Daily Bible Readings Saturday July 19 2008 15th Week of Ordinary Time

July 19 2008 Saturday 15^th Week of Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day – Servant of God Francis Garcés and Companions

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Micah 2:1-5 (Micheas)
DR Challoner

Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God. And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance. Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I devise an evil against this family: from which you shall not withdraw your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for this is a very evil time. In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall be sung with melody by them that say: We are laid waste and spoiled: the portion of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas he is returning that will divide our land? Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm 9:22-25, 28-30a, 35 Douay-Rheims/LXX/Vulgate
(Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14 NAB/Hebrew)
(I tried to match these up, but it was difficult.
The Psalm numbering changes here between the Greek/Latin and Hebrew texts
It would be profitable to read both translations)
DR Challoner Text Only

Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off?
why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire:
they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul:
and the unjust man is blessed.
The sinner hath provoked the Lord
according to the multitude of his wrath
he will not seek him:
His mouth is full of cursing,
and of bitterness, and of deceit:
under his tongue are labor and sorrow.
He sits in ambush with the rich in private places,
that he may kill the innocent.
His eyes are upon the poor man
Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow:
that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands.
To thee is the poor man left:
thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew 12:14-21
Haydock New Testament

And the Pharisees going out, made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him. But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed him, and he healed them all. And he charged them that they should not make him known. That the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias, the prophet, saying:

Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.

And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.

Haydock Commentary Micheas (Micah) 2:1-5
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 1. Evil. Sept. “labours.” Heb. “vanity, or an idol.” H. — That is called unprofitable, which is very detrimental. W. — Morning, suddenly and with zeal. C. — Is. Heb. “has power,” (Chal.) “they have not raised their hands to God.” Sept. Arab.
• Ver. 2. Oppressed. Lit. “calumniated,” (H.) as Jezabel did Naboth. 3 K. xxi. 13.
• Ver. 3. Time. It was very near. Micheas saw the ruin of Samaria, under Theglathphalassar and Salmanasar.
• Ver. 4. Say. The Israelites sing this mournful canticle to v. 7. which the prophet composes for them, to shew the certainty of the event. It is very difficult. C. — The whole synagogue speaks. M. — Depart. How do you pretend to say that the Assyrian is departing, when indeed he is coming to divide our lands amongst his subjects? Ch. — The Cutheans were sent into the country. 4 K. xvii. 24. C. — Sept. “and there was none to hinder him from returning, our lands were divided.” H.
• Ver. 5. None. Thou shalt have no longer any lot or inheritance in the land of the people of the Lord. Ch. — Strangers had taken possession. C. — Virgil has the like affecting thoughts. Ec. i. Impius hæc tam culta novalia miles habebit? H.

Haydock Commentary Matthew 12:14-21

• Ver. 18. Behold my servant, &c. The words are out of the prophet Isaias, C. xli. 1. And it is observed that the Jews, before the coming of Jesus, used to expound them of their Messias. Wi. — Our Lord Jesus Christ may be called the Servant of the Almighty, because, as himself assures us, he came down not to be served, but to serve; or, as S. Remigius says, not on account of his divinity, but on account of his humanity, which he received from the pure flesh and blood of the immaculate Virgin. Ex D. Thoma. There is some difference in the text of Isaias, whence this is taken. The apostles and evangelists did not confine themselves to cite the very words of the text, but only the sense. V.
• Ver. 19. He shall not contend. These words do not occur in the prophet, but are added by S. Matthew to express more fully the sense, because he offered himself up to the will of his heavenly Father, and delivered himself into the hands of those who persecuted him. Aquin. Nor cry out; because, like a lamb, in the hands of the shearer, he opened not his mouth.
• Ver. 20. The bruised reed. The prophet here shews the mildness of our Saviour, who, though he could have broken them like a reed, and as a bruised reed, yet would not do it; and though he could have easily extinguished their rage and anger, yet he bore with it for a while, with singular clemency, till he should send forth judgment unto victory, i.e. till justice shall have appeared triumphant, till Christ shall have fulfilled all things, and raised his most illustrious trophy: till the Gentiles shall have placed their confidence in his most adorable name, and the Jews have no plea, notwithstanding their unparalleled obduracy, to make in reply. S. Chrys. hom. xli. — Judgment unto victory. S. Jerom and S. Hilary expound these words in conformity with their interpretation of the two foregoing verses, as follows: “The Lord will cherish and support the infirm and weak in this time of penance and probation, inviting them to greater strength, and light, and perfect charity, till the power of death be taken away, till he return to judge the world, when his judgment shall be victorious; though, in the mean while, it often may appear suppressed, and even subdued by the obstinate will of man.” But the exposition, most conformable to the literal sense of the prophet, is: he will support the weak by his mildness, until it come to pass that his judgment, which he came to announce to the Gentiles, be led to victory, by his truth becoming universally triumphant over the world, and in his name all nations shall hope. Jansenius. — Thus will he bear with the little light and virtue of his enemies, till the bright light of his faith, and the warmth and strength of his grace, obtain in their hearts, and triumph over every opposition. A.
• Ver. 21. In his name the Gentiles. Here are two words differing from those used by the prophet: in the Hebrew text we have, in his law the islands shall hope: probably the oversight of the amanuensis substituting onoma for nomw; the latter variation is of still less moment, as the prophets understand by islands, countries far removed; and also the poet,
• Et penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos.
• And, Mittam ad insulas longe ad eos, qui non auderunt de me. Isaias, lx. 9, and lxvi. 19.