July 8 2008 Tuesday 14th Week of Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day – St. Gregory Grassi and Companions
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 for your own personal study. Readings vary depending on your local calendar.
Official Readings of the Liturgy at – http://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/070808.shtml – Note. The Official Liturgical readings may not match the current NAB you may have.
Hosea (Osee) 8:4-7, 11-13
DR Challoner
They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish. Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed? For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders’ webs. For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin. I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign. They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Responsorial Psalm 113:11-16 (Ps 115:3-10 NAB/Hebrew)
DR Challoner Text Only
But our God is in heaven:
he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold,
the works of the hands of men.
They have mouths and speak not:
they have eyes and see not.
They have ears and hear not:
they have noses and smell not.
They have hands and feel not:
they have feet and walk not:
neither shall they cry out through their throat.
Let them that make them become like unto them:
and all such as trust in them.
The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew 9:32-38
Haydock New Testament
And when they were gone out, behold they brought to him a dumb man, possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitude wondered, saying:
The like was never seen in Israel.
But the Pharisees said:
He casteth out devils by the prince of the devils.
And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity. And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying as sheep having no shepherd. Then he saith to his disciples:
The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.
Haydock Commentary Hosea (Osee) 8:4-7, 11-13
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site
- Ver. 4. They. Jeroboam and Jehu were assured by the prophets that they should reign, yet this was not a sanction of their right. God condemned their ambition and wicked conduct. The successors of Zarharias had still less pretensions to the throne. God permits such things. The people had not consulted him in these changes. C. — Kings were their own choice. 1 K. xviii. Saul rose by their “error.” S. Jer. — Knew, or approved not. v. 2. Mat. xxv. 12. C. — Perish. This was the effect, though contrary to their intention. H.
- Ver. 5. Calf. The idol is broken in pieces, and carried away by the victorious enemy. Thus does the vanity of such gods appear. Their captivity is therefore often foretold. Jer. xliii. 12. — Cleansed. The physician is disgusted with the obstinacy of the sick. C. — How long will Israel resist the Holy Ghost? Acts vii. 51. H.
- Ver. 6. Israel. This enhances the crime. Can a people so highly favoured adore the work of an artist? — Webs, such as appear on a fine day in autumn. S. Jerom’s master suggested that this was the sense. Interpreters vary. C. — Sept. and Th. “is delusive.” Sym. &c. “instable;” shebabim. H. — Some erroneously read v instead of i. “The Lord casts off the calves of heretics, … and wonders that people should prefer heretical filth before the cleanliness of the Church.” S. Jer.
- Ver. 7. Whirlwind. They shall be punished for their folly, nor shall they reap any advantage from idols. — In it, or in Israel. The seed which I have sown yields no fruit. If any come up, the mildew destroys it. Yea, though any should come to perfection, which is impossible, it should be given to strangers. My people perform no acts of religion; or at least they render them useless, by adoring idols. C. — He speaks in general terms, as few continued faithful. Yet even in the worst of times, seven thousand were found. 3 K. xix. 18. H.
- Ver. 12. Foreign. Shall I give them laws again to despise? Sept. “I shall write down their number.” It will be an easy task, they shall be so diminished. “His laws,” &c. (C.) or, “I will describe to him a multitude, and his regulations: The beloved altars have been deemed foreign. S. Jerom’s and Grabe’s edit. H.
- Ver. 13. Egypt, to escape the Assyrian. C. ix. 3. C. — They have imitated the Egyptian idols. S. Jer. — Osee had applied to their king for aid. 4 K. xvii. 4.
Haydock Commentary Matthew 9:32-38
- Ver. 32. A dumb man. The Greek rather signifies a deaf man: but these defects generally go together, because he that is deaf cannot learn to speak. Wi.
- Ver. 34. By the prince of the devils. What more foolish ever entered the mind of man. Is it possible, as he afterwards says, that devils should be expelled by devils? They assist and strengthen, not weaken and destroy one another. Moreover, he did not only cast out devils, but he cleansed the lepers, raised the dead, appeased the storm, forgave sins by his own power, preached the eternal felicity of heaven, and brought back man to God: all which the devil never could, never would bestow upon mankind. S. Chrysos. hom. xxxiii.
- Ver. 36. He had compassion on them. The bowels of his compassion yearned to see multitudes cast down and oppressed, like sheep that are without a shepherd. The Pharisees indeed were their shepherds; but they acted the part of ravenous wolves, not only neglecting to lead the people to virtue, but even hindering, as much as they could, their advancement in good; for when the admiring multitude cried out, “Never did the like appear in Israel,” they immediately decried it, saying, “By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.” S. Chrysos. hom. xxxiii.
Daily Bible Readings Tuesday July 8 2008 14th Week of Ordinary Time
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July 8 2008 Tuesday 14th Week of Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day – St. Gregory Grassi and Companions
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 for your own personal study. Readings vary depending on your local calendar.
Official Readings of the Liturgy at – http://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/070808.shtml – Note. The Official Liturgical readings may not match the current NAB you may have.
Hosea (Osee) 8:4-7, 11-13
DR Challoner
They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish. Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed? For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders’ webs. For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin. I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign. They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Responsorial Psalm 113:11-16 (Ps 115:3-10 NAB/Hebrew)
DR Challoner Text Only
But our God is in heaven:
he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold,
the works of the hands of men.
They have mouths and speak not:
they have eyes and see not.
They have ears and hear not:
they have noses and smell not.
They have hands and feel not:
they have feet and walk not:
neither shall they cry out through their throat.
Let them that make them become like unto them:
and all such as trust in them.
The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew 9:32-38
Haydock New Testament
And when they were gone out, behold they brought to him a dumb man, possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitude wondered, saying:
The like was never seen in Israel.
But the Pharisees said:
He casteth out devils by the prince of the devils.
And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity. And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying as sheep having no shepherd. Then he saith to his disciples:
The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.
Haydock Commentary Hosea (Osee) 8:4-7, 11-13
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site
Haydock Commentary Matthew 9:32-38
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