Daily Bible Readings Wednesday Jan 16 2008 1st Week Ordinary Time Traditional Catholic Commentary

January 16 2008 Wednesday 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/011608.shtml – Note. The Official Liturgical readings may not match the current NAB you may have.

1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20
Douay-Rheims Challoner

1 Now the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no manifest vision.
2 And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see:
3 Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
4 And the Lord called Samuel. And he answered: Here am I.
5 And he ran to Heli, and said: Here am I: for thou didst call me. He said: I did not call: go back and sleep. And he went and slept.
6 And the Lord called Samuel again. And Samuel arose and went to Heli, and said: Here am I: for thou calledst me. He answered: I did not call thee, my son: return and sleep.
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither had the word of the Lord been revealed to him.
8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose up and went to Heli,
9 And said: Here am I: for thou didst call me. Then Heli understood that the Lord called the child, and he said to Samuel: Go, and sleep: and if he shall call thee any more, thou shalt say: Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went, and slept in his place.
10 And the Lord came, and stood, and he called, as he had called the other times, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said: Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.
19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and not one of his words fell to the ground.
20 And all Israel, from Dan to Bersabee, knew that Samuel was a faithful prophet of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm 41:2 and 5, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10
DR Challoner Text Only.

With expectation I have waited for the Lord,
and he was attentive to me.
Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord;
and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies.
Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God:
and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee.
I have declared and I have spoken
they are multiplied above number.
Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire;
but thou hast pierced ears for me.
Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require:
Then said I, Behold I come.
In the head of the book it is written of me
That I should do thy will:
O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.
I have declared thy justice in a great church,
lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.

The Gospel According to Mark 1:29-39
Haydock NT

29 And immediately going out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 And Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her. 31 And approaching lifted her up, taking her by the hand: and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

32 And when it was evening, after sunset, they brought all to him that were diseased, and that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many that were suffering of divers diseases: and he cast out many devils, and he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him.

35 And rising very early in the morning, going out he went into a desert place: and there he prayer. 36 And Simon, and they who were with him, followed after him. 37 And when they had found him, they said to him:

All men seek for thee.

38 And he saith to them:

Let us go into the neighbouring towns and cities, that I may preach there also: for to this purpose I am come.

39 And he was preaching in their synagogues, and in all Galilee, and casting out devils.

Haydock Commentary 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20

• Ver. 1. Before. Chal. “in the days of Heli.” The young Levite slept in an adjoining chamber, to wait on the high priest, not far from the sanctuary.—Precious; that is, rare: (Ch.) as such things are generally more esteemed, (H.) which are granted to few. W.—Some prophets had appeared under the former judges: but they were not so common as they were from the days of Samuel, till a little after the captivity. S. Peter ranks Samuel in the first place. Act. iii. 24. C.—Vision. No prophet was publicly recognized, to whom the people might have recourse. M.
• Ver. 3. Out, towards morning, (C. Ex. xxvii. 20) when some of the lamps were to be extinguished. W.—Samuel slept. Some would transpose these words to the end of the verse, as they think it improbable that Samuel should be in the place where the high priest himself could enter only once a year. Vatab. &c.—But this change seems harsh and unnecessary, as Heli and Samuel might be in apartments contiguous to the holy place. Sanctius. M. C.—During the night none of the priests would be in the sanctuary, so that Heli might form a judgment that none of them had called Samuel. T.
• Ver. 7.  Him. He had not before an experimental knowledge of the manner in which God revealed his will to men. C.
• Ver. 9. Heareth; ready to comply with whatever may be required. H.
• Ver. 10. Times, (secundo: ) a second time, or repeatedly, or mentioning the name twice, (M.) as God does sometimes in urgent cases. Gen. xxii. 11. H.
• Ver. 19. Ground, unfulfilled. This may be understood of the words of the Lord, (C.) which Samuel had announced. His other predictions were constantly verified, so that he was justly regarded as a true prophet. H.
• Ver. 20. Faithful. Heb. Neeman, may be a title of dignity, or may signify that Samuel was confirmed and continued to be a prophet. C.—According to, or by. God revealed his will to him by word, and not by visions. Sanchez.—Israel. The whole people suffered along with their leaders. H.—They were concerned in the prediction which was denounced against the house of Heli. M.—Sept. “and Samuel was entrusted to be the prophet of the Lord, to all Israel, from the ends of the earth to the ends: And Heli was very old, and his sons going went forward, and their way was wicked before the Lord.” Thus they usher in the following catastrophe. H.

 

Haydock Commentary Mark 1:29-39

• Ver. 30. It appears from S. Mark and S. Luke, that the cure of Peter’s mother in law and the other sick, here mentioned, happened after the preceding narrative, and probably on the same day. But S. Matt. does not observe this order; for having related that Jesus, after the sermon on the mount, entered Capharnaum, and healed the centurion’s servant, he hence takes occasion to mention this and the other miracles, which he had omitted, and which Jesus had wrought at his first coming to Capharnaum. Rutter.
• Ver. 34. The devils knew that it was Christ, who had been promised for so many ages before; for they saw him perform the wonders which the prophets had foretold of him; yet they were not perfectly acquainted with his divine nature, or otherwise they never would have persecuted to death and crucified the Lord of glory. S. Aug.—But Christ would not permit them to declare that they knew him. V.—See Luke iv. 41.