Category: RRCreadings
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The True Story of Sleeping Beauty
The Readings for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary Apocalypse 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB Psalm 45 (Response: The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.) 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Alleluia: Mary is taken up to heaven; a chorus of angels exults. Luke 1:39-56 I wrote this in 2018. Reposting for the feast (which will…
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Life Just Keeps Coming
JMJ✙ The Readings for the 19th Sunday, Tempus per Annum 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a Responsorial from Psalm 85 (Response: Lord, let us see your kindness and grant us your salvation.) Romans 9:1-5 Alleluia from Psalm 130:5 I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for his word. Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus made the disciples get into…
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Final Cause
Readings for Memorial of St Ignatius of Loyola17th Monday After Pentecost A day late, but I keep rewriting… Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 Psalm 106 (Response: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good) James 1:18 (Alleluia) Matthew 13:31-35 Only the one who has sinned against me will I blot out of my book. Exodus 32:33…
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Swords and Pieces
JMJ✙ The Readings for the 15th Monday, Tempus per Annum Exodus 1:8-14, 22 Responsorial from Psalm 124 (Response: Our help is in the name of the Lord.) Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. (Alleluia) Matthew 10:34-11:1 “I have come to bring not peace…
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Seeds and Earthlings
JMJ✙ The Readings for the 15th Sunday, Tempus per Annum Isaiah 55:10-11 Responsorial from Psalm 65 (Response: The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.) Romans 8:18-23 The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower. All who come to him will have life forever. (Alleluia) Matthew 13:1-23 “My…
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Peniel
JMJ✙ The Readings for the Memorial of St Benedict, Abbot14th Tuesday, Tempus per Annum Genesis 32:23-33 Responsorial from Psalm 17 (Response: In justice, I shall behold your face, O Lord.) John 10:14 (Alleluia) Matthew 9:32-38 “Because I have seen God face to face,” he said, “yet my life has been spared.” Genesis 32:30 THE AUTHOR…
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Barren Trees Die
JMJ✙ The Readings for the 8th Friday of Ordinary Time Sirach 44:1, 9-13 Responsorial from Psalm 149 (Response: The Lord takes delight in his people..) John 15:16 (Alleluia) Mark 11:11-26 And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. Mark 11:14 (RSVCE) SO MANY SERMONS…
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Nothing Ordinary
JMJ✙ The Readings for the Visitation of Mary8th Wednesday of Ordinary Time Zephania 3:14-18a Responsorial from Isaiah 12 (Response: Among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.) Romans 12:9-16 Luke 1:45 (Alleluia) Luke 1:39-56 The Lord your God is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with…
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Overcoming the World
JMJ✙ The Readings for 7th Monday after Easter Acts 19:1-8 Psalm 68 (Response: Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.) Colossians 3:1 (Alleluia) John 16:29-33 I have overcome the world. John 16:33 JESUS SAYS HE HAS OVERCOME the world. Yet, this is before his Crucifixion, before the Agony in the Garden – just before…
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Types and Shadows
The Readings for the 2nd Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Hebrews 7:25—8:6 Psalm 40 (Responsorial) II Timothy 1:10 (Alleluia) Mark 3:7-12 They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary; for when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern…
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Reading the Signs of Ordinary Times
The Readings for the 1st Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Hebrews 4:12-16 Psalm 19 (Responsorial) Luke 4:18 (Alleluia) Mark 2:13-17 The word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit. As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. Jesus…
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More Ordinary Mysteries
The Readings for the 1st Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Hebrews 2:14-18 Psalm 105 (Responsorial) John 10:27 (Alleluia) Mark 1:29-39 For because he himself has suffered and been tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. Hebrews 2:18 THE ANONYMOUS AUTHOR of Hebrews, just for a shorthand, let’s give him a name… say……
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So, that was Christmas
The Readings for the 1st Tuesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Hebrews 2:5-12 Psalm 8 (Responsorial) I Thessalonians 2:13 (Alleluia) Mark 1:21-28 They were amazed at the way he taught, for he did not instruct them like the Torah-teachers but as one who had authority himself. Mark 1:22 HEY! PRESTO! It’s no longer Christmas, but Ordinary…
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Hashtag Resist
The Readings for the 4th Thursday of Advent (A1) 1 Samuel 1:24-28 1 Samuel 2 (Responsorial) Luke 1:46-56 He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He hath sent empty away. Luke 1:53 (KJV21) THE ANGELUS IS A favorite devotion of mine. (If you are not familiar with it I have included…
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Urbi et Orbi
The Readings for the 4th Wednesday of Advent (A1) Song of Songs 2:8-14 Psalm 33 (Responsorial) Luke 1:39-45 The voice of the man I love! Here he comes, bounding over the mountains, skipping over the hills! Song of Songs 2:8 (CJB) DURING THE GLOBAL PANIC in March of 2020, watching bodies pile up, morgues overrun,…
