Category: bible
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So Loved the World
The Readings for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Ezekiel 34:11-16 Romans 5:5b-11 Luke 15:3-7 But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NABRE) YOUR HOST CAN BE a bit dense sometimes, but it dawns on him that Jesus saying “Love…
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Bonfire Night
The Readings for the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist Isaiah 49:1-6 Acts 13:22-26 Luke 1:57-66, 80 There is no one among your relatives who has this name. Luke 1:61 (NABRE) HOLY MOTHER CHURCH Celebrates three people especially, noting their conceptions as well as their births and deaths: Jesus, Mary, and John the…
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Come See What I’ve Found
The Readings for the 12th Wednesday Tempus per Annum II Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3 Matthew 7:15-20 I have found the book of the law in the temple of the LORD. II Kings 22:8 (NABRE) WE TEND TO IMAGINE ancient Israel as something like a theocracy under Jewish Law: everyone being faithful to one degree or another,…
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Pigcasting
The Readings for the Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga II Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36 Matthew 7:6, 12-14 Don’t cast your pearls before swine. Matthew 7:6 (NABRE) APART FROM THE EPONYMOUS comic by Stephan Pastis, this verse usually means don’t give something important to those who don’t know how important it is. It pairs well…
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Two Words for One
READING SCRIPTURE IN Multiple translations leads one back to the original languages sooner or later. There is a danger there: as my friend, Steve once said, “Nothing is more dangerous to the faith than a man with an interlinear Bible and a Greek dictionary.” The same is seemingly true with Hebrew, but we’ll get to…
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Let me fix that for you.
The Readings for the 12th Monday, Tempus per Annum 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18 Matthew 7:1-5 Let me remove that splinter from your eye. Matthew 7:4 (NABRE) THIS BIT ABOUT NOT JUDGING is quite familiar to us. We’re often told (as Catholics) that we’re being “too judgey” when it comes to sex or some “inclusion”…
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Dismiss this Crowd
The Readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (C2) Genesis 14:18-20 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Luke 9:11b-17 He said to them, “Give them some food yourselves.” Luke 9:13 (NABRE) WHEN THE DISCIPLES went to Jesus it was with all good intentions. There’s a whole bunch of people here, nothing to…
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Chez Mammon
The Readings for the 11th Saturday, Tempus per Annum 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 Matthew 6:24-34 Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span? Matthew 6:27 (NABRE) WORRYING, SO GOES THE ONLINE WISDOM, is a form of Atheism. It seems to arise from something said by the Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, or…
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Validate Me (pt 2)
The Readings for the 11th Friday, Tempus per Annum 1 Kings 21:1-16 Matthew 6:19-23 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. Matthew 6:21 (NABRE) HEART IS ONE Of the most important words in the Bible. Especially in the Hebrew Scriptures – and therefore in the teachings of Jesus – it is…
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To Kingdom Come
The Readings for the 11th Thursday, Tempus Per Annum Sirach 48:1-14 Matthew 6:7-15 Thy kingdom come Matthew 6:10 (AV) MINDFUL THAT the original texts (in Hebrew and Greek) had no punctuation, I want to challenge you to read the Lord’s prayer here with a colon instead of a line break, comma, or full stop. Thy…
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Validate Me
The Readings for the 11th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum 2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:2b (NABRE) MANY RECENT CONVERSATIONS have been around the topic of seeking validation. Your host became aware of this issue leaving his job history (of nearly 25 years)…
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The Perfect Name
The Readings for the 11th Tuesday, Tempus Per Annum (C2) 1 Kings 21:17-29 Matthew 5:43-48 So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 (NABRE) BE PERFECT JUST as Our Father is Perfect. Father’s Day is this coming Sunday. Are you able to be anything like your father? I mean in some…
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Anyone who asks
The Readings for the Memorial of Anthony of Padua, Doctor (C2) 1 Kings 21:1-16 Matthew 5:38-42 Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow. Matthew 5:42 (NABRE) THIS IS A HARD saying for anyone living in a city or for anyone who works…
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Excursus: Yoke
IN JESUS’ WORLD, righteousness is man’s answer to the Torah, acceptance of the whole of God’s will, the bearing of the ‘yoke of God’s kingdom,’ as one formulation had it.” (Jesus of Nazareth p 17) Jesus says “Take my yoke upon you” seemingly out of the blue. But it is part of a wider rabbinic…
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Colossians
THE ASSIGNMENT was to read a selected book of the New Testament (in my case, The Epistle to the Colossians) and answer selected questions. A five-page paper was assigned as well as a 10-12 mins presentation. What Problem is Being Addressed? This depends on who is writing and when. Is this letter written by Paul…
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