You are the light of the world
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Today, June 11, as our Church celebrates the Memorial of Barnabas, Apostle, our Church invites us to reflect on a Scripture passage from the first letter of the apostle Paul to the Corinthians (4:1-16). Our treasure, which follows, is from a treatise on the Gospel of Saint Matthew by Saint Chromatius.
Catholics celebrate the memory of St. Barnabas on June 11. The apostle and missionary was among Christ's earliest followers and was responsible for welcoming St. Paul into the Church. Though not one of the 12 apostles chosen by the Lord, Jesus, he is traditionally regarded as one of the 72 disciples of Christ and most respected man in the first century Church after the Apostles themselves.
Saint Chromatius was a native of Aquileia, Italy, and participated in the Synod of Aquileia that condemned Arianism. Seven years later he became the bishop of the see. A friend of St. Jerome, Chromatius also encouraged Rufinus to translate Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History. He was known and revered as a scholar and was described by St. Jerome as "a most learned and most holy man." Saint Chromatius was also a friend of Saint John Chrysostom.
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