Category: Lectionary B2

  • It all Flows from the Heart

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of JesusFriday in the 9th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Hosea 11:1, 3-4, 8C-9 Ephesians 3:8-12, 14-19 John 19:31-37 Ut innotescat principatibus et potestatibus in caelestibus per Ecclesiam, multiformis sapientia Dei, That through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known…

  • What’s your cross?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 9th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 2nd Timothy 2:8-15  Mark 12:28-34 Si commortui sumus, et convivemus : si sustinebimus, et conregnabimus : si negaverimus, et ille negabit nos : si non credimus, ille fidelis permanet, negare seipsum non potest.If we have died with him, we shall also live with him; if we…

  • Shockwaves of the Eschaton

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Exodus 24:3-8  Hebrews 9:11-15 Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Vetustátem nóvitas,Umbram fugat véritas,Noctem lux elíminat.Now the new the old effaces,Truth away the shadow chases,Light dispels the gloom of night.O sacred banquetTardis and Tesseract of eternityFeast of RamanduLast Homely House before the wilds坎 …

  • Preternatural Hangries

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Friday in the 8th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Memorial of St Justin Martyr, First Friday of June 1 Peter 4:7-13  Mark 11:11-26 Jam non amplius in aeternum ex te fructum quisquam manducet. May no man hereafter eat fruit of thee any more for ever. Jesus curses the fig tree because it…

  • It takes a strong constitution to be Queen.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zephaniah  3:14-18A Luke 1:39-56 Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles. Esurientes implevit bonis: et divites dimisit inanes. He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. He hath put down the…

  • Give up Wut?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 8th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Peter 1:10-16 Mark 10:28-31 Et coepit ei Petrus dicere : Ecce nos dimisimus omnia, et secuti sumus te. Behold, we have left all things, and have followed thee.  When it comes to giving up all things, the Apostles actually did,…

  • I hear the Grand Slam is good.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Trinity Sunday (B2) Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 28:16-20 Et videntes eum adoraverunt : quidam autem dubitaverunt.And seeing him they adored: but some doubted. This is my favourite verse in the New Testament. It’s huge. Because it’s the end of a pure church. The Apostles have been with Jesus for…

  • A Catechesis of Despair.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for  in the Week of Pentecost (B2) James 5:13-20  Mark 10:13-16 Et offerebant illi parvulos ut tangeret illos. Discipuli autem comminabantur offerentibus.And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked them that brought them.  When Judgement Day comes many folks who are by human…

  • Who is gonna keep you outta glory?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Friday in the Week of Pentecost (B2) James 5:9-12  Mark 10:1-12 Nolite ingemiscere, fratres, in alterutrum, ut non judicemini. Ecce judex ante januam assistit.Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door. I heard a sermon earlier this week that…

  • But our Money says “In God We Trust…”

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the Week of Pentecost (B2) James 5:1-6  Mark 9:41-50 Ecce merces operariorum, qui messuerunt regiones vestras, quae fraudata est a vobis, clamat : et clamor eorum in aures Domini sabbaoth introivit. Epulati estis super terram, et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis.  Behold, the wages of the…

  • Deus Vult!

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Wednesday in the Week of Pentecost (B2) James 4:13-17 Mark 9:38-40 Si Dominus voluerit. Et : Si vixerimus, faciemus hoc, aut illud.  If the Lord will, and if we shall live, we will do this or that. I watched the Pope Francis movie last Saturday. One of the things it did was…

  • Shine! Shine, O New Jerusalem

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Mary, Mother of the ChurchMonday in the Week of Pentecost (B2) Genesis 3:9-15, 20 John 19:25-34 Diligit Dominus portas Sion super omnia tabernacula Jacob. Gloriosa dicta sunt de te, civitas Dei! Numquid Sion dicet : Homo et homo natus est in ea? et ipse fundavit eam Altissimus.The Lord loveth the…

  • Cheating on my Husband.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the Week of Pentecost (B2) James 4:1-10  Mark 9:30-37 Adulteri, nescitis quia amicitia hujus mundi inimica est Dei? quicumque ergo voluerit amicus esse saeculi hujus, inimicus Dei constituitur.Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend…

  • Light one candle.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Saturday in the 7th Week of Easter (B2) Acts 28:16-20, 30-31  John 21:20-25 Domine, hic autem quid?Quid ad te? tu me sequere. Lord, what about him?What is that to you? You follow me.Peter, with a growing sense of… something… turns around and sees the Evangelist John taking notes like some Cub…

  • No. Boys always say, “I love you *too*”

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Friday in the 7th Week of Easter (B2) Acts 25:13b-21  John 21:15-19 Dicit ei tertio : Simon Joannis, amas me? Contristatus est Petrus, quia dixit ei tertio : Amas me? He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, because he had said…