# ordinary time (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ordinary time. Page: Feed: --- ## [Who is Jesus?](https://frjamesfarfaglia1956.substack.com/p/who-is-jesus) _2026-08-20 · Fr. James Farfaglia · Fr. James Farfaglia_ Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A ## ['Gebirah'](https://meganwillome.substack.com/p/psalm-45) _2026-08-19 · Megan Willome · Poetry for life_ midway between Assumption and Queen of Heaven ## [The Art of the Deal Meets The Godfather](https://frjamesfarfaglia1956.substack.com/p/the-art-of-the-deal-meets-the-godfather) _2026-08-19 · Fr. James Farfaglia · Fr. James Farfaglia_ The Art of the Deal Meets The Godfather Understanding the Apparent Chaos of Trump’s Foreign Policy ## [The Gift Faith](https://frjamesfarfaglia1956.substack.com/p/the-gift-faith) _2026-08-19 · Fr. James Farfaglia · Fr. James Farfaglia_ Homily for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A ## [The Zen of Venns](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/the-zen-of-venns) _2026-08-18 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ \[Venn diagrams are funny! Or at least they CAN be funny. Venn diagrams and humor OVERLAP. \] ## [Children vs. dogs? Or universal brotherhood?](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/children-vs-dogs-or-universal-brotherhood) _2026-08-16 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ \[Homily for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A, 2026\] ## [20th Sunday in Ordinary Time](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/sunday-readings-commentaries/20th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-4/) _2026-08-14 · Anne Morton · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 16th August 2026Lectionary Readings: Isa. 56:1.6-7; Ps 67:2-3.5-6.8; Rom. 11: 13-15.29-32; Matt. 15:21-28Theme: “The woman came and knelt before him” The Canaanite woman not only knelt before Jesus; she also compared herself to a dog getting under the table to eat crumbs. The story of Lazarus, longing to eat whatever \[…\] ## [Parashat Shoftim – 5786](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/parashah-commentaries/parashat-shoftim-5786/) _2026-08-14 · dunhilltimkang · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ Parashat Shoftim 14th August 2026Week of 07 – 14 August 2026Torah portion : Deut.16:18-21:9 ; Haftarah : Isa. 51:12-52:12 Theme: “Who brings you comfort when you need it most?(m’nahemkhem מי מנחם אותך) ישעיה 51:12” Who brings you comfort when you need it most (m’nahemkhem)? This question stands in contrast to the poignant lament in Lamentations \[…\] ## [He Maketh Me to Lie Down](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-08-13-he-maketh-me-to-lie-down.html) _2026-08-13 · anamnesis_ anamnesis overheard prayer 13 August 2026 He Maketh Me to Lie Down Thursday in Ordinary Time, Week 20 · green · no feast If he does not shine, he is darkness. That is the Gospel of Thomas, saying 24, and it is the most demanding sentence in the whole corpus and, I have come to think,... ## [It’s a solar eclipse, Charlie Brown](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/the-solar-eclipse-of-peanuts) _2026-08-12 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ \[When Charles Schulz spent a week of ‘Peanuts’ on a notable solar eclipse … plus: ‘Peanuts’ meta-humor!\] ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QeqArHSZcOeq) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [The Feast of St. Mary the Virgin: August 15th](https://ashley315.substack.com/p/the-feast-of-st-mary-the-virgin-august) _2026-08-11 · Ashley Tumlin Wallace · The Liturgical Home_ Out of all of human history, God chose one woman to bear His Son into the world. Discover the remarkable story of St. Mary the Virgin and simple ways to celebrate her feast day on August 15th. ## [A Little Lectio](https://meganwillome.substack.com/p/a-little-lectio) _2026-08-11 · Megan Willome · Poetry for life_ on Ezekiel 3:1-4 ## [August 2026 eclipse: The Moon, math, and the last total eclipse](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/august-2026-eclipse-the-moon-math) _2026-08-10 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ \[fun facts about total eclipses, the size of the Moon, gravity, the future of the solar system, and more!