Category: bible
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Pro Patria
The Readings for the 29th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Ephesians 3:14-21 Luke 12:49-53 From whom every family on earth is named. Ephesians 3:15 THERE IS A WORDPLAY here: the Greek word for Family is the same as the word for Father. Patria. In Latin Patria does double-duty as Father and Country (as in Fatherland)…
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About Those Nine
The Readings for the 28th Sunday, Tempus Per Annum (c2) II Kings 5:14-17 Psalm 98 II Timothy 2:8:13 I Thessalonians 5:18 Luke 17:11-19 In all circumstances, give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:18 (Alleluia Verse) ARE THE OTHER NINE Bad or ungrateful? There’s a clue…
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Jesus does go on, doesn’t he?
This is an assignment for my Homiletics class. Randomly picks out of a hat, as it were, it’s a coincidence that these are the readings for last Sunday. Yes, these homily assignments are extremely on-brand for me. The Readings for the 27th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Habakkuk 1:2-3 2:2-4 Psalm 95 II Timothy 1:6-8,…
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Whose Wedding?
The assignment was a five-minute homily on the stated passage. We began with the exegetical work in an earlier post. Scripture: John 2:1-11 Today, Jesus, the Bridegroom of the Church, is calling us to our wedding feast. A CHALLENGE has come to me three times: in two podcasts and a book. The podcasts are Every…
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How to Treat the Richest 1 Percent
The Readings for the Memorial of St John Chrysostom, Doctor24th Tuesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) I Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31a Luke 7:11-17 As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. I Corinthians 12:12 TODAY is the Memorial of St…
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Wrong Communion
The Readings for the 23rd Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2) I Corinthians 10:14-22 Luke 6:43-49 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?l I Corinthians 10:16 (NABRE) THIS IS NOT REALLY…
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It’ll All Work Out
The Readings for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin23rd Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Micah 5:1-4a Romans 8:28-30 Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23 We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 (NABRE) THERE ARE THREE people in the Western Christian…
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Loving is not A Like and Share.
The Readings for the 23rd Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) I Corinthians 7:25-31 Luke 6:20-26 Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way. Luke 6:26 (NABRE) THE NEED TO HAVE other speak well of one’s self is, perhaps not always as great as the…
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The Wholly Name
The Readings for the 23rd Tuesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) I Corinthians 6:1-11 Luke 6:12-19 Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all. Luke 6:19 (NABRE) WHEN THE ANGEL Spoke to Mary (in Luke 1:32) she was told she would have a Son and she…
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Dryness in Prayer
The Readings for the 22nd Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) I Corinthians 3:18-23 Luke 5:1-11 Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch. Luke 5:4 SO ONCE AGAIN, the CFRs are on point, talking about Dryness in Prayer in their latest Podcast. The full episode is embedded below, but listening, I…
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Mercy Sakes Alive
POPE BENEDICT XVI has this pedagogical trick, pardon the word, of pulling back from a Biblical pericope to look at the context in which the writer has placed the words of Jesus. It’s not a trick really, but so few people do it. It’s a logical and yet entirely different way to look at scripture…
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Still Keeping Watch
The Readings for the 21st Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Monica I Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 25:14-30 After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. Matthew 25:19 THE TONE FOR THIS XXIst Week of Ordinary Time was set on Sunday when we heard Jesus answer the…
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Keep Keeping Watch
The Readings for the 21st Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl. James of Bevagna, OP, friar and priest I Corinthians 1:17-25 Matthew 25:1-13 Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour. Matthew 25:14 ONCE AGAIN THE NABRE Renders the Greek as “Stay awake” instead of keep watch or even be…
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Keep Watch
The Readings for the 21st Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Saint Louis, King of France I Corinthians 1:1-9 Matthew 24:42-51 Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Matthew 24:42 (AV) RUNNING HISTORY through filters of modern politics always leads us into trouble, but today’s Saint, King Louis…
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Diapostolic Dispersion
The Readings for the 20th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Isaiah 66:18-21 Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 Luke 13:22-30 Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. Luke 13:24 THIS PAST SUNDAY’S Readings presented an interesting reading of some bad things: The Babylonian…
