Category: 11Ordinary

  • Chez Mammon

    The Readings for the 11th Saturday, Tempus per Annum 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 Matthew 6:24-34 Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span? Matthew 6:27 (NABRE) WORRYING, SO GOES THE ONLINE WISDOM, is a form of Atheism. It seems to arise from something said by the Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, or…

  • Validate Me (pt 2)

    The Readings for the 11th Friday, Tempus per Annum 1 Kings 21:1-16 Matthew 6:19-23 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. Matthew 6:21 (NABRE) HEART IS ONE Of the most important words in the Bible. Especially in the Hebrew Scriptures – and therefore in the teachings of Jesus – it is…

  • To Kingdom Come

    The Readings for the 11th Thursday, Tempus Per Annum Sirach 48:1-14 Matthew 6:7-15 Thy kingdom come Matthew 6:10 (AV) MINDFUL THAT the original texts (in Hebrew and Greek) had no punctuation, I want to challenge you to read the Lord’s prayer here with a colon instead of a line break, comma, or full stop. Thy…

  • Validate Me

    The Readings for the 11th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum 2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:2b (NABRE) MANY RECENT CONVERSATIONS have been around the topic of seeking validation. Your host became aware of this issue leaving his job history (of nearly 25 years)…

  • The Perfect Name

    The Readings for the 11th Tuesday, Tempus Per Annum (C2) 1 Kings 21:17-29 Matthew 5:43-48 So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 (NABRE) BE PERFECT JUST as Our Father is Perfect. Father’s Day is this coming Sunday. Are you able to be anything like your father? I mean in some…

  • Arthur Dent and Titus Pullo

    ✙JMJ The Readings for Monday in the 11th week of Ordinary Time (C1) II Corinthians 6:1-10 Matthew 5:38-42 But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil… If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well. Should anyone press you into service for one…

  • Lord I’ve Done Some Yuge Things Here.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 12th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Memorial of St Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr 2 Kings 24:8-17  Matthew 7:21-29 Non omnis qui dicit mihi, Domine, Domine, intrabit in regnum caelorum. Not all who say to me, Lord! Lord! will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.Don’t let anyone tell you that all…

  • This needn’t ever have happened.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for  in the 12th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3  Matthew 7:15-20 Omnis arbor, quae non facit fructum bonum, excidetur, et in ignem mittetur. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. I’m having trouble finding it. It was this year’s “It’s…

  • What color lipstick are you using?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 12th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 2 Kings 19:9B-11, 14-21, 31-35A, 36  Matthew 7:6, 12-14 Intrate per angustam portam : quia lata porta, et spatiosa via est, quae ducit ad perditionem, et multi sunt qui intrant per eam. Quam angusta porta, et arcta via est, quae ducit…

  • O Fellowship Divine

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for  in the 10th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Sirach 48:1-14  Matthew 6:7-15 Beati sunt qui te viderunt, et in amicitia tua decorati sunt.Elias quidem in turbine tectus estBlessed is he who shall have seen you And who falls asleep in your friendship.O Elijah, enveloped in the whirlwind!I’ve been feeling out this huge…

  • Breaking up is Hard to Do.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Wednesday in the 11th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 2 Kings 2:1, 6-14  Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Attendite ne justitiam vestram faciatis coram hominibus, ut videamini ab eis : alioquin mercedem non habebitis apud Patrem vestrum qui in caelis est. “Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen…

  • Even Ahab Repents

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 11th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Kings 21:17-29 Matthew 5:43-48 Nonne vidisti humiliatum Achab coram me? quia igitur humiliatus est mei causa, non inducam malum in diebus ejus, sed in diebus filii sui inferam malum domui ejus. “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me?…

  • As you go, sow.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Ezekiel 17:22-24  2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Mark 4:26-34 Sic est regnum Dei, quemadmodum si homo jaciat sementem in terram, et dormiat, et exsurgat nocte et die, et semen germinet, et increscat dum nescit ille. Ultro enim terra fructificat, primum herbam, deinde spicam, deinde plenum…