\] ## [The Scorner's Chair](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-08-09-the-scorners-chair.html) _2026-08-09 · anamnesis_ ← anamnesis The Scorner's Chair 9 August 2026•20th Sunday of Ordinary Time•Green The first psalm is a machine for sorting people, and it will sort you the moment you try to use it. It opens with a blessed man described in three refusals. He does not walk in the counsel of the... ## [19th Sunday in Ordinary Time](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/sunday-readings-commentaries/19th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-3/) _2026-08-07 · Bernadette Chellew · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 09th August 2026Lectionary Readings: 1Kings 9:9a, 10-13a; Psalm 85:9, 10,11-12,13-14; Rom. 9:1-5; Matt.14:22-33Theme: We will hear and we will do. Let us look at the first reading for this Sunday taken from 1 Kings 19. Threatened with death, the prophet Elijah must flee and experiences a real agony that recalls \[…\] ## [Parashat Re’eh – 5786](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/parashah-commentaries/parashat-reeh-5786/) _2026-08-07 · Br. Élio Passeto · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ Parashat Re’eh 07th August 2026Week of 31 – 07 AugustTorah portion: Dt. 11:26-16:17 Haftarah: Isa.54:11-55:5 The Parashah of this Shabbat (Deut 11:17 – 16:17), as a whole, restructures the principles already present in previous books of the Torah concerning worship. It specifies the place of worship, the manner of performing sacrifices, and strongly warns against \[…\] ## [Being female in public: What men should know](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/being-female-in-public-what-men-should) _2026-08-06 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ \[street harassment, vulnerability, fragility, and Catholic teaching\] ## [Three Tabernacles](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-08-06-three-tabernacles.html) _2026-08-06 · anamnesis_ ← anamnesis The Feast of the Transfiguration Three Tabernacles 6 August 2026/Ordinary Time, Week 19/white/the 81st anniversary Two lights fell on the sixth of August and the calendar filed them under one date without comment. One was a face. On a mountain the tradition never names, though... ## ['The Pianist and His Cantor'](https://meganwillome.substack.com/p/the-pianist-and-his-cantor) _2026-08-05 · Megan Willome · Poetry for life_ a new poem at St Katherine Review ## [The Feast of the Transfiguration](https://ashley315.substack.com/p/the-feast-of-the-transfiguration) _2026-08-03 · Ashley Tumlin Wallace · The Liturgical Home_ How to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration: the biblical story, ancient fruit blessing traditions, and simple feast day ideas including Chocolate Silk Pie for August 6th. ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QHAuhsO6CwRE) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [July 2026 monthly digest](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/july-2026-monthly-digest) _2026-08-03 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ \[No Krakens, but a kitten! Plus: Wait, Substackers can color text now?!\] ## [The Destruction That Wasteth at Noonday](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-08-02-destruction-at-noonday.html) _2026-08-02 · anamnesis_ anamnesis 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2 August 2026 · Ordinary Time The Destruction That Wasteth at Noonday Every wall failed at once this week, and I keep turning it over, because the failures had nothing in common except their shape. On the twenty-ninth of July the ceasefire that was... ## [Gratitude, Grey Havens update, and a statement of intent](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/gratitude-grey-havens-update-and) _2026-07-31 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ \[note to readers about Dailies & Sundays’s past, present, and future\] ## [18th Sunday in Ordinary Time](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/sunday-readings-commentaries/18th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-3/) _2026-07-31 · webadmin · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 02nd August 2026Is. 55:1-3; Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18; Rm. 8:35-9; Mt. 14:13-21 Theme: Compassion (Matt. 14:13-21) I have a dear friend who begins her morning by feeding her birds—the wild doves and sparrows who live in her garden. Daily she places seed on her window sill and the birds come \[…\] ## [Parashat Eikev – 5786](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/parashah-commentaries/parashat-eikev-5786/) _2026-07-31 · Rita Kammermayer · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ Parashat Eikev 31st July 2026Week of 24-31 JulyTorah portion: Dt. 7 :12-11 :25 Haftarah: Isa.49 :14-51:3Theme: You are my treasured possession! In our Parasha, Moses is giving his closing message to the Israelites. Eikev meaning ‘as a result,’ viewed this opportunity as a teachable moment and thus he reminded them of their rebellious nature which was witnessed on \[…\] ## [It’s Almost That Time of Year Again](https://ashley315.substack.com/p/its-almost-that-time-of-year-again) _2026-07-30 · Ashley Tumlin Wallace · The Liturgical Home_ The 2026-27 Liturgical Home Calendar