Category: mass

  • The Lord will uphold my Life.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 James 3:16—4:3 Mark 9:30-37 Videamus ergo si sermones illius veri sint, et tentemus quae ventura sunt illi, et sciemus quae erunt novissima illius. Si enim est verus filius Dei, suscipiet illum, et liberabit eum de manibus contrariorum… Erit enim ei…

  • So Very Much Love

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of Sts Andrew Kim Tae-gon, & Paul Chong Ha-sang, and Companions, MartyrsThursday in the 24th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 7:36-50 Remittuntur ei peccata multa, quoniam dilexit multum. Cui autem minus dimittitur, minus diligit.Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. But to…

  • Thoughts and Prayers

    +JMJ+ The Readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B2) Isaiah 50:5-9A James 2:14-18 Mark 8:27-35 Vade retro me Satana, quoniam non sapis quae Dei sunt, sed quae sunt hominum. Get behind me Satan, you’re not thinking as God does, but as men do. At vigil Mass on Saturday night I had the second…

  • Idols of the Post-Moderns

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Our Lady of SorrowsSaturday in the 23rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 Luke 2:33-35 Sed quae immolant gentes, daemoniis immolant, et non Deo. Nolo autem vos socios fieri daemoniorum : non potestis calicem Domini bibere, et calicem daemoniorum; non potestis mensae Domini participes esse, et mensae daemoniorum.But the things…

  • The Courthouse at Apophatics.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of St John ChrysostomThursday in the 23rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Corinthians 8:1B-7, 11-13 Luke 6:27-38 Si quis autem se existimat scire aliquid, nondum cognovit quemadmodum oporteat eum scire.If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. There is…

  • Wei Wu Wei

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Wednesday in the 23rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Corinthians 7:25-31 Luke 6:20-26 Et qui utuntur hoc mundo, tamquam non utantur : praeterit enim figura hujus mundi. And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away. The Greek in these verses…

  • Reformat then Reboot

    The Readings for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Isaiah 35:4-7James 2:1-5Mark 7:31-37 Et adducunt ei surdum, et mutum. And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment. (NABRE) OK. We need to look at some Greek. The word rendered “deaf” here means deaf. Not “hard of hearing” or “Had to…

  • The New Wine Fallacy

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Friday in the 22nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Luke 5:33-39 Vetus melius est.Old is better. Jesus’ saying about old and new wine skins gets abused a lot. It often gets turned into an excuse for percussion sets in Mass. I’ve heard it used in presenting new teachings…

  • That Natural Man…

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 22nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Corrinthians 2:10B-16 Luke 4:31-37 Animalis autem homo non percipit ea quae sunt Spiritus Dei : stultitia enim est illi, et non potest intelligere : quia spiritualiter examinatur.The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for…

  • Getting Out of the Inner Ring

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of Pope St Gregory the Great, Doctor of the Church Monday in the 22nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Luke 4:16-30 Et multi leprosi erant in Israel sub Elisaeo propheta : et nemo eorum mundatus est nisi Naaman Syrus.Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time…

  • Not Sweetness and Light

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of St MonicaMonday in the 21st Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 2 Thessolonians 1:1-5, 11-12 Matthew 23:13-22 Clauditis regnum caelorum ante homines! vos enim non intratis, nec introeuntes sinitis intrare.You shut the Kingdom of Heaven to men! You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying…

  • As I say. Not as I do.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Saturday in the 20th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Ezekiel 43:1-7ab Matthew 23:1-12 Omnia ergo quaecumque dixerint vobis, servate, et facite : secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere : dicunt enim, et non faciunt.Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but…

  • The Subversive Wedding Feast

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 20th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Ezekiel 36:23-28 Matthew 22:1-14 Simile factum est regnum caelorum homini regi, qui fecit nuptias filio suo.Similar is the Kingdom of Heaven to a man who was king, who made a wedding for his Son. In this story, the kingdom of God…

  • The Price of Admission

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of Pope St Pius, XTuesday in the 20th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Ezekiel 28:1-10 Matthew 19:23-30 Multi autem erunt primi novissimi, et novissimi primi. Many who are first will be last, and the last will be first This is one of those verses like the song of…

  • A Perfectly Timely Parable

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 19th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Ezekiel 12:1-12 Matthew 18:21–19:1 Serve nequam, omne debitum dimisi tibi quoniam rogasti me : nonne ergo oportuit et te misereri conservi tui, sicut et ego tui misertus sum? You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you…