Daily Bible Readings Saturday July 12 2008 14th Week of Ordinary Time

July 12 2008 Saturday 14^th Week of Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day – Sts. John Jones and John Wall

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Isaiah 6:1-8
DR Challoner

In the year that king Ozias (Uzziah) died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple. Upon it stood the seraphims: the one had six wings, and the other had six wings: with two they covered his face, and with two they covered his feet, and with two they flew. And they cried one to another, and said:

Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory,

And the lintels of the doors were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said:

Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar. And he touched my mouth, and said:

Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed.

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us?

And I said:

Lo, here am I, send me.

Responsorial Psalm 92:1-2, 5 (Ps 93 NAB/Hebrew)
DR Challoner Text Only

The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty:
the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself.
For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.
My throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.
Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible:
holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew 10: 24-33
Haydock New Testament

Jesus said:

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?

Therefore fear them not: for there is nothing hid, that shall not be revealed: nor secret that shall not be known. That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the house-tops. And fear not them that kill the body, and cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing: and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father, who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father, who is in heaven.

Haydock Commentary Isaias 6:1-8
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 1. Died. Either a natural (C.) or a civil death, by means of the leprosy. Chal. Tostat. 7. — This and the former chapters relate to the commencement of Joathan’s reign, whether before or after the death of Ozias. C. — Many think that this was the first prediction of Isaias. Orig. S. Jer. ad Dam. — I saw. By a prophetic vision, as if I had been present at the dedication of the temple. 3 K. viii. 10. C. — Lord. Not the Father, as some have asserted, but the Son. Jo. xii. 40. S. Jer. ad Dam. C. — Neither Moses nor any other saw the substance of God; but only a shadow. Yet Manasses hence took a pretext to have Isaias slain. Orig. S. Jer. Trad. Paral. W.
• Ver. 2. The two Seraphims “burning.” They are supposed to constitute the highest order of angels. Num. xxi. 6. — His. God’s or their own face. Heb. and Sept. are ambiguous. Out of respect, (C.) they look not at the divine majesty. M.
• Ver. 3. Glory. By no means of the Incarnation. The unity and Trinity are insinuated. S. Jer. S. Greg. Mor. xxix. 16.
• Ver. 4. Of him. Sept. “them,” (H.) the Seraphim signifying that the veil was removed by the death of Christ, (Theod.) or that the people should be led into captivity, as a Jew explained it to S. Jerom.
• Ver. 5. Peace. It is proper for sinners to do so. Eccli. xv. 9. The prophet was grieved that he was unworthy to join in the acclamation of the Seraphim, and had reason to fear death. Gen. xvi. 13. Ex. xxxiii. 20. He finds himself less able to speak than before, like Moses. Ex. iv. 10. and vi. 12.
• Ver. 6. Coal. “Carbuncle,” (Sept.) the word of God, (S. Basil) spirit of prophecy, (S. Jer. 142. ad Dam.) &c.
• Ver. 7. Sin. Impediment in speech. All defects were attributed to some sin, (Jo. ix. 2.) as Job’s friends maintained.
• Ver. 8. For us. Hence arises a proof of the plurality of persons. C. — Send me. Thus Isaias was an evangelical and apostolical prophet. S. Jer. W.

Haydock Commentary Matthew 10:24-33

• Ver. 24. The disciple is not above, &c. If we therefore are disciples of Christ, we ought to embrace with joy, opprobrious and evil language, willingly receive and bear with patience all those things which our noble Lord and Master underwent for us. But if we will not bear these things with patience, how shall we dare to call ourselves his followers, his disciples, his servants, his children, or his domestics. S. Austin.
• Ver. 25. Beelzebub. In the Greek Beelzeboul. It was the name the Jews gave to the greatest of the devils, and also to the idol of Accaron. The word signifies the lord of flies; either because of the multitude of flies that were in the temple of that idol, or because the people used to sacrifice to this idol, when they were molested with flies. Wi.
• Ver. 26. For there is nothing hid, &c. Even in this life, for truth, however much oppressed, is yet accustomed at length to rise superior to oppression. What Christ therefore says here is, although the wicked persecute you, yet your virtue shall at length be known. M. — Patience for a while, and soon your charity, which is now unknown, shall be renowned throughout the whole earth. You shall be blessed by all as the greatest benefactors, and the cultivators of virtue, while the words of your adversaries shall be heard with the greatest contempt. S. Chrysos. hom. xxxv.
• Ver. 27. That which I tell you, &c. We must not suppose that our Saviour was accustomed to deliver his instructions to his apostles in the secret of the night, or teach them in private by whispers. But here he uses a figure of speech, to convey to the minds of his apostles the insignificancy of Judea, where he was speaking in comparison of the whole world, which they were to instruct; and the low whisper of his voice, compared to the sound which they shall send forth to the ends of the earth. S. Chrysos. hom. xxxv. — Upon the house-tops. the tops of the houses in Palestine were flat, and the inhabitants were accustomed to assemble on them and discourse together in great numbers. To preach, therefore, on the top of a house, is the same as to preach where there is a great concourse of people. M.
• Ver. 28. Fear not those that, &c. Men are afraid of a prison, yet they are not afraid of hell fire. They fear temporal punishments, but dread not the torments of eternal fire. S. Austin in Baradius. — He who continually fears hell, will never fall into it; but he who is negligent, will undoubtedly fall. S. Chrys. in Baradius.
• Ver. 29. Are not two sparrows? The sense is, sparrows are of very small value, and yet divine Providence defends and feeds them; how much more, therefore, will not God take care of you, who so far excel them? No one, therefore, will be able to rob you of life without God’s permission. M.
• Ver. 30. The very hairs, &c. God numbers not the hairs of our heads after the manner of men: but by this our Saviour shews the infinite knowledge the Almighty has of all things, and the goodness of his Providence, watching over every, even the most minute part of the creation. S. Chrysostom. hom. xxxv.
• Ver. 31. Fear not therefore, &c. Here Christ admonishes us, in our greatest undertakings, to put our trust in God. S. Bernard.