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Fr Pablo Straub has made a series of videos that have been uploaded to Youtube regarding this election. As of this writing there are 10 in this series, and it’s possible that more will be added. They have been gathered into a playlist, which makes it easier to view the videos in series. See below.

Nevermind. I can’t embed it here for some reason. Just CLICK HERE to get to the first video in an autoplay playlist.

Daily Bible Readings Commentary October 13 Saturday 27th Week Ordinary Time Catholic Church

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October 13 2007 Saturday 27^th Week Ordinary Time.

About the sources used.

The readings on this site are not official for the Mass of Roman Catholic Church, 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.

Official Readings of the Liturgy at – http://www.usccb.org/nab/101307.shtml – Note. The Official Liturgical readings may not match the current NAB you may have.

Joel 4:12-21 NAB or Joel 3:12-21 Most Others
Douay-Challoner Text from SacredBible.org

12 Let them arise, and let the nations come up into the valley of Josaphat: for there I will sit to judge all nations round about.
13 Put ye in the sickles, for the harvest is ripe: come and go down, for the press is full, the fats run over: for their wickedness is multiplied.
14 Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of destruction.
15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining.
16 And the Lord shall roar out of Sion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the heavens and the earth shall be moved, and the Lord shall be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
17 And you shall know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Sion, my holy mountain: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall pass through it no more.
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweetness, and the hills shall flow with milk: and waters shall flow through all the rivers of Juda: and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the torrent of thorns.
19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a wilderness destroyed: because they have done unjustly against the children of Juda, and have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 And Judea shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to generation and generation.
21 And I will cleanse their blood, which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.

Haydock Commentary Joel 3:12-21

• Ver. 13. Harvest, the time of vengeance. Mat. xiii. 80. Apoc. xiv. 15. C.
• Ver. 14. Nations. Heb. hamonim, “multitudes.” H.—This alludes to the place Amona, where Gog was buried. Ezec. xxx. 15. 18. C.—Sept. “sounds have been heard in the vale of justice,” where sentence has been pronounced and executed. H.—The repetition of peoples and destruction, shews the crowds (H.) which shall be judged and cut in pieces like fuel for the fire. Ps. cxxviii. 4. W.
• Ver. 15. Shining. All shall be amazed at the fall of Cambyses. C. ii. 30. Ezec. xxviii. 30. A storm shall overwhelm his army. C.
• Ver. 16. Roar, in thunder. Jer. xxv. 30. Amos i. 2. H.
• Ver. 17. Nor more, for a long time. Antiochus and the Romans again profaned the temple. But the Church of Christ is always holy.
• Ver. 18. Sweetness; oil and honey. C.—Fountain, &c. viz. the fountain of grace in the Church militant, and of glory in the Church triumphant; which shall water the torrent or valley of thorns, that is, the souls that before, like barren ground, brought forth nothing but thorns, or that were afflicted with the thorns of crosses and tribulations. Ch.—Sept. have, “bands.” Heb. shittim. H.—Abundance shall ensue after the death of Cambyses, as a figure of the graces which shall be granted to Christians. Ezec. xlvii. 2.
• Ver. 19. Desolation. Cambyses laid it waste for three years, as Ochus did afterwards.—Edom. Judas and Hircan punished them for their former barbarity. Ps. cxxxvi. 7. and 2 Mac. x. 16. Ezec. xxv. 12. C.
• Ver. 20. Judea and Jerusalem. That is, the spiritual Jerusalem, viz. the Church of Christ. Ch.—Judea was unmolested for a considerable time.
• Ver. 21. Which must be supplied in Heb. The Idumeans had been spared for a long time. But they shall not escape. Chal. &c. C.—The rites of the law could not purify, as the sacraments of Christ do. S. Jerome.—God will cleanse his people, and will chastise the Ammonites, &c. who had injured them. Sept. “I will seek (or avenge) their blood, and will not pronounce innocent;” H.—Sion, in heaven, (M.) and in the tabernacles of the Catholic Church, from the beginning of the world unto eternity. H.

The Gospel According to Luke 11:27-28
Haydock New Testament

27 And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, that a certain woman, from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him:

Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck.

28 But he said:

Yea, rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.

Haydock Commentary Luke 11:27-28

• Ver. 28. Μευοũυγε, imo vero, yes indeed. Our Saviour does not here wish to deny what the woman had said, but rather to confirm it: indeed how could he deny, as Calvin impiously maintained, that his mother was blessed? By these words, he only wishes to tell his auditors what great advantages they might obtain by attending to his words. For the blessed Virgin, as S. Augustine says, was more happy in having our Saviour in her heart and affections, than in having conceived him in her womb. Tirinus.

