De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

When fishes flew and forests walked  And figs grew upon thorn,  Some moment when the moon was blood  Then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry  And ears like errant wings,  The devil’s walking parody  On all four-footed things. The tattered outlaw of the earth,  Of ancient crooked will;  Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,  I keep my secret still. Fools! For I also had my hour;  One far fierce hour and sweet:  There was a shout about my ears,  And palms before my feet. GK Chesterton, The Donkey Image: Christ's Entry into Jerusalem Artist: Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (March 1809 – March 1864) was a 19th-century French painter Date: 1846 Location: Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris Matthew 21:5 relates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem 21:5. ”Tell the daughter of Zion: Behold your king comes to you, meek and sitting upon a donkey and a colt, the foal...

Welcome to this, the thirty-fifth of my reflections on the theology of the Sunday readings at Mass. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I sincerely hope that this reflection will inspire you. You might find that it answers a few questions you may have, but most of all I hope that it will show you how fantastic Sacred Scripture is and perhaps enable you to share some of my love and passion for the Bible as you begin to comprehend how layered and multi-faceted it is, and what a carefully considered part of the Mass the readings are. If you want to know how these posts came about, please read my first post in this series  here . I would like to think this regular blog would be a great help to anyone who reads at Mass, to enable them to foster a deeper understanding of the message they are trying to impart to the congregation. There are several different ways to read this post. I would suggest the first thing to do is to look at the relevant  ...