Saints of the Day
'Tis the Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, O.F.M. (1221-1274, of Bagnorea; the Doctor Seraphicus ["Seraphic Doctor"]; A.K.A. Giovanni di Fidanza), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1273-1274) & seventh (VII) Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (1257-1274), who attended the Second Council of Lyons (1272-1274, the fourteenth [XIV] ecumenical council).
'Tis the Saturday of the Fourteen Week in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Genesis, chapter forty-nine, verses twenty-nine thru thirty-two & chapter fifty, verses fifteen thru twenty-six(a);
Psalm One Hundred Five, verses one & two, thre & four, & six & seven,
(R/. cf. Psalm Sixty-nine, verse thirty-three);
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter ten, verses twenty-four thru thirty-three.
Commentary: Daily Readings.
Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples not to fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Through the power of his being, he has linked us to the creative source of all existence. And in that “place,” loved in the Spirit by the Father and the Son, we are safe—even from those who would kill the body.Video reflection by Harry Dudley, D.Min. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
But this means that our perspective can and must change. Most of us spend most of our lives defending ourselves against assaults on the “body”—keen, almost every waking moment, to protect our psyches, our emotions, our fortunes, our health, our reputations.
When we do that, we warp ourselves, turning our lives defensively inward, living in a very small spiritual space. But when we live out of the divine center, we breathe the air of real spiritual freedom. No longer cramped fearfully around the “body,” we can move into the wide expanse of the divine will, following God however he prompts us. And this state of affairs, this great soul, is simultaneously alluring in its beauty and terrifying in its demand.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Daily Reflection.
Mass Readings—Memorial of Saint Bonaventure
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter three, verses fourteen thru nineteen;
Psalm One Hundred Nineteen (R/. twelve), verses nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-three, verses eight thru twelve.
Commentary: Memorial Readings.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Holiness reveals itself in the last analysis as fullness of life, boundless hapiness, & immersion in the light of Christ & God. It is also an inebriating foretaste of the Communion of Saints, that is, of the living Church who is the Lord's, both in time & in eternity."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint Paul VI (1897-1978, r. 1963-1978; feast: 29 May)
"The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great & heroic virtue."
—Saint Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church (1221-1274, feast: 15 July)
"Rigorous poverty is our safeguard. We do not want, as has been the case with other religious orders throughout history, to begin serving the poor & then gradually move toward serving the rich. In order for us to understand & to be able to help those who lack everything, we have to live as they live. The difference lies only in the fact that those we aid are poor by force, whereas we are poor by choice."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Help someone in distress & you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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