February 5 2008 Tuesday 4th 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/020508.shtml – Note. The Official Liturgical readings may not match the current NAB you may have.
2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30–19:3
Douay-Rheims Challoner
9 And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on.
10 And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.
14 So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak
24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman that was on the top of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running alone.
25 And crying out he told the king: and the king said: If he be alone, there are good tidings in his mouth.
30 And the king said to him: Pass, and stand here.
31 And when he had passed, and stood still, Chusai appeared and coming up he said: I bring good tidings, my lord, the king, for the Lord hath judged for thee this day from the hand of all that have risen up against thee.
32 And the king said to Chusai: Is the young man Absalom safe? And Chusai answering him, said: Let the enemies of my lord, the king, and all that rise against him unto evil, be as the young man is.
33 The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.
1 And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day: The king grieveth for his son.
3 And the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle.
The Gospel According to Saint Mark 5:21-43
Haydock New Testament
21 And when Jesus had passed again in the ship over the strait, a great multitude assembled together unto him, and he was nigh unto the sea. 22 And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jarius: and seeing him, he falleth down at his feet; 23 And he besought him much, saying:
My daughter is at the point of death; come, lay thy hand upon her, that she may be safe, and may live.
24 And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him. 25 And a woman who was under an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things from many physicians: and had spent all that she had, and was nothing the better, but rather worse: 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind him, and touched his garment. 28 For she said:
If I shall but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
29 And forthwith the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the evil. 30 And immediately Jesus knowing in himself the virtue that had proceeded from him, turning to the multitude, said:
Who hath touched my garments?
31 And his disciples said to him:
Thou seest the multitude thronging thee; and sayest thou, Who hath touched me?
32 And he looked about to see her who had done this. 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34 And he said to her:
Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole: go in peace, and be thou whole of the disease.
35 While he was yet speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue, saying:
Thy daughter is dead: why dost thou trouble the master any farther?
36 But Jesus having heard the word that was spoken, saith to the ruler of the synagogue:
Fear not: only believe.
37 And he admitted not any man to follow him, but Peter, and James, and John, the brother of James. 38 And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he seeth a tumult, and people weeping and wailing much. 39 And going in, he saith to them:
Why make you this outcry, and weep? The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But he having put them all out, taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying: 41 And taking the damsel by the hand, he saith to her:
Talitha, cumi; which is, being interpreted; Damsel, (I say to thee) arise.
42 And immediately the damsel rose up, and walked: now she was twelve years old: and they were astonished with a great astonishment. 43 And he charged them strictly that no man should know it: and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
Haydock Commentary 2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30–19:3
- Ver. 9. Oak, between the branches, which hindered him from escaping. C.—His beautiful curls got also entangled. M.
- Ver. 14. the reference is to a part of the verse not included in today’
- Ver. 24. Two gates, one leading into the town, the other into the country. In the middle was a chamber for public meetings, and another above. Job. xxix. 7. On the roof a guard was stationed on this occasion.
- Ver. 25. Mouth. If the army had been routed, all would have been in confusion. C.—Now they are employed in plundering the vanquished. M.
- Ver. 32. Is. This was as much as to tell plainly that he was dead, (M.) or at least, a prisoner. But David understood him right. H.
- Ver. 33. Wept, in private. M.—Would. David lamented the death of Absalom, because of the wretched state in which he died; and therefore would have been glad to have saved his life, even by dying for him. In this he was a figure of Christ weeping, praying, and dying for his rebellious children, and even for them that crucified him. Ch. S. Amb. (de Ob. Valent.) Theod. q. 35.—David had presently ceased to weep for the son of Bethsabee, because he had reason to hope that he was saved. C.
- Ver. 2. Mourning, as is commonly the case in civil wars. The king being oppressed with grief, a triumph was out of season. M.
- Ver. 3. Shunned. Heb. “stole away,” fearing to enter; though they did at last, in a clandestine manner, (C.) by another gate. M.
Haydock Commentary Mark 5:21-43
- Ver. 23. S. Matt. says: my daughter is even now dead. The sense in both is exactly the same. S. Matt. attended rather to the thoughts of Jairus, than to his words; for, as he left her dying, he could not reasonably hope to find her still in the same state; and, as he expected she was already dead, when he spoke this to Jesus, S. Matt. relates what the man thought at that instant, not what he said. S. Aug.
