Category: 26Ordinary

  • In which I find myself agreeing with Jack Chick…

    The NABRE text might as well say, “Jesus only rolled his eyes and said ‘Oy’ whilst making a ‘W’ with his fingers.”

  • War, Sex, and Weather

    War, Sex, and Weather

    The more wealth Israel accumulated, the more injustice they practiced. The one begot the other which begot more of the first.

  • The Greatest Adventure

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of Francis of AssisiThursday in the 26th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Job 19:21-27 Luke 10:1-12 Ite : ecce ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos. Nolite portare sacculum, neque peram, neque calceamenta. Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor…

  • Yes, Virginia, there are Angels. OK, Maryland.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of the Guardian AngelsTuesday in the 26th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 Mathew 18:1-5, 10 Videte ne contemnatis unum ex his pusillis : dico enim vobis, quia angeli eorum in caelis semper vident faciem Patris mei, qui in caelis est. See that you despise…

  • Fisking St James

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Numbers 11:25-29 Jas 5:1-6 Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries. Remember that we – in the USA – are the rich. Doesn’t matter how much you earn, doesn’t matter how much you make or how…