Daily Bible Readings Saturday June 20 2009 Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Immaculate Heart of Mary

June 20 2009 Saturday Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint of the Day – St. Paulinus of Nola

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2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Haydock New Testament

IF I must glory, (it is not expedient indeed: ) but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, whether in the body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knoweth, such a one caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a man, whether in the body, or out of the body, I know not, God knoweth: That he was caught up into paradise: and heard secret words, which it is not allowed to man to utter. Of such a one I will glory: but for myself I will glory nothing, but in my infirmities. For even if I would glory, I shall not be foolish: for I shall say the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or any thing he heareth from me. And lest the greatness of the revelations should puff me up, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. For which thing I thrice besought the Lord, that it might depart from me: And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I take pleasure in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am powerful.

Responsorial Psalm 33:8-13 (Ps 32 NAB)
DR Challoner Text Only

The angel of the Lord shall encamp
round about them that fear him:
and shall deliver them.
O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet:
blessed is the man that hopeth in him.
Fear the Lord, all ye his saints:
for there is no want to them that fear him.
The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger:
but they that seek the Lord
shall not be deprived of any good.
Come, children, hearken to me:
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Who is the man that desireth life:
who liveth to see good days?

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Luke 2:41-51
Haydock New Testament

And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the solemn day of the Pasch. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast. And after they had fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child, Jesus, remained in Jerusalem, and his parents knew it not. And thinking that he was in the company, they

Finding Jesus in the Temple WH Hunt 1860

came a day’s journey, and sought him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance. And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him.

And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions. And all, that heard him, were astonished at his wisdom, and his answers. And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him:

Son, why hast thou done so to us? Behold, thy father and I have sought thee, sorrowing.

And he said to them:

How is it that you sought me? Did you now know, that I must be about the things that are my Father’s?

And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth: and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom, and age, and grace with God and men.

Haydock Commentary 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 1. If I must glory. S. Paul in the whole of this discourse shews the repugnance he had of speaking in his own praise, and that if he did it, it was only through constraint, and for the advantage of the Corinthians; as also to defend himself from calumniators.  Calmet.
• Ver. 2. I know a man, &c.  He speaks of himself, as it were of a third person. — Whether in the body, I know not. If S. Paul himself knew not, how can we pretend to decide, whether his soul was for some moments separated from his body, or in what manner he saw God.  Wi. — It appears that this took place about the period when the Holy Ghost commanded that he should be separated for the work whereunto he was called.  Acts xiii. 2.
• Ver. 4. Caught up into paradise. S. Augustin and S. Thomas are of opinion that this third heaven and paradise are the same place, and designate the abode of the blessed.  In order to understand the language of the apostle, we must observe that the Hebrews distinguished three different heavens.  The first comprised the air, the clouds, &c. as far as the fixed stars.  The second included all the fixed stars; and the third was the abode of Angels, in which God himself discovered his infinite glory, &c.  The first is called in Scripture simply the heavens, the second the firmament, and the third heaven the heaven of heavens.  Calmet.
• Ver. 7-10. A sting of my flesh,[1] an angel, or a messenger of Satan, to buffet me. The Latin word signifies any thing that pricks or stings, the Greek word a sharp stick or pale: he speaks by a metaphor, as also when he says to buffet me; that is, by causing great trouble or pain.  Some understand by it a violent headache or pain, or distemper in the body.  S. Aug. mentions this opinion, and does not reject it, in Ps. xcviii. tom. 4. p. 1069. in Ps. cxxx. p. 1465.  S. Jer. also speaks of it in c. iv. ad Galatas, tom. 4. p. 274. Ed. Ben.  But S. Chrys. by sting, and the angel of Satan, understands that opposition which S. Paul met with from his enemies, and those of the gospel; as Satan signifies an adversary.  Others understand troublesome temptations of the flesh, immodest thoughts, and representations, suggested by the devil, and permitted by Almighty God for his greater good. — Thrice I besought the Lord. That is, many times, to be freed from it, but received only this answer from God, that his grace was sufficient to preserve me from consenting to sin.  And that power and strength in virtue should increase, and be perfected in weakness, and by temptations, when they are resisted.  S. Aug. seems to favour this exposition, in Ps. lviii. Conc. 2. p. 573.  S. Jerom, in his letters to Eustochium, to Demetrias, and to Rusticus, the monk.  And it is the opinion of S. Greg. l. 23. moral. tom. 1. p. 747. and of many others.  Wi. — If there were any danger of pride from his revelations, the base and filthy suggestions of the enemy of souls must cause humiliations, and mke him blush.  But these are to be borne with submission to the will of God, for his power is more evident in supporting man under the greatest trials, than in freeing him from the attacks. — Power is made perfect. The strength and power of God more perfectly shines forth in our weakness and infirmity; as the more weak we are of ourselves, the more illustrious is his grace in supporting us, and giving us the victory under all trials and conflicts.  Ch. — When I am weak. The more I suffer for Christ, the more I perceive the effects of his all-powerful grace, which sustains, enlightens, and strengthens me: the more also the glory and power of God appeareth in me.  The pagans themselves were not ignorant that calamity was the soil in which virtue usually grows to perfection.  Calamitas virtutis occasio est.  Seneca. — Optimos nos esse dum infirmi sumus.  Plin. vii. ep. 26.

Haydock Commentary Luke 2:41-51

• Ver. 41. How can we account for what is related in this verse, that his parents went up every year to Jerusalem, during the childhood of Jesus, when, as we are taught in other parts, his parents did not dare to fix their abode in Jerusalem, for fear of Archelaus: but this, says S. Austin, will not be very difficult to answer; for, it might be easier for them to ascend up to Jerusalem on these particular occasions, without being noticed in so numerous a crowd, and privately return; though it might not be prudent for them to fix their habitation there, lest they might be too much noticed: and, as no one has yet informed us how long Archelaus continued to reign, what S. Luke relates might have taken place after the death of that prince.  S. Austin.
• Ver. 44. It may be asked how the blessed Virgin and S. Joseph could possibly have come so far without missing him; but we must take notice, that when the people went up to the temple from remote parts of Judea, the men went in one company, and the women in a separate company, whilst the children went in either company indifferently: so that S. Joseph imagined that he was with Mary, his mother, whilst she imagined he was with S. Joseph.  Nic. de Lyra.
• Ver. 49. I must be about the things that are my Father’s? By these words he shewed, that not S. Joseph, but only God, was his father.  Wi.
• Ver. 50. They understood not, &c.  That is, knew not when, or by what means, Christ designed to make himself known to the world.  Wi.
• Ver. 51. Was subject to them. Astonishing humility! which the Son of God was pleased to teach by his example, as also obedience to parents.  Wi. — The evangelist relates nothing of our Saviour from the age of twelve till the age of thirty, except that he was subject to S. Joseph and the blessed Virgin.  The divine Spirit shewing by this, that nothing is so great and amiable in Christians, as ready obedience to the directions of their superiors.  Barradius. — All children are hereby taught what subjection and obedience is due from them to their parents.
• Ver. 52. Not that he was wiser at any future period of his life, that he was at the moment of his conception, but this is said, because he chose to manifest increasing signs of wisdom as he increased in years. — In the same manner also he increased in grace, by displaying, as he advanced in age, the gifts of grace with which he was endowed; and by this excited men to the praise of God, from the consideration of favours God had bestowed upon him; and thus he conduced to the honour of God, and the salvation of men.  S. Greg. — The sun, always equally brilliant in itself, is said to increase in splendour, till it has reached its meridian brilliancy.