Daily Bible Readings Thursday May 28 2009 Seventh Week of Easter

May 28 2009 Thursday Seventh Week of Easter
Saint of the Day – St. Mary Ann of Jesus of Paredes

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The Acts of the Apostles 22:30; 23:6-11
Haydock New Testament

But on the next day, wishing to know more diligently, for what cause he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the priests to come together and all the council: and bringing forth Paul, he set him before them. And Paul knowing that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisee, cried out in the council:

Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

And when he had said this, there arose a dissention between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, neither Angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. Now a great clamour was raised. And some of the Pharisees rising up, contended, saying:

We find no evil in this man: what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an Angel?

And when there arose a great dissension, the tribune, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. And the night following the Lord standing by him, said:

Be constant: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

Responsorial Psalm 15:1-2a and 5, 7-11
DR Challoner Text Only

Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.
I have said to the Lord, thou art my God
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup:
it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding:
moreover, my reins also have corrected me even till night.
I set the Lord always in my sight:
for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced:
moreover, my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;
nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption.
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life,
thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance:
at thy right hand are delights even to the end.

The Gospel According to Saint John 17:20-26
Haydock NT

Jesus said:

And not for them only do I pray, but for those also who through their word shall believe in me. That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me: And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them: that they may be one, as we also are one. I in them, and thou in me: that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast love them, as thou hast also loved me.

Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me, may be with me: that they may see my glory, which thou hast given me: because thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world. Just Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee: and these have known, that thou hast sent me. And I have made know thy name to them, and will make it known: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.

Haydock Commentary Acts 22:30; 23:6-11
Notes copied from Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 6. I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees.[2]  It may signify only a disciple of the Pharisees, though the common Greek copies have of a Pharisee.  Wi. — The address of the apostle in this is great.  Knowing the different dispositions of his judges, he throws disunion into their councils, in order to draw himself from danger.  Such innocent artifices are allowed in the defence of a just cause.  It is one of our Saviour’s counsels, to use the prudence of the serpent.  S. Gregory, in his Morality, (lib. xxxiv. cap. 3. and 4.) and S. Thomas in his Sum. Theol.  (2. 2. quæst. 37. art. 2.) observe, that on similar occasions you may, without sin, cause divisions among the wicked; because their union being an evil, it is consequently a good thing that the enemies of peace and righteousness should be divided in sentiments and interests.  It must, however, be acknowledged that this principle is very easily stretched beyond its proper limits, and therefore ought not to be acted upon but with the greatest caution and prudence.  Calmet. — S. Paul knew from divine revelation that he was to go to Rome; but this did not hinder the apostle from taking every prudent care of his own life; as we may see from the following chapter.
• Ver. 7. There arose a dissension. By the Greek, a division, or schism among them, occasioned by S. Paul’s declaring himself for the resurrection, which made the Pharisees favour him, and incensed the Sadducees.  Wi.
• Ver. 11. Be constant . . . so must thou bear witness also at Rome; and so needest not fear to be killed by them.  Wi.

Haydock Commentary John 17:20-26

• Ver. 20. After having prayed for his apostles in particular, he now begins to pray for all that would afterwards, by their preaching, believe in his name; (S. Aug. tract. 109. in Joan.) and by this he likewise comforts his disciples, shewing them, that they would prove the instruments of the salvation of others.  S. Chrys. hom. 80. in Joan. — This divine prayer of Jesus Christ is a great comfort to all Christians; it is introduced in the holy Canon of the Mass, before the consecration, as here it was made just before his visible sacrifice on the cross.  B.
• Ver. 21. Christ does pray that his disciples may be one, as he and his heavenly Father are one; not that the unity may resemble the unity of persons in the divinity, by a perfect and exact likeness; but only as far as it is possible for men to imitate the perfections of God, as when he says, “Be ye merciful as your heavenly Father is merciful.”  S. Chrys. hom. lxxxi. in Joan.
• Ver. 22. The glory which thou gavest me, I have given to them. S. Chrys. expounds this of the power of working miracles: S. Aug. rather understands the glory of heaven, which he had given, prepared, and designed to give them in heaven.  This seems to be the sense by the 24th verse, where he says, Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me, may be with me. Wi.
• Ver. 26. I will make thy name known to them, by giving them, by means of the Holy Ghost, a perfect knowledge.  For if they know Thee, they will likewise know that I am not different from Thee, but thy own well begotten Son.  S. Chrys. hom. lxxxi. in Joan.