Daily Bible Readings With Traditional Catholic Commentary December 10 2007 Monday 2nd Week of Advent

December 10 2007 Monday 2nd Week of Advent
Blessed Adolph Kolping

About the sources used. The readings on this site are not official for the Mass of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, but are from sources free from copyright. They are here to present the comparable readings alongside traditional Catholic commentary as published in the Haydock Bible.

Official Readings of the Liturgy at – http://www.usccb.org/nab/121007.shtml – Note. The Official Liturgical readings may not match the current NAB you may have.

Isaiah 35
Douay-Rheims Challoner

1 The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.
2 It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.
3 Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.
4 Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you.
5 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness.
7 And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.
8 And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.
9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any mischievous beast go up by it, nor be found there: but they shall walk there that shall be delivered.
10 And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Psalm 84 LXX/Latin or 85 Hebrew
Douay-Rheims Challoner. Text only.

I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his people:
And unto his saints: and unto them that are converted to the heart.
Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our land.
Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.
Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven.
For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.
Justice shall walk before him: and he shall set his steps in the way.

The Gospel According to Saint Luke 5:17-26
Haydock New Testament

17 And it came to pass on a certain day, that he sat teaching. And there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, that were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was to heal them. 18 And behold, men brought in a bed a man who had the palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. 19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up upon the roof, and let him down through the tiles, with his bed, into the midst, before Jesus. 20 And when he saw their faith, he said:

Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

21 And the Scribes and the Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? 22 And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering, he said to them:

What is it you think in your hearts? 23 Which is it easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say: Arise, and walk? 24 But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy) I say to thee: Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.

25 And immediately rising up before them, he took up the bed on which he lay: and he went away into his own house, glorifying God. 26 And all were astonished, and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying:

We have seen wonderful things today.

Haydock Commentary Isaiah 35

• Ver. 1. Lily. Judea flourishes under Hezekiah: but the Church does more so after the coming of Christ, to whom these expressions conduct us. C.—The Gentiles shall be converted and flourish, as this text shews. W.
• Ver. 2. Joy. The primitive Christians rejoiced in a good conscience, and in suffering for the truth.
• Ver. 3. Knees. Ye prophets, comfort the people with these promises. C.—The apostles taught the Gentiles to do good. M.
• Ver. 4. Recompense. Christ will satisfy the justice of his Father. H.—He will redeem the world, and refute the false interpretations of the Bible. C.—He will bring the devil into subjection. M.
• Ver. 6. Free. Our Saviour healed both soul and body, (C.) shewing by his works. (Jo. x. W.) that he had fulfilled this prediction. Lk 7:22. Mt 11:5.—Waters. Baptism has sanctified the most wicked.
• Ver. 7. Dragons. Sea monsters. C.xxxiv. 13. C. All shall be in proper order, neither too dry nor too wet. H.
• Ver. 8. Way, leading to Jerusalem. Idolaters, &c. shall not be there. C. lii. 1. This was only verified (C.) in the Catholic Church, where, though some wicked may be found, the truth still prevails; and holiness can be obtained nowhere else. H.—This Church is unspotted. Eph. v. 27. C.—Fools. The most simple may learn what is necessary for salvation, (M.) which will never be done by consulting Scripture alone. H.
• Ver. 9. Lion. The devil’s power shall be repressed, so that none will be deluded except by their own fault. M.
• Ver. 10. Sion. Before the defeat of Sennacherib, the roads were unsafe. C. 38:8 C.

Haydock Commentary Luke 5:17-26

• Ver. 17. But the fame of Jesus had now spread far and wide. It was for this reason that it is here said, the Pharisees and doctors of the law came out of every town in Galilee, &c. not indeed through any intention of becoming his disciples, but through a spirit of envy; as they now saw every one leaving them, and following our Saviour. Perhaps also to calumniate him, as we often find them to have done, when they beheld him making converts from them. D. Dion. Carth. (Denis the Carthusian)
• Ver. 19. Let us learn from this example, how diligent we should be in procuring spiritual health, both for ourselves and for our friends. A.
• Ver. 20. Great is the Lord, who pardons men on account of the merits of others. If you are diffident of the pardon of your grievous sins, have recourse to the Church. She will pray for you; and the Almighty, at her intercession, will grant you that pardon he might have denied to your prayers. S. Ambrose, l. v. in Luc.
• Ver. 21. How great is the madness of this unbelieving people, who confessing that God alone can forgive sins, will not believe God when he grants pardon. S. Ambrose.—They indeed spoke the truth, for none can forgive sins but God only, who forgives our offences by the ministry of others, to whom he has committed this power, both in baptism and penance. But Christ, by forgiving sins as God, i.e. with his own power, clearly proves to all his divinity. Ven. Bede.
• Ver. 24. The Son of man … on earth. By which act, says S. Cyril, it is clear that the Son of man hath power on earth to remit sins; which he said both for himself and us. For he, as God-man, the Lord of the law, forgiveth sins; and we also have obtained by him that wonderful grace when he said to his disciples: Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them. John xx. 23. And how should he not be able to remit sins, who gave others power to do the same? B.
• Ver. 26. At the sight of the exertion of divine power, the Jews would rather fear than believe; for had they believed they would never have feared, but rather loved; for perfect love excludes fear. S. Ambrose.