Category: 2Ordinary

  • Types and Shadows

    Types and Shadows

    The Readings for the 2nd Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Hebrews 7:25—8:6 Psalm 40 (Responsorial) II Timothy 1:10 (Alleluia) Mark 3:7-12 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…

  • 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…