Saints of the Day
'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin, T.O.P. (1586-1617, A.K.A. Isabel Flores de Oliva).
'Tis the Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Judges, chapter nine, verses six thru fifteen;
Psalm Twenty-one (R/. two[a]), verses two & three, four & five, & six & seven;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty, verses one thru sixteen.
Commentary: Daily Readings.
Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the landowner who hires people at various times of the day and then pays everyone the same. Now consider the fact that these workers represent us and the landowner God. From our perspective, there is plenty of injustice, plenty of inexplicable inequity, plenty of infuriating unfairness.Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
But God is that Being who knows everything about everything. Our knowledge is comparatively miniscule in both depth and breadth. What we can see of God’s canvas is laughably small. And yet we make bold to declare certain things just or unjust.
Recall the story of the gangster who called for a priest as he lay dying on the street in New York. The priest declared him forgiven, and there was a flood of protest: How could this be fair to all of those who had been good and devout Christians all of their lives?
My ways are not your ways, says the Lord. Let us have the humility to allow God to distribute his graces as he sees fit. And let us ask “why” not in a spirit of rebellion but in a spirit of awe and expectation.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Daily Reflection.
Audio reflection by Scott Hahn, Ph.D. (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Letters from Home.
Mass Readings—Optional Memorial of Saint Rose of Lima
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter ten, verse seventeen(b) thru chapter eleven, verse two;
Psalm One Hundred Forty-eight (R/. cf. twelve[a] & thirteen[a]), verses one(b/c) & two; eleven, twelve, & thirteen(a); & thirteen(c) & fourteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter thirteen, verses forty-four, forty-five, & forty-six.
Commentary: Memorial Readings.
Saint Quote o' the Day
"Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven."
—Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.P. (1586-1617, feast: 23 August)
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