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The name Et Reliqua is taken from the Office of Matins, in which the commentary by the Church Fathers on the Gospel of the day is preceded by part of the Gospel itself. Rather than read the Gospel in its entirety, only the first sentence is included, followed by the words, Et Reliqua, translated into English as “And so on and that which followeth.”
“There stood by the cross of Jesus his mother.” During the course of her life, the Blessed Virgin Mary had to endure many sufferings. Chief of these were the seven sorrows we commemorate today. We’re familiar with them, or should be, by now: two of them in our Lord’s infancy,
Of all the dreadful moments that slowly passed during our Lord’s bitter Passion and Death on the Cross, we cannot over-emphasize the importance of his words to his Blessed Mother and beloved Apostle St. John: “When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he
“What went ye out for to see?” This is a question our Lord posed to the multitudes who thronged to see John the Baptist at the River Jordan. “Did you come to see a prophet predicting the future or working wonders?” Our Lord could have asked the same question to
“Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life,
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Thus begins the Book of Job in the Old Testament, a book which forms the readings for the clergy in the Office of Matins for the first two weeks of September. These readings give us the opportunity
We’re all familiar with the four acts of prayer. The very word ACTS is our reminder of what they are: A for Adoration, C for Confession, T for Thanksgiving, and S for Supplication. We worship God, we confess and repent of our sins, we thank God for all he has
Ten lepers. All ten cry out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” All ten are healed. But then, only one returns to our Lord to say “Thank you.” Today’s Gospel is about thanksgiving and our duty to give thanks to God. It is a real responsibility that we must keep
There’s something very comfortable about this feast of Our Lady’s Assumption into heaven. Maybe it’s the time of year—the days are starting to shorten and cool down, it’s harvest time, the children are back at their studies, and we’re reminded of the eternal round of the annual calendar. The ancient
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most famous of our Lord’s parables, and we’ve all been familiar with it since childhood. It is a story told in response to a sly lawyer who tries to trap our Lord by asking what he must do to inherit
I’ve always been perturbed by the choice of August as the month where our children return to school. My own experience, whether in grade school, high school, college or seminary, whether in England, France or Switzerland, was that Back-To-School was synonymous with the first week of September. But here, for
We’re all well aware of the phenomenon that has been sweeping the country for the past few years in which people suddenly make the decision that they are “woke.” As normal people, we shudder at their rejection of all reality as they vie with each other to invent new mental
Thank God we’re not like other people. Thank God we’re not like the arrogant publican in today’s gospel! Like him, it’s so very easy to look around us, especially in today’s morally bereft world, and say to ourselves, or even openly to others, these words that our Lord rejects as
Faster, higher, stronger—the motto of the Olympic Games, which are now taking place in Paris, France. Some of you may have been unfortunate enough to have witnessed the opening ceremony on Friday, in which we were meant to understand that the Olympics has lost all connection with athletics. Instead we
Amongst all the Gospels of Trinitytide, today’s stands out as unusual and even unique. No miracles take place and no parables are told and explained. Instead we get a glimpse into the human emotions of our Lord followed by another glimpse, this time into his divine nature as he foretells
The Matins readings this past week were concerned with the death of King Solomon and the behavior of his successor, his son, Rehoboam. The last years of Solomon had seen the reign of the old king descend into tyranny, and when he passed on, the people looked to his son
Today’s Gospel isn’t the easiest of our Lord’s parables to understand. We have the story of the unjust steward who wastes his master’s goods. When he’s told he may no longer be steward, the man has to think fast to avoid financial ruin. So he changes the figures on the
I was looking this afternoon for a modern example of an unjust steward, someone who, like the protagonist in today’s Gospel parable, makes friends with the mammon of unrighteousness to achieve a higher purpose. I didn’t have to look far. At 4pm on Saturday afternoon, I turned for inspiration to
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Well, there’s some good news this week. That message about wolves in sheep’s clothing that I’ve been talking about regularly for a long time now—the time has come when we no longer need
There’s an ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.” I think we’d all agree that we do live in interesting times, much too interesting. Both Church and State give us cause for great anxiety. First, we get the news that Archbishop Vigano is being excommunicated for having called
If today were any other day than Sunday, we would be celebrating the Commemoration of St. Paul the Apostle. This great saint was martyred on June 29 in Rome along with St. Peter, and this week we will continue celebrating the octave of their feast. Saints Peter and Paul are,
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