Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the abolition of the death penalty (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "We pray that the death penalty, which attacks the dignity of the human person, may be legally abolished in every country."
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Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
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[129] Wis 9:13-18b; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; Phlm 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 3 of the Psalter.
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Joseph, son of Jacob (cf. Gn. 30:22–24, 37; 39–50) [from the Roman Martyrology].
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Moses, prophet and law giver (cf. Ex. 3:10) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
49th anniversary of the death of P. John Diamond (69) d. 1973 at London, England.
Anniversary:
19th anniversary of the death of P. Desmond O'Loghlen (85) d. 2003 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
16th anniversary of the death of P. Sean O'Connor (AOR) (86) d. 2006 at Nairobi, Kenya.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1549
Peter Canisius makes his final profession in Rome. 1606. Brief of Pope Paul V confirms our Institute.
1845
Pierre Chazelle dies. Pioneer leader and first Superior of the restored Society in French Canada and the USA.
1973
James Brodrick dies, in London, of the Irish Province, historian of the Society, biographer of Ignatius, Bellarmine, and Canisius.
1991
Henri Cardinal de Lubac, S.J. dies, age 95. A theologian, once silenced, then vindicated. Surnaturel. He was created a cardinal in 1983.