Sunday Bible Readings 24th Sunday Ordinary Time Sept 16 2007 with Traditional Catholic Commentary

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Sept 16 2007 Bible Readings 24th Sunday Ordinary Time

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Exodus 32:7-14
Douay-Challoner Text from SacredBible.org

⁷ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee down: thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned. ⁸ They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them: and they have made to themselves a molten calf, and have adored it, and sacrificing victims to it, have said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

⁹ And again the Lord said to Moses: I see that this people is stiffnecked: ¹⁰ Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation.

¹¹ But Moses besought the Lord his God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation enkindled against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand? ¹² Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee: He craftily brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains, and destroy them from the earth: let thy anger cease, and be appeased upon the wickedness of thy people. ¹³ Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own self, saying: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven: and this whole land that I have spoken of, I will give to your seed, and you shall possess it for ever:

¹⁴ And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.

Haydock Commentary Exodus 32:7-14

• Ver. 7. Thy people. They are not worthy to be styled my people; and thou didst ratify the covenant with me, in their name, and as their interpreter. They have sinned, giving way to idolatry in thought, word, and deed.
• Ver. 9. And again. The Sept. omit this verse. Moses, at the first intimation of the people’s sin, fell prostrate before the Lord, to sue for pardon, and pleaded the natural weakness of an ungovernable multitude, in order to extenuate their fault. This God admits.—I see, &c. But while he seems bent on punishing them, to try his servant, he encourages him inwardly to pray with fervour. Salien.
• Ver. 10. Alone One fully determined on revenge will bear with no expostulation; whence S. Greg. (Mor. ix. 11,) and Theodoret (q. 67,) look upon this as an incitement to pray more earnestly, seeing God’s servants have such influence over Him. The mercy of God struggled with his justice, and stopped its effects.—Nation, as I promised to Abraham; or I will make thee ruler over a nation greater than this, as Moses explains it, (Deut. ix. 14,) and as the like offer is made, Num. xiv. 12. The Sam. Subjoins here, “And God was likewise much irritated against Aaron, and would have destroyed him; but Moses prayed for him:” which we are assured was the case. Deut. ix. 20. C.
• Ver. 11. Why, &c. Calvin here accuses Moses of arrogance, in prescribing laws to God’s justice. But S. Jerome (ep. ad Gaud.) commends his charity and “prayer, which hindered God’s power.” W.
• Ver. 12. Craftily. Heb. “with a malicious design.” Moses insinuates, that the glory of God is interested not to punish the Hebrews, lest the Gentiles should *plaspheme, particularly as the land of Chanaan seemed to be promised unconditionally to the posterity of Abraham, who were now, all but one, to be exterminated. H.
• Ver. 13. Thy servants. Thus God honours his friends, and rewards their merits, which are the effects of his grace. W.
• Ver. 14. Appeased. Yet of this Moses was not fully assured, and in effect only those who had been less guilty, were reprieved to be punished afterwards. V. 30. 35. H.

*plaspheme – not a typo. That’s how it appears in the text. I am unaware of a definition for this term.

1 Timothy 1:12-17 Haydock NT

¹² I give thanks to him who hath strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, that he deemed me faithful, putting me in the ministry: ¹³ Who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contumelious: but I obtained the mercy of God, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

¹⁴ Now the grace of our Lord hath abounded exceedingly with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation: that Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. ¹⁶ But for this cause have I obtained mercy: that in me first Christ Jesus might shew forth all patience, for the information of those who shall believe in him unto life everlasting. ¹⁷ Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Haydock Commentary 1 Timothy 1:12-17

· Ver. 13. Because I did it ignorantly in unbelief, or in incredulity. Not that we can think it an invincible and altogether an inculpable ignorance, such as would have made S. Paul blameless in the sight of God. It was through his pure mercy that he called S. Paul, when his great sins and false zeal made him a greater object of the divine mercy: and God in him was pleased to make known to all men his wonderful patience, that no sinners might despair. The grace of God was superabounding, or exceedingly abundant in him. Wi.

· Ver. 15. Christ Jesus, the true Son of God, came into this world to save sinners, of whom (says S. Paul) I am the chief, the first, the greatest. Wi.

Luke 15:1-32 Haydock NT

The parables of the lost sheep, and of the prodigal son.

NOW the publicans and sinners drew near unto him, to hear him. ² And the Pharisees and the Scribes murmured, saying:

“This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.”

³ And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

⁴ What man among 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 is lost until he find it? ⁵ And when he hath found it, doth he not lay it upon his shoulders rejoicing: ⁶ And coming home call together his friends and neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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? ⁹ 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.

¹⁰ So I say to you, there shall be joy before the Angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

¹¹ And he said:

A certain man had two sons: ¹² And the younger of them said to his father: ‘Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me.’ And he divided until them his substance. ¹³ And not many days after, the younger son gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance by living riotously. ¹⁴ And after he had spent all, there came a might famine in that country, and he began to be in want. ¹⁵ And he went, and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine. ¹⁶ And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. ¹⁷ And returning to himself, he said: ‘How many hired servants in my father’s house have plenty of bread, and I here perish with hunger?’ ¹⁸ I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: ¹⁹ I am not now worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

²⁰ And rising up, he went to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and running to him, fell upon his neck and kissed him. ²¹ And the son said to him: ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee: I am not now worthy to be called thy son.’ ²² But the father said to his servants: ‘Bring forth, quickly, the first robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: ²³ And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry: ²⁴ Because this, my son, was dead, and is come to life again: he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

²⁵ Now his elder son was in the field: and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing: ²⁶ And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. ²⁷ And he said to him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe. ²⁸ And he was angry, and would not go in. His father, therefore, coming out, began to entreat him. ²⁹ And he answering, said to his father: ‘Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends: ³⁰ But as soon as this, thy son, is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.’

³¹ But he said to him: ‘Son, thou art always with me, and all I have is thine. ³² But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this, thy brother, was dead, and is come to life again: he was lost, and is found.’

Haydock Commentary Luke Chapter 15

· 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 ex D. Thoma Aquin.

· Ver. 7. Joy in heaven, &c. What incitement ought it not to be to use 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 makde 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.

· Ver. 11. A certain man had two sons. By the elder son is commonly expounded the Jewish people, who for a long time had been chosen to serve God; and by the younger son, the Gentiles, who for so many ages had run blindly on in their idolatry and vices. Wi.—Some understand this of the Jews and Gentiles, others of the just and sinners. The former opinion seems preferable. The elder son, brought up in his father’s house, &c. represents the Jews; the younger prodigal is a figure of the Gentiles. Calmet.

· Ver. 12. It is very probable, from this verse, that the children of the family, when come to age, could demand of their parents the share of property which would fall to their lot. For these parables suppose the ordinary practices of the country, and are founded on what was customarily done. Grotius thinks this was the common law among the Phoenicians.—The Gentiles, prefigured by the prodigal son, received from their father, (the Almighty,) free-will, reason, mind, health, natural knowledge, and the goods which are common to mankind, all which they dissipated and abused. Sinners who have besides received the gift of faith and sanctification, by baptism, and who have profaned the holiness of their state, by crimes, are more express figures of the bad conduct of this son. Calmet.

· Ver. 16. Husks. This expresses the extreme misery of his condition. There is no need of seeking any other mystery in this world. Horace, by a kind of hyperbole, (B. ii, Ep. 1) represents the miser as living upon husks, to be able to save more.
Vivit silquis et pane secundo.
–And no man gave unto him; i.e. gave him bread, mentioned before; for as for the husks, he could take what he pleased. Wi.

· Ver. 18. How merciful is the Almighty, who, though so much offended, still does not disdain the name of father.—I have sinned. These are the first words of a sinner’s confession to the author of nature. God knows all things; still does he expect to hear the voice of your confession. It is in vain to think of concealing your sins from the eyes of him whom nothing can escape; and there can be no danger of acknowledging to him what his infinite knowledge has already embraced. Confess then that Christ may intercede for you, the Church pray for you, the people our forth their tears for you. Fear not that you cannot obtain pardon, for pardon is promised to you; grace, and a reconciliation with a most tender parent, are held out to you. S. Ambrose.—Before thee, &c. By this does our Redeemer shew, that the Almighty is here to be understood by the name of father: for the all-seeing eye of God only beholds all things, from whom even the secret machinations of the heart cannot be concealed. S. Chrys. ex D. Tho.

· Ver. 22. The first; i.e. the best robe: by it, is meant the habit of grace. Wi.

· Ver. 24. Was dead, and is come to life again. A sinner, in mortal sin, is deprived of the divine grace, which is the spiritual life of the soul. At his conversion it is restored to him, and he begins to live again. Wi.

· Ver. 25. His elder son, &c. We have already remarked, that this son represents the Jews. He boasts of having always served his father faithfully, and of never disobeying him. This is the language of that presumptuous people, who believe themselves alone holy; and despising the Gentiles with sovereign contempt, could not bear to see the gates of salvation laid open also to them. The 28^th, 29^th, and 30^th verses express admