Saints of the Day
'Tis the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Loreto (translations 1291-1294): Madonna-link, Holy House-link ūnus, Holy House-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth Minute Meditations from the Popes:
Lord Jesus, let me mediate upon how Mary & Joseph spoke to You of God's love, how You learned to work, & how You learned to surrender Your life in love.NEW! — № | ūnus | duo | trēs
'Tis also the festival of Saint Miltiades, Pope (died 314, A.K.A. Melchiades the African), thirty-second (XXXII) Bishop of Rome (311-314), a foe of the Donatist heresy: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Pontifex-link & Wikipedia-link Pontifex; & Heresy-link & Wikipedia-link Donatism.
'Tis also the festival of Saint Gregory III, Pope (died 741), ninetieth (XC) Bishop of Rome (731-741), a foe of the Byzantine iconoclastic heresy: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Pontifex-link & Wikipedia-link Pontifex; & Heresy-link & Wikipedia-link Iconoclasm.
'Tis also the festival of Saints Edmund Gennings, Polydore Plasden, & Eustace White, Priests; & Swithun Wells, Martyrs (died 1591), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I, four of the Forty Martyrs of England & Wales: Martyr-link Echo Golf & Wikipedia-link Echo Golf, Martyr-link Papa Papa & Wikipedia-link Papa Papa, Martyr-link Echo Whiskey & Wikipedia-link Echo Whiskey, & Martyr-link Sierra Whiskey & Wikipedia-link Sierra Whiskey; Martyrs-link England & Wales & Wikipedia-link England & Wales.
'Tis also the festival of Blesseds Sidney Hodgson, Brian Lacey, & John Mason, Martyrs (died 1591), martyred in the reign of the English queen Elizabeth I: Martyr-link Sierra Hotel & Wikipedia-link Sierra Hotel, Martyr-link Bravo Lima, Martyr-link Juliett Mike, & Wikipedia-link Trio.
'Tis also the festival of Saint John Roberts, Priest & Martyr, O.S.B. (1577-1610), martyred in the reign of the Anglo-Scottish king James VI & I, one of the Forty Martyrs of England & Wales; & founder of the Benedictines that eventually founded the Basilica of Saint Gregory the Great, A.K.A. Downside Abbey: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link England & Wales & Wikipedia-link England & Wales, & Wikipedia-link Downside.
'Tis also the festival of Blessed Thomas Somers, Priest & Martyr (died 1610, A.K.A. Thomas Wilson), martyred in the reign of the Anglo-Scottish king James VI & I, one of the one hundred fifty-eight Martyrs of Douai: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link; Martyrs-link Douai & Wikipedia-link Douai.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Isaiah, chapter forty-one, verses thirteen thru twenty;
Psalm One Hundred Forty-five (R/. eight), verses one & nine, ten & eleven, & twelve & thirteen(a/b);
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eleven, verses eleven thru fifteen.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus says to the crowds, “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force.” The title for Flannery O’Connor’s irresistibly powerful second and final novel,The Violent Bear It Away, is taken from the Douay-Rheims translation of this last phrase.
This famously ambiguous passage has given rise to a variety of interpretations over the centuries. Many have taken it to mean that the kingdom of God is attacked by violent people (such as those who killed John the Baptist) and that they threaten to take it away. But others have interpreted it in the opposite direction, as a word of praise to the spiritually violent who manage to get into the kingdom. Flannery O’Connor herself sides with this latter group.
The “violent,” on this reading, are those spiritually heroic types who resist the promptings and tendencies of our fallen nature and seek to discipline it in various ways in order to enter into the kingdom of God.
Reflect: In what way can you be “spiritually violent,” disciplining your own ego and tendency to sin in a heroic way?Video reflection by Deacon Clarence McDavid (U.S. Conf. of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
The Book of Isaiah, chapter seven, verses ten thru fourteen & chapter eight, verse ten;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses forty-six & forty-seven, forty-eight & forty-nine, fifty & fifty-one, fity-two & fifty-three, & fifty-four & fifty-five;
(R/. verse forty-nine; or, "O Blessed Virgin Mary, you carried the Son of the eternal Father.")
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verses twenty-six thru thrity-eight.
Video reflection by Becket Ghioto (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Daily Reflection.
Scripture Study—Bishop's Year of the Bible: Day 12
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter one (verses one thru twenty-five);
Commentary: The Genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matthew, 1:1-17) & the Birth of Jesus Christ (Matthew, 1:18-25).
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Saint Joseph reminds us that those who appear hidden or in the shadows can play an incomparable rôle in the history of salvation."
—Pope Francis, S.J. (b. 1936, r. 2013-present)
"Narazeth is the school in which one can begin to understand the life of Jesus: the school of the Gospel. Here one learns to watch, to listen, to meditate, & to penetrate the most profound & mysterious meaning of this manifestation of the Sonf of God."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Pope St. John XXIII (1881-1963, r. 1958-1963; feast: 11 October)
"I can understand the greatness of God, but I cannot understand His humility. It becomes so clear in Him being in love with each of us separately & completely. It is as if there is no one but me in the world. He loves me so much. Each one of us can say this with great conviction."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Thou alone & Thy Mother are in all things fair; there is no flaw in Thee & no satain in Thy Mother."
—St. Ephraim the Syrian, Doctor of the Church (306-373, feast: 9 June)
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