August 29, 2017 Memorial Of The Passion Of Saint John The Baptist Lectionary: 426/634 1 THES 2:1-8 PS 139:1-3, 4-6 MK 6:17-29 One of the things I hear the most in every circle these days is “don’t judge.” Frequently the justification is God is my judge and somehow sinContinue Reading
August 28, 2017 Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 425 1 THES 1:1-5, 8B-10 PS 149:1B-2, 3-4, 5-6A AND 9B MT 23:13-22 St Augustine lived a very rough life. He did everything that one can think of, including having a child out of wedlock. Eventually,Continue Reading
August 27, 2017 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 121 IS 22:19-23 PS 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8 ROM 11:33-36 MT 16:13-20 ty·pol·o·gytīˈpäləjē/noun – the study and interpretation of types and symbols, originally especially in the Bible. If you want to understand Catholics, and for that matter most of the earliestContinue Reading
Yoke yōk/ noun: yoke A wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plow or cart that they are to pull. Yokes are fitted to an animal team. The better the fit the better the animals could work together to bear the load.Continue Reading
August 22, 2017 Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 420 JGS 6:11-24A PS 85:9, 11-12, 13-14 MT 19:23-30 It is tempting to constantly pray for the difficulties of life to be passed from us. Even Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane asked to have that horribleContinue Reading
August 21, 2017 Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope Lectionary: 419 JGS2:11-19 PS 106:34-35, 36-37, 39-40, 43AB AND 44 MT 19:16-22 Today, in case you live under a rock, there was a solar eclipse over the United States. Many people traveled great distances to be in the path of totalContinue Reading
August 20, 2017 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 118 IS 56:1, 6-7 PS 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 ROM 11:13-15, 29-32 MT 15:21-28 Jesus has just had a heated exchange with the Pharisees and Scribes about the nature of sin. He talks about how that it is not what youContinue Reading