Irreverently Reverend

  Ordinary Time John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us." But Jesus said, " Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us. For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. "If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes

  Ordinary Time Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,  2  but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.  3   That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither — whatever they do prospers.  4  Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.  5  Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.  6  For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. (NIV)             My midterm, I think it was, for medieval Latin in my Master of Arts program was to translate this psalm.   I was so thrilled; it’s short, it’s a bit repetitive, it doesn’t have any ridiculously complicated grammatical structures to untangle with tense shifts or dependent clauses.   If you’re goin

  Ordinary Time Jesus left that place and went into the region of Tyre. He didn’t want anyone to know that he had entered a house , but he couldn’t hide.  25  In fact, a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard about him right away. She came and fell at his feet.  26  The woman was Greek, Syrophoenician by birth. She begged Jesus to throw the demon out of her daughter.  27  He responded,  “The children have to be fed first. It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” 28  But she answered, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” 29  “Good answer!” he said. “Go on home. The demon has already left your daughter.”  30  When she returned to her house, she found the child lying on the bed and the demon gone. 31  After leaving the region of Tyre, Jesus went through Sidon toward the Galilee Sea through the region of the Ten Cities.  32  Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly speak, and