and Planner launches in August — a beautiful, practical resource for families who want the sacred rhythms of the Church year to shape the rhythms of their home. ## [My Little Poem: moonflower](https://meganwillome.substack.com/p/my-little-poem-moonflower) _2026-07-29 · Megan Willome · Poetry for life_ "Evening Primrose" by Rita Dove ## [Where Is Thy God](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-07-29-where-is-thy-god.html) _2026-07-29 · anamnesis_ Ordinary Time · Wednesday, Week 18 · 29 July 2026 Where Is Thy God Five days ago, here, I predicted that nothing would move. Nothing moved.1 So I will not build today on the atrocity. I have done that, and I will again, and it is not what this morning gave me. The office gave me two... ## [Schrödinger’s Mitch?](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/schrodingers-mitch) _2026-07-28 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ \[Can McConnell be alive and dead at the same time? In Trump’s America, perhaps.\] ## [Literally selling our belongings for the kingdom](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/literally-selling-our-belongings) _2026-07-26 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ \[Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A, 2026\] ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NFZ7IsU3cUuZ) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [‘The Odyssey’ and the consequences of war](https://greydanus.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-and-the-consequences) _2026-07-25 · SDG · SDG’s Dailies & Sundays_ Christopher Nolan draws on surprising sources—including the Gospels—in his blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s epic. ## [17th Sunday in Ordinary Time](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/sunday-readings-commentaries/17th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-2/) _2026-07-24 · Diane Willey · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 26th July 2026 Lectionary Readings: 1Kings 3:5. 7-12; Ps. 119:57. 72. 76-77. 127-130; Romans 8:28-30; Mt. 13:44-52 Theme: The Quest for Greater Value Our readings this Sunday provide rich resources for reflection on the quest for greater value. As the passage from Matthew opens, the context has just shifted. Jesus \[…\] ## [Parashat Vaetchanan -5786](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/parashah-commentaries/parashat-vaetchanan-5786/) _2026-07-24 · Bernadette Chellew · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ Parashat Vaetchanan 24th July 2026 Week of – 17th – 24thth July 2026 Torah portion : Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11; Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26 Theme: Hearken to the call to loyalty and love This Parashah begins with Moses telling the people about his “prayer” to the LORD God concerning his wish to be allowed to enter the Promised \[…\] ## [Emergency, and Not Famine](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-07-24-emergency-and-not-famine.html) _2026-07-24 · anamnesis_ Gaza / IPC classification Phase 5 famine → Phase 4 emergency → Phase 3 crisis 22 Aug 2025 → 19 Dec 2025 → 23 Jul 2026 Emergency, and Not Famine Friday in Ordinary Time, Week 17 · 24 July 2026 Three days ago, in this place, I made a prediction with your name at the top of... ## [The Feast of St. James the Elder: July 25th](https://ashley315.substack.com/p/the-feast-of-st-james-the-elder-july) _2026-07-23 · Ashley Tumlin Wallace · The Liturgical Home_ On July 25th the Church celebrates one of Christ's closest and most beloved apostles. Explore the story of St. James the Elder, his extraordinary legacy, and simple ways to honor his feast day at home. ## ['Thirteen Ways of Looking at My Mother's Bible'](https://meganwillome.substack.com/p/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-her-bible) _2026-07-22 · Megan Willome · Poetry for life_ Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ## [Named and Free](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-07-21-named-and-free.html) _2026-07-21 · anamnesis_ Tuesday in Ordinary Time · Week 17 · 21 July 2026 Named and Free On the first of July a human-rights organization printed a man's name. This is not usually how it works. The convention is to write "forces loyal to" and "elements of" and "commanders on the ground," to keep the sentence a degree or... ## [The Feast of St. Mary Magdalene: July 22nd](https://ashley315.substack.com/p/the-feast-of-st-mary-magdalene-july) _2026-07-20 · Ashley Tumlin Wallace · The Liturgical Home_ On July 22nd, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the Apostle to the Apostles. Explore her remarkable role in the Gospels and simple ways to honor her story in your home. ## [The Hand Upon the