Category: RRCreadings
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Is this on the final?
The Readings for the 18th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St John Vianney Jeremiah 31:31-34 Matthew 16:13-23 I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; Jeremiah 31:33 DR FRANK PETERS (nee SJ) was one of my religion professors at NYU. He taught one of two required courses for religion…
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Tough Love
The Readings for the 18th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 31:1-7 Matthew 15:21-28 And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.” Matthew 15:22 THIS PERICOPE always intrigues me: there’s no Canaan. There’s no province of…
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Ellipsis
The Readings for the 18th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23 Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 Luke 12:13-21 “EW” Someone on the Vatican Liturgical Commission, Probably MY PARISH IS CELEBRATING the Solemnity of the Dedication of the Church this Sunday. It’s not the 18th Sunday for me. So, there. As you know I like to…
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Is Herod Jewish?
The Readings for the 17th Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Peter Chrysologus, bishop & doctor of the Church Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 Matthew 14:1-12 It is not lawful for you to have her. Matthew 14:4 JOHN THE BAPTIST accused Herod Antipas of violating the Law of Moses and urged the Tetrarch to repent, send…
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Horse Hockey!
The Readings for the 17th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Bl. Stanley Rother, Priest & Martyr Jeremiah 18:1-6 Matthew 13:47-53 Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven… brings from his storeroom both the new and the old. Matthew 13:52 SCRIBES GET A BAD rap in the New Testament: basically…
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Missed Pearl
The Readings for the 17th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 Matthew 13:44-46 When I found your words, I devoured them; your words were my joy, the happiness of my heart, because I bear your name, LORD God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16 SCRIPTURE STUDY has consumed the writer since the late 90s. In…
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Apostolic Office
The Readings for the Feast of St James the Apostle(17th Monday, Tempus per Annum, C2) II Corinthians 4:7-15 Matthew 20:20-28 “Whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.” Matthew 20:27 THE OFFICE OF READINGS for today’s feast has a wonderful passage from St John Chrysostom, commenting on today’s Gospel. Jesus is asked…
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Just don’t hold hands
The Readings for the 17th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Genesis 18:20-32 Colossians 2:12-14 Luke 11:1-13 But he persisted: “Please, do not let my Lord be angry if I speak up this last time.” Genesis 18:32a I‘VE BEEN READING and listening to a lot of commentaries on the Bible lately. Although everyone agrees that Abraham…
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I know you are but what am I
The Readings for the 16th Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 7:1-11 Matthew 13:24-30 He replied, “No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them.” Matthew 13:29 ONE MIGHT BE TEMPTED to worry if one is a weed. Likewise, one may be equally tempted to imagine one is wheat.…
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Seduxisti me Domine
The Readings for the Feast of St Mary Magdalen16th Friday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Song of Songs 3:1-4b 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 John 20:1-2, 11-18 I have found him whom my soul loveth. Song of Songs 3:4 THIS VERSE SOUNDS like romance – and it is, certainly. I have seen it on a wedding ring. But…
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Making Shallow Wells
The Readings for the 16th Thursday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 Matthew 13:10-17 “Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. Matthew 13:11 EVERY SUMMER my brother, sister, and myself would spend time with my Grandparents at…
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Perpetual Adoration
The Readings for the 16th Wednesday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10 Matthew 13:1-9 Then the LORD extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying to me, See, I place my words in your mouth! Jeremiah 1:9 LET’S OPEN UP with an episode of Catholic Stuff You Should Know.…
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Always distinguish.
The Readings for the 16th Monday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Micah 6:1-4, 6-8 Matthew 12:38-42 You have been told, O human, what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 AT TIMES the entirely orthodox language of…
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Come in and sat a spell.
The Readings for the 16th Sunday, Tempus per Annum (C2) Genesis 18:1-10a Colossians 1:24-28 Luke 10:38-42 The mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones. Colossians 1:26 CLOSING (ALMOST?) EVERY video & podcast they make, the folks over at the Bible Project recite their Doctrinal…
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What Did We Do?
The Readings for the 15th Saturday, Tempus per Annum (C2)Memorial of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Micah 2:1-5 Matthew 12:14-21 On that day a satire shall be sung over you. Micah 2:4a AT THE END OF the wonderful Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), Mr Wonka reads the riot act to Charlie and his…
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