I just joined another social bookmarking site, this one is “ma.gnolia”. Take a scroll down the sidebar and you’ll see two graphic links, one for just “ma.gnolia”, and the other for the “Alcoholism” group I manage on the site. So far I am a group of one. Hopefully other sober alcoholics will join. I joined …
This week we are in the Octave of Easter. This means that Easter is celebrated for eight days. This is evident to anyone who prays the Liturgy of the Hours (link from Universalis way up above posts) as parts of Morning and Evening Prayers are taken from Easter Sunday. Imagine a holiday that last for …
From the Gospel Reading in the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, celebrated during the evening of Holy Thursday: John 13:12-15 So when he had washed their feet (and) put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ …
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What do you do first thing in the morning? (I mean after the immediate basic…stuff.) From Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” The following pasage from the First Reading of today’s Mass (Wednesday of Holy Week): Isaiah 50:…4-5: Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may …
If you scroll down the sidebar and look at the “Bloggy Communities…” section you’ll notice that I’ve joined another community of Catholic blogs. Catholic Converts is a group of blogs created by, well… converts to the Catholic Faith. They offer a great community to others who have “crossed the Tiber” and have “come home to …
Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench… This excerpt from The Book of Isaiah from yesterday’s Mass (Monday of Holy Week) speaks of the mercy of Christ. This passage is an important one for anyone to remember, but particularly for us alcoholics. For we were …
Luke 23:42-43 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” The person asking Jesus to remember him in Luke’s Passion Narrative from Palm Sunday is the so-called “Good Thief”, the criminal hanging on the …
Luke 22:19 Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.” During the Homily on Palm Sunday, my priest mentioned the significance of the word “memory” in Hebrew. The word used in …
Luke 22:45 When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief. This was an excerpt from Palm Sunday’s Passion narrative from the Gospel of Luke. Jesus was praying on the Mount of Olives and His disciples did not have the strength to stay up with Him. They were …
I have been a little tardy with posting. There have been a few selections from the Mass readings these past few days, particularly Palm Sunday, but I wasn’t able to get to them due to other commitments and obligations. After this explanatory post I’ll address them over the course of the rest of this day. …
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