Category: 17Ordinary
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Final Cause
Readings for Memorial of St Ignatius of Loyola17th Monday After Pentecost A day late, but I keep rewriting… Only the one who has sinned against me will I blot out of my book. Exodus 32:33 WHY DID GOD MAKE ME? It’s the first thing the Baltimore Catechism offers us. God made me to know Him,…
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Is Herod Jewish?
The Readings for the 17th Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Peter Chrysologus, bishop & doctor of the Church Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 Matthew 14:1-12 It is not lawful for you to have her. Matthew 14:4 JOHN THE BAPTIST accused Herod Antipas of violating the Law of Moses and urged the Tetrarch to repent, send…
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Horse Hockey!
The Readings for the 17th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl. Stanley Rother, Priest & Martyr Jeremiah 18:1-6 Matthew 13:47-53 Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven… brings from his storeroom both the new and the old. Matthew 13:52 SCRIBES GET A BAD rap in the New Testament: basically…
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Missed Pearl
The Readings for the 17th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 Matthew 13:44-46 When I found your words, I devoured them; your words were my joy, the happiness of my heart, because I bear your name, LORD God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16 SCRIPTURE STUDY has consumed the writer since the late 90s. In…
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Just don’t hold hands
The Readings for the 17th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Genesis 18:20-32 Colossians 2:12-14 Luke 11:1-13 But he persisted: “Please, do not let my Lord be angry if I speak up this last time.” Genesis 18:32a I‘VE BEEN READING and listening to a lot of commentaries on the Bible lately. Although everyone agrees that Abraham…
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The Call Came From INSIDE THE HOUSE!
JMJ Did you ever notice this one? “The Son of Man will send his angels,and they will collect out of his Kingdomall who cause others to sin”Matthew 13:41 I read the Gospel for today and didn’t even notice it. Sitting at Mass tonight this verse lept up and punched me hard in the gut. The…
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Domus Dei et Porta Coeli in Cor Civitatem
+JMJ+There are some seriously beautiful Churches in this Catholic city. Some 25% of the population in the Bay is said to be Roman Catholic. That means there are more Catholics in this Bay Area than there are Episcopalians. Anywhere. Or Orthodox, for that matter. (How many of them go to Church is another thing entirely,…
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Face to Face
✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 17th week, Tempus per Annum (C1): Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5B-9, 28 Matthew 13:36-43 Loquebatur autem Dominus ad Moysen facie ad faciem, sicut solet loqui homo ad amicum suum. The LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as one man speaks to his friend. The Hebrew word used…
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The Leaders they Deserve
✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of St MarthaMonday in the 17th week, Tempus per Annum (C1): Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 John 11:19-27 Cui ille respondit : Ne indignetur dominus meus : tu enim nosti populum istum, quod pronus sit ad malum.And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended: for thou knowest this people,…
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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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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.…
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Subversion!
✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday in the 17th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 13:1-11 Matthew 13:31-35 Aliam parabolam locutus est eis : Similis est regnum caelorum fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinae satis tribus, donec fermentatum est totum. Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which…
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The right way to end scandal
Today’s readings: Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5B-9, 28 Matthew 13:36-43 Mittet Filius hominis angelos suos, et colligent de regno ejus omnia scandala, et eos qui faciunt iniquitatem.The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.Matthew 13:41 This is one of those…
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Don’t Judge me, Bro. Love me.
Today’s readings: Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 Matthew 13:31-35 Dixitque ad Aaron: Quid tibi fecit hic populus, ut induceres super eum peccatum maximum? Moses asked Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you should lead them into a grave sin?” Exodus 32:21 Recently, I’ve been blessed to have two friends who are on my back…
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It’s all Good. I mean ALL. ALL OF IT.
Today’s readings: 1 Kings 3:5-12 Romans 8:28-30 Matthew 13:44-52 Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. Romans 8:28 The…
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