Daily Bible Readings Monday Jan 14 2008 1st Week Ordinary Time Traditional Catholic Commentary

January 14 2008 Monday 1^st Week Ordinary Time

About the sources used. The readings on this site are not official for the Mass of Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the USA, 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. Readings vary depending on your local calendar.

Official Readings of the Liturgy at – http://www.usccb.org/nab/011408.shtml – Note. The Official Liturgical readings may not match the current NAB you may have.

1 Samuel 1:1-8
Douay-Rheims Challoner

1 There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite:
2 And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children.
3 And this man went up out of his city upon the appointed days, to adore and to offer sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Silo. And the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were there priests of the Lord.
4 Now the day came, and Elcana offered sacrifice, and gave to Phenenna, his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, portions:
5 But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow, because he loved Anna. And the Lord had shut up her womb.
6 Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb:
7 And thus she did every year, when the time returned, that they went up to the temple of the Lord: and thus she provoked her: but Anna wept, and did not eat.
8 Then Elcana, her husband, said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I better to thee than ten children?

Psalm 116:12-13, 14-17, 18-19 Heb (Ps 115:3-10 LXX/Latin/DR)
Douay-Rheims Challoner. Text Only.

What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he hath rendered to me?
I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:
In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Mark 1:14-20
Haydock NT

14 And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God; 15 And saying:

The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.

16 And passing by the sea of Galilee, he was Simon, and Andrew, his brother, casting nets into the sea, (for they were fishermen.) 17 And Jesus said to them:

Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

18 And immediately leaving their nets, they followed him. 19 And going on from thence a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets; 20 And forthwith he called them. And having left their father, Zebedee, in the ship, with his hired men, they followed him.

Haydock Commentary 1 Samuel 1:1-8

• Ver. 1. There. Hebrew, Septuagint, &c., “And there,” &c. The books of Scripture are thus frequently connected. The authors present us with a series of events, without prefixing any title, or their own names, that our attention may be wholly fixed on what we read. The birth of Samuel being so miraculous, deserves to be recorded, as he was the last judge of Israel, and had so much to do under the first of their kings, whose election and misconduct brought a great change into the state of the commonwealth. C.—Ramathaimsophim  Rama, or Ramatha, “a height,” and the environs were occupied by the family of Suph, a descendant of Core; (1 Par. vi. 29.) though the place did not properly belong to the Levites. It lay probably between Gabaa and Bethel, where Samuel spent much of his time, whil he was judge, and obliged to be frequently absent from the tabernacle. C.—Ragusinus and Prince Radzivil think it was afterwards called Arimathea, the birth-place of Joseph, and now Ramula. T. C. ii. 11.—Ephraimite. He was of the trive of Levi, (1 Par. vi. 24.) but is called an Ephraimite from dwelling in Mount Ephraim. Ch.—So we read of Cretan Jews. Acts. ii. 11. T.
• Ver. 2. Phenenna. She was only of inferior dignity. At that time polygamy was lawful, (M.) as Moses insinuates, if he do not expressly allow it.
• Ver. 3. Days, the three great festivals. His family accompanied him, though the law only lays an express injunction upon the males to attend. We find, however, that females did not neglect to come. C.—Hosts. Heb. (Tsebaoth) of “armies,” both of angels and of Israel. God is attended by myriads of angels, and decides the fate of armies. H.—This title has not appeared in the former books. The pagans took occasion from it to form their Jupiter Sabazius. C.—Elcana might go up from the height of Ramatha to Silo, which was the highest mountain round Jerusalem of all in the holy land. Adrichom. T.
• Ver. 4. Sacrificed, by the hand of the priests, (M.) who had the breast and the right shoulder; the rest was given back to the person who had presented the fattened victim, that he might feast with his friends. C.
• Ver. 5. With sorrow. Heb. apayim, “of faces, indignation, (C.) sorrow;” (M.) or that was presented before him. Chal. And many others translate, “a chosen:” (C.) Prot. “a worthy portion.” H.—The shew-bread is called, “the bread of the face,” because it stood before the Lord. Joseph sent to each of his brethren, “a portion of his faces,” as the Heb. expresses it; (Gen. xliii. 33.) or of such meat as was placed upon his table. In the East, the master of a family has all set before him, and he sends to each his portion, to the place where he is sitting. Chardin, Perse.—Thus Elcana sent some more excellent, or “double,” part to his beloved Anna, (C.) grieving inwardly that she had no children, to whom he might also send. H.—By this distinction, he wished to alleviate the sorrow of his wife. M—Womb. Sterility was deemed a curse, and a mark of God’s displeasure, with which women were often reproached. Hence Anna prays so earnestly that God would be mindful of her. v. 11-19. The power of the Almighty, in giving children to the barren, is frequently mentioned. Gen. xxviii. 13. Ps. cxii. 9. C.—Luke 1:25. &c. H.
• Ver. 6. Insomuch. Heb. “to make her fret, or rage; because the Lord,” &c. C.
• Ver. 7. Lord. Then they could hardly avoid being together on the road, and Anna was accustomed to pray earnestly (M.) to be delivered from her reproach.

 

Haydock Commentary Mark 1:14-20

• Ver. 15. ­As if he were to say: To this day the Mosaic law has been in full force, but henceforth the evangelical law shall be preached; which law is not undeservedly compared to the kingdom of God. Theophy.—Repent, therefore, says our Saviour, and believe the gospel; for is you believe not, you shall not understand; repent, therefore, and believe. What advantage is it to believe with good works? The merit of good works will not bring us to faith, but faith is the beginning of good works. S. Jerome.
• Ver. 16. We must observe that what S. Luke mentions, relative to the vocation of the apostles, is antecedent in point of time to what is here related by S. Mark; since it is known that these disciples on some occasions returned to their fishing, until Jesus called them to be his constant attendants. Theophylactus.