Category: 2Easter

  • When the heart is ready the teacher will come.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 2nd Week of Easter (B2) Acts 5:34-42  John 6:1-15 Surgens autem quidam in concilio pharisaeus, nomine Gamaliel, legisdoctor, honorabilis universae plebi, jussit foras ad breve homines fieri, dixitque ad illos…But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected by…

  • Verba Vitae

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 2nd Wednesday of Easter (B2) Acts 5:17-26  John 3:16-21 Ite, et stantes loquimini in templo plebi omnia verba vitae hujus. Go, and standing speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. What are omnia verba vitae hujus? What are all the words of this life? Is this…

  • A Community of Christians in Charity with the World

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for in Easter Week (B2) Acts 4:32-37  John 3:7B-15 Neque enim quisquam egens erat inter illos.For neither was there any one needy among them.They will know we are Christians by our love, y’all.  So where are there needy folks sitting in the pew next to you, or on the bus next…

  • Yeah, You Didn’t Build That

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for 2nd Sunday of Easter (Domenica in Albis) (B2) Acts 4:32-35 1 John 5:1-6 John 20:19-31 Nec quisquam eorum quae possidebat, aliquid suum esse dicebat, sed erant illis omnia communia. Neque enim quisquam egens erat inter illos: Dividebatur autem singulis prout cuique opus erat.No one said that aught of the things which he…

  • Iesu, Iesu, Iesu, esto mihi Iesu.

    Today’s Readings: Acts 5:27-33 John 3:31-36 Obedire oportet Deo magis quam hominibus. We must obey God rather than men.  Acts 5:29b First off I suck at this. I try to get better. But I suck at it. This is my brief meditation today: The Martyrs of England are a better model for us today than…

  • Tikkun Olam.

    Today’s Readings: Acts 5:17-26 John 3:16-21 For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him. He that believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not believe, is already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten…

  • Resist!

    Today’s Readings: 1 Peter 5:5B-14 Mark 16:15-20 Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in faith. 1 Peter 5:8 These words are the opening of Benedictine Compline (and the traditional Roman Compline), an office I sang for a long…

  • Except you ravish me.

    Today’s readings: Acts 4:21-33 John 3:1-8 And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and enable your servants to speak your word with all boldness…Acts 4:29 At this time there were about 3,000 Christians in the whole world. Some Protestants would have us imagine that, essentially, those 3,000 would be the entire population of Heaven.…