Archive for August 2008

The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25: 14-30 1 Cor 1: 26-31 / Ps 33: 12-13, 18-21 ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with small things; I will put you in charge of greater things. Come and share your master’s joy!’ (Matthew 25:23) For the talents You’re entrusting May we gainfully parlay, So that we may [...]

The Martyrdom of John the Baptist

Mark 6: 17-29 1 Cor 1: 17-25 / Ps 33: 1-2, 4-5, 10-11 Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist. (Matthew 11:11) St. John the Baptist is our model, For truth his life he sacrificed; Let his courage be our example, To be [...]

Vigilance

Matthew 24: 42-51 1 Cor 1: 1-9 / Ps 145: 2-7 If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. (Matthew 24:43) Let not our will by sin be swayed, Be resolute [...]

Hypocrisy II

Matthew 23: 27-32 2 Thes 3: 6-10, 16-18 / Ps 128: 1-2, 4-5 Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. (Matthew 23:27) Don’t be deceived by what may seem So [...]

Clean Inside and Out

Matthew 23: 23-26 2 Thes 2: 1-3a. 14-17 / Ps 96: 10-13 You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, but have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. (Matthew 23:23) What lies within is what is real, And no amount of scheme or stealth Can hide that time [...]

Hypocrisy

Matthew 23: 13-22 2 Thes 1: 1-5. 11-12 / Ps 96: 1-5 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! (Matthew 23:13) No oaths can bind lies and deceits, When made by ‘scribes and Pharisees’; When remedied by hypocrites The cure is worse than the disease; “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You [...]