Category: mass

  • Meanwhile, on the Gridiron.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Feast of St Laurence 2 Corinthians 9:6-10 John 12:24-26 Qui amat animam suam, perdet eam; et qui odit animam suam in hoc mundo, in vitam aeternam custodit eam. Ὁ φιλῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπολλύει αὐτήν · καὶ ὁ μισῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον…

  • Food for the Dogs…

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Feast of St DominicWednesday in the 18th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 31:1-7 Matthew 15:21-28 Non est bonum sumere panem filiorum, et mittere canibus. It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.  It’s a long standing bit of church-geeky wordplay that takes…

  • Something about the Name.

    Holy Name Altar, St Dominic’s SF ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 18th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 Matthew 14:22-36 Statimque Jesus locutus est eis, dicens : Habete fiduciam : ego sum, nolite timere.At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” Today, 7…

  • Leeks! Onions! Fleshpots!

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 John 6:24-35 Utinam mortui essemus per manum Domini in terra Aegypti, quando sedebamus super ollas carnium, et comedebamus panem in saturitate Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt,…

  • I see your 22, and I raise you 67.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of Saint John Vianney, PriestSaturday in the 17th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 Matthew 14:1-12 Judicium mortis est viro huic, quia prophetavit adversus civitatem istam, sicut audistis auribus vestris. This man deserves death; he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears. Prophesy against “The…

  • A sting of pearls…

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for St Alphonsus Liguouri, Bishop & Doctor of the ChurchWednesday in the 17th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 Matthew 13:44-46 Gloriatus sum a facie manus tuae : solus sedebam, quoniam comminatione replesti me. Quare factus est dolor meus perpetuus, et plaga mea desperabilis renuit curari? facta est mihi quasi mendacium aquarum infidelium.…

  • Subversion!

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday in the 17th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 13:1-11 Matthew 13:31-35 Aliam parabolam locutus est eis : Similis est regnum caelorum fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinae satis tribus, donec fermentatum est totum. Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which…

  • The Abominable Bride

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Saturday in the 16th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 7:1-11 Matthew 13:24-30 Liberati sumus, eo quod fecerimus omnes abominationes istas.“We are safe; we can commit all these abominations again” The Hebrew word used in this line for “Abomination” is תּוֹעֵבָה to’evah, a specific class of ritual and societal uncleaness in…

  • Here is Deep Water

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of Joachim and Anna, Grandparents of GodThursday in the 16th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 Matthew 13:10-17 Obstupescite, caeli, super hoc : et portae ejus, desolamini vehementer, dicit Dominus. Duo enim mala fecit populus meus : me derelinquerunt fontem aquae vivae, et foderunt sibi cisternas,…

  • Quis ut Deus?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 16th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 Matthew 12:46-50 Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? Quis, Deus, similis tui, qui aufers iniquitatem, et transis peccatum reliquiarum haereditatis tuae?  Who is a God like…

  • The Flock is Scattered.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Jeremiah 23:1-6 Ephesians 2:13-18 Mark 6:30-34 Et suscitabo super eos pastores, et pascent eos : non formidabunt ultra, et non pavebunt, et nullus quaeretur ex numero I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more,…

  • The Subversion of Might

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday in the 15th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Isaiah 1:10-17 Matthew 10:34-11:1 Non veni pacem mittere, sed gladium. I came not to send peace, but the sword.  How very strange this sounds to our ears, who are so used to thinking of Jesus as some sort of Zen Anarchist…

  • Fright or Fop?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Amos 7:12-15 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:7-13 Qui benedixit nos in omni benedictione spirituali in caelestibus in Christo, Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places  It comes to me from time to time, walking up to communion,…

  • How many are you worth?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin.Saturday in the 14th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Isaiah 6:1-8 Matthew 10:24-33 Nonne duo passeres asse veneunt? et unus ex illis non cadet super terram sine Patre vestro. Vestri autem capilli capitis omnes numerati sunt. Nolite ergo timere : multis passeribus meliores estis vos.…

  • Not even a pocket handkerchief

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 14th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Hosea 11:1-4, 8E-9 Matthew 10:7-15 Gratis accepistis, gratis date. Nolite possidere aurum, neque argentum, neque pecuniam in zonis vestris : non peram in via, neque duas tunicas, neque calceamenta, neque virgam : dignus enim est operarius cibo suo. You received without…