Category: Fer6
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Barren Trees Die
JMJ✙ The Readings for the 8th Friday of Ordinary Time And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. Mark 11:14 (RSVCE) SO MANY SERMONS ON this passage make it out to be about Israel, or the Temple priesthood. In fact, the footnotes on the…
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An Offer You Can’t Refuse
The Readings for the 29th Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2) One God and Father of All, who is over all, through all, and in all. Ephesians 4:6 P AUL CONTINUES HIS Meditation on the Fatherhood of God. It’s important to note that Paul is speaking to Pagans (and some Jews) who are now followers of…
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Keep Keeping Watch
The Readings for the 21st Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl. James of Bevagna, OP, friar and priest I Corinthians 1:17-25 Matthew 25:1-13 Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour. Matthew 25:14 ONCE AGAIN THE NABRE Renders the Greek as “Stay awake” instead of keep watch or even be…
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Heart and Soul, I fell in love with you
The Readings for the 20th Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl. Jordan of Pisa, friar and priest Ezekiel 37:1-14 Matthew 22:34-40 Our bones are dried up, our hope is lost, and we are cut off. Ezekiel 37:11b WHAT WAS OUR LORD DOING, amending the Sh’ema? You might not notice it if you quickly read…
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Godwin’s Law You Know
The Readings for the 19th Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl Jane de Chantal Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63 Matthew 19:3-12 For I will re-establish my covenant with you, that you may know that I am the LORD, that you may remember and be ashamed, and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace,…
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Deny. Take. Follow.
The Readings for the 18th Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Our Lady of the Snows Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7 Matthew 16:24-28 Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. Matthew 16:24 THERE IS A PHRASE in the Catechism that gets bandied about, that drives me…
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Seduxisti me Domine
The Readings for the Feast of St Mary Magdalen16th Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Song of Songs 3:1-4b 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 John 20:1-2, 11-18 I have found him whom my soul loveth. Song of Songs 3:4 THIS VERSE SOUNDS like romance – and it is, certainly. I have seen it on a wedding ring. But…
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The Liberal One.
The Readings for the 15th Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor of the Church Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8 Matthew 12:1-8 I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. Matthew 12:6 NASTY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE in today’s Gospel are trying to make the Disciples follow their mean nasty rules. Americans…
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Xanadu
The Readings for the 14th Friday, Tempus per Annum Hosea 14:2-10 Matthew 10:16-23 Do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say. For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking…
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Water
The Readings for the 13th Friday, Tempus per Annum – Memorial of Junipero Serra Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 Matthew 9:9-13 Learn the meaning of the saying, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” Matthew 9:13 (NABRE) THE JESUS PSALTER has become my favorite devotion. There are many editions of it online and off although the first one I…
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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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Jesus’ bloody feet we track
Memorial of St Charles Lwanga & Companions, Martyrs Readings for 7th Friday after Easter (C2) Acts 25:13b-21 John 21:15-19 He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.” John 21:19 OUR LORD SAYS TO St Peter, “Follow me.” It…
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Of Masks, Statues, and Jehoshaphat
FRIDAY IN THE 15th WEEK, Tempus per Annum, the readings in the Daily Office all conspire as if someone had set up it on purpose. In the Office of Readings, David and the story of Jehoshaphat, in Morning Prayer, David again, Jeremiah and St Paul all come together in one great story. In the Office…
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A Devotion on the Symbols of the Passion
From A Book of the Love of Jesus, A Collection of Ancient English Devotions in Prose and Verse, compiled and Edited by Fr Robert Hugh Benson (1915). Retrieved from the Archive, here. I’ve not edited the text at all so some of the words may include off-puttings, odd-spellings, or punctuations. O VERNACLE I honour him…
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AEEEEEEE-LEEEEEEEEE-AAAAAAAAAAA!
✙JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of St John ChrysostomFriday in the 23rd week Tempus per Annum (C1) 1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14 Luke 6:39-42 Numquid potest caecus caecum ducere? nonne ambo in foveam cadunt? Non est discipulus super magistrum : perfectus autem omnis erit, si sit sicut magister ejus.Can a blind person guide a blind…
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