'Tis the Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine '21 & Wayback Machine '20.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Exodus, chapter three, verses one thru six & nine thru twelve;
Psalm One Hundred Three (R/. eight[a]), verses one(b) & two, three & four, & six & seven;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eleven, verses twenty-five, twenty-six, & twenty-seven.
Commentary: Daily Readings.
Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus reveals his intimate relationship with his Father: “No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”Logos or Word by which the Father understands himself.
There is something absolutely remarkable and peculiar about Jesus. Like Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and David, he is sent by God. So far, so ordinary. However, this sent one is, at the same time, God. For he speaks and acts consistently in the very person of God: “Unless you love me…,” “My son, your sins are forgiven…,” “You have heard it said, but I say…,” “Heaven and earth shall pass away….”
There seems to be one who is, in one sense, other than the one who sent him and, in another sense, the same as the one who sent him. This one comes forth from the Father not as a creature but as an image and perfect reflection, the
These two “persons,” the Father and the Son, look at one another from all eternity and sigh forth their love for one another. This mutual breathing-forth is the Holy Spirit.Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Daily Reflection.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"If fear of God is taken away from the soul, the word holiness, the supreme perfection of our being, no longer has any meaning. In addition, the word sin, which is an absurd violation of Divine Law, no longer has any meaning."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint Paul VI (1897-1978, r. 1963-1978; feast:29 May)
"We do not go to holy Communion because we are good. We go to become good."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Saint John Bosco, S.D.B. (1815-1888, feast: 31 January)
"I have seen every disease. I have seen people suffer in unimaginable ways. But I tell you, one of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"It is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, & harder still to follow it."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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