For 20 September 2023, Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs, based on Luke 7:31-35
Jesus said to the crowds, ‘To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? They are like children sitting in the market-place and calling to one another,
“We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not weep.”
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, “He has a demon”; the Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!” Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated by all her children.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Marianne Watts OP
From Oswego, NY. Educated at College of New Rochelle, Catholic Univ., and BreadLoaf School of English (Middlebury College). Member of Dominican Sisters of Hope. Teacher of English in four states, primarily on high school level. Writer and blogger.
20 Sep 2023
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Jesus said to the crowds, ‘To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? They are like children sitting in the market-place and calling to one another,
“We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not weep.”
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, “He has a demon”; the Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!” Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated by all her children.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Marianne Watts OP
From Oswego, NY. Educated at College of New Rochelle, Catholic Univ., and BreadLoaf School of English (Middlebury College). Member of Dominican Sisters of Hope. Teacher of English in four states, primarily on high school level. Writer and blogger.