Category: 2Ordinary

  • Types and Shadows

    Types and Shadows

    The Readings for the 2nd Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary; for when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” Hebrews 8:5 HEBREWS SPEAKS…

  • The Love that Dares not Speak Its Name

    ✙  JMJ  The Readings for Saturday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  II Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 Mark 3:20-21 Doleo super te, frater mi Jonatha, decore nimis, et amabilis super amorem mulierum.I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan: exceeding beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of women.When I was a kid it…

  • Kaine Hora

    ✙  JMJ  The Readings for Thursday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  I Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7  Mark 3:7-12 Non rectis ergo oculis Saul aspiciebat David a die illa et deinceps.And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.The king is very angry at David and he gives him…

  • Because It’s…

    ✙  JMJ  The Readings for Monday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  I Samuel 15:16-23  Mark 2:18-22 Quoniam quasi peccatum ariolandi est, repugnare: et quasi scelus idololatriæ, nolle acquiescere. Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Samuel goes to Saul to say look, you…

  • Politicians.

    ✙  JMJ  The Readings for Tuesday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  I Samuel 16:1-13 Mark 2:23-28 Ne respicias vultum ejus, neque altitudinem staturæ ejus: quoniam abjeci eum, nec juxta intuitum hominis ego judico: homo enim videt ea quæ parent, Dominus autem intuetur cor.Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature:…

  • Wherein Fr Martin is – Briefly – Right

    Orthodox Monastic Building a Bridge ✙  JMJ  The Readings for Sunday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  1 Samuel 3:3B-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6:13C-15A, 17-20 John 1:35-42 Tu es Simon, filius Jona; tu vocaberis Cephas, quod interpretatur Petrus.Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter. Did you…