Category: readings

  • Not That Song. No!

    Today’s Readings: Isaiah 40:25-41 Matthew 11:28-30 In the Douay, RSV, or in the NABRE with other Mass Texts It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.Isaiah 40:29 There came this moment in my daily grind where I said, “yeah, I’m not doing this any…

  • The Cloud of Witnesses Averts Their Eyes.

    Today’s Readings: Isaiah 40:1-11 Matthew 18:12-14 In the Douay, RSV or the NABRE with other Mass texts All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field. The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is…

  • Bang. Zoom. Through the roof, Alice.

    Today’s readings: Isaiah 35:1-10 Luke 5:17-26 This text in the Douay, the RSV, and the NABRE with Mass texts. Quorum fidem ut vidit, dixit: Homo, remittuntur tibi peccata tua.Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.Luke 5:20 Whose faith did Jesus see? Jesus saw the faith of the men who…

  • Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

    Today’s Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10 Romans 15:4-9 Matthew 3:1-12 In the Douay, the RSV, and the NABRE with other Mass Texts Et dicens: Poenitentiam agite: appropinquavit enim regnum caelorum.Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.Matthew 3:2 After my notes on the readings for the 29th where I celebrated a confusing choice on the…

  • Are you Equal to the Apostles?

    Today is the Feast of St Andrew in both East and West.Here he is, preaching from his cross before he died. Today’s Readings: Romans 10:9-18 Matthew 4:18-22 RSV, Douay, or NABRE with other Mass Texts How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of…

  • Been watching too much Pacino

    Today’s Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10 Luke 10:21-24 RSVA, Douay, or NABRE with other Mass texts. For the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea. Quia repleta est terra scientia Domini, sicut aquae maris operientes.Isaiah 11:9 As I was comparing different Bible translations I noticed that the Douay and…

  • Wait, I AM worthy…

    Photo Source Today’s readings: Isaiah 4:2-6 Matthew 8:5-11 In RSVA, Douay, or NABRE with other Mass texts. “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word…”Matthew 8:8 In Advent, we are waiting for the coming of Christ, who comes to us, if we will but receive him, every…

  • Your I is on the Spero

    Today’s Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:37-44 RSVA or NABRE with other Mass propers. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples. Isaiah 3b-4a The “Act of Hope”, said as art of personal (non-liturgical) Morning…

  • IT’S A

    Revelation 22:1-7Luke 21:34-36 Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.Luke 21:34 Jesus was quite aware of our weakened human mental map. He knows that it is the “anxieties of daily life” that lead us…

  • Indeed, it’s Just a Pinch

    Revelation 20:1-4, 11—21:2Luke 21:29-33 I saw the dead, the great and the lowly, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. Then another scroll was opened, the book of life. The dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was written in the scrolls. The sea gave up its dead; then Death and Hades…

  • Dont Ruin Thanksgiving!

    Ben Sira 50:22-24I Corinthians 1:3-9Luke 17:11-19 Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?Luke 17:18 The NABRE renders this as “give thanks to God” but the Greek, the Latin, and just about every other translation says “give glory to God” or “give praise”. I think it could easily be “give worship to…

  • Little Purple Seeds of Fire

    Revelation 15:1-4Luke 21:12-19 You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives.Luke 21:16-19 Near the…

  • Lectio Apocalypse!

    Revelation 14:14-19Luke 21:5-11 “Use your sickle and reap the harvest, for the time to reap has come, because the earth’s harvest is fully ripe.” So the one who was sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.Revelation 14:15b-16 Your host honestly got excited Monday morning when Pope Francis…

  • Go to the Temple, then this happened!

    Revelation 14:1-3, 4b-5Luke 21:1-4I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.Luke 21:3b-4 Today is the memorial of the Entry of Our Lady into the Temple. To me this…

  • Ecce Rex Noster Dilecto

    II Samuel 5:1-3Colossians 1:12-20Luke 23:35-43 When I went away to college, my freshman year, I was at an Evangelical liberal arts college called “The King’s College“. Two guys named David shared the room with me. A huge bunch of stuff had been given to me to go to college with, but one thing I asked…