MEMORIAL OF ST JEROME, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH.
MEMORIAL OF ST JEROME, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH.
Jerusalem is our destination.
THE GOSPEL:
"When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him.
"On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there, but they would not welcome him because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
"When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
"Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village." (Luke 9: 51 - 56)."
Tuesday 30th September 2025 in the 26th Week in Ordinary Time is the feast of St Jerome (342 - 420).
St Jerome was from Dalmatia in former Yugoslavia. He was a priest and Doctor of the Church.
Jerome translated the Bible into the Latin Vulgate, which became the official version of the Bible for the Church for over 1000 years.
I am delighted by these quotes from St Jerome:
+ "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ."
+ "As often as the world’s vain ambition delights you, as often as you see in mundane affairs something that vaunts itself, transport yourself in your thoughts to paradise: begin to be what you shall be. And you shall hear from your Bridegroom: Put me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm."
"GOOD, BETTER, BEST. NEVER LET IT REST. 'TIL YOUR GOOD IS BETTER AND YOUR BETTER IS BEST."
"Blessed indeed is he who ponders the law of the Lord day and night:
he will yield his fruit in due season." (Cf Psalm 1: 1 - 2. Entrance Antiphon on the Feast of St Jerome).
Lord, help us to follow the example of St Jerome in reflecting on Your word day and night. May Your word prepare us to offer You a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving always and everywhere. Amen.
Our key Scripture for today reinforces the lesson I learned as a door to door salesman.
A good salesman does not force himself or his product on people. Make the best presentation and product demonstration you are able to. At the end, if the prospect says no, move on to the next prospect.
I have found sometimes that the next prospect might actually be very happy to make a purchase. It was a very hard lesson for me to get. I took No as a personal rejection like James and John in today's Gospel.
Jesus taught His disciples that the field of Evangelization is very wide. He shares His way of winning souls below:
"My way is one of gentleness, of mercy, and of compassion. I offer My Cross to souls, but I never impose it, and when a soul begins to say “Yes” to the sweet and terrible exigencies of My love, I fit My Cross to her shoulders, and then help her to carry it step by step, increasing its weight only as that soul grows in love and in the fortitude that comes from the Holy Spirit." (IN SINU JESU, September 23, 2011, Feast of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina).
In September, the Church honors the Sorrowful Heart of Mary.
Tomorrow September 30th is the last day of the devotion to the Sorrowful Heart of Mary.
October is the Month of the Most Holy Rosary. The Holy Rosary is the greatest magnet of grace and favors outside the Most Holy Eucharist, the Mass. Be prepared for a holy adventure this October.
For Prayers of Consecration to the Immaculate and Sorrowful Heart of Mary, Litany, Promises of Mary to those who say the Holy Rosary, etc click the link below:
may your blessings always be with me nossa senhora do perpétuo socorro and saint jude by ameya jaywant narvekar
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