Category: Fer2

  • The Medium is the Message

    JMJ The Readings for Monday in the Fifth Week of EasterThe Feast of Pope St Pius V Acts 14:5-18 John 14:21-26 Even with these words, they scarcely restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them. This scene of the Lystrians offering sacrifices to Zeus and Hermes is one of my favorite events in all of…

  • Now, that’s Lent.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday in the 3rd Week f Lent (B2) II Kings 5:1-15 Luke 4:24-30 Et multi leprosi erant in Israel sub Elisaeo propheta : et nemo eorum mundatus est nisi Naaman Syrus.And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet: and none of them was cleansed…

  • Who am I to Judge?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday, the 2nd Week of Lent (B2) Daniel 9:4b-10  Luke 6:36-38 Nolite judicare, et non judicabiminiJudge not, and you shall not be judgedThomas Aquinas, in his Catena Aurea (The Golden Chain) notes the following comments from the Fathers on this verse: Ambrose: The Lord added, that we must not readily judge…

  • We can totally ignore this part…

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday, 1st Week of Lent (B2) Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18  Matthew 25:31-46 Et ibunt hi in supplicium aeternum : justi autem in vitam aeternam.And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.  A friend outside of Catholic Mass, gathering signatures for helping the homeless was told by…

  • I’ve got the joy joy joy joy….

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 6th Monday of Ordinary Time (B2) James 1:1-11 Mark 8:11-13 Omne gaudium existimate fratres mei, cum in tentationes varias incideritis : scientes quod probatio fidei vestrae patientiam operatur. Patientia autem opus perfectum habet : ut sitis perfecti et integri in nullo deficientes.My brethren, count it all joy, when you…

  • Mitis et Humilis Corde

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 5th Monday of Ordinary Time (B2) I Kings 8:1-7, 9-13 Mark 6:53-56 Factum est autem, cum exissent sacerdotes de sanctuario, nebula implevit domum Domini, et non poterant sacerdotes stare et ministrare propter nebulam : impleverat enim gloria Domini domum Domini.And it came to pass, when the priests were come…

  • 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…

  • Because It’s…

    ✙  JMJ  The Readings for Monday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  I Samuel 15:16-23  Mark 2:18-22 Quoniam quasi peccatum ariolandi est, repugnare: et quasi scelus idololatriæ, nolle acquiescere. Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Samuel goes to Saul to say look, you…

  • Is God’s Navel an Inney or an Outey?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday 3 Advent (Year 2): Jeremiah 23:5-8 Matthew 1:18-25 Hoc autem totum factum est, ut adimpleretur quod dictum est a Domino per prophetam dicentem: Ecce virgo in utero habebit, et pariet filium: et vocabunt nomen ejus Emmanuel, quod est interpretatum Nobiscum Deus. Now all this was done that it might…

  • It just fell through, bang smash!

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday 2 Advent (Year 2): Isaiah 35:1-10 Luke 5:17-26 Lætabitur deserta et invia, et exsultabit solitudo, et florebit quasi lilium. Germinans germinabit, et  lætabunda et laudans. The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily. It shall bud forth…

  • Well. Isn’t That Special.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday 1 Advent (Year 2): Isaiah 2:1-5 Matthew 8:5-11 I heard a sermon on this passage once where the Centurion’s servant was called his lover. At that time, I did a search (I think it was called “Ask Jeeves” in that century, or maybe Yahoo) and I found no resources…

  • May G-d Bless & Keep the Tzar…

    + JMJ Today’s Readings: 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Luke 7:1-10 Obsecro igitur primum omnium fieri obsecrationes, orationes, postulationes, gratiarum actiones, pro omnibus hominibus: pro regibus, et omnibus qui in sublimitate sunt, ut quietam et tranquillam vitam agamus in omni pietate, et castitate: hoc enim bonum est, et acceptum coram Salvatore nostro Deo, qui omnes homines vult salvos fieri, et…

  • Making Up for Whatever is Lacking

    +J+M+J+ Today’s readings: Colossians 1:24–2:3 Luke 6:6-11 Adimpleo ea quæ desunt passionum Christi, in carne mea pro corpore ejus, quod est Ecclesia. In my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his Body, which is the Church… Colossians 1:24b You have to admit that’s a shocker.…

  • Memento Mori

    Today’s readings: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Luke 4:16-30 Quoniam ipse Dominus in jussu, et in voce archangeli, et in tuba Dei descendet de cælo: et mortui, qui in Christo sunt, resurgent primi. Deinde nos, qui vivimus, qui relinquimur, simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Christo in aëra, et sic semper cum Domino erimus. For the Lord…

  • All comes from God

    via GIPHYToday’s Readings: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Mark 6:17-29 Ita loquimur non quasi hominibus placentes, sed Deo, qui probat corda nostra.Even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who proveth our hearts.1 Thessalonians 2:4b In thinking about this passage in the context of St John’s decollation I was thinking about how many times St…