Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time • Year C
We cannot get rid of God no matter how hard we try in our sinfulness. And it is precisely because God wants us to be more and more the sacraments of God’s presence to others that God calls us little by little, rebuking and warning and reminding us, says Wisdom, so that we can turn to the merciful and compassionate God, whom Jesus, in the Gospel of Luke, proclaims as he enters into the house of Zacchaeus, the tax collector, who was lost, but Jesus found.
This Day in Province History: October 29, 1877
Bishop Thomas Galberry officiated at the investiture ceremony held at St. Augustine Church, Philadelphia, of Fr. Patrick Stanton as Master of Sacred Theology, an honorary title conferred by the Prior General.
Augustine For Today
October 29 -SAINT GERMANO
“How mixed up I get, Jesus! And how sad my poor soul becomes when it is trying to rest in peace and you seem not to be present in the room! In its solitary space it turns this way and that on its chosen bed, first on its back, then on its side, then on its stomach, only to find more discomfort. Only you, Lord, bring peace. And I know you are always right here, ready to free me from my stupidity and get me going in the right direction. You build up my courage by whispering to me, ‘Go ahead and run, skipping into your future. I shall hold you in my arms until you win the prize and then go on holding you forever and ever.”
Confessions, 6.16