Category: Lectionary C2
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Is Herod Jewish?
The Readings for the 17th Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Peter Chrysologus, bishop & doctor of the Church Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 Matthew 14:1-12 It is not lawful for you to have her. Matthew 14:4 JOHN THE BAPTIST accused Herod Antipas of violating the Law of Moses and urged the Tetrarch to repent, send…
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Horse Hockey!
The Readings for the 17th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl. Stanley Rother, Priest & Martyr Jeremiah 18:1-6 Matthew 13:47-53 Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven… brings from his storeroom both the new and the old. Matthew 13:52 SCRIBES GET A BAD rap in the New Testament: basically…
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Missed Pearl
The Readings for the 17th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 Matthew 13:44-46 When I found your words, I devoured them; your words were my joy, the happiness of my heart, because I bear your name, LORD God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16 SCRIPTURE STUDY has consumed the writer since the late 90s. In…
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Apostolic Office
The Readings for the Feast of St James the Apostle(17th Monday, Tempus per Annum, C2) II Corinthians 4:7-15 Matthew 20:20-28 “Whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.” Matthew 20:27 THE OFFICE OF READINGS for today’s feast has a wonderful passage from St John Chrysostom, commenting on today’s Gospel. Jesus is asked…
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Just don’t hold hands
The Readings for the 17th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Genesis 18:20-32 Colossians 2:12-14 Luke 11:1-13 But he persisted: “Please, do not let my Lord be angry if I speak up this last time.” Genesis 18:32a I‘VE BEEN READING and listening to a lot of commentaries on the Bible lately. Although everyone agrees that Abraham…
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I know you are but what am I
The Readings for the 16th Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 7:1-11 Matthew 13:24-30 He replied, “No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them.” Matthew 13:29 ONE MIGHT BE TEMPTED to worry if one is a weed. Likewise, one may be equally tempted to imagine one is wheat.…
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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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Making Shallow Wells
The Readings for the 16th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 Matthew 13:10-17 “Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. Matthew 13:11 EVERY SUMMER my brother, sister, and myself would spend time with my Grandparents at…
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Perpetual Adoration
The Readings for the 16th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10 Matthew 13:1-9 Then the LORD extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying to me, See, I place my words in your mouth! Jeremiah 1:9 LET’S OPEN UP with an episode of Catholic Stuff You Should Know.…
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Always distinguish.
The Readings for the 16th Monday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Micah 6:1-4, 6-8 Matthew 12:38-42 You have been told, O human, what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 AT TIMES the entirely orthodox language of…
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Come in and sat a spell.
The Readings for the 16th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Genesis 18:1-10a Colossians 1:24-28 Luke 10:38-42 The mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones. Colossians 1:26 CLOSING (ALMOST?) EVERY video & podcast they make, the folks over at the Bible Project recite their Doctrinal…
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What Did We Do?
The Readings for the 15th Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Micah 2:1-5 Matthew 12:14-21 On that day a satire shall be sung over you. Micah 2:4a AT THE END OF the wonderful Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), Mr Wonka reads the riot act to Charlie and his…
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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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Like Jimmy Carter said…
The Readings for the 15th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19 Matthew 11:28-30 Your name and your title are the desire of our souls. Isaiah 26:8 NOT REALLY SURE What the lectionary crafters are doing here. The translation “your name and your title” is an odd turn…
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ABBAbandonment Issues
The Readings for the 15th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Henry, King Isaiah 10:5-7, 13B-16 Matthew 11:25-27 No one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.” Matthew 11:27b TO WHOM DO YOU PRAY? I’ve been wrestling with this a lot lately. So much Christian…
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