Daily Bible Readings Saturday October 11 2008 27th Week in Ordinary Time

October 11 2008 Saturday 27^th Week in Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day – Blessed John XXIII

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Galatians 3:22-29
Haydock New Testament

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by the faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before that faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto that faith which was to be revealed. Wherefore the law was our pedagogue in Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a pedagogue. For you are all the children of God by faith, in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized in Christ, have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither bond nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you be Christ’s; then you are the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

Responsorial Psalm 104:2-7 (Ps 105 NAB)
DR Challoner Text Only

Sing to him, yea sing praises to him:
relate all his wondrous works.
Glory ye in his holy name:
let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened:
seek his face evermore.
Remember his marvellous works which he hath done;
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant;
ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
He is the Lord our God:
his judgments are in all the earth.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Luke 11:27-28
Haydock New Testament

And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, that a certain woman, from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him:

Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck.

But he said:

Yea, rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.

Haydock Commentary Galatians 3:22-29
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 22. Hath concluded all under sin; i.e. hath declared all to be under sin, from which they could not be delivered but by faith in Jesus Christ, the promised seed. Ch. — The law was not given to all; but all its precepts and prohibitions were binding under sin, and all violators of the law were guilty of sin.
• Ver. 24. As for the law, it was put or given because of transgressions, to put a stop, by the punishments prescribed, to idolatry and other crimes, which the Jews had learnt from other nations, particularly in Egypt. The law was a pedagogue, or schoolmaster, to direct and correct and bring men to Christ, our chief Master, our great Mediator, who being now come, we are no longer under our former pedagogue. Christ hath by his grace made all, who believe in him and follow his doctrine, his sons and his adopted children, whether they were before Jews or Gentiles; now they are all one, united in the same faith, and in the same spirit of charity. All the faithful are to be accounted of the seed of Abraham, and his spiritual children by the accomplishment of the promise. Wi. — Pedagogue; i.e. schoolmaster, conductor, or instructor. Ch.
• Ver. 27. The baptism of infants shews that the sacrament gives grace of itself, by divine appointment; or, as divines say, ex opere operato.
• Ver. 28. Neither Jew, &c. That is, no distinction of Jew, &c. Ch.

Haydock Commentary Luke 11:27-28

• Ver. 28. Menounge, imo vero, yes indeed. Our Saviour does not here wish to deny what the woman had said, but rather to confirm it: indeed how could he deny, as Calvin impiously maintained, that his mother was blessed? By these words, he only wishes to tell his auditors what great advantage they might obtain by attending to his words. For the blessed Virgin, as S. Augustine says, was more happy in having our Saviour in her heart and affections, than in having conceived him in her womb. Tirinus.