Category: Fer3

  • All the Dang Time

    Today’s readings: Acts 7:51-8:1A John 6:30-35 Dixit autem eis Jesus: Ego sum panis vitæ: qui venit ad me, non esuriet, et qui credit in me, non sitiet umquam. Jesus said, I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. John 6:35 We’ve reached…

  • Resist!

    Today’s Readings: 1 Peter 5:5B-14 Mark 16:15-20 Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in faith. 1 Peter 5:8 These words are the opening of Benedictine Compline (and the traditional Roman Compline), an office I sang for a long…

  • 70×7=Eternity

    From CatholicLink Today Readings: Daniel 3:25, 34-43 Matthew 18:21-35 Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.Dicit illi Jesus: Non dico tibi usque septies: sed usque septuagies septies.Matthew 18:22 Forgiveness is one of the seven Spiritual Works of Mercy. The full list is at the end of the posting. I don’t…

  • God’s Family Servants.

    The Holy Family Window, St Joseph, a young Jesus, and the BVM. Today’s readings: Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 Matthew 23:1-12 The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.Matthew 23:12 Continuing from yesterday, where Lust is the fruit of Pride, we have today’s reading…

  • Before Our Father

    A Patristic Homily on the Gospel Reading for today, Tuesday in the First Week of Lent, from the Catena Aurea of St Thomas Aquinas, using the words of Sts Augustine, John Cassian, John Chrysostom, and Pope Gregory the Great. Judaism has the teaching that God is the Father of us all. In the teaching of the…