Category: 16Ordinary

  • Apostolic Office

    The Readings for the Feast of St James the Apostle(17th Monday, Tempus per Annum, C2) II Corinthians 4:7-15 Matthew 20:20-28 “Whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.” Matthew 20:27 THE OFFICE OF READINGS for today’s feast has a wonderful passage from St John Chrysostom, commenting on today’s Gospel. Jesus is asked…

  • I know you are but what am I

    I know you are but what am I

    The Readings for the 16th Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 7:1-11 Matthew 13:24-30 He replied, “No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them.” Matthew 13:29 ONE MIGHT BE TEMPTED to worry if one is a weed. Likewise, one may be equally tempted to imagine one is wheat.…

  • Seduxisti me Domine 

    Seduxisti me Domine 

    The Readings for the Feast of St Mary Magdalen16th Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Song of Songs 3:1-4b 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 John 20:1-2, 11-18 I have found him whom my soul loveth. Song of Songs 3:4 THIS VERSE SOUNDS like romance – and it is, certainly. I have seen it on a wedding ring. But…

  • Making Shallow Wells

    The Readings for the 16th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 Matthew 13:10-17 “Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. Matthew 13:11 EVERY SUMMER my brother, sister, and myself would spend time with my Grandparents at…

  • Perpetual Adoration

    Perpetual Adoration

    The Readings for the 16th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10 Matthew 13:1-9 Then the LORD extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying to me, See, I place my words in your mouth! Jeremiah 1:9 LET’S OPEN UP with an episode of Catholic Stuff You Should Know.…

  • Always distinguish.

    Always distinguish.

    The Readings for the 16th Monday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Micah 6:1-4, 6-8 Matthew 12:38-42 You have been told, O human, what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 AT TIMES the entirely orthodox language of…

  • Come in and sat a spell.

    Come in and sat a spell.

    The Readings for the 16th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Genesis 18:1-10a Colossians 1:24-28 Luke 10:38-42 The mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones. Colossians 1:26 CLOSING (ALMOST?) EVERY video & podcast they make, the folks over at the Bible Project recite their Doctrinal…

  • They are our brothers

    There is a two-year cycle of Patristic Readings for the Office of Readings. It is not yet in the Liturgy of the Hours, but you can use it in the Universalis app, for example. The post below is the Patristic reading from the Monday of the 16th Week in Year 1. From a discourse of…

  • The Kingdom is Like a Trigger Warning

    The Readings for the 16th SundayTempus per Annum – Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 – Romans 8:26-27 – Matthew 13:24-43 ALL OF THESE PARABLES in Matthew 13 begin “the Kingdom of God is like…”and they always leave me wondering, is the Kingdom like the whole image in the story or like the first symbol in the story…

  • Looking Trough a Cloud Darkly

    Looking Trough a Cloud Darkly

    ✙JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 16th week Tempus per Annum (C1) Exodus 14:21-15:1 Matthew 12:46-50 In the night watch just before dawn the LORD cast through the column of the fiery cloud upon the Egyptian force a glance that threw it into a panic. If you read Gone with the Wind you get a…

  • The Abominable Bride

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Saturday in the 16th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 7:1-11 Matthew 13:24-30 Liberati sumus, eo quod fecerimus omnes abominationes istas.“We are safe; we can commit all these abominations again” The Hebrew word used in this line for “Abomination” is תּוֹעֵבָה to’evah, a specific class of ritual and societal uncleaness in…

  • Here is Deep Water

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of Joachim and Anna, Grandparents of GodThursday in the 16th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 Matthew 13:10-17 Obstupescite, caeli, super hoc : et portae ejus, desolamini vehementer, dicit Dominus. Duo enim mala fecit populus meus : me derelinquerunt fontem aquae vivae, et foderunt sibi cisternas,…

  • Quis ut Deus?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 16th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 Matthew 12:46-50 Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? Quis, Deus, similis tui, qui aufers iniquitatem, et transis peccatum reliquiarum haereditatis tuae?  Who is a God like…

  • The Israel of God

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday in the 16th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Micah 6:1-4, 6-8 Matthew 12:38-42 Popule meus, quid feci tibi? aut quid molestus fui tibi? Responde mihi. Quia eduxi te de terra Aegypti, et de domo servientium liberavi te, et misi ante faciem tuam Moysen, et Aaron, et Mariam. O my…

  • The Flock is Scattered.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 23:1-6 Ephesians 2:13-18 Mark 6:30-34 Et suscitabo super eos pastores, et pascent eos : non formidabunt ultra, et non pavebunt, et nullus quaeretur ex numero I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more,…