Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 14th Sunday after Pentecost: Pick some fruit
17 So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. 18 A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will know them by their fruits. (Matthew 7:17-20 RSV) Thusly I ... Read more
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Thusly I heft a scriptural lantern to illuminate the special content of our Epistle reading for this 14th Sunday after Pentecost from Galatians 5:16-24. Herein we have Paul’s list of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. In the Revised Standard Version (RSV), Paul signals nine. In the Latin Vulgate and Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) we find twelve. Here’s the reading itself: Paul wrote this rather…
