfithi.
Commentary: Not to be confused with a later Bishop of York, St. Wilfrid II the Younger [29 April].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Serafino of Montegranaro, Religious, O.F.M. Cap. (1540-1604; A.K.A. of Ascoli Piceno, Felice Rapagnano): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed John Baptist, Priest & Martyr, O.F.M. (1603-1642, A.K.A. Thomas Bullaker), martyred in the reign of the Anglo-Scottish king Charles I, one of the Eighty-five Martyrs of England & Wales (martyred 1584-1679): Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link England & Wales & Wikipedia-link England & Wales.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Carlo Acutis (1991-2006): Blessed-link & Wikipedia-link.
Mass Readings—Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Galatians, chapter four, verses twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-six, twenty-seven, & thirty-one, & chapter five, verse one;
Psalm One HUndred Thirteen (R/. cf. two; or, "Alleluia, Alleluia"), verses one(b) & two; three & four; & five(a), six, & seven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eleven, verses twenty-nine thru thirty-two.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the crowd that no sign will be given except the sign of Jonah, a vague hint of his Resurrection. The Resurrection means that Jesus of Nazareth, who claimed throughout his public life to be speaking and acting in the very person of God, and who was brutally put to death by Roman executioners, rose bodily from the dead.Video reflection by Monsignor James Vlaun (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
One implication of the Resurrection is that we have a real advocate in heaven. The biblical imagination on this score is not Greek—that is to say, not marked by sharp dualisms of matter and spirit. The great hope of Israel is not a jailbreak, not an escape from this world, but precisely the coming together of heaven and earth.
The bodily Resurrection of Jesus—as the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep—is the great sign that the two orders are coming together. A body that can be touched and that can consume baked fish has found its way into the realm of heaven. And thus bodies are not finally alien to God. We have indeed an Advocate in the heavenly places.
Video reflection by Curtis Mitch (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Daily Reflection.
Scripture Study—Day 91: Havel Highlands, Day 22
The Book of Ecclesiastes, chapter six, verses seven thru twelve.
Commentary: Frustration of Desires (cont'd; Ecclesiastes, 6:7-12).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Unborn children are always to be welcomed; life is always to be protected & loved, from conception to its natural end."Bonus! Papal Quote o' the Day
—Pope Francis (b. 1936, r. 2013-present)
"Certainly, you are not unaware of how much the path of love can cost. Christ Himself reminds you of it from atop the Cross."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"The constitutions of our religious order state: 'We & our poor will rely entirely on Divine Providence. We are not ashamed to beg from door to door as members of Christ, Who Himself lived on alms during His public life & Whom we serve in the sick & poor.'"Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"To always be close to Jesus, that's my life plan."
—Bl. Carlo Acutis (1991-2006, feast: 12 October)
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