Daily Bible Readings Thursday November 5 2009 31st Week in Ordinary Time

November 5 2009 Thursday Thirty First Week in Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day – Venerable Solanus Casey

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Romans 14:7-12
Haydock New Testament

For none of us liveth to himself: and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live to the Lord: or whether we die, we die to the Lord.  Therefore, whether we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died, and rose again: that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou despise thy brother?  For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ. For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me: and every tongue shall confess to God. Therefore every one of us shall render account for himself to God.

Responsorial Psalm 26:1bcde, 4, 13-14 (Ps 27 NAB)
DR Challoner Text Only

The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?
One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after;
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.
I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
Expect the Lord, do manfully,
and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Luke 15:1-10
Haydock New Testament

Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him, to hear him. And the Pharisees and the Scribes murmured, saying:

This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

What man of you that hath a hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which was lost until he find it? And when he hath found it, doth he not lay it upon his shoulders rejoicing: And coming home call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.

Or what woman, having ten groats, if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle and sweep the house, and seek diligently, till she find it? And when she hath found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat which I had lost.

So I say to you, there shall be joy before the Angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

Haydock Commentary Romans 14:7-12
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 11. The apostle here gives a remarkable proof of the divinity of our Saviour.  He could not possibly be more express.  He had said in the preceding verse, that all men should appear before the tribunal of Christ; to prove this assertion, he adduces this testimony of the prophet Isaias: “As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”  Is. c. xlv.  Thus shall all acknowledge the power, the divinity, and sovereign dominion of Christ, by bending the knee; and by confessing to him, shall acknowledge him for the master and judge of all mankind.  Calmet.

Haydock Commentary Luke 15:1-10

• Ver. 4. What man, &c.  Christ left the ninety-nine in the desert, when he descended from the angelic choirs, in order to seek last man on the earth, that he might fill up the number of the sheepfold of heaven, from which his sins had excluded him.  S. Amb. — Neither did his affection for the last sheep make him behave cruelly to the rest; for he left them in safety, under the protection of his omnipotent hand.  S. Cyril de D. Thoma Aquin.
• Ver. 7. Joy in heaven, &c.  What incitement ought it not to be to us to practise virtue, when we reflect that our conversion causes joy to the troops of blessed spirits, whose protection we should always seek, and whose presence we should always revere.  S. Amb. — There is greater joy for the conversion of a sinner, than for the perseverance of the just; but it frequently happens, that these being free from the chain of sin, remain indeed in the path of justice, but press not on eagerly to their heavenly country; whilst such as have been sinners, are stung with grief at the remembrance of their former transgressions, and calling to mind how they have forsaken their God, endeavour by present fervour to compensate for their past misconduct.  But it must be remembered that there are many just, whose lives cause such joy to the heavenly court, that all the penitential exercises of sinners cannot be preferred before them.  S. Gregory, hom. xxxiv.
• Ver. 8. In the preceding parable, the race of mankind is compared to a lost sheep, to teach us that we are the creatures of the most high God, who made us, and not we ourselves, of whose pasture we are the sheep.  Ps. xcix.  And in this parable mankind are compared to the drachma, which was lost, to shew us that we have been made to the royal likeness and image even of the omnipotent God; for the drachma is a piece of money, bearing the image of the king.  S. Chrysos. in S. Tho. Aquin.
• Ver. 10. Before the angels. By this it is plain that the spirits in heaven have a concern for us below, and a joy at our repentance, and consequently a knowledge of it.  Ch.