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Month: August 2021
Sunday Note Plus, from August 15
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts: God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was…
Brief Friday note on tomorrow’s Gospel 08/14/2021
Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” After he placed his hands on them, he went away. Matthew 19:13-15…
Moses, the missing middle years…
Deuteronomy 34:1-7 (Excerpt from the first reading for Wednesday, August 11) 1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, the peak of Pisgah which faces Jericho, and the Lord showed him all the land—Gilead, and as far as Dan, 2 all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as…
Sunday Note Plus, from August 8
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts– “Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” So they said to him,…
Friday Psalm note, August 6th
This is verse 9 of Psalm 97, used today in the readings for Transfiguration: Because you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth, exalted far above all gods. As Christians, we read this with a triple focus: then, now, and yet to come. Then: There are reasons for believing that Psalm…
Anger? … or Patience?
This is the 1st reading for Wednesday’s Mass (August 4) an edited version of chapters 13 and 14 in the book of Numbers: Nm 13:1-2, 25–14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35 The LORD said to Moses [in the desert of Paran,] “Send men to reconnoiter the land of Canaan, which I am giving the children of Israel. You…
Sunday Note Plus, from August 1
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts: …they said to him, “What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I…