Today’s Readings – Wednesday of Week 19 of Ordinary Time - First Reading

Commentary on Ezekiel 9:1-7; 10:18-22

Today’s reading is in two parts:


Slaughter of idolaters (chap 9);
God’s glory leaves the Temple (chap 10).


It is another apocalyptic-style account using very symbolic language in which God’s punishment comes on all those who have sinned.

As Ezekiel listens, there comes the thundering voice of God. He is calling on the “executioners of the city", that is, those who are to inflict punishment on wrongdoers.

Immediately six men are seen coming from the gate on the north side of Jerusalem, each one armed with a deadly weapon, a war-club or a battle-axe. In their midst is another man, dressed in white and with a scribe’s ink horn in his belt. Clearly the latter is the one who keeps a record of people’s … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Saint Clare, Virgin

Clare was born on 16 July, 1194, in Assisi, Umbria, Italy, the eldest daughter of Favorino Scifi, Count of Sasso-Rosso, and his wife Ortolana. Ortolana was a devout woman who had made pilgrimages to Rome, Santiago de Compostela and the Holy Land. Later in life, she entered Clare’s conven … Continue