Sunday Bible Readings October 5 2008 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 5 2008 27^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Isaiah 5:1-7
Douay-Rheims Challoner

I will sing to my beloved the canticle of my cousin concerning his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a hill in a fruitful place. And he fenced it in, and picked the stones out of it, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built a tower in the midst thereof, and set up a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and ye men of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard. What is there that I ought to do more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it? was it that I looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it hath brought forth wild grapes?

And now I will shew you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted: I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down. And I will make it desolate: it shall not be pruned, and it shall not be digged: but briers and thorns shall come up: and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.

Responsorial Psalm 79:9, 12-16, 19-20 (Ps 80 NAB/Hebrew)
DR Challoner Text Only

Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt:
thou hast cast out the Gentiles and planted it.
It stretched forth its branches unto the sea,
and its boughs unto the river.
Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof,
so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?
The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste:
and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.
Turn again, O God of hosts,
look down from heaven, and see,
and visit this vineyard:
And perfect the same
which thy right hand hath planted:
and upon the son of man
whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us:
and we will call upon thy name.
O Lord God of hosts,
convert us and shew thy face,
and we shall be saved.

Philippians 4:6-9
Haydock New Testament

Be solicitous about nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are modest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are holy, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are of good repute, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise of discipline, think on these things.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew 21:33-43
Haydock New Testament

Jesus addressed the chief priests and ancients:

Hear ye another parable: There was a master of a family who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, and dug in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen: and went into a strange country. And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen having laid hold of his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants more than the former: and they did to them in like manner. And last of all he sent to them his son, saying:

They will reverence my son.

But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves:

This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.

And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

When the lord therefore of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?

They say to him:

He will bring those evil men to an evil end: and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render him the fruit in due season.

Jesus saith to them:

Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this hath been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

Haydock Commentary Isaiah 5:1-7
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 1. My cousin. So the prophet calls Christ, as being of his family and kindred, by descending from the house of David. Ch. M. — Heb. and Sept. “beloved.” Dod may also mean a near relation. C. — Isaias being of the same tribe, sets before us the lamentations of Christ over Jerusalem. Lu. xix. 41. W. — The Hebrews had canticles of sorrow, as well as of joy. The prophet thus endeavours to impress more deeply on the minds of the people what he had been saying. The master of the vineyard is God himself. v. 7. C. — Hill. Lit. in the horn, the son of oil. Ch. — The best vines grew among olive and fig trees. Doubdan 21. — Sept. “in a horn, (mountain) in a fat soil.” H.
• Ver. 2. Stones. They burn and starve in different seasons. Col. xii. 3. — Choicest. Heb. sorek. H. — There was a famous valley of this name. Judg. xvi. 4. The angels guarded the vineyard, in which Abraham, Moses, &c. were found. — Tower. To keep the wine, &c. Mat. xxi. 33. It denotes the temple, (C.) Scriptures, &c. M. — Wild. Sour. Deut. xxxii. 32.
• Ver. 3. Judge. God condescends to have his conduct scrutinized. C. xli. 1.
• Ver. 4. Was it. “Why has it produced wild grapes, while I looked?” &c.
• Ver. 5. Down. By the Chaldees, and after the death of Christ. C. — when God withdraws his aid, man is unable to stand. Yet he falls by his own fault, which God only permits. W.
• Ver. 6. It. During the whole of the captivity, the land might keep its sabbaths. Lev. xxvi. 34. C. — The people shall be deprived of saving doctrine. M.
• Ver. 7. Israel. This comparison is very common. Ps. lxxix. 9. Mat. xx. 1. C. — The preceding parable is explained. M. — Cry. For vengeance. Jer. xii. 8. Gen. iv. 10. and xviii. 20. C.

