The Popish Plot
"Round Up Shopping Carts for Christ"
'Tis the festival of Saint Theophilus of Antioch, Bishop (died circa 184), seventh (VII) Patriarch of Antioch (169-184): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Antioch.
Commentary: Wayback Machine '18.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Benedict of Cupra, Martyr (died circa 304, A.K.A. of Tronto), martyred in the reign of the Roman emperors Diocletian & Maximian, a victim of the Diocletianic Persecution (303-313): Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Persecutions-link, Wikipedia-link Diocletian ūnus, Wikipedia-link Diocletian duo, & Wikipedia-link Diocletian trēs.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Simpert of Augsberg, Bishop & Abbot, O.S.B. (died circa 807), Bishop of Augsberg (778-807), sixth (VI) abbot of Murbach Abbey (789-792): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link; Diocese-link, Wikipedia-link Augsberg, & Wikipedia-link Bishops (List); & Wikipedia-link Murbach.
Commentary: Nephew of Bl. Charlemagne [28 January].
'Tis also the festival of Saint Gerald of Aurillac (circa 855-909), Count of Aurillac: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Edward the Confessor (circa 1003-1066), King of England: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Daniel, Priest, & Companions, Religious & Martyrs, O.F.M. (died 1227; A.K.A. the Martyrs of Cueta, of Morocco), martyred in the reign of the Almohad caliph Yahya al-Mu'tasim: Martyr-link D-A-N, Martyr-link Alpha, Martyr-link D-O-N, Martyr-link Hotel, Martyr-link Lima, Martyr-link November, & Martyr-link Sierra; Martyrs-link Cueta & Wikipedia-link.
'Tis also the anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, A.K.A. the Miracle of Fátima, the final & most spectacular apparition of Our Lady of Fátima (apparitions 13 May-13 October 1917): Wikipedia-link Miracle of the Sun; Madonna-link & Wikipedia-link Our Lady of Fátima.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
The Letter to the Galatians, chapter five, verses one thru six;
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen (R/. forty-one[a]), verses forty-one, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-seven, & forty-eight;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eleven, verses thirty-seven thru forty-one.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus declares the value of almsgiving: "As to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you."Video reflection by Father John M. McKenzie (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
Almsgiving is valuable because we’re members of a Mystical Body—we’re implicated in each other. I can never say that your suffering is not mine or that your neediness is not mine. All of us are co-implicated. We’re responsible for each other, and giving alms is a very concrete way to acknowledge that. When we share gifts or charity with those in need, we’re acknowledging the fact that we’re not in this alone, that the things that we own are meant for others. Almsgiving is also tied to the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, which every Catholic is obligated to practice every day.
Numerous spiritual masters have witnessed that belief in God is strengthened not so much from intellectual effort as from moral action. When a man asked the English Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins what he must do in order to believe, Hopkins replied, "Give alms."As you love through tangible acts, you will come to believe more deeply and to enter more fully into friendship with God.
Scripture Study—Day 91: Havel Highlands, Day 23
The Book of Ecclesiastes, chapter seven, verses one thru 4.
Commentary: Wisdom & Folly Compared (Ecclesiastes, 7:1-4).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Hold truth in holy respect; fearto offend it, to betray it. Impose upon yourself the discipline of silence, of moderation, of pateience. Truth seeks only to be proclaimed in its entirety."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John XXIII (1881-1963, r. 1958-1963; feast: 11 October)
"Faith in action is service. We try to be holy because we believe. In most modern rooms we see an electrical light that can be turned on by a switch. But if there is no connection with the main powerhouse, then there can be no light. Faith & prayer are our connection with God, & [the] power of that connection is service."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Our aim has to be the infinite & not the finite. The infinite is our homeland. We have always been expected in Heaven."
—Bl. Carlo Acutis (1991-2006, feast: 12 October)
"Gifts can be transient things. That's why Saint Paul says of several of them, 'They will pass.' See how Saul lost his gift, or Samson. Samson had the charism of strength. And Samson one day said, 'I will go out & do as I've done before,' & scripture says that, 'he knew not that the Lord had left him.' He no longer had the charism. So these particular gifts can be lost. We therefore have to keep a due balance in the Church, & not be overemphatic about certain gifts, not forming elites, not allowing anyone to say, 'We have a monopoly on the Spirit. You join our group. I am of Paul; I am of Cephas; I am of Apollos.' The test is always: does it build up the Church? If it does not build up the Church, then it is not properly used."
—Ven. Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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