Category: Lectionary C2
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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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Come as you are. But…
The Readings for the 20th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl. Mannes, brother of St Dominic Ezekiel 36:23-28 Matthew 22:1-14 My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment? Matthew 22:12 (AV) ONE CAN READ the King’s Question as rather snobbish: this is a wedding. Why are you not…
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What You Need and Nothing More.
The Readings for the 20th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St. Hyacinth of Poland, friar and priest Ezekiel 34:1-11 Matthew 20:1-16 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? Matthew 20:15 (AV) THE PAIRING OF THESE TWO readings seems strange,…
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This is our Mother
The Readings for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady Revelation 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB I Corinthians 15:20-27 Luke 1:39-56 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm.…
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Aretha and von Hildebrand
The Readings for the 20th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 Hebrews 12:1-4 Luke 12:49-53 Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us Hebrews 12:1b THE GOSPEL TODAY is one of the Hard…
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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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Please Stand By
The Readings for the Memorial of St Clare, Virgin19th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Ezekiel 12:1-12 Matthew 18:21–19:1 Cover your face so you cannot see the land, for I am making you a sign for the house of Israel! Ezekiel 12:6 SAINT CLARE WAS granted a vision of Mass on Christmas Eve so that she…
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Serve & Follow
The Readings for the Feat of St Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr19th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) II Corinthians 9:6-10 John 12:24-26 Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. John 12:26 THE DEACON St Lawrence was the patron saint of the Orthodox monastery where I tested my…
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Be the Light
The Readings for the Solemnity of Our Holy Father Dominic19th Monday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Isaiah 52:7-10 II Timothy 4:1-5 Matthew 5: 13-16 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and will turn away from…
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Keep Watch
The Readings for the 19th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Wisdom 18:6-9 Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 Luke 12:32-48 That night [The Passover] was known beforehand to our ancestors, so that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage. Wisdom 18:6 IT’S INTERESTING TO READ THIS passage from Wisdom…
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Crucifiguration
The Readings for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord(18th Saturday, Tempus per Annum C2) Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 II Peter 1:16-19 Luke 9:28b-36 We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. Matthew…
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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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Is this on the final?
The Readings for the 18th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St John Vianney Jeremiah 31:31-34 Matthew 16:13-23 I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; Jeremiah 31:33 DR FRANK PETERS (nee SJ) was one of my religion professors at NYU. He taught one of two required courses for religion…
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Tough Love
The Readings for the 18th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 31:1-7 Matthew 15:21-28 And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.” Matthew 15:22 THIS PERICOPE always intrigues me: there’s no Canaan. There’s no province of…
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Ellipsis
The Readings for the 18th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23 Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 Luke 12:13-21 “EW” Someone on the Vatican Liturgical Commission, Probably MY PARISH IS CELEBRATING the Solemnity of the Dedication of the Church this Sunday. It’s not the 18th Sunday for me. So, there. As you know I like to…
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