Commentary: Quoth the bulletin:
The foundress of the order of nuns "Poor Clares," in a little chapel outside Assisi, gave herself to God. St. Francis cut off her hair & gave her a rough hewn brown habit to wear, tied off with a plain cord around her waist. Her parents tried in every way to make her return home, but Clare would not.There is a matriarch in the parish, Margie, two of whose daughters are named Carla & Clare. I once teased Margie for naming Clare "Clare," instead of Clara, Clara being an anagram of Carla. Margie replied that Clare was named after today's great St. Clare of Assisi. I rejoined that Clara is just a different form of Clare, Santa Clara meaning the exact same in Spanish as Saint Clare does in English. Carla & Clara, Clara & Carla. Opportunities like that are rare & should not be missed.
Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
The Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter twelve.
Mass Readings
The Book of Deuteronomy, chapter thirty-one, verses one thru eight;
The Book of Deuteronomy, chapter thirty-two, verses three thru four(A,B), seven thru nine, twelve;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eighteen, verses one thru five, ten, twelve thru fourteen.
Project MERCATOR
Tonight is Taco Tuesday & Family Fun Movie Night with Brother Envy, Mrs. Brother Envy, & Daughter Envy the Elder & Daughter Envy the Younger. I'll be festively decked out in my new "Let's (drawing of a taco) Bout Jesus" T-shirt, an unexpected birthday present from the Envies.
Taco! Taco!
Code Name: CHAOS
There is an increasing frequency here at The Secret Base of referring to individuals by N.A.T.O. phonetic alphabet renderings of their initials. Brother Envy has a god, old-fashioned code name, but even in the N.A.T.O. phonetic alphabet he has a pretty cool code name: November Victor. Mrs. Brother Envy would be Juliett Victor, Daughter Envy the Elder Bravo Victor & Daughter Envy the Younger Charlie Victor.
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