Category: 13Ordinary
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Wineskins
The Readings for the 13th Saturday, Tempus per Annum Amos 9:11-15 Matthew 9:14-17 The plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the vintager, him who sows the seed. Amos 9:13 (NABRE) SHABBAT SHALOM! Nerdy side note: in all romance languages, the days are numbered: Day 2, Day 3. Day seven is usually always some form of…
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Water
The Readings for the 13th Friday, Tempus per Annum – Memorial of Junipero Serra Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 Matthew 9:9-13 Learn the meaning of the saying, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” Matthew 9:13 (NABRE) THE JESUS PSALTER has become my favorite devotion. There are many editions of it online and off although the first one I…
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Plumb and Level
The Readings for the 13th Thursday, Tempus per Annum – Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Amos 7:10-17 Matthew 9:1-8 But never again prophesy in Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple. Matthew 8:25 (NABRE) SUNDAY I was able to attend Mass at our Cathedral. This was the…
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Three Singers, One Song
The Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul, Apostles Acts 12:1-11 II Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 Matthew 16:13-19 It was the feast of the Unleavened Bread Acts 12:3 (NABRE) TODAY’S FEAST CELEBRATES TWO Men who sang the same song. They were both martyred for the song because they refused to change the tune when the empire demanded…
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Some Magic Bennies
The Readings for the 13th Tuesday, Tempus per Annum – Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 Matthew 8:23-27 They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” Matthew 8:25 (NABRE) EARLIER POSTS HAVE DISCUSSED the link between the prayer, “Lord have mercy” and olive oil. It’s an ongoing…
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Freedom Ain’t a State of Mind
The Readings for the 13th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) I Kings 19:16b, 19-21 Galatians 5:1, 13-18 Luke 9:51-62 For you were called for freedom, brothers. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Galatians 5:13a (NABRE) BROADWAY’S SHENANDOAH (1975) had this great number, “Freedom is a State of Mind” and there…
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But What If
The readings for the 13th Tuesday, Tempus per Annum – Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 – Matthew 8:23-27 Quid timidi estis, modicae fidei?Why are you terrified, O you of little faith? THIS MORNING, Fr Michael’s homily took this scene all the way back to the creation, reminding us that God’s first actions (on the first three days…
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In the Howling Wastes
✙JMJ The Readings for Saturday in the 13th week Per Tempus Annum (C1) Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29 Matthew 9:14-17 Isaac asked, “Which of my sons are you?” Jacob answered his father: “I am Esau, your first-born.” God used Jacob: he was the second born son rather than the preference of Patriarchs who want the oldest boy. Think about…
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Would the judge of all do that?
✙JMJ The Readings for Monday in the 13th week Tempus per Annum (C1) Genesis 18:16-33 Matthew 8:18-22 Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, now that he is to become a great and populous nation, and all the nations of the earth are to find blessing in him? This bizarre scene where Abraham…
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Monking Where You Are.
✙JMJ The Readings for the 13th Sunday Tempus per Annum (C1) I Kings 19:16B, 19-21 Galatians 5:1, 13-18 Luke 9:51-62 You are my inheritance, O Lord.Right now Catholic, American internet seems to be filled with one of three different types of politics. These might be described as Monarchist, Socialist, or Capitalist. There are subtypes as well:…
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Temples of the Nation
✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 13th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Amos 7:10-17 Matthew 9:1-8 Et dixit Amasias ad Amos : Qui vides, gradere : fuge in terram Juda, et comede ibi panem, et prophetabis ibi. Et in Bethel non adjicies ultra ut prophetes, quia sanctificatio regis est, et domus regni est. And Amazi’ah…
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Typology for the Fourth
✙ JMJ The Readings for Wednesday in the 13th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Amos 5:14-15, 21-24 Matthew 8:28-34 Et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam. Neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts. Iconoclasm is the breaking of icons. In modern usage it tends to be a good thing: destroying “sacred cows” of the…
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Why Does God Allow Cilantro?
✙ JMJ The Readings for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 Mark 5:21-43 Deus mortem non fecit. Nec laetatur in perditione vivorum. God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. The man, Jairus, corners Jesus in a crowd and…
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