A journal of byzantine digressionS
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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The Israel of God
✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday in the 16th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Micah 6:1-4, 6-8 Matthew 12:38-42 Popule meus, quid feci tibi? aut quid molestus fui tibi? Responde mihi. Quia eduxi te de terra Aegypti, et de domo servientium liberavi te, et misi ante faciem tuam Moysen, et Aaron, et Mariam. O my…
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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,…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…
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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…
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Some sheep go astray…
Can you get from this image to the topic? ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of St Benedict, Abbot.Wednesday in the 14th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 Matthew 10:1-7 Potius ite ad oves quae perierunt domus Israel. Euntes autem praedicate, dicentes : Quia appropinquavit regnum caelorum. Go rather to the…
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Being a Local Guide
✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 14th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13 Matthew 9:32-38 Messis quidem multa, operarii autem pauci. Rogate ergo Dominum messis, ut mittat operarios in messem suam.The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.In my…
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Math is hard.
✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday in the 14th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Hosea 2:16, 17C-18, 21-22 Matthew 9:18-26 Et sponsabo te mihi in sempiternum; et sponsabo te mihi in justitia, et judicio, et in misericordia, et in miserationibus. Et sponsabo te mihi in fide; et scies quia ego Dominus.And I will betroth you to…
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A few twists and you’re good to go.
✙ JMJ The Readings for 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Ezekiel 2:2-5 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Mark 6:1-6 Libenter igitur gloriabor in infirmitatibus meis, ut inhabitet in me virtus Christi.Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Paul reports having a “thorn in the flesh”, some…
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Temples of the Nation
✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday in the 13th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Amos 7:10-17 Matthew 9:1-8 Et dixit Amasias ad Amos : Qui vides, gradere : fuge in terram Juda, et comede ibi panem, et prophetabis ibi. Et in Bethel non adjicies ultra ut prophetes, quia sanctificatio regis est, et domus regni est. And Amazi’ah…
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