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27 October 2026 (30th Week, Tuesday) Mass Readings https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102726.cfm (English) Chinese Mass Readings below. Saints’ Commentaries: Summaries below. Ephesians 5:21-33 (wallpaper) by Saint John Chrysostom. https://www.ecatholic2000.com/fathers/untitled-726.shtml#_Toc390304086 Epistle to the Ephesians [audiobook with text English [>3:16:19], Chinese, movie] What the Saints and Church Fathers say about the Love God has for each of us. 8-) 聖保祿宗徒致厄弗所人書 5:21-33 21又要懷着敬畏基督的心，互相順從。 22你們作妻子的，應當服從自己的丈夫，如同服從主一樣， 23因為丈夫是妻子的頭，如同基督是教會的頭，他又是這身體的救主。 24教會怎樣服從基督，作妻子的也應怎樣事事服從丈夫。 25你們作丈夫的，應該愛妻子，如同基督愛了教會，並為她捨棄了自己， 26以水洗，藉言語，來潔淨她，聖化她， 27好使她在自己面前呈現為一個光耀的教會，沒有瑕疵，沒有皺紋，或其他類似的缺陷；而使她成為聖潔和沒有污點的。 28作丈夫的也應當如此愛自己的妻子，如同愛自己的身體一樣；那愛自己妻子的，就是愛自己， 29因為從來沒有人恨過自己的肉身，反而培養撫育它，一如基督之對教會； 30因為我們都是他身上的肢體。 31「為此，人應離開自己的父母，依附自己的妻子，二人成為一體。」 32這奧秘真是偉大！但我是指基督和教會說的。 33總之，你們每人應當各愛自己的妻子，就如愛自己一樣；至於妻子，應該敬重自己的丈夫。
Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 (wallpaper) by Saint Augustine. https://www.ecatholic2000.com/fathers/untitled-686.shtml#_Toc390303653 Psalms [audiobook with text English, Chinese Psalms 1-50, 51-100, 101-150] 答唱詠 聖詠 128 篇 1-2, 3, 4-5 【答】 ：敬畏上主的人，真是有福。 1登聖殿歌。不拘你是誰，只要你敬畏上主，在祂的道路上行走，就算有福！ 2你能吃你雙手賺來的食物，你便實在幸運，也萬事有福！ 3你的妻子住在你的內室，像一株葡萄樹結實纍纍；你的子女繞你的桌椅，相似橄欖樹的枝葉茂密。 4的確，誰敬畏上主，必受這樣的祝福！ 5惟願上主由熙雍聖山向你祝福，使你一生得見耶路撒冷的福祿，
Here is a concise summary of St Augustine’s commentary on Psalm 128:1–6. Saint Augustine’s main interpretation Saint Augustine reads Psalm 128 Christologically: the “man” of the Psalm ultimately refers to Christ, while Christians are His members, so the blessings described belong spiritually to the whole Church. “Blessed are all they that fear the Lord” (v.1) True blessedness comes from fearing God and walking in His ways. Although the Psalm speaks of “they” and then “thou,” Augustine sees the many believers as one in Christ, because they belong to Christ's Body. “Thou shalt eat the labours of thy fruits” (v.2) Augustine notices the unusual expression: normally one eats the fruits of one's labour, not the labour itself. He interprets it spiritually: Our present life is labour and struggle. Yet Christians can already “eat” their labours because they have hope. The actual fruit of those labours comes later, in eternal life. Thus, “Blessed art thou” refers to the present, while “well shall it be with thee” points to the future reward. “Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine” (v.3) The wife is the Church, the Bride of Christ. Augustine stresses that the Church's true fruitfulness is not measured simply by the number of people who belong visibly to it. Some members may be spiritually barren. The fruitful “vine” consists particularly of those who cling to Christ. The wife and the children are the Church (v.3) Augustine makes a striking point: in ordinary human marriage, the wife and children are different; spiritually, however, the Church is both Christ's wife and His children. He connects this with Christ's words that whoever does God's will is His brother, sister, and mother. The Church becomes “mother” because Christ is spiritually brought forth in believers through baptism. “Thy children like olive-branches” (v.3) The children around the Lord's table represent the spiritual children of the Church. Augustine warns Christians not to envy people merely because they possess earthly families, children, grandchildren, and other worldly blessings. The Psalm's promise is fulfilled spiritually in the Christian. “The Lord shall bless thee from Sion” (v.4–5) Augustine distinguishes earthly prosperity from true blessedness. Having children is not itself the great blessing; what matters is having good children and, more fundamentally, spiritual children. Earthly life is temporary. Children grow through successive stages—infancy, boyhood, youth, manhood, old age—and each new stage means the death of the preceding one. Ultimately earthly life ends. Therefore, the truly good things of Jerusalem are eternal things: life with God, where believers will not lose what they love through death, because they will rise again to live the eternal life. “All thy life long” and eternal life Augustine connects this with St Paul: if our hope in Christ were only for this present life, Christians would be most miserable. The martyrs' suffering therefore makes sense only because their hope is eternal life. Christians presently fight two kinds of battles: outwardly, against unbelief and disobedience; inwardly, against lusts and disordered desires. The peace of Jerusalem is therefore not merely earthly peace. Jerusalem means “vision of peace,” pointing toward the ultimate peace of God. “Thy children’s children” (v.6) Augustine gives this a particularly interesting spiritual interpretation: “Thy children” = the good works you perform. “Thy children's children” = the fruits or consequences of those works. His example is almsgiving: when you give alms, the act itself is your “child”; the eternal reward received through that work is its “child's child.” The Psalm therefore ends with “peace upon Israel”—the ultimate destiny of God's people. In one sentence For Augustine, Psalm 128 is not primarily a promise of earthly prosperity, marriage, children, and longevity; it is a prophecy of the spiritual blessings of Christ and His Church, in which present Christian labour leads through suffering and good works to the eternal fruit, peace, and life of the heavenly Jerusalem. One particularly important point for your chronology research is Augustine's treatment of “all thy life long,” Jerusalem, and eternal life: he consistently moves the Psalm's ultimate fulfilment away from merely earthly chronology and toward the eternal state.
Luke 13:18-21 (wallpaper) from Catena Aurea (Saints’ Commentaries) https://www.ecatholic2000.com/catena/untitled-74.shtml The Gospel of Luke [audiobook with text English, Chinese, movie] 聖路加福音 13:18-21 18耶穌又說：「天主的國相似什麼？我要把它比作什麼呢？ 19它相似一粒芥子，人取來種在自己的園中，它遂生長起來，成了大樹，天上的飛鳥都棲息在它的枝頭上。」 20他又說：「我要把天主的國比作什麼呢？ 21它相似酵母，女人取來藏在三斗麵中，直到全部發酵。」 Sending Peace, Love & Joy to you from Singapore!
27 October 2026 Saints Feast Day Feast of Saint Frumentius, Confessor, Bishop of Axum, Apostle to Agazit (videos, quotes, his writings) & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us; especially the Sick & Needy. Many Thanks. See how God will turn the Good Things into Bad for the Wicked and vice versa! Does God treat an evil intention to harm/kill the SAME as MURDER? The Judgements for those who harm/kill Human Beings (including these in Singapore) especially the Righteous (without repentance and making reparation) as pronounced by Jesus Christ: 2 Esdras 7:1-35 [>51:40-1:02:14], 2 Esdras 7:36-105, Apocalypse of Peter & Book of Revelation (Saints’ commentaries with summaries). Thank You Lord Jesus.
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