Month: August 2018
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Something about the Name.
Holy Name Altar, St Dominic’s SF ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 18th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 Matthew 14:22-36 Statimque Jesus locutus est eis, dicens : Habete fiduciam : ego sum, nolite timere.At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” Today, 7…
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Matins and Lauds
+JMJ+ Being out for a walk at 5: 30 in the morning reveals a whole different San Francisco. Within a block of my apartment there are folks on bicycles, mostly guys in hoodies and caps. Their faces are obscured, their purpose is nefarious. These guys are prowling on the sidewalks, looking for something on a…
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Jesus in the Sky with Prophets
✙ JMJ The Readings for the Feast of the Transfiguration Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 2 Peter 1:16-19 Mark 9:2-10 Non enim doctas fabulas secuto notam fecimus vobis Domini nostri Jesu Christi virtutem et praesentiam : sed speculatores facti illius magnitudinis… Et hanc vocem nos audivimus de caelo allatam, cum essemus cum ipso in monte sancto. For…
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Leeks! Onions! Fleshpots!
✙ JMJ The Readings for the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 John 6:24-35 Utinam mortui essemus per manum Domini in terra Aegypti, quando sedebamus super ollas carnium, et comedebamus panem in saturitate Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt,…
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I see your 22, and I raise you 67.
✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of Saint John Vianney, PriestSaturday in the 17th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 Matthew 14:1-12 Judicium mortis est viro huic, quia prophetavit adversus civitatem istam, sicut audistis auribus vestris. This man deserves death; he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears. Prophesy against “The…
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I’m in Charge Now
✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 17th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 18:1-6 Matthew 13:47-53 Numquid sicut figulus iste, non potero vobis facere, domus Israel? ait Dominus : ecce sicut lutum in manu figuli, sic vos in manu mea, domus Israel. Cannot I do with you, as this potter, O house of Israel, saith the…
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A sting of pearls…
✙ JMJ The Readings for St Alphonsus Liguouri, Bishop & Doctor of the ChurchWednesday in the 17th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 Matthew 13:44-46 Gloriatus sum a facie manus tuae : solus sedebam, quoniam comminatione replesti me. Quare factus est dolor meus perpetuus, et plaga mea desperabilis renuit curari? facta est mihi quasi mendacium aquarum infidelium.…
