Sep 21 2007
For the Feast of St Matthew
Today is the feast day of St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. Since the new liturgical season is fast approaching, and since it will focus on the Gospel of Matthew, now would be a good time to better acquaint yourself with his work. Below are some links to online resources.
An Introduction to Matthew’s Gospel- By Father Dom Henry Wansbrough, OSB (Presents a thoroughly modern view)
The Gospel of Matthew (From the Catholic Encyclopedia. Presents the traditional view)
A Commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew With Critical and Explanatory Notes.- Father Anthony Mass, S.J. (the text may take several seconds to appear)
Cantena Aurea- by St Thomas Aquinas. (This is a multi-volume commetary on the four Gospels 3 compiled by the saint from the writings of the fathers of the Church. Below I provide links to the 3 volumes on Matthew)
The Great Commentary of Cornelius A Lapide (This is a famous three volume work)
- Volume 1 (Chapters 1-9)
- Volume 2 (Chapters 10-21)
- Volume 3 (Chapters 22-28. This volume also includes the Gospel of Mark)
The Passion According to Matthew- by Father Donald Senior.
Homilies on Matthew- by St John Chrysostom
Selections from St Matthew’s Passion by Johannes Sebastian Bach. (For music lovers)
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Also, given that Advent follows closely upon Thanksgiving, which starts “the official holiday shopping season” I think it’s a good to start preparing for the season now, for it will be upon us “like a thief in the night.”
“Be prepared!” Weren’t you ever a Boy Scout?
Anyway, your complaining about the cold makes sense. Where I live, it snows maybe twice a year, hard enough to make a snowman every two or three years. I actually find it hard to believe people live in places like Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, etc. What’s the point?
The fact is, here in central NY, we very seldom get violent “federal disaster area” weather, unlike the Southern Atlantic, Gulf Coast, and West Coast states. Or, for that matter, the “tornado alley” states.
I cannot imagine a life without ice skating, skiing, sledding, snow-mobiling, ice fishing.
I think I would hate a spring where rain (which here always leaves a sweet smell behind) would bring bad floods and mudslides. A summer where the foliage would just cook under the sun, leading to the threat of fire would depress me. Riding my bike over the back roads and hills and seeing the wild flowers (sometimes acres of them) is part of my favorite summer pastime (I often find a nice out of the way spot in a filed or by a creek to read a book). Few things can match Autumn in in central and upstate NY. True, the Autumn usually ends too quickly as the result of a driving rain storm or an early snow fall, but, even the winters here are spectacular. In spite of the cold, a sandy, dry, or muddy Christmas would, for me, be no Christmas at all.
I don’t see myself being anywhere else, even if I live to be 70/80. Drinking hot cocoa with my grandkids after a day of (them, not me) skating at the pond would, I think, be the perfect ending to my life.