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Winter Solstice: Already and Not Yet
A lectionary reflection for the 21st day of December, in the 4th week of Advent The first reading for today is from the Song of Songs (Sg 2:8-14). It contains a passage that must have been set to music that … Continue reading
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Tagged O Antiphons, solstice, Song of Songs
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Eucharist means Thanksgiving: a Lectionary Reflection for the morning after the night before
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Wis 6:12-16, Ps 63, 1 Thes 4:13-18, Mt 25:1-13 It seemed as if the readings today had been specially crafted for the moment our country finds itself in today. Even the opening prayer: Almighty and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Thess 4, election2020, Mt25, On Eagle’s Wings, OT32A, Ps63, Wis6
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Shepherd Me, O God
The psalm at Mass tonight was Psalm 23, and we sang a paraphrased setting of it by Marty Haugen. I’ve sung it dozens of times before, but this time the refrain took my imagination somewhere new. Shepherd me, O God … Continue reading
“And for many”: a Lectionary Reflection
One of the most glaring changes made in the recent English translation of the Roman Missal was the words of institution. In the ICEL translation I grew up with, the phrase Jesus spoke over the wine was translated as “for … Continue reading
Lectionary Reflection for the Day After Charlottesville
We are blessed on this nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time with readings that are very apt for the day after a white supremacist rally filled with rhetorical and literal violence. The first reading is from the book of Kings: the … Continue reading
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Tagged #blacklivesmatter, 2 kings 19, mt 14, OT19A, psalm 85, racism, romans 9
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Lost
Have you ever been lost? Walking through the woods, sure you knew where you were going until the landmark you were aiming for wasn’t there.. and wasn’t there.. and still wasn’t there… and all the trees look alike and omg … Continue reading
Lectionary Reflection: The Virtue of Outsiders
It’s so frustrating when the lectionary leaves out half the story! Here’s what was going on in today’s first reading: Naaman is a king from Syria, who has come to Israel after his Hebrew slavegirl (looted in war) suggests to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 kings 5, Luke 17, OT28C, outsiders
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Random musings after mass on this Feast of the Assumption
It’s not a holy day of obligation in my diocese, but because I had taken the day off work, I went to the noon mass today, which had about 4 times the usual number of attendees. There was a lily-ish … Continue reading
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Tagged hagar, mary, st elizabeth
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A Tale of Two Denials
Today we heard the story of Thomas’ refusal to believe the testimony of the other apostles that they’d seen Jesus. Concluding, no doubt, that they were out of their minds with grief, he denied that they could have seen the … Continue reading
Peter’s Outrage
Peter was horrified by what he saw Jesus doing. When Jesus approached him, he had to ask, even though by this time Jesus’ intentions must have been obvious. Lord, are you going to wash my feet??!? It completely outraged his … Continue reading
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Tagged footwashing, holy thursday, mimetic, peter, scandal
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