Category: 21Ordinary

  • Still Keeping Watch

    Still Keeping Watch

    The Readings for the 21st Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Monica I Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 25:14-30 After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. Matthew 25:19 THE TONE FOR THIS XXIst Week of Ordinary Time was set on Sunday when we heard Jesus answer the…

  • Keep Keeping Watch

    Keep Keeping Watch

    The Readings for the 21st Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl. James of Bevagna, OP, friar and priest I Corinthians 1:17-25 Matthew 25:1-13 Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour. Matthew 25:14 ONCE AGAIN THE NABRE Renders the Greek as “Stay awake” instead of keep watch or even be…

  • Keep Watch

    Keep Watch

    The Readings for the 21st Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Saint Louis, King of France I Corinthians 1:1-9 Matthew 24:42-51 Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Matthew 24:42 (AV) RUNNING HISTORY through filters of modern politics always leads us into trouble, but today’s Saint, King Louis…

  • Diapostolic Dispersion

    Diapostolic Dispersion

    The Readings for the 20th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Isaiah 66:18-21 Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 Luke 13:22-30 Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. Luke 13:24 THIS PAST SUNDAY’S Readings presented an interesting reading of some bad things: The Babylonian…

  • Nec laudibus nec timore

    Nec laudibus nec timore

    Moloch by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra ✙JMJ The Readings for the 21st Sunday Tempus per Annum (C1) Isaiah 66:18-21 Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 Luke 13:22-30 Contendite intrare per angustam portam  Strive to enter by the narrow gate All these readings tie together: it’s like someone had planned it or something. This morning in the office of readings, we got a…

  • Noblesse Oblige

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Saturday in the 21st Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 25:14-30 Sed quae stulta sunt mundi elegit Deus, ut confundat sapientes : et infirma mundi elegit Deus, ut confundat fortia.God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the…

  • Not Sweetness and Light

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of St MonicaMonday in the 21st Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 2 Thessolonians 1:1-5, 11-12 Matthew 23:13-22 Clauditis regnum caelorum ante homines! vos enim non intratis, nec introeuntes sinitis intrare.You shut the Kingdom of Heaven to men! You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying…

  • As for me and my house…

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Joshua 24:1-2A, 15-17, 18B Ephesians 5:21-32 John 6:60-69 Ego autem et domus mea serviemus Domino.I myself and my house will serve the Lord.On the one hand the lectionary for the Novus Ordo Missae gave us more Bible to chew on. On the other hand,…

  • How not to be a useless servant

    Today’s Readings: 1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 Matthew 25:14-30 Et inutilem servum ejicite in tenebras exteriores. Throw this useless servant into the darkness outside Matthew 25:30a We all have gifts. Some of us use them. Some of us run away from them. I posted this a day or two ago, from Cardinal Newman: God has created me…

  • Give me oil in my lamp keep me burnin…

    Today’s Readings: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 Matthew 25:1-13 Et quæ paratæ erant, intraverunt cum eo ad nuptias, et clausa est janua. Those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him. Then the door was locked. Matthew 25:10 There’s a reason this is a wedding feast, above and beyond any of the other possible events:…

  • The Voices in My Head

    Today’s Readings: I Thessalonians 3:7-13 Matthew 24:42-51 Vigilate ergo, quia nescitis qua hora Dominus vester venturus sit. Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Matthew 24:42 I have my phone, essentially, turned off all the time. I have my spam filters on high on my email. I never…

  • All comes from God

    via GIPHYToday’s Readings: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Mark 6:17-29 Ita loquimur non quasi hominibus placentes, sed Deo, qui probat corda nostra.Even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who proveth our hearts.1 Thessalonians 2:4b In thinking about this passage in the context of St John’s decollation I was thinking about how many times St…

  • King, Country, & a la Carte Catholicism

    Today’s readings: Isaiah 22:19-23 Romans 11:33-36 Matthew 16:13-20 I will thrust you from your office and pull you down from your station. On that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah; I will clothe him with your robe, and gird him with your sash, and give over to him your authority. Isaiah…