Responsorial Psalm for Saturday From Psalm 67: R. (4) O God, let all the nations praise you! May God have pity on us and bless us; may he let his face shine upon us. So may your way be known upon earth; among all nations, your salvation. R. O God, let all the nations praise…
Month: July 2021
Veils conceal and reveal…
Exodus 34:29-35, first reading for Mass Wednesday, July 28 29 As Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, he did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while he spoke with the Lord. 30 When Aaron, then, and the other Israelites saw Moses and noticed how…
Sunday Note Plus, from July 25
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts: A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing to Elisha, the man of God, twenty barley loaves made from the first fruits, and fresh grain in the ear. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.” But his servant objected, “How can I set this before a hundred people?”…
Brief Friday note on Psalm 143
Psalm 143 has a measure of fame in devotion and music as one of the Seven Penitential Psalms, but it is not ever appointed for us in Sunday or daily Mass readings. (Another good reason to read the Bible!) Here are a couple of verses from it that caught my eye this week: Psalm 143…
Difficulties in following the Lord…
From one of a series of readings from Exodus this week and part of next: Exodus 16:1-5, 9-15 First reading for Wednesday’s Mass The children of Israel set out from Elim, and came into the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their…
Sunday Note Plus, from July 18
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts: The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat. So they…
Brief Friday Post on Exodus 12
Exodus 12, verses 7 and 11, excerpt from the first reading for today’s Mass: 7 They will take some of its blood and apply it to the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They will consume its meat that same night, eating it roasted with unleavened bread and bitter herbs….
Maturing in the Lord: humility
From portions of Exodus used in daily readings this week: Exodus 3:1-12 New American Bible (Revised Edition) 1 Meanwhile Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock beyond the wilderness, he came to the mountain of God, Horeb. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him as fire flaming…
Sunday Note Plus, from July 11
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts– Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick— no food, no sack, no money in their belts. They were, however, to wear sandals…
Thoughts on a Psalm for Friday
The LORD watches over the lives of the wholehearted; their inheritance lasts forever. They are not put to shame in an evil time; in days of famine they have plenty. Psalm 37:18-19 from today’s Mass readings “Wholehearted” is “blameless” or…