Category: Fer3

  • Merely Survived

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 3rd Week of Lent (B2) Daniel 3:25, 34-43  Matthew 18:21-35 Ut possimus invenire misericordiam tuam, sed in animo contrito, et spiritu humilitatis suscipiamur. Sicut in holocausto arietum, et taurorum, et sicut in millibus agnorum pinguium, sic fiat sacrificium nostrum in conspectu tuo hodie, ut placeat tibi, quoniam non…

  • Might have beens

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 2nd Week of Lent (B2) Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 Matthew 23:1-12 Projicite a vobis omnes praevaricationes vestras in quibus praevaricati estis, et facite vobis cor novum, et spiritum novum.Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make to yourselves a new heart, and…

  • The Hunger Games

    Westin St Francis Hotel in SF, 1904 ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 6th Tuesday of Ordinary Time (B2) Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras James 1:12-18 Mark 8:14-21 Nemo cum tentatur, dicat quoniam a Deo tentatur : Deus enim intentator malorum est : ipse autem neminem tentat.Let no man, when he is tempted, say that…

  • Of Bessie’s Butterscotch Pudding and Scriptural Inspiration.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday, 4th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) II Samuel 18:9-10, 14B, 24-25A, 30–19:3 Mark 5:21-43 (Jesu) dixit dari illi manducare.(Jesus) commanded that something should be given her to eat. My late grandmother made this amazing butterscotch pudding. I will ask Jesus for some when I get to the other side. I…

  • 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…

  • Politicians.

    ✙  JMJ  The Readings for Tuesday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2):  I Samuel 16:1-13 Mark 2:23-28 Ne respicias vultum ejus, neque altitudinem staturæ ejus: quoniam abjeci eum, nec juxta intuitum hominis ego judico: homo enim videt ea quæ parent, Dominus autem intuetur cor.Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature:…

  • Mortimer and Me.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday, 1st Week of Ordinary Time (B2): 1 Samuel 1:9-20 Mark 1:21-28 Porro Anna loquebatur in corde suo, tantumque labia illius movebantur, et vox penitus non audiebatur. Now Anna spoke in her heart, and only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard at all. Today is the first…

  • But. But. I want to know…

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday 3 Advent (Year 2): Judges 13:2-7, 24-25A Luke 1:5-25 Unde hoc sciam?  Whereby shall I know this? John is the last prophet. There are no prophets after John the Baptist because Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophets. God needs no other voice because God has spoken finally and…

  • Send the Rich Away.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Tuesday 2 Advent): Apocalyps 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB Luke 1:39-47 Et signum magnum apparuit in cælo: mulier amicta sole, et luna sub pedibus ejus, et in capite ejus corona stellarum duodecim… And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and…

  • The American Way: Something about the Reaping…

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday 1 Advent (Year 2): Isaiah 11:1-10 Luke 10:21-24 Quod abscondisti hæc a sapientibus et prudentibus, et revelasti ea parvulis.  Thou hast hidden all this from the wise and the prudent, and revealed it to little children. Monty Pythons, Meaning of Life, Part VII, Death. Death walks into a rural…

  • Enculturated

    Today’s readings: 1 Timothy 3:1-13 Luke 7:11-17 Suæ domui bene præpositum: filios habentem subditos cum omni castitate. Si quis autem domui suæ præesse nescit, quomodo ecclesiæ Dei diligentiam habebit? He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with perfect dignity; for if a man does not know how to manage his own…

  • More Sober Vigilance

    Today’s Readings: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11 Luke 4:31-37 Omnes enim vos filii lucis estis, et filii diei: non sumus noctis, neque tenebrarum. Igitur non dormiamus sicut et ceteri, sed vigilemus, et sobrii simus. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness.…

  • Hail Holy Queen

    Today’s readings: Judges 6:11-24A Matthew 19:23-30 And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face. And the Lord said to him: Peace be with thee: fear not, thou shalt not die. And Gedeon built there an…

  • The right way to end scandal

    Today’s readings: Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5B-9, 28 Matthew 13:36-43 Mittet Filius hominis angelos suos, et colligent de regno ejus omnia scandala, et eos qui faciunt iniquitatem.The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.Matthew 13:41 This is one of those…

  • Serve’n’Wash’n’Serve

    Today’s Readings: Acts 16:22-34 John 16:5-11 He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized at once. He brought them up into his house and provided a meal and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God. Acts 16:33b-34…