Haydock Commentary Philippians 4:6-9

• Ver. 6. But in every[2] thing by prayer, &c. By the Greek, the sense and construction cannot be in every prayer; but in every thing, in all circumstances, have recourse to prayer. Wi.
• Ver. 8. For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, &c. Here the apostle enumerates general precepts of morality, which they ought to practise. — Whatsoever things are true. In words, in promises, in lawful oaths, &c. he commands rectitude of mind and sincerity of heart. — Whatsoever things are modest. By these words he prescribes gravity in manners, modesty in dress, and decency in conversation. — Whatsoever things are just. That is, in dealing with others, in buying or selling, in trade or business, to be fair and honest. Whatsoever things are holy. By these words may be understood, that those who are in a religious state professed, or in holy orders, should lead a life of sanctity and chastity, according to the vows they make; but these words being applied to those in the world, indicate the virtuous life they are bound by the divine commandments to follow. — Whatsoever things are amiable. That is to practise those good offices in society that procure us the esteem and good will of our neighbours. — Whatsoever things are of good repute. That is, that by our conduct and behaviour we should edify our neighbours, and give them good example by our actions. — If there be any virtue, if there be any praise of discipline: that those in error, by seeing the morality and good discipline of the true religion, may be converted. And finally, the apostle commands not only the Philippians, but all Christians, to think on these things: that is, to make it their study and concern, that the peace of God might be with them. Ch.

Haydock Commentary Matthew 21:33-43

• Ver. 33. A certain master of a family, &c. This master is God; the vineyard, the Jews; the husbandmen, the Jewish priests; the servants, God’s prophets, sent from time to time: the son, called (Mark xii. 6,) his only and most dear son, is our Saviour Jesus Christ, whom they persecuted to death. Wi. — By this parable, our Saviour teaches the Jews that the providence of God had wonderfully watched over them from the beginning, that nothing had been omitted to promote their salvation, and that notwithstanding his prophets had been put to most cruel deaths, still the Almighty was not turned away from them, but had at length sent down his only Son, who should suffer at their hands the inexpressible ignominies and tortures of his cross and passion. S. Chry. hom. lxix.
• Ver. 37. They will reverence, &c. This is not said, as if God were ignorant what the Jews would do to his only begotten Son, since in this very place he declares that they would condemn him to death; but, to shew what they ought to have done, and what he had a right to expect from them. Nic. de Lyra.
• Ver. 38. Heir. From this text, it appears that the princes of the Jews knew Jesus to be the Messias, and that it was only through envy and malice they were so blinded as not to acknowledge him for the Son of God. When, therefore, the apostle says, (1 Cor. ii. 8,) If they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; this, it is probable, must be understood of the common people, since we can hardly believe that the princes of the people were ignorant of it, as Christ had so repeatedly inculcated this truth, that he even says himself they had no excuse, and were only actuated by hatred against him and his Father. S. John xv. 22. T. — Inheritance, &c. It appears from S. John xi. that one of the motives why the Jews killed our Saviour was, lest if they let him live, all men should believe, and the Romans should come and destroy their nation. But the very means they took to secure their kingdom to themselves, hastened their downfall, and eventually caused their ruin; since in punishment of their crucifying Jesus Christ, their city and state were completely ruined under the Roman emperors Titus and Vespasian. Nic. de Lyra.
• Ver. 41. He will bring those evil men to an evil end. This answer was made by some of them. Yet S. Luke (xx. 16,) tells us, that others among them, (whom we may take to be the Scribes and Pharisees) cried out, God forbid; seeing well enough that this was a prediction of their future ruin. Wi. — If we compare this text with S. Luke, it will appear that it was from the midst of the people that this answer was given, which was confirmed by Jesus Christ, and at which the high priests were so indignant, because they saw clearly it must fall upon themselves. V.
• Ver. 42. The head of the corner. By these words, (Psal. cxvii,) which the Jews themselves expounded of their Messias, Christ shewed them, that although they, who should have been the architects, had rejected him, yet he should be the chief corner-stone to unite the Jews and the Gentiles, converted into one Christian Church, militant on earth and triumphant in heaven. See Acts iv. 11. Wi. — S. Austin remarks, that this parable was addressed not only to the opponents of Christ’s authority, but likewise to the people.
• Ver. 43. The kingdom of God shall be taken from you. By this dreadful conclusion he tells them in plain terms, that they shall be forsaken, and punished for their blindness and obstinacy. Wi.