Saints of the Day
'Tis the Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor of the Church (221-1274, the Doctor Seraphicus ["Seraphic Doctor"]; A.K.A. Giovanni di Fidanza, of Bagnorea), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano & seventh (VII) Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, who attended the Second Council of Lyons (1272-1274, the fourteenth ecumenical council).
'Tis the Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Book of Isaiah, chapter ten, verses five, six, seven, & thirteen(b) thru sixteen;
Psalm Ninety-four (R/. fourteen[a]), verses five & six, seven & eight, nine & ten & fourteen & fifteen;
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.”Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S.C.C.B.): Daily Reflection.
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 Logos or Word by which the Father understands himself.
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.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Memorial of Saint Bonaventure
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter three, verses fourteen thru nineteen;
Psalm one Hundred Nineteen (R/. twelve), nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, & fourteen;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-three, verses one thru twelve.
Commentary: Memorial Readings.
Saint Quote o' the Day
"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, O.F.M. (1221-1274, feast: 15 July)
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