October 12

October 12, 2013:  Saturday, 27th week, Ordinary Time

Readings

• Jl 4:12-21  I'll sit in judgment.  Near is the day of the Lord.  Lord is refuge to his people.  Mountains shall drip wine, channels flow with water.

• Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12  "Rejoice in the Lord, you just!"  The Lord is king; the heavens proclaim his justice, and all peoples see his glory.

• Lk 11:27-28  Woman:  “Blessed is the womb that carried you...”   Jesus: “Blessed those who hear and keep God's word.”

Daily reflections

• Pope Francis:  Need dialogue of life, everyday experience—a real, concrete culture of encounter leading to authentic relationships.

• Creighton:  Pope:  “Meet one another doing good.  ‘But I'm an atheist.’  But do good: We will meet one another there.”

• RC.net:  True kinship through adoption   Do I hunger for God's word?        

• Universalis:  Transparent St. Wilfrid, bishop—and remember Mary

• Sacred Space

Accoutrements

← "Scales" pin:  justice (1st reading, psalm)

"Clock" tie pin:  Day of the Lord is near (1st reading) →

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October 11

October 11, 2013: Friday, 27th week, Ordinary Time

Readings

• Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2  Cry to the Lord!  Tremble; the day of the Lord is near.

• Ps 9:2-3, 6, 16, 8-9  "The Lord will judge the world with justice."  I exult in you, declare your wondrous deeds.  You destroyed the wicked.

•  Lk 11:15-26  Every kingdom divided will be laid waste, but if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then God's Kingdom has come upon you.  Whoever is not with me is against me.

Daily reflections

• Pope Francis:  “Am I vigilant?  Do I guard myself, my heart, feelings, thoughts, the treasure of grace, the Holy Spirit?"  Don't follow Jesus just halfway. (today's homily)

• RC.net:  What kind of protection do I seek?  How do I fill the void in my life?

• Creighton:  Don’t confuse me with facts.  Don't sit on the fence.  Let actions speak loudly, in sync with words.

• Universalis:  St. Canice, Bl. William Howard

• Sacred Space

Attire

• "Clocks" tie:  "The day of the Lord is near" (1st reading)

• "Scales" pin:  "The Lord will judge the world with justice" (psalm)

• "Decapitated skeleton" tie pin:  "if I drive out demons by the finger of God" (gospel) [no reference to upcoming celebration of All Hallows' Eve]

Music

On Wednesday all three readings were about God's forgiveness, including the Our Father (Luke's "forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us"; cf. Matthew's "forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors").  The country song "Look it up" (Presley/Orrall) reminds me how hard it can be to forgive one who's wronged us:  "The word's forgiveness, look it up.  It's what Jesus has in store for you, but I don't no matter what."  I didn't post it Wednesday because of the language at the end, but I just found Bailey and Lowe's cover that avoids it and IMHO is better than the original to boot.  (Here's more including lyrics.)

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October 10

October 10, 2013: Thursday, 27th week, Ordinary Time

Readings

• Mal 3:13-20b  Lord:  Those who trust me shall be mine, and healing awaits, but evildoers will be stubble set on fire.

• Ps 1:1-4, 6  "Blessed are they who hope in the Lord."  Blessed the one who delights in God's law; whatever he does, prospers--but the wicked are like chaff to be driven away.

• Lk 11:5-13  Persistence will yield friend's request even if friendship doesn't.  “Ask; seek; knock.  Father will give Spirit to those who ask”

Music

Seek ye first/ Lafferty (gospel)

Daily reflections

• Creighton:  persistence/perseverance for spiritual beings having human experience.
• RC.net:  Do I approach the Father with confidence in his kindness?
• Universalis:  Saints Paulinus, Daniel Comboni
• Sacred Space

Attire

• Heart of Claddagh tie pin:  Lord will have compassion on, possess those who esteem him. (1st reading)

• "Bright tree" tie:  The one whose joy is the Lord's law (vs. following wicked's counsel) is like a tree that yields its fruit in season (psalm)

• Question mark tie pin:  Ask, and you will receive (gospel)

• Dove (with keyboard) tie pin:  If you know how to give good gifts, how much more will the Father give the holy Spirit to those who ask? (gospel)

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October 9

October 9, 2013: Wednesday, 27th week, Ordinary Time

Readings

• Jon 4:1-11  Jonah, angry God didn't destroy Nineveh as he'd prophesied:  "Take me now."  God:  “Why be angry?”  Jonah built hut; Lord provided plant for shade, then worm to wither it, then burning wind.  "I'd be better off dead." / “You're concerned over the plant you didn't raise.  Shouldn't I be concerned over Nineveh with its 120K+ people, plus cattle?"

• Ps 86:3-6, 9-10  "Lord, you are merciful and gracious."  Have mercy on me, good, forgiving, kind Lord.  Hear my pleading.  All shall worship you who do wonders.

• Lk 11:1-4  “Teach us to pray.” / "Father, hallowed be your name..."

Music (gospel)

• "Echo Our Father," from Communion Muse/ Sr. Juliana Garza (from Sunday night Mass at Caltech, where we lowered it to A)
• Our Father/ Malotte (The recording is curious to me since it seems to be at a Catholic Mass in Italy, and this setting, perhaps beautiful as a solo, wouldn't be my first choice for the assembly at Mass even in the US.)
• Russian Orthodox chant
• The chant we usually sing faster and more in the rhythm of the spoken word

Please submit links to other versions (especially audio [clips] and/or sheet music [samples] of ones suitable for congregational participation) as comments below!

Daily reflections

• Creighton: “super-essential” bread for our “super-ordinary” lives 
• RC.net:  How do I pray, treat people, forgive? 
• Universalis: Denis, John Leonardi, Blessed John Henry Newman 
• Sacred Space

Attire

• Cow pin: "the many cattle" (1st reading)

• Whale tie pin:  Jonah (1st reading)

• "Sunset Blvd." tie with its palm trees:  The tree is as close I can come to the 1st reading's gourd plant; it's only coincidental that there's a Gourd and the Palm Tree fable.

• "Kneeling person" tie bar:  "Lord, teach us to pray." (gospel)

• Green shirt and suspenders:  Ordinary Time season (and cow pasture?)

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October 8

October 8, 2013:  Tuesday, 27th week, Ordinary Time

Readings

• Jon 3:1-10  Lord to Jonah:  "Announce to Nineveh:  '40 days and you'll be destroyed.'"  Ninevites believed God, fasted; king proclaimed fast, repentance.  God relented.

• Ps 130:1b-4ab, 7-8  "If you, O Lord, mark iniquities, who can stand?"  "Hear me, forgiving Lord!"  Wait for Lord's kindness, redemption.

• Lk 10:38-42  Martha welcomed, served Jesus; sister Mary listened to him.  Martha:  “Lord, tell Mary to help me."  Lord: “You're worried about many things; only one is needed.  Mary has chosen better."

Music

• With our God there is mercy, from There is a river/ Manion (sheet music sample) (psalm)

• How beautiful are the feet of them, from Messiah/ Handel "...that preach the gospel of peace" (and that sit at Jesus' feet) (gospel)

Daily reflections

• RC.net:  Does peace reign in you?  Make place for Lord in heart, home, daily life, preoccupation-free.
• Creighton:  God is interested in my heart.  Prefer God's plan.
• Universalis
• Sacred Space

Attire

• Feet/"I ♥ My dad" tie:  Mary at the feet of Jesus (gospel)
• Whale tie pin (story of 1st reading)
• "Hearts" suspenders:  God's forgiving kindness (1st reading, psalm), Mary and Martha's love (gospel)
• Blue shirt:  sea (1st reading)

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Our Lady of the Rosary

October 7, 2013: Our Lady of the Holy Rosary

Readings

• Jon 1:1–2:1-2, 11  “Preach against wicked Nineveh."  Jonah flees on ship, tells crew.  Lord sends storm.  Jonah, hurled, is swallowed by fish, prays.  Lord commands fish to spew him onto shore.

• Jon 2:3-5  "You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord." You cast me into the sea; I prayed; you answered.

• Lk 10:25-37  Scholar/Jesus: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” / “What does Law say?" / “Love God and neighbor, but who's my neighbor?" / “Robbers beat traveler. Priest and Levite passed; Samaritan cared for him. Who?" / “The one who treated him with mercy.” / “Do likewise.”

Music

There's a wideness in God's mercy/ Faber, usually to In Babilone tune, but also goes with Wellesley (check out this instrumental nugget too), Corvedale, Beecher, and even Hymn to Joy (gospel)  [Roseann, remember when the worship aid said "wilderness" and you thought we were singing "wildness"?]

Daily reflections

• RC.net:  Highway robbery:  Who's my neighbor?/How wide is my mercy?
• Creighton:  When have I turned from God?  Was I even listening?
• Universalis
• Sacred Space
• Don't forget the Rosary

Attire

• Whale tie pin (1st reading and psalm, even though text only says "fish")
• "Three people" tie pin:  priest, Levite, and Samaritan (gospel)
• "Heart of gold" tie:  compassion Samaritan showed to traveler (gospel)
• Mini-rosary bracelet (right):  Our Lady of the Rosary (feast); actually, it works better as an armband, so I just moved it up and pinned it.

Blue shirt and tie for our Blessed Mother


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October 6

October 6, 2013: 27th Sun., Ordinary Time

Readings

• Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4 Help! "Wait; vision won't disappoint. The just one, because of his faith, shall live."

• Ps 95:1-2, 6-9 "If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts." Sing to, worship the Lord our God.

• 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14 Stir into flame God's gift to you. Don't be ashamed. Bear hardship with strength. Guard my words in faith and love, with Spirit's help.

• Lk 17:5-10 "If you have faith, tree would obey you. Do what's commanded, then say, 'We're unprofitable servants.'"

Music

If today you hear God's voice/  Haas (psalm), originally from Celebration Series: Psalms for the Church Year; recording from Glory to God: The Best of David Haas, Vol. 4

Daily reflections

• RC.net:  Faith.  Generosity of Jesus.  Who can satisfy love's claims?
• Creighton
• Universalis: Not St. Bruno or Bl. Marie Rose Durocher
• Sacred Space

Attire

"Silverware"  tie pin:  "Stir" into a flame God's gift (2nd reading),
a stretch since the Greek ἀναμιμνῄσκω is closer to "rekindle"

+green shirt for Ordinary Time season

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October 5

October 5, 2013: Saturday, 26th week, Ordinary Time

Readings

• Bar 4:5-12, 27-29  God nourished you.  Your idolatry provoked him to hand you over.  Turn to God; he'll save you.

• Ps 69:33-37  "The Lord listens to the poor."  God will save, rebuild.

• Lk 10:17-24  The 72:  “Demons are subject to us because of you.”  Jesus: “Nothing can harm you.  Don't rejoice because of the power but because your names are written in heaven.  Father, you only reveal this to the childlike.  No one knows who the Father is except those to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”

Music

Be not afraid/ Dufford (1st reading, gospel)  Remember it in Dead Man Walking?

Daily reflections

• Universalis:  Listen for the Lord's voice.  Remember Mary.
• Creighton:  Journeys:  Jesus' to death and resurrection, disciples', ours
• RC.net:  Source of joy.  Pride vs. humility
• Sacred Space

Apparel

< People tie pin:  God's children (all readings), the poor (psalm), the 72 disciples and the childlike (gospel)

> Eyeball tie pin:  Blessed the eyes that see what you see (gospel)

(PS:  I am wearing them today, but the pix are from before so I can post now :-)

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St. Francis

October 4, 2013: St. Francis of Assisi

Readings

• Bar 1:15-22  We sinned, didn't heed God's voice through prophets, are ashamed.
• Gal 6:14-18  May I never boast except in the Cross.  I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.
• Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8-9  "For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us."  Nations defiled your temple.   Help; show compassion.
• Lk 10:13-16  Woe to you, Chorazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum!  Whoever rejects you rejects me and the one who sent me.”

Music

• Prayer of St. Francis/ Temple:  typical (at Assisi), brighter, meditative, and saxy (is this Vic Vanacore's arrangement?) even though it's not St. Francis's text

• Peace prayer/ Foley (with same caveat)

• All creatures of our God and King (inspired by St. Francis's Canticle of the Sun):  Mormon Tabernacle Choir and contrasting Maranatha! "Celtic" take

• Canticle of the Sun/ Haugen

• Closing Mass from the SFPR Regional Congress (not directly related to today's readings or St. Francis but just posted :-) [See my 9-21, 9-22, and 9-23 posts.]

St. Francis

• Today's homily of Pope Francis about St. Francis, with video:  clothe (dress :-) yourself with, have living relationship with, radically imitate Jesus Christ in his poverty; love, respect, help people and all creation; receive true peace

• Texts:  Canticle of the Sun and others
• Universalis
• Wikipedia
• New Advent

Daily reflection

• Respect Life Week, in harmony with Francis and his Canticle of the Sun
• RC.net:  How do I receive God's message?  What would Jesus say to me?
• Sacred Space

Apparel

Sun tie, star tie pin, flowers pins:  all Canticle of the Sun–inspired

Special greetings to and prayers for the communities at

• St. Francis High School (La Cañada Flintridge)
• St. Francis of Assisi Parish and Elementary School (Los Angeles)
• St. Francis Parish and Preschool (Fillmore)
• St. Francis Korean Center (Torrance)
• And all others under St. Francis's patronage including the people of Italy

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October 3

October 3, 2013:  Thursday, 26th week, Ordinary Time 

Readings

• Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12  People called on Ezra for book of Law.  Ezra read and interpreted; they were attentive.  “Rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength!”  People understood, celebrated.

• Ps 19:8-11  "The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart."  Lord's law/command is perfect, refreshing, trustworthy, right, clear, pure, true, just, precious, sweet.

• Lk 10:1-12  Jesus sent 72 disciples in pairs like lambs among wolves:  “The harvest is abundant but laborers few.  Travel light.  Cure the sick.  Say, ‘Kingdom of God is at hand.’"

Music

• The Joy of the Lord is my strength/ Alliene G. Vale (1st reading) (lyrics/chords)
• Lord, You have the words/ David Haas (psalm)
• Thy Word/ Amy Grant (psalm)
• Come with me into the fields/ Dan Schutte (gospel)

Daily reflections

• RC.net:  What does God want me to reap now?  Focus.  How be a lamb?
• Creighton:  Trust God.  Cut losses.  God gave law as way to good, health, happiness, flourishing, peace.  St. Francis Borgia, SJ:  humble, generous, intimate with Jesus.
• Universalis:  Sussex martyrs, Thomas Cantilupe
• Sacred Space
• Respect Life Week continues, links to Hope in time of poverty and more

Apparel

• "Musical notes" tie and suspenders (thanks, Joan!):  people celebrating with joy (1st reading)
• Owl tie pin:  Lord's decree gives wisdom to the simple  (psalm)

• Heart of Claddagh tie pin:  Lord's precepts rejoice the heart (psalm)

• "Eyeball" tie pin:  Lord's command enlightens the eye (psalm)

• "Harvested wheat" pin:  "The harvest is plenty" (gospel)

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Guardian Angels

October 2, 2013: Holy Guardian Angels

Readings (updated midday because I'd left out the alternate reading and psalm)

• Neh 2:1-8  King: "Why so sad?"  Nehemiah:  “City in ruins"...  “Send me to rebuild it.”

• Ex 23:20-23  Heed angel I send to guard, go before, lead you.  

• Ps 137:1-6  "Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you!"  In Babylon we wept, remembering Zion.

• Ps 91:1-6, 10-11  "The Lord has put angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways."  God will rescue, shelter, shield you.

• Mt 18:1-5, 10  “Who's greatest in Kingdom?”  “Turn and become like children.  Humble yourself like this child.  Receive child; receive me.  Little ones' angels look on Father's face."

Music

• On the willows, from Godspell/ Schwartz (psalm) (2011 revival)
• By the rivers of Babylon/ Palmer (publisher page with audio preview) (psalm)
• Angels/ Amy Grant (Guardian Angels "watching over us")
• On eagle's wings/ Joncas (publisher page with audio preview)(psalm)
• El Shaddai/ Amy Grant (starts with Ps 91:1-2)

(Don't look for Every breath you take I'll be watching you here; guard > watch :-)

On Angels

• Universalis:  God cares for me this much
• Creighton:  Who are the “little ones” in our lives?  How we are treating them?
• RC.net  God hasn't left me alone; examples from Bible, Chrysostom, Basil...
• Sacred Space
• Respect Life Week fits well with today's gospel

Apparel

• Children tie:  become like, receive, don't despise them (gospel)

• Drop [of blood] pin:  as teardrop (psalm)

• Angel pin, "Angel" tie pin:  Guardian angels

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St. Therese

October 1, 2013: St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor

Readings

• Zec 8:20-23  Many will say, “Let us implore, seek the Lord.”  Many shall seek, implore the Lord, say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard God is with you.”

• Ps 87:1b-7  "God is with us."  Lord loves Zion.  Glorious things are said of you, City of God!  All shall sing, “My home is within you.”

• Lk 9:51-56  Jesus, determined to journey to Jerusalem, entered a Samaritan village, wasn't welcomed.  James and John:  “Shall we call down fire to consume them?”  No; they journeyed to another village.

Reflections

• Creighton U:  God loves us no matter what.

• RC.net:  True tolerance; indignant disciples rebuked en route to cross and resurrection

• Sacred Space

Saint and more

• St. Thérèse profile from Universalis:  Not discouraged despite health problems and vulnerability.  Seize daily opportunities.

• Autobiography excerpt including famous "In the heart of the Church...  I will be love."

• Full autobiography, Story of a Soul (l'Histoire d'une Âme), online or as PDF, eBook, or audiobook, or from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library

• Don't forget Respect Life Week

Apparel

• "Reaching for the stars" tie:  St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus not discouraged (Maybe they're not all children, but children designed the tie.)

• "Medical" pin:  for St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church (memorial)

• "Buggy" tie pin:  Journeying to villages en route to Jerusalem (gospel) (I hope you're used to anachronisms here by now :-)

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