Sunday Bible Readings January 20 2008 2nd Week Ordinay Time

January 20 2008 Sunday 2nd 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/012008.shtml – Note. The Official Liturgical readings may not match the current NAB you may have.

Isaiah 49:3,5-6
Douay-Rheims Challoner

3 And he said to me: Thou art my servant, Israel, for in thee will I glory.

5 And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I may bring back Jacob unto him, and Israel will not be gathered together: and I am glorified in the eyes of the Lord, and my God is made my strength.

6 And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 39:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10
DR Challoner Text Only
With expectation I have waited for the Lord,
and he was attentive to me.
And he put a new canticle into my mouth,
a song to our God.
Many shall see, and shall fear:
and they shall hope in the Lord.
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.

1 Corinthians 1:1-3
Haydock NT

1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Sosthenes, a brother, 2 To the church of God that is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in every place of theirs and ours;

3 Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Gospel According to Saint John 1:29-34
Haydock NT

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and he saith:

Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who taketh away the sins of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said: After me cometh a man, who is preferred before me, because he was before me. 31 And I knew him not, but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

32 And John gave testimony, saying:

I saw the Spirit coming down as a dove from heaven, and he remained upon him. 33 And I knew him not; but he, who sent me to baptize with water, said to me: He upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, he it is that baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 34 And I saw: and I gave testimony, that this is the Son of God.

Haydock Commentary Isaiah 49:3, 5-6

• Ver. 3. Glory. In the Church, God is adored in spirit and truth. Isaiah is ordered thus to address the Israelites.
• Ver. 5. Will not. Heb. Sept. &c. “to be gathered.” H.—The original text, independent of the Masorets, may have the sense of the Vulg. Yet there are other proofs of the synagogue’s rejection. C.—Prot. “though Israel be not gathered, yet,” &c. Margin, or “that Israel may be gathered, and I may,” &c. H.
• Ver. 6. Earth. S. Paul explains this of Christ, (Acts xiii) who said, Go teach all nations. Mat. xxviii. Isaiah was one of his first preachers.

Haydock Commentary 1 Corinthians 1:1-3

• Ver. 1. Paul called to be an apostle. S. Paul had preached to the Corinthians, and had remained a long time with them, to instruct and confirm them in the faith. During his absence, the faithful of Corinth were divided into several parties, on occasion of some new teachers, who had come amongst them. Calmet.—It was to heal the wounds caused by these divisions, that the present epistle was written. S. Thom. A.—And Sosthenes. There are various conjectures made concerning the person S. Paul here mentions. Some are of opinion that this Sosthenes is the same mentioned, Acts xviii. 17. who was beaten before the tribunal of Gallio, proconsul of Achaia, when S. Paul was carried before that magistrate. Eusebius says, that Sostehenes was one of the 72 disciples, and a different person from the one mentioned in Acts. Estius takes him to be S. Paul’s secretary. The common opinion is, that he was a great sufferer for the faith at Corinth, and S. Paul here mentions him a as man worthy their imitation. Calmet.
• Ver. 2. In every place of theirs and ours. Inasmuch as among Christians in all places there ought to be such an union in faith, and conformity of discipline, as if they were all in one place. Wi.

Haydock Commentary John 1:29-34

• Ver. 29. Behold the Lamb of God. John let the Jews know who Jesus was, by divers testimonies. 1^st, By telling them he was the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin, or sins of the world, who was come to be their Redeemer, and to free mankind from the slavery of sin; 2ndly, that he was greater than he, and before him, though born after him; 3rdly, that God had revealed to him that Jesus was to baptize in the Holy Ghost; 4thly, that he saw the Spirit descending upon him from heaven, and remaining upon him; 5thly, that he was the Son of God, v. 34. Wi.—Who taketh away. It was only a being like Christ, in whose person the divine and human natures were united, that could effectually take away the sins of the world. As man, he was enabled to suffer; and as God, his sufferings obtained a value equal to the infinite atonement required. A.