Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the pastoral care of the sick (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick grant the Lordâs strength to those who receive it and to their loved ones, and that it may become for everyone an ever more visible sign of compassion and hope."
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
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[107] Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Eph 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 4 of the Psalter.
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Daniel, prophet (cf. Dn. 1:3-4a, 6) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
32nd anniversary of the death of P. LuĂs Gonzaga Carneiro (90) d. 1992 at GuimarĂŁes, Portugal.
Anniversary:
16th anniversary of the death of P. Sean (Max) Murray (HIB) (86) d. 2008 at Dublin, Ireland.
Anniversary:
14th anniversary of the death of P. Reinhardt Zinkaan (82) d. 2010 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1550
Julius Ill, by his Bull, Exposcit debitum, again confirms the Institute. 1773. The Brief for the Suppression of the Society (Dominus ac Redemptor) was signed by Clement XIV. After signing it, Cardinal Pacca says the pope threw the pen from him and fell senseless on the marble pavement. He was heard exclaiming: "Compulsus feci. Questa soppressione mi dara Ia morte." At that time there were 22,589 Jesuits, 49 Provinces, 669 Colleges and over 3000 missionaries.
1550
Through his Bull, "Exposcit debitum" Pope Julius III again conďŹrmed the Institute of the Society.
1773
Pope Clement XIV issued "Dominus ac Redemptor", an Apostolic Brief, suppressing the Society of Jesus.
1868
Peter Verhaegen, S.J. dies President of St. Louis University, educator, and in charge of the missions.
1947
The death of Servant of God John Baptist Reus, a German who worked in Southern Brazil and is noted for his mystical prayer.
