Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
After nearly 5 years of daily reflections upon the Sacred Scripture in this space I have been told by the Associate Director, permissions at the USCCB that my posting of the daily Mass readings is in violation of their policy and have been told to cease forthwith. Although I cannot understand how this policy advances the work of the Church in the world, I am a Deacon of the Church and as such will accede to this demand.
For those of you who walked with me on this journey, I encourage you to continue to read the word of God and hear his voice. This will be my last post.
Pax,
Deacon Jim Miles
St. Thomas the Apostle Church
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
6 comments:
Deacon Jim,
Can you not continue with your comments on the scripture selections as well as your reflection? I think the complaint of the copyright holders is your extensive quoting of "their" version of the scriptures. Merely cite the chapter and verse to which you are referring without actually printing it. We can get out our missals or bibles and follow what you have to say.
I find your comments and reflections very useful for our Morning Prayer with Communion Service at our parish. I would hate to not have access to them any more.
Sincerely,
Richard E. Simpson, Ph.D.
Upland, CA
Ric,
Thanks for your suggestion. This project was started as my personal reflections and commentary on sacred scripture. In January of 2006 I started posting those reflections and invited interested individuals to participate in reading and discussion. I continue my own journey and even though they are not published any longer, I still write each morning. If you would like to have these reflections shared by private email, please send me a note at miles_jj@excite.com.
Pax,
Dcn. Jim
I am so very disappointed. I have come to depend on this website - it feels like I am losing touch with a very strong and positive Catholic friend.
Actually, I am having a lot of trouble finding the words . . .
God bless you.
You have made a huge impact on our daily lives.
Peggy Cortez and family
Dear Deacon Jim,
I am very happy to learn that I can receive your reflections privately.
Please count me in.
This is God's word and no one can own it. Printing it was also very useful though.
I especially like the links and the background information.
Dear Deacon Jim,
I hope you are ok.
I am thinking of you and miss the blog but I am not going to tempt you.
I saved the whole blog on my computer and today opened it and found I could search the archives.
That is very joyful news to me. I hope it will remain so.
I have forgotten the name of the martyr whose skin was removed.
I thought it was St. James as we celebrated his feast on Saturday. I told my children about his suffering but I guess I am wrong.
I tried to look in the Calender of saints but the link was not working.
Kindly tell me the name of this martyr and the date and I will search for it.
God Bless you.
Judith
Ghana
PS
Please pray for my special intentions.
The NAB isn't a particularly inspiring translation anyhow. Why not use a different one? IIRC, the RSV is free to use.
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