Daily Bible Readings Tuesday April 7 2009 Holy Week

April 7 2009 Tuesday Holy Week
Saint of the Day – St. John Baptist de la Salle

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Isaiah 49:1-6
Douay-Rheims Challoner

Give ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother he hath been mindful of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow: in his quiver he hath hidden me. And he said to me:

Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory.

And I said:

I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain: therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I may bring back Jacob unto him, and Israel will not be gathered together: and I am glorified in the eyes of the Lord, and my God is made my strength. And he said:

It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

Responsorial Psalm 70:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17 (Ps 71 Hebrew)
DR Challoner Text Only

In thee, O Lord, I have hoped, let me never be put to confusion:
Deliver me in thy justice, and rescue me. Incline thy ear unto me, and save me.
Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a place of strength:
that thou mayst make me safe. For thou art my firmament and my refuge.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the sinner,
For thou art my patience, O Lord: my hope, O Lord, from my youth.
By thee have I been confirmed from the womb:
from my mother’s womb thou art my protector.
My mouth shall shew forth thy justice; thy salvation all the day long.
Because I have not known learning,
Thou hast taught me, O God, from my youth:
and till now I will declare thy wonderful works.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint John 13:21-33, 36-38
Haydock New Testament

When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit: and he protested, and said;

Amen, amen, I say to you, that one of you will betray me.

The disciples, therefore, looked one upon another, doubting of whom he spoke. Now there was leaning on Jesus’s bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter, therefore, beckoned to him: and said to him;

Who is it, of whom he speaketh?

He, therefore, leaning on the bread of Jesus, saith to him;

Lord, who is it?

Jesus answered:

He it is, to whom I shall reach bread dipped.

And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him;

That which thou dost, do quickly.

Now no man at the table knew for what purpose he said this to him. For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy those things which we have need of for the festival day: or that he should give something to the poor.

He then having received the morsel, went out immediately. And it was night. When, therefore, he was gone out, Jesus said;

Now is the Son of man glorified: and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself: and immediately will he glorify him. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me: and as I said to the Jews, Whither I go, you cannot come: so now I say to you.

Simon Peter saith to him:

Lord, whither goest thou?

Jesus answered:

Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now: but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

Peter saith to him:

Why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.

Jesus answered him:

Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Amen, amen, I say to thee, the cock shall not crow, till thou deny me thrice.

Haydock Commentary Isaias 49:1-6
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 1. Give. This fresh discourse continues to C. lvi. 9. relating to the Messias, who is introduced speaking to all the world. Acts xiii. 47. and 2 Cor. vi. 2. Some apply a part to Cyrus, Isaias, or the Baptist, as to his figures. C. — The prophet has foretold the conversion of the Gentiles, as he now does, like an evangelist. S. Jer. — Many Jews will embrace the gospel at the end of time. W.
• Ver. 2. Sword, penetrating the very soul, (Heb. iv. 12.) and slaying the wicked. Apoc. i. 16. and 2 Thess. ii. 8. Without Christ, his ministers can apply this sword to little purpose. Cyrus cut asunder the bonds of the captives by his decree. C. — Grotius improperly explains all of Isaias. Houbigant.
• Ver. 3. Glory. In the Church, God is adored in spirit and truth. Isaias is ordered thus to address the Israelites.
• Ver. 4. God. He will reward the labours of his ministers, though the people be obstinate. The prophets and our Saviour frequently complain. C. lxv. 2. Mar. ix. 18.
• Ver. 5. Will not. Heb. Sept. &c. “to be gathered.” H. — The original text, independent of the Masorets, may have the sense of the Vulg. Yet there are other proofs of the synagogue’s rejection. C. — Prot. “though Israel be not gathered, yet,” &c. Margin, or “that Israel may be gathered, and I may,” &c. H.
• Ver. 6. Earth. S. Paul, explains this of Christ, (Acts xiii.) who said, Go teach all nations. Mat. xxviii. Isaias was one of his first preachers.

Haydock Commentary John 13:21-33, 36-38

• Ver. 23. One of his disciples. S. John himself was lying at table in (or towards) the bosom of Jesus.[1] These words seem to express the manner that the Jews were place at table. They had couches about a table, to lean or lie upon; and three for example upon each couch. The master, or head of the company, was placed in the midst; so that we may suppose, that Christ was placed on one of these couches in the midst, S. Peter on one side of him, and S. John on the other; and that S. John, in that resting and leaning posture, had his head all the time turned, and inclined towards Christ’s bosom: yet it can scarce be imagined, that his head laid continually upon our Saviour’s breast or bosom; for this posture would have been very uneasy to Jesus, or to any one. S. John then leaned all supper time towards Jesus’s bosom or breast, but not upon it. Wi. — Whilst all were fearing for themselves, and Peter, the very head of the apostles, was trembling, S. John rests; reposing on the bosom of Jesus. S. Chrys. hom. lxxi. in Joan.
• Ver. 25. When Christ had said, one of you is to betray me, S. Peter whispered with S. John, by turning to him behind Jesus’s back, and desired him to ask, who this was: now when John had leaned down upon the breast of Jesus, or as the Greek hath it, falling down on the breast of Jesus, as a person may do in a great concern, or fit of grief, he said, Lord, who is it? This posture seems to have been only for that moment of whispering, and to have been different from the posture of eating at table. Wi.
• Ver. 27. Satan entered into him, who presently went out with great anger and indignation. It was then night, likely about nine o’clock. Wi. — That which thou dost, do quickly. It is not a license, much less a command, to go about his treason: but a signification to him, that Christ would not hinder or resist what he was about, do it as soon as he pleased: but was both ready, and desirous to suffer for our redemption. Ch. — Christ does not by these words exhort the traitor, much less command him, to perform his wicked deed; but he means to reprobate it, and at the same time testify that he would not hinder his being betrayed. S. Chrys. hom. lxxi. in Joan. — It is the voice not of command, but of permission, not of a person in fear, but of one prepared for death. S. Leo.
• Ver. 31. Jesus said: now is the Son of man glorified: the time is at hand, when he shall be glorified by miracles at his death, resurrection, &c. Wi.
• Ver. 36. You cannot follow me yet to the dying for justice sake, for you are not yet prepared for martyrdom; you cannot yet follow me to the glory of my body, when risen from the dead, but must wait till the general resurrection; you cannot follow me to the bosom of my Father, being not yet sufficiently perfected in charity. S. Aug. tract. 64. in Joan.
• Ver. 37. This commandment was already in the old law, where it is written, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; how then does our Saviour call it a new command? It is new, not because we simply love one another; but because we love one another, as he has loved us: not as men love one another, as being fellow creatures, but united in love, as being all the children of the Most High; that so we may be brethren to his only begotten Son, bearing to all the same love that he has borne to us. S. Aug. tract. 64. in Joan. — By this shall I moreover know that you truly love me. V.
• Ver. 38. The love which S. Peter bore our Saviour was exceedingly tender, but it was not yet sufficiently strong. S. Bern. Serm. iv. in Cant. — Jesus therefore asks him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Do you think yourselves sufficiently strong to perform this heroic act for love of me? so far are you from exposing your life for me, that you will shortly deny me. Menochius.