27th Sunday of the Year (B)

Reflections for the 27th Sunday of the Year (B)
Genesis 2:18-24
Psalm 128
Hebrews 2:9-11
Mark 10:2-16

To be posted and published soon.

Memorial of Saints (October 6)

Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints

• Bruno, priest
• Faith, virgin and martyr;
• Nicetas of Constantinople;
• Mary Frances of Naples, virgin

Bruno (died 1101 A.D.): at la Grande Chartreuse (or Charter House) near Grenoble; sought "to seek God assiduously, to find God promptly, and to possess God fully"; founded (1084 A.D.) the Carthusians, whose motto is "while the world changes, the cross stands firm."

Memorial of Saints (October 5)

Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints

• Maria Faustina Kowalska
• Apollinaris of Valence, bishop;
• Galla, widow;
• Magenulf or Meinulf;
• Flora of Beaulieu, virgin;
• Aymard of Cluny, abbot

St. Aymard (d. 965 A.D.) became the third abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Cluny, France. Succeeding St. Odo in 942 A.D., he continued the reforms of St. Odo and his predecessor. He resigned in 948 A.D. because of blindness and died on October 5.

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• What Monasticism in the History of the Church Can Teach Us, Learn more