Category: mass

  • It’s all Good. I mean ALL. ALL OF IT.

    Today’s readings: 1 Kings 3:5-12 Romans 8:28-30 Matthew 13:44-52 Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. Romans 8:28 The…

  • You gotta dance.

    Today’s readings: Exodus 20:1-17 Matthew 13:18-23 The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word… Matthew 13:19 In Matthew (as we heard on Sunday) seeds are not the abstract “Word of God” that they are in Luke and Mark. Seeds are symbols of us who have received the Word. Often you hear sermons…

  • To Them It Has Not Been Granted

    Today’s readings: Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20B 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 I am coming to you in a dense cloud,  so that when the people hear me speaking with you,  they may always…

  • Sanctify in Y’all’s Hearts.

    Today’s Readings: Acts 8:5-8, 14-1 1 Peter 3:15-18 John 14:15-21 Dominum autem Christum sanctificate in cordibus vestris, parati semper ad satisfactionem omni poscenti vos rationem de ea, quæ in vobis est, spe. Sed cum modestia, et timore, conscientiam habentes bonam.Sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh…

  • According to Hoyle

    Today’s readings: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 John 14:6-14 For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures; that he was buried; that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Baseball and Mixed Martial…

  • 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…

  • Who will help us escape?

    Today’s readings: Acts 6:8-15 John 6:22-29 Respondit eis Jesus, et dixit: Amen, amen dico vobis: quæritis me non quia vidistis signa, sed quia manducastis ex panibus et saturati estis. Jesus answered them, Believe me, if you are looking for me now, it is not because of the miracles you have seen; it is because you…

  • Supper at Emmaus

    Today’s Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33 1 Peter 1:17-21 Luke 24:13-35 And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,…

  • Iesu, Iesu, Iesu, esto mihi Iesu.

    Today’s Readings: Acts 5:27-33 John 3:31-36 Obedire oportet Deo magis quam hominibus. We must obey God rather than men.  Acts 5:29b First off I suck at this. I try to get better. But I suck at it. This is my brief meditation today: The Martyrs of England are a better model for us today than…

  • Tikkun Olam.

    Today’s Readings: Acts 5:17-26 John 3:16-21 For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him. He that believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not believe, is already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten…

  • Except you ravish me.

    Today’s readings: Acts 4:21-33 John 3:1-8 And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and enable your servants to speak your word with all boldness…Acts 4:29 At this time there were about 3,000 Christians in the whole world. Some Protestants would have us imagine that, essentially, those 3,000 would be the entire population of Heaven.…

  • The Thomas Option

    Today’s Readings: Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews… Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. John 20:19a, 24 Where was Thomas that first night…

  • Liturgical Doodles

    I’m given to understand that “back in the day” there were no “Vigil Masses” on Saturday Night and that proper piety in the West (as in the East) involved attending Saturday Vespers where one might also make confession. I’ve no idea if this “day” was 100 years ago or 1,000, but Saturday Vespers leading into…