Sunday Bible Readings July 27 2008 17th Sunday Ordinary Time

July 27 2008 17^th Sunday of 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 for your own personal study. Readings vary depending on your local calendar.

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1 Kings 3:5, 7-12 (3 Kings Vulgate/Douay-Rheims)
DR Challoner

And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying:

Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

Solomon responded:

And now, O Lord God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David, my father: and I am but a child, and know not how to go out and come in; And thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, and discern between good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this people, thy people, which is so numerous?

And the word was pleasing to the Lord, that Solomon had asked such a thing. And the Lord said to Solomon:

Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life nor riches, nor the lives of thy enemies, but hast asked for thyself wisdom to discern judgment; Behold I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart, in so much that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee.

Responsorial Psalm 118:57, 72, 76-77, 127-130 (Ps 119 NAB)
DR Challoner Text Only

O Lord, my portion, I have said,
I would keep thy law.
The law of thy mouth is good to me,
above thousands of gold and silver.
O! let thy mercy be for my comfort,
according to thy word unto thy servant.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live:
for thy law is my meditation.
Therefore have I loved thy commandments
above gold and the topaz.
Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments:
I have hated all wicked ways.
Thy testimonies are wonderful:
therefore my soul hath sought them.
The declaration of thy words giveth light:
and giveth understanding to little ones.

Romans 8:28-30
Haydock New Testament

And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as according to his purpose are called to be saints. For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son: that he might be the first-born amongst many brethren. And whom he predestinated, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew 13:44-52
Haydock New Testament

Jesus said:

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field: which, when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy therefore goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.

So shall it be at the end of the world, the angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have ye understood all these things?

They say to him:

Yea.

He said unto them:

Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a master of a house, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.

Haydock Commentary 3 Kings 3:5, 7-12
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 5. In a prophetic dream, or ecstasy. His mind had been so filled with the desire of wisdom, that the same thoughts recurred to him while he slept; and, as he had entertained them voluntarily before, he acquired fresh merit even during that time; as a man, who indulges sensual affections, becomes responsible for the accidents of the night. S. Tho. 1. 2. q. 113. a. 2. and 2. 2. 9. 154. a. 5. S. Aug. de Gen. ad lit. xii. 15. C.
• Ver. 7. In. So as to judge with discretion, and to lead my people. C.
• Ver. 9. Understanding. Lit. “docile.” H. — Heb. “willing to hear,” and to obey God. M.
• Ver. 12. After thee. Solomon has given us some idea of his wisdom in the works which he has left. They were dictated by the Holy Spirit, who adorned his soul with so many graces. C. iv. 29. 30. H. — His knowledge of nature, and of the art of governing, excelled that of any of the kings of Israel; (Lyran, &c. 2 Paral. ix.) though Moses and the apostles had a more comprehensive knowledge of the mysteries of God. C. — Yet, even granting that no mere man might come up to him, Jesus Christ, in whom the treasures of wisdom were contained, was far superior. H. — General propositions are often to be understood with a limitation. M.

Haydock Commentary Romans 8:28-30

• Ver. 28. To them that love God, all things work together unto good. All trials, temptations, afflictions, must be taken as coming from the hand of God, who ordains or permits them for the greater good of his elect. — For the good of those, who, according to his purpose[5] are called the saints. Lit. according to purpose: but it seems certain that to translate his purpose, is only to give the literal sense, if we compare this place with other texts, both in the Greek and Latin, where the same words signify according to God’s good will, or his eternal decree, and not according to the purpose, or will of men, as some expound it. Wi.
• Ver. 29. For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son, in suffering with Christ, in following his doctrine, in imitating his life. This foreknowledge of God, according to S. Augustin,[6] is not merely a foreseeing of what men will do by the assistance and graces of God’s ordinary providence, much less a foreseeing of what they will do by their own natural strength, as the Pelagian heretics pretended: but is a foreknowledge including an act of the divine will, and of his love towards his elect servants; (as to know in the Scriptures, when applied to God, is many times the same as to approve and love) God therefore hat foreseen or predestinated, or decreed that these elect, by the help of his special graces, and by the co-operation of their free-will, should be conformable to the image of his Son, that so his Son, even as man, might be the first-born, the chief, and the head of all that shall be saved. Wi. — God hath preordained that all his elect shall be conformable to the image of his Son. We must not here offer to dive into the secrets of God’s eternal election: only firmly believe that all our good, in time and eternity, flows originally from God’s free goodness; and all our evil from man’s free will. Ch.
• Ver. 30. And whom he predestinated, them he also called to the true faith and to his service, without any deserts in them, nay, when all mankind were guilty of eternal death, by original sin. — And whom he called, them he also justified, by faith, by hope, by a love of him, and a true penance. — And whom he justified, them he also glorified. That is, hath decreed to glory. Yet not all who have been justified, but only his elect, who are under his special protection, and to whom he grants a perseverance in his grace to the end: so that the call to faith, their sanctification, their final perseverance, and glorification in heaven, are the effects of their free election and predestination. Wi.

Haydock Commentary Matthew 13:44-52

• Ver. 44. Like unto a treasure. This hidden treasure is the gospel of Christ, which conducts to the kingdom of heaven. Thus he who by the knowledge which the gospel affords, has found the kingdom of heaven, should purchase it at the expense of every thing most near and dear to him: he cannot pay to great a price for his purchase.
• Ver. 46. This eternal kingdom faith opens to your view, but it does not put you in possession without good works. V.
• Ver. 52. Every scribe; i.e. master or teacher. Wi. — Because you know how invaluable is the treasure, the pearl, the kingdom, here mentioned; you, who are scribes and teachers, should cultivate it yourselves, and communicate the same blessing to others. Thus imitating a father of a family, who draws from his treasure both new and old things, and distributes them to his children, according to their several wants and necessities. This was a proverbial expression with the Jews, to signify every thing useful or necessary for the provision of a family. Jer. Aug. Chrys. Bede, and Tirinus. — Thus also a pastor of souls throws light upon the mysteries of the New Testament, by the figures of the Old, and explains the workings of grace, by the operations of nature.