Category: david

  • Solomon, Boxcar Willie, & Gran’pa

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday, 4th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) I Kings 2:1-4, 10-12  Mark 6:7-13 ἰσχύσεις καὶ ἔσῃ εἰς ἄνδραconfortare, et esto virוְחָזַקְתָּ֖ וְהָיִ֥יתָֽ לְאִֽיש Take Courage and show yourself a man.This is one of those places where the Greek of the LXX, the Masoretic Hebrew, the Latin of Jerome and the…

  • 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…