Daily Bible Readings Saturday June 13 2009 Tenth Week of Ordinary Time

June 13 2009 Saturday Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day – St. Anthony of Padua

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2 Corinthians 5:14-21
Haydock New Testament

For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead. And Christ died for all: that they also, who live, may not now live to themselves, but to him, who died for them, and rose again. Wherefore, henceforth we know no man according to the flesh. And if we have known Christ according to the flesh: but now we know him so no longer. If then any be in Christ a new creature: the old things are passed away: behold all things are made new.

But all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself, by Christ: and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins, and he hath placed in us the word of reconciliation. We are, therefore, ambassadors for Christ, God as it were exhorting by us. For Christ, we beseech you, be ye reconciled to God. Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us, that we might be made the justice of God in him.

Responsorial Psalm 102:1-4, 9-12 (Ps 103 NAB)
DR Challoner Text Only

For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul:
and let all that is within me bless his holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.
Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction:
who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.
He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.
He hath not dealt with us according to our sins:
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
For according to the height of the heaven above the earth:
he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Matthew 5:33-37
Haydock New Testament

Jesus said:

Again you have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord. But I say to you, not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God: Now by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king: Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: but that which is over and above these, is of evil.

Haydock Commentary 2 Corinthians 5:14-21
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 14. For the charity of Christ, the love of God, the love that Christ has shewn to me and all mankind, and a return of love due to him, presseth me on, is the motive of all that I do; because I consider that if one, our Redeemer Christ Jesus, died for all, then all were dead, and had been lost in their sins, had not Christ come to redeem us.  Thus S. Aug. in many places, proving original sin against the Pelagians.  Divers interpreters add this exposition, therefore all are dead; that is, ought to die, and by a new life look upon themselves as dead to sin, which is connected with what follows in the next verse.  Wi.
• Ver. 15. And Christ died for all, (not only for the predestinate or the elect) that they also, who live, may not now live to themselves; that they may not follow their own inclinations of their nature, corrupted by sin, but may seek in all things the will of Christ, their Redeemer, their Lord, to whom they belong, who died and rose again for them.  Wi.
• Ver. 16. Wherefore, henceforth we know no man according to the flesh; i.e. having our thoughts and hearts fixed upon Christ, as he is risen, and has prepared for us an immortal life, we know not, i.e. we do not esteem any thing in this mortal life, nor any man according to any human considerations of this life; we regard not whether they are Jews, and the sons of Abraham, or Gentiles; nay, if we have known and esteemed Christ, as descending from Abraham and David, now we know him so no longer, nor considering him as born a mortal man, but as he is risen immortal, and will bless us with an immortal and eternal glory.  Wi.
• Ver. 17. If then any be in Christ, &c.  The sense seems to be, if by believing in Christ we are become as it were new creatures, rescued by his grace and his Spirit, the old things are passed away, we must renounce all former carnal affections, all sin and all errors in which either Jews or Gentiles lived. — Behold all things are made new: the New Testament succeeds to the Old, the law and doctrine of Christ to the law of Moses, the Christian Church to the Jewish Synagogue, truth and grace to types and figures, &c.  Wi. — With the renovated Christian all his thoughts, sentiments, inclinations, and actions, are new.
• Ver. 18. But all things (all these blessings of grace and glory) are of God, who hath sent his only divine Son, by whom he hath reconciled us to himself, by his incarnation and death for our redemption.  Wi.
• Ver. 19. Not imputing, i.e. truly taking away our sins, blotting out the handwriting of the decree which was against us, . . . fastening it to the cross, as it is said, Colos. ii. 14.  And to us, who are his apostles and the ministers of his gospel, he hath imparted and committed this word of reconciliation, by the preaching of his doctrine, and the administration of his sacraments, &c.  In these functions we act and we speak to you as the ambassadors of Christ; we speak to you in his name, we represent his person, when we exhort you to be reconciled to God. “He that heareth you, heareth me.”  Luke x. 16.  Wi.
• Ver. 20. Be not deaf to this voice, harden not your hearts, suffer yourselves to be moved to the charity of God: it is immense, it is infinite.  V.
• Ver. 21. Him (Christ) who knew no sin, (who had never sinned, nor was capable of sinning) he (God) hath made[4] sin for us. I had translated, with some French translators, he hath made a sacrifice for sin, as it is expounded by S. Augustin and many others, and grounded upon the authority of the Scriptures, in which the sacrifices for sins are divers times called sins, as Osee iv. 8. and in several places in Leviticus, by the Hebrew word Chattat, which signifies a sin, and is translated a victim for sin.  But as this is nt the only interpretation, and that my design is always a literal translation of the text, not a paraphrase, upon second thoughts I judged it better to follow the very words of the Greek, as well as of the Latin text.  For besides the exposition already mentioned, others expound these words, him he hath made sin for us, to signify that he made Christ like unto sinners, a mortal man, with the similitude of sin.  Others that he made he reputed a sinner; with the wicked was he reputed; (Mar. xv. 28.)  God having laid upon him all our iniquities. Isai. liii. 6. — That we might be made the justice of God in him; that is, that we might be justified and sanctified by God’s sanctifying grace, and the justice we receive from him.  Wi. — Sin for us. That is, to be a sin-offering, a victim for sin. Ch.

Haydock Commentary Matthew 5:33-37

• Ver. 34. Swear not at all. We must not imagine that here are forbidden all oaths, where there is a just and necessary cause of calling God to witness.  An oath on such an occasion is an act of justice and religion.  Here are forbidden unnecessary oaths in common discourse, by which the sacred name of God, which never ought to be pronounced without reverence and respect, is so frequently and scandalously profaned.  Wi. — ‘Tis not forbidden to swear in truth, justice and judgment; to the honour of God, or our own or neighbour’s just defence; but only to swear rashly, or profanely, in common discourse, and without necessity.  Ch.
• Ver. 35. The Anabaptists and other sectarists, following the letter, and not the spirit of the Scripture, and walking in the footsteps of their predecessors, the Waldenses, and the Pelagians, will allow of no oath to be lawful, not even before a judge.  B.