A journal of byzantine digressionS
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Solomon, Boxcar Willie, & Gran’pa
✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday, 4th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) I Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 Mark 6:7-13 ἰσχύσεις καὶ ἔσῃ εἰς ἄνδραconfortare, et esto virוְחָזַקְתָּ֖ וְהָיִ֥יתָֽ לְאִֽיש Take Courage and show yourself a man.This is one of those places where the Greek of the LXX, the Masoretic Hebrew, the Latin of Jerome and the…
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The Prison of Our Minds
✙ JMJ The Readings for the Memorial of St John Bosco Wednesday, 4th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) II Samuel 24:2, 9-17 Mark 6:1-6 Et non poterat ibi virtutem ullam facere, nisi paucos infirmos impositis manibus curavit, et mirabatur propter incredulitatem eorum.And he could not do any miracles there, only that he cured a few…
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Of Bessie’s Butterscotch Pudding and Scriptural Inspiration.
✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday, 4th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) II Samuel 18:9-10, 14B, 24-25A, 30–19:3 Mark 5:21-43 (Jesu) dixit dari illi manducare.(Jesus) commanded that something should be given her to eat. My late grandmother made this amazing butterscotch pudding. I will ask Jesus for some when I get to the other side. I…
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Tao of Paul 2
✙ JMJ The Readings for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2) Deuteronomy 18:15-20 I Corinthians 7:32-35 Mark 1:21-28 Volo autem vos sine sollicitudine esse.I would have you to be without solicitude.This picks up where the Tao of Paul left us last Sunday. I don’t think the Latin does as well with the Greek, though. Sollicitudine……
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The Benedict Option
If I Werrr King of the Forrrrressssht ✙ JMJ The Readings for Saturday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): II Samuel 12:1-7A, 10-17 Mark 4:35-41 Et ait illis : Quid timidi estis? necdum habetis fidem? And he said to them: Why are you fearful? have you not faith yet?July 4th, 1981, I was sitting behind the elementary…
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Saul. Saul…
✙ JMJ The Readings for the Feast of the Conversion of St PaulThursday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2) Acts 9:1-22 Mark 16:15-18 Ego sum Jesus, quem tu persequeris : durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad. Kicking against the goad is…
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I have a cunning plan…
✙ JMJ The Readings for Memorial of St Francis de Sales, BCDWednesday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): II Samuel 7:4-17 Mark 4:1-20 Et fidelis erit domus tua, et regnum tuum usque in aeternum ante faciem tuam, et thronus tuus erit firmus jugiter.And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face,…
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Similam Frixam Oleo!
✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): II Samuel 6:12B-15, 17-19 Mark 3:31-35 Ecce mater mea et fratres mei.Behold my mother and my brethren. My Freshman year in College, I won a preaching award with this Gospel. In fact, it was an annual award, open to all students. I was the…
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A Solution to a Shutdown
✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): II Samuel 5:1-7, 10 Mark 3:22-30 Venerunt quoque et seniores Israël ad regem in Hebron, et percussit cum eis rex David fœdus in Hebron coram Domino: unxeruntque David in regem super Israël.The ancients also of Israel came to the king of Hebron, and…
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The Tao of Paul
✙ JMJ The Readings for 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (B2): Jonah 3:1-5, 10 I Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 Præterit enim figura hujus mundi.The fashion of this world passeth away.You wanna know, right? Cuz it’s been 2,000 years. When is this all going to end. Which part of this is passing away? Jesus said, “Quoniam…
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The Love that Dares not Speak Its Name
✙ JMJ The Readings for Saturday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): II Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 Mark 3:20-21 Doleo super te, frater mi Jonatha, decore nimis, et amabilis super amorem mulierum.I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan: exceeding beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of women.When I was a kid it…
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Kaine Hora
✙ JMJ The Readings for Thursday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): I Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7 Mark 3:7-12 Non rectis ergo oculis Saul aspiciebat David a die illa et deinceps.And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.The king is very angry at David and he gives him…
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Politicians.
✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): I Samuel 16:1-13 Mark 2:23-28 Ne respicias vultum ejus, neque altitudinem staturæ ejus: quoniam abjeci eum, nec juxta intuitum hominis ego judico: homo enim videt ea quæ parent, Dominus autem intuetur cor.Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature:…
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Because It’s…
✙ JMJ The Readings for Monday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): I Samuel 15:16-23 Mark 2:18-22 Quoniam quasi peccatum ariolandi est, repugnare: et quasi scelus idololatriæ, nolle acquiescere. Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Samuel goes to Saul to say look, you…
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Wherein Fr Martin is – Briefly – Right
Orthodox Monastic Building a Bridge ✙ JMJ The Readings for Sunday, 2nd Week of Ordinary Time (B2): 1 Samuel 3:3B-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6:13C-15A, 17-20 John 1:35-42 Tu es Simon, filius Jona; tu vocaberis Cephas, quod interpretatur Petrus.Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter. Did you…
Orthoparadoxy 