Mouth](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-07-18-the-hand-upon-the-mouth.html) _2026-07-18 · anamnesis_ Ordinary Time · Week Sixteen · Saturday · 18 July 2026 I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.Job 40:4 The Hand Upon the Mouth The book that argues longest about suffering ends with God declining to explain it. You are handed the answer in the second chapter, before any of the arguing starts. The LORD... ## [16th Sunday in Ordinary Time](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/sunday-readings-commentaries/16th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-3/) _2026-07-17 · jeffersonphilip · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 19th July 2026 Lectionary Readings: Wis. 12: 13.16-19; Ps. 85: 5-6. 9-10. 15-16; Rom. 8: 26-27; Matt. 13: 24–43Theme: be like a mustard seed who stubbornly persevere in faith The first highlight to notice is that the mustard seed allows one to describe something small, something irrelevant but paradoxically important. \[…\] ## [Parashat Devarim – 5786](https://www.ratisbonne.org.il/blog/parashah-commentaries/parashat-devarim-5786/) _2026-07-17 · dunhilltimkang · ISPS-Ratisbonne_ Parashat Devarim 17th July 2026Week of 10 – 18 July 2026Torah portion : Deut. 1:1 – 3 :22; Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27Theme: “This book is a ‘one of a-kind’ treasure.” דברים 1:1-5 Words, the Torah portion “Devarim” serves as a profound introduction to the Book of Deuteronomy, the final book of the Torah. In this powerful \[…\] ## [The Night He Got to Be Fully Himself](https://ashley315.substack.com/p/the-night-he-got-to-be-fully-himself) _2026-07-15 · Ashley Tumlin Wallace · The Liturgical Home_ There is something that parents of children with disabilities carry quietly — the hope that their child will find the place where they truly belong. Where the things that make them different become the very things that make them welcome. This summer, we watched that happen for our son. ## ['Dwell'](https://meganwillome.substack.com/p/gebirah) _2026-07-15 · Megan Willome · Poetry for life_ Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ## [The House That Fakes a Tenant](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-07-15-the-house-that-fakes-a-tenant.html) _2026-07-15 · anamnesis_ The House That Fakes a Tenant Wednesday in Ordinary Time · 15 July 2026 The tomb is not the empty house. A teacher whose name nobody kept wrote this down in Coptic sometime in the third or fourth century, and then it lay in a sealed jar near Nag Hammadi until December 1945, when a farmer... ## [Deep Calleth Unto Deep](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-07-12-deep-calleth-unto-deep.html) _2026-07-12 · anamnesis_ ← the index previous: Let Them Not Have Dominion Sunday, 12 July 2026 · 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time Deep Calleth Unto Deep The water you die of thirst for is the water you drown in. It is the same water. Psalm 42 is the water psalm and it cannot decide what water is. As the hart... ## [Let Them Not Have Dominion](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-07-09-let-them-not-have-dominion.html) _2026-07-09 · anamnesis_ anamnesis ← previous Let Them Not Have Dominion 9 July 2026 / Ordinary Time / Thursday, Week 15 I answer that dominion cannot be taken. It can be conferred, or it can be resisted, but the thing itself will not be seized, and every hand that closes on it closes on air and then names the air a... ## ['Psalm 65'](https://meganwillome.substack.com/p/psalm-65) _2026-07-08 · Megan Willome · Poetry for life_ Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ## [Beauty and Creation: Reflecting God in the Sacred Home](https://ashley315.substack.com/p/beauty-and-creation-reflecting-god) _2026-07-07 · Ashley Tumlin Wallace · The Liturgical Home_ Discover how Christians have historically cultivated beauty through gardening, baking, music, sewing, and art, and learn simple ways to create a sacred home that reflects God's goodness. ## [Fulfilling His Word](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-07-06-fulfilling-his-word.html) _2026-07-06 · anamnesis_ Anamnesis ← Reach Hither Thy Finger Fulfilling His Word the stormy wind fulfilling his word / the chaff which the wind driveth away Monday in Ordinary Time · Week 15 · 6 July 2026 Psalm 148 says the stormy wind fulfils his word. Six verses of Psalm 1 earlier, in the... ## [Reach Hither Thy Finger](https://anamnesis.blog/posts/2026-07-03-reach-hither-thy-finger.html) _2026-07-03 · anamnesis_ anamnesis Reach Hither Thy Finger Feast of St Thomas the Apostle · Ordinary Time · 3 July 2026 Today is the feast of the man who would not take our word for it. Thomas called Didymus, who when the others told him we have seen the Lord answered that he would not believe it until he had...