Category: mass

  • As you go, sow.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Ezekiel 17:22-24  2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Mark 4:26-34 Sic est regnum Dei, quemadmodum si homo jaciat sementem in terram, et dormiat, et exsurgat nocte et die, et semen germinet, et increscat dum nescit ille. Ultro enim terra fructificat, primum herbam, deinde spicam, deinde plenum…

  • The yoke’s on Elisha…

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Saturday in the 10th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Kings 19:19-21  Matthew 5:33-37 Cumque venisset Elias ad eum, misit pallium suum super illum qui statim relictis bobus cucurrit post Eliam. Eli’jah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him and [Elisha] left the oxen, and ran after Eli’jah. The call…

  • Is there someone else we can talk to?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Friday in the 10th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Kings 19:9A, 11-16 Matthew 5:27-32 Audistis quia dictum est antiquis… Ego autem dico vobis…  You have heard it said of old…  But I say to you… If you come to the New Testament looking for a relief from those pesky rules in…

  • Lord, it’s hard to be humble.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for  in the 10th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Kings 18:41-46  Matthew 5:20-26 Si ergo offers munus tuum ad altare, et ibi recordatus fueris quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te : relinque ibi munus tuum ante altare, et vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo : et tunc veniens offeres munus tuum. So…

  • This sucks worse for me than for you.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for  the 10th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Genesis 3:9-15  2 Corinthians 4:13—5:1 Mark 3:20-35 Omnia enim propter vos : ut gratia abundans, per multos in gratiarum actione, abundet in gloriam Dei. For all things are for your sakes; that the grace abounding through many, may abound in thanksgiving unto the glory…

  • It all Flows from the Heart

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of JesusFriday in the 9th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Hosea 11:1, 3-4, 8C-9 Ephesians 3:8-12, 14-19 John 19:31-37 Ut innotescat principatibus et potestatibus in caelestibus per Ecclesiam, multiformis sapientia Dei, That through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known…

  • What’s your cross?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 9th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 2nd Timothy 2:8-15  Mark 12:28-34 Si commortui sumus, et convivemus : si sustinebimus, et conregnabimus : si negaverimus, et ille negabit nos : si non credimus, ille fidelis permanet, negare seipsum non potest.If we have died with him, we shall also live with him; if we…

  • Shockwaves of the Eschaton

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Exodus 24:3-8  Hebrews 9:11-15 Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Vetustátem nóvitas,Umbram fugat véritas,Noctem lux elíminat.Now the new the old effaces,Truth away the shadow chases,Light dispels the gloom of night.O sacred banquetTardis and Tesseract of eternityFeast of RamanduLast Homely House before the wilds坎 …

  • Preternatural Hangries

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Friday in the 8th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Memorial of St Justin Martyr, First Friday of June 1 Peter 4:7-13  Mark 11:11-26 Jam non amplius in aeternum ex te fructum quisquam manducet. May no man hereafter eat fruit of thee any more for ever. Jesus curses the fig tree because it…

  • It takes a strong constitution to be Queen.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zephaniah  3:14-18A Luke 1:39-56 Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles. Esurientes implevit bonis: et divites dimisit inanes. He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. He hath put down the…

  • Give up Wut?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 8th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Peter 1:10-16 Mark 10:28-31 Et coepit ei Petrus dicere : Ecce nos dimisimus omnia, et secuti sumus te. Behold, we have left all things, and have followed thee.  When it comes to giving up all things, the Apostles actually did,…

  • I hear the Grand Slam is good.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Trinity Sunday (B2) Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 28:16-20 Et videntes eum adoraverunt : quidam autem dubitaverunt.And seeing him they adored: but some doubted. This is my favourite verse in the New Testament. It’s huge. Because it’s the end of a pure church. The Apostles have been with Jesus for…

  • A Catechesis of Despair.

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for  in the Week of Pentecost (B2) James 5:13-20  Mark 10:13-16 Et offerebant illi parvulos ut tangeret illos. Discipuli autem comminabantur offerentibus.And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked them that brought them.  When Judgement Day comes many folks who are by human…

  • Who is gonna keep you outta glory?

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Friday in the Week of Pentecost (B2) James 5:9-12  Mark 10:1-12 Nolite ingemiscere, fratres, in alterutrum, ut non judicemini. Ecce judex ante januam assistit.Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door. I heard a sermon earlier this week that…

  • But our Money says “In God We Trust…”

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the Week of Pentecost (B2) James 5:1-6  Mark 9:41-50 Ecce merces operariorum, qui messuerunt regiones vestras, quae fraudata est a vobis, clamat : et clamor eorum in aures Domini sabbaoth introivit. Epulati estis super terram, et in luxuriis enutristis corda vestra in die occisionis.  Behold, the wages of the…