Daily Bible Readings Tuesday June 9 2009 Tenth Week of Ordinary Time

June 9 2009 Tuesday Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day – St. Ephrem

About the sources used. The readings on this site are not official for the Mass of Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the USA, but are from sources free from copyright. They are here to present the comparable readings alongside traditional Catholic commentary as published in the Haydock Bible for your own personal study. Readings vary depending on your local calendar.

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2 Corinthians 1:18-22
Haydock New Testament

But God is faithful, for our preaching which was to you, was not, IT IS, and IT IS NOT. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, was not, IT IS, and IT IS NOT, but, IT IS, was in him. For all the promises of God are in him, IT IS: therefore also by him, Amen to God, unto our glory. Now that he confirmeth us with you in Christ, and he that hath anointed us, is God: Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

Responsorial Psalm 118:129-133, 135 (Ps 119 NAB)
DR Challoner Text Only

Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
I opened my mouth, and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew 5:13-16
Haydock New Testament

Jesus said:

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more, but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may give light to all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Haydock Commentary 2 Corinthians 1:18-22
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 18. But God is faithful: The sense seems to be, as God is faithful, or I appeal to God, who is faithful, that in what I have preached to you, there is not yes and no; my doctrine concerning the faith in Jesus Christ, is and was always the same.  Whether I, or Silvanus, or Timothy preached the Son of God, that is, what we taught concerning the Son of God, was not yes and no, was not first one thing, and then another; but in him was yes only, that is, in him, and his doctrine, which we have taught, all is yes, firm, and unchangeable. — And all the promises of God, of sanctification and salvation, made to us in him, by his merits and grace, are equally yes, certain, and infallible; and therefore by him, and his promises are Amen to God, must needs be true, unto our glory, will turn to the salvation and glory of his elect in heaven.  Wi.
• Ver. 19. It is, was in him.  There was no inconstancy in the doctrine of the apostles, sometimes, like modern sectaries, saying, It is, and at other times saying, It is not. But their doctrine was ever the same, one uniform yea, is Jesus Christ, one Amen, that is, one truth in him.  Ch.
• Ver. 20. The doctrine which the apostle delivered to them was not ambiguous, doubtful, or contradictory, first one thing, then another; on the contrary, it was such, that the apostle could say, (v. 14.) we are your glory. — Amen. All the promises made by God, with regard to Christ, are fulfilled in him; therefore we may say Amen, and give glory to God, through Jesus Christ, who hath fulfilled all his promises.  Calmet. — One of the distinctive marks, as the holy fathers affirm, between separatists and Catholics is; the former are fond of innovation, changes, and reform, the latter are scrupulously tenacious of what has been delivered from the beginning.  See S. Irenæus, l. i. c. 18. Tertul. de præscript. S. Basil, ep. 12. Vine: Lyr.  See also Les Variations, par Bossuet.
• Ver. 21-22. This must needs be true, because he is God, who hath confirmed us with you, both us and you in Christ, in the faith, and grace of Christ crucified, who hath anointed us with divine graces, who hath sealed us, as it were, by an indelible character, in the sacraments of baptism, and confirmation, and ordination, when we were made ministers of Christ, who in this manner hath given the pledge[5] of his holy Spirit in our hearts, a sufficient pledge and earnest of his graces in this life, and of the glory he has prepared for us in the next.  Wi. — By these texts, and Eph. iv. the Catholic Church teaches, that we are anointed and consecrated to the service of God, and sealed with a spiritual and distinctive mark, called by divines, a character, (see S. Jer. in Eph. iv.  S. Cyril, cateches. 17.) which, as it is indelible, can never be iterated.  The same is true of confirmation, and holy orders.  See S. Aug. cont. Parm. c. xiii. & Conc. Tarrac. c. vi.

Haydock Commentary Matthew 5:13-16

• Ver. 13. The former instructions Jesus Christ gave to the multitude.  Now he addresses his apostles, styling them the salt of the earth, meant to preserve men from the corruption of sin, and to make them relish the truths of salvation.  He tells them not to suffer their faith or their charity to slacken, in which all their power consists, lest they come to be rejected by God, and despised by man.  C. — I send you, says Jesus Christ, not to two, ten, or twenty cities, not to one single nation, as the prophets were sent, but to the whole world, a world oppressed with numberless iniquities.  It is not the property of salt to restore what is already corrupted, but to preserve from corruption.  Therefore the virtue of the merits of Christ delivers us from the corruption of sin; but the care and labour of the apostles preserves us from again returning to it.  Chry. hom. xv. — It appears from Luke xiv. 34, that this comparison is taken from agriculture.  We observe these properties of salt in the different manures that fertilize the soil, but suffer the salts to evaporate, and all their virtue is lost.  A.
• Ver. 15. This light of the world, city on a mountain, and candle upon a candlestick, signify the Catholic Church, so built upon Christ, the mountain, that it must be visible, and cannot be hidden or unknown.  S. Aug. cont. Fulg.  Therefore the Church being a candle not under a bushel, but shining to all in the house, i.e. in the world, what shall I say more, saith S. Aug. than that all are blind, who shut their eyes against the candle which is set on the candlestick?  Tract ii. in ep. Jo.