Daily Bible Readings Tuesday July 29 2008 Memorial of Saint Martha

July 29 2008 Tuesday Memorial of Saint Martha
Saint of the Day – St. Martha

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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Jeremiah 14:17-22
DR Challoner

And thou shalt speak this word to them:

Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with a great affliction, with an exceeding grievous evil. If I go forth into the fields, behold the slain with the sword: and if I enter into the city, behold them that are consumed with famine. The prophet also and the priest are gone into a land which they knew not.

Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then hast thou struck us, so that there is no healing for us? we have looked for peace, and there is no good: and for the time of healing, and behold trouble. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquities of our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. Give us not to be a reproach, for thy name’s sake, and do not disgrace in us the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things.

Responsorial Psalm 78:8-9, 11 and 13 (Ps 79 NAB/Hebrew)
DR Challoner Text Only

Remember not our former iniquities:
let thy mercies speedily prevent us,
for we are become exceeding poor.
Help us, O God, our saviour:
and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us:
and forgive us our sins for thy name’s sake:
Let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee.
According to the greatness of thy arm,
take possession of the children of them
that have been put to death.
But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture,
will give thanks to thee for ever.
We will shew forth thy praise,
unto generation and generation.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint John 11:19-27
Haydock New Testament
There is an alternative reading below

And many of the Jews were come to Martha, and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Martha, therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus was come, went to meet him: but Mary sat at home. Martha therefore said to Jesus:

Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died: But now also I know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

Jesus saith to her;

Thy brother shall rise again.

Martha saith to him;

I know that he shall rise again, in the resurrection at the last day.

Jesus said to her;

I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: And every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall not die for ever. Believest thou this?

She saith to him;

Yea, Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ, the Son of the living God, who art come into this world.

Alternate
The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Luke 10:38-42
Haydock New Testament

Now it came to pass as they went, that he entered into a certain town: and a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her house: And she had a sister, called Mary, who sitting also at the Lord’s feet, heard his word. But Martha was busy about much serving: who stood, and said:

Lord, hast thou no care that my sister hath left me alone to serve? speak to her, therefore, that she help me.

And the Lord answering, said to her:

Martha, Martha, thou art careful, and art troubled by many things. But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Haydock Commentary Jeremias 14:17-22
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 17. My. Sept. “your eyes.” Jeremias shews by his tears the future misery. C. — Virgin. Though many were sinners, the Church had some just souls. W.
• Ver. 18. Famine. Under Jechonias many were slain, and the chiefs carried into captivity. 4 K. xxiv. 12. — Into. Heb. “through the land, and are ignorant.” Chal. “they apply to their business, to earthly concerns, and care not.” C. v. 31.
• Ver. 21. Glory; heaven, the temple or Jerusalem. How will infidels blaspheme!
• Ver. 22. Rain. Let not the people have recourse to idols, (C.) in despair. H.

Haydock Commentary John 11:19-27

• Ver. 21. If thou hast been here. These words shew that the faith of the two sisters was but weak; as if the Son of God was not everywhere: or as if he could not restore him to life when dead and buried. Wi. — Martha believed in Christ, but not as she ought to have done. She did not yet believe him to be God, but addressed him as one who is remarkable for virtue, and approved of by heaven. S. Chrys. hom. 61. in Joan.
• Ver. 23. Thy brother shall rise again. Martha took notice that Christ did not express, whether immediately, or at the general resurrection, which she and the Jews generally believed. Wi.
• Ver. 25. I am the resurrection, and the life. That is, the author of both. Wi. — I am the resurrection, I am he who will at the last day raise him up; I can, therefore, if I will, raise him up now also. S. Aust.
• Ver. 27. Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. Martha breaks out into an act of perfect faith. See C. i. v. 49. Wi.

Haydock Commentary Luke 10:38-42

• Ver. 40. Calvin here ridicules the professors of evangelical poverty, because they gather from this place that there are two states of life, viz. the active and the contemplative, figured by Martha and Mary. But what will he answer, when he is informed, that this is the opinion not merely of monks, but even of a S. Austin, (Serm. xxvii, De verbis Domini,) of a S. Jerom, (Com. 3 cap. of Jeremiah,) of a S. Greg. and many others? Not that they were ignorant that there was another more natural explanation; but they were of opinion that nothing could be found more proper for the illustration of these different states of life. Maldonatus.
• Ver. 42. One thing is necessary. Some think that Christ’s meaning was, that Martha was preparing many dishes, when one was sufficient. But others, that this one thing necessary, was to learn, and comply with the will of God; which Mary was employed about. Wi.