Category: 8Ordinary

  • Barren Trees Die

    Barren Trees Die

    JMJ✙ The Readings for the 8th Friday of Ordinary Time And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. Mark 11:14 (RSVCE) SO MANY SERMONS ON this passage make it out to be about Israel, or the Temple priesthood. In fact, the footnotes on the…

  • Nothing Ordinary

    Nothing Ordinary

    JMJ✙ The Readings for the Visitation of Mary8th Wednesday of Ordinary Time The Lord your God is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 (RSVCE) WHEN MARY Visits Elizabeth their…

  • Preternatural Hangries

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Friday in the 8th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Memorial of St Justin Martyr, First Friday of June 1 Peter 4:7-13  Mark 11:11-26 Jam non amplius in aeternum ex te fructum quisquam manducet. May no man hereafter eat fruit of thee any more for ever. Jesus curses the fig tree because it…

  • Give up Wut?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 8th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Peter 1:10-16 Mark 10:28-31 Et coepit ei Petrus dicere : Ecce nos dimisimus omnia, et secuti sumus te. Behold, we have left all things, and have followed thee.  When it comes to giving up all things, the Apostles actually did,…

  • I hear the Grand Slam is good.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Trinity Sunday (B2) Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 28:16-20 Et videntes eum adoraverunt : quidam autem dubitaverunt.And seeing him they adored: but some doubted. This is my favourite verse in the New Testament. It’s huge. Because it’s the end of a pure church. The Apostles have been with Jesus for…