- Ver. 28. Touch his garment. Almighty God is pleased to give occasionally to the relics and clothes of his pious and faithful servants, a degree of virtue. See Acts v, and xix, where the very shadow of S. Peter, and the handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched the body of S. Paul, and were brought to the sick, cured their diseases, and banished the wicked spirits. See S. Chrysostom, T. 5. contra Gent. in. vit. Babylœ. S. Basil saith: “he that toucheth the bone of a martyr, receiveth in some degree holiness of the grace or virtue that is therein.” Bas. in Psalm cxv.
- Ver. 30. Virtue that hath proceeded from him. Virtue to heal this woman’s malady proceeded from Christ, though she touched but his coat: so when the saints by their relics and garments perform miracles, the grace and force thereof cometh from our Saviour; they being but the means of instruments of the same. B.
- Ver. 35. Ruler of the synagogue. His house is understood.
- Ver. 36. Only believe. Dissenters grossly abuse this and other similar texts of Scripture, to prove that faith alone will suffice for justification; whereas God only declares, that he requires a faith in his almighty power for the performance of miracles, and that without this necessary predisposition, he will not do any miracles. See v. 5, of following chapter.
- Ver. 41. Only three resurrections from the dead are mentioned as performed by our Saviour: one just dead; one carried out to be buried; and Lazarus, already in his tomb. These represent the different states of sinners dead in sin, some more desperate than others. To such as have been for years in sin, and have none to intercede for them, we must apply the words of Christ, suffer the dead to bury the dead. Ven. Bede, and S. Aug. de verb. Dom. serm. 44.
Daily Bible Readings February 5 2008 Tuesday
Posted by Bob on February 5, 2008
February 5 2008 Tuesday 4th 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/020508.shtml – Note. The Official Liturgical readings may not match the current NAB you may have.
2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30–19:3
Douay-Rheims Challoner
9 And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on.
10 And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.
14 So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak
24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman that was on the top of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running alone.
25 And crying out he told the king: and the king said: If he be alone, there are good tidings in his mouth.
30 And the king said to him: Pass, and stand here.
31 And when he had passed, and stood still, Chusai appeared and coming up he said: I bring good tidings, my lord, the king, for the Lord hath judged for thee this day from the hand of all that have risen up against thee.
32 And the king said to Chusai: Is the young man Absalom safe? And Chusai answering him, said: Let the enemies of my lord, the king, and all that rise against him unto evil, be as the young man is.
33 The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.
1 And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day: The king grieveth for his son.
3 And the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle.
The Gospel According to Saint Mark 5:21-43
Haydock New Testament
21 And when Jesus had passed again in the ship over the strait, a great multitude assembled together unto him, and he was nigh unto the sea. 22 And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jarius: and seeing him, he falleth down at his feet; 23 And he besought him much, saying:
My daughter is at the point of death; come, lay thy hand upon her, that she may be safe, and may live.
24 And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him. 25 And a woman who was under an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things from many physicians: and had spent all that she had, and was nothing the better, but rather worse: 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind him, and touched his garment. 28 For she said:
If I shall but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
29 And forthwith the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the evil. 30 And immediately Jesus knowing in himself the virtue that had proceeded from him, turning to the multitude, said:
Who hath touched my garments?
31 And his disciples said to him:
Thou seest the multitude thronging thee; and sayest thou, Who hath touched me?
32 And he looked about to see her who had done this. 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34 And he said to her:
Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole: go in peace, and be thou whole of the disease.
35 While he was yet speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue, saying:
Thy daughter is dead: why dost thou trouble the master any farther?
36 But Jesus having heard the word that was spoken, saith to the ruler of the synagogue:
Fear not: only believe.
37 And he admitted not any man to follow him, but Peter, and James, and John, the brother of James. 38 And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he seeth a tumult, and people weeping and wailing much. 39 And going in, he saith to them:
Why make you this outcry, and weep? The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But he having put them all out, taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying: 41 And taking the damsel by the hand, he saith to her:
Talitha, cumi; which is, being interpreted; Damsel, (I say to thee) arise.
42 And immediately the damsel rose up, and walked: now she was twelve years old: and they were astonished with a great astonishment. 43 And he charged them strictly that no man should know it: and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
Haydock Commentary 2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30–19:3
Haydock Commentary Mark 5:21-43
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