Daily Bible Readings Wednesday October 1 2008 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church

October 1 2008 Wednesday Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church
Saint of the Day – St. Thérèse of Lisieux

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Job 9:1-12, 14-16
Douay-Rheims Challoner

And Job answered, and said:

Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified, compared with God. If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not. Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars, as it were, under a seal: Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea. Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.

Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number. If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart, I shall not understand. If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so? God, whose wrath no man can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.

What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him? I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge. And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.

Responsorial Psalm 87:10bc-15 (Ps 88 NAB/Hebrew)
DR Challoner

All the day I cried to thee, O Lord:
I stretched out my hands to thee.
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead?
or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?
Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy:
and thy truth in destruction?
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark;
and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?
But I, O Lord, have cried to thee:
and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
Lord, why castest thou off my prayer:
why turnest thou away thy face from me?

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Luke 9:57-62
Haydock New Testament

And it came to pass as they walked in the way, that a certain man said to him:

I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Jesus said to him:

The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air, nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

But he said to another:

Follow me.

And he said:

Lord, suffer me first to go, and to bury my father.

And Jesus said to him:

Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou, and preach the kingdom of God.

And another said:

I will follow thee, Lord, but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house.

Jesus said to him:

No man putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Haydock Commentary Job 9:1-12, 14-16
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 2. God. Job answers both his friends, and with admirable humility acknowledges that in God’s sight he is full of defects; but not of such a nature as to fall (C.) under the cognizance of man. I am not conscious to myself of anything; but…God is the judge. 1 Cor. iv. 4. H.
• Ver. 3. Thousand. Ps. cxlii. 2. “Woe even to the praise-worthy life of man, if God judge without mercy.” S. Aug. H.
• Ver. 4. Resisted. Heb. and Sept. “hardened himself against him.”
• Ver. 5. Removed, by earthquakes. Pliny ii. 83. C. — In Calabria, 5th Feb. &c. 1783, during the most destructive and dreadful earthquake, a level valley was removed entire about a mile, and a hill, with the trees still growing, was projected down a declivity half a mile, and another above four miles. Sir W. Hamilton. — Sept. “who makes the mountains grown old, and they know not who overturns them in his wrath.” H. — Kings and empires fall to ruin at his command. C.
• Ver. 6. Pillars. These are represented as fixed in the waters. Prov. viii. 29. Ps. xxvii. 16. &c.
• Ver. 7. Seal. So that they appear not. He alludes (C.) to masters confining their servants with seals, before locks were invented. Macrob. vii. 3. — From these noble effects of God’s power, Job takes occasion to humble himself. C.
• Ver. 8. Heavens, like a tent. Ps. ciii. 2. These nations lived under tents; (C.) and beholding the magnificent one which God had spread over the heads of alol, Job, in rapture, (H.) wonders that he should have created such a pavilion for his servants.
• Ver. 9. Arcturus, &c. These are names of stars or constellations. In Hebrew, Hash, Cesil, and Cima. Ch. — And chadre theman, (H.) the “bottom or seals of the south,” which were to him invisible, being the Antarctic constellations. The ancients were acquainted only with these four, (Homr, Virg. Æn. iii. &c.) which denoted the four quarters and seasons. C. — Ash, Arcturus, “the bear’s tail,” near the north pole, (H.) rules in autumn, when the year begins (C.) in Arabia. Cesil, (H.) or Orion, on the west, styled by astronomers “the heart of the scorpion,” rises about the autumnal equinox, and presides over winter; (C.) and Cima, (H.) the Hyades, or the seven “rainy” stars, do over spring, the “pleasing” season, as Cima denotes, (C. xxxviii. 31.) when navigation commences. “The Seals of the south,” designate summer. C. — We must not, however, imagine that Job countenances poetical fables; (S. Jerom in Amos v. 8.) or that he called the constellations by these names, Arcturus, &c. C. — Heb. “who makes the fire, the spirit, and the light,” Cima. C. xxxviii. 31. H. — The creation of these seems grander than the making of any constellation, and all the stars had been asserted to be the work of God, v. 7. What connection is there between the names assigned by the Rabbins and the Heb. terms? R. Abraham observes that the last is “a northern star, causing heat, and producing fruit.” Parkhurst. — The Arabs were convinced of the influence of the stars; (C. xxxviii. 31.) and living under a sky generally without clouds, could easily observe them. Roger. ii. 2. and 15. — Sanchez asserts, that the peasants in Spain can point out the stars by name. C. — Inner. Prot. “the chambers.” They agree with the Vulg. in the other names. Sept. “who makes the Pleiads, and Hesper, and Arcturus, and the store-rooms of the south? H. — They are styled inner with respect to us, who cannot see them.
• Ver. 11. Understand, as he is a spirit; (M.) and not that God is changeable, but his works and judgments are above our comprehension, and we are always liable to change. Hence the proud erroneously think themselves to be in favour; while the humble, on the contrary, keep at a distance, and still sue for pardon, when their sins have been forgiven. Luke xviii. 13. Eccle. ii. 1. C.
• Ver. 13. God. Prot. “If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.” Sept. “For he is not turned aside by wrath;” (or Rom. edit.) “God, whose anger cannot be averted,” (H.) unless we repent: (C.) “under him the whales below heaven bend.” H. — Perhaps they may have had some notions, like the Rabbins, respecting Leviathan; and S. Jerom may have alluded to the fable of the giants placed under mountains; (Æn. iii. and ix. C.) or to Atalas propping the skies. H. — World. Great heroes, (C.) Kings, (Pineda) angels, (M.) who move the spheres, (W.) or devils. Eph. vi. 12. Cajetan.
• Ver. 14. What? Heb. “Much less shall I answer him, choosing even my words with him.” H. — This is the conclusion from the display of God’s power. C. — No eloquence will persuade him. H. — Though not conscious of any sin, Job will not justify himself (1 Cor. iv. W.) before God. H.
• Ver. 16. Voice. So much am I beneath his notice. How unjust were the aspersions of Job’s friends, who accused him of presumption and blasphemy! C. — No one ever spoke with greater humility (H.) and respect of God’s absolute dominion. C. — He will attribute nothing to his own prayers, as he is still in the dark. M.

Haydock Commentary Luke 9:57-62

• Ver. 57. Follow thee, &c. Although the Sovereign Lord of all is most munificent, yet he does not lavish his gifts on all without distinction, but bestows them on the worthy only. When, therefore, this man offered to follow Christ, he answers him by telling him, that all who follow him, must daily take up their cross, and renounce the conveniences of this life. Thus he mentions what was reprehensible in his person. There appears likewise great presumption in his conduct, as he did not petition to be admitted, as other Jews did, but seems to claim the honour of the apostleship; an honour which none must assume, but such as are called by God. Heb. v. S. Cyril in Divo Thoma.
• Ver. 60. Bury their dead, &c. Though this was an act of religion, yet it was not permitted him; that we may learn to prefer always the concerns of God to all human considerations. S. Ambrose. — However necessary this might appear, however easy, however short the time which it would take up, might be, it is not permitted him. Not the least delay can be allowed, although a thousand impediments stand in the way; for spiritual things must be preferred to things even the most necessary. Chrys. hom. xxviii. on S. Matt.
• Ver. 62. Putting his hand to the plough. A proverb and metaphor, to signify that nothing must hinder a man from God’s service. Wi. — Christ seems here to allude to the call of Eliseus by Elias. The former was at the plough, and the latter called him. Immediately Eliseus quits his plough, runs with Elias’s permission to bid adieu to his father and mother, sacrifices two of his oxen, roasts them with the wood of the plough, and joins the company of the prophets. Jesus Christ wishes that all who follow him, should in like manner think of nothing else. Calmet.