Category: 3ordinary

  • Think Different

    The Readings for the 3rd Sunday, Tempus per Annum (A2) Isaiah 8:23-9:3 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 Matthew 4:12-23 Paenitentiam agite; appropinquavit enim regnum caelorum.Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Repent, says Jesus. Jerome’s Latin renders this poenitentiam agite which means “do penance” but it may be a typo of sorts as “paenitentiam”…

  • The Benedict Option

    If I Werrr King of the Forrrrressssht ✙ JMJ  The Readings for Saturday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): II Samuel 12:1-7A, 10-17 Mark 4:35-41 Et ait illis : Quid timidi estis? necdum habetis fidem? And he said to them: Why are you fearful? have you not faith yet?July 4th, 1981,  I was sitting behind the elementary…

  • Saul. Saul…

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Feast of the Conversion of St PaulThursday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Acts 9:1-22  Mark 16:15-18 Ego sum Jesus, quem tu persequeris : durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.  Kicking against the goad is…

  • I have a cunning plan…

    ✙ JMJ  The Readings for Memorial of St Francis de Sales, BCDWednesday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  II Samuel 7:4-17  Mark 4:1-20 Et fidelis erit domus tua, et regnum tuum usque in aeternum ante faciem tuam, et thronus tuus erit firmus jugiter.And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face,…

  • Similam Frixam Oleo!

    ✙ JMJ  The Readings for Tuesday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  II Samuel 6:12B-15, 17-19  Mark 3:31-35 Ecce mater mea et fratres mei.Behold my mother and my brethren. My Freshman year in College, I won a preaching award with this Gospel. In fact, it was an annual award, open to all students. I was the…

  • A Solution to a Shutdown

    ✙ JMJ  The Readings for Monday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  II Samuel 5:1-7, 10  Mark 3:22-30 Venerunt quoque et seniores Israël ad regem in Hebron, et percussit cum eis rex David fœdus in Hebron coram Domino: unxeruntque David in regem super Israël.The ancients also of Israel came to the king of Hebron, and…

  • The Tao of Paul

    ✙ JMJ  The Readings for 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2):  Jonah 3:1-5, 10 I Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 Præterit enim figura hujus mundi.The fashion of this world passeth away.You wanna know, right? Cuz it’s been 2,000 years. When is this all going to end. Which part of this is passing away? Jesus said, “Quoniam…