Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Lk 17:26-37 - Jesus said to his disciples: "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all. So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day, someone who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise one in the field must not return to what was left behind. Remember the wife of Lot. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left." They said to him in reply, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather."

Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious

Saint Elizabeth, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2, 3, 4) Shaun McAfee on his book: Compendium of Sacramentals:Encyclopedia of the Church's Blessings, Signs, and Devotions, by TAN Books

Shaun McAfee, a convert to the Catholic Faith and Lay Dominican, is founder and editor of epicpew.com. He writes for numerous Catholic publications and resources, including the National Catholic Register. He currently lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, with his wife, Jessica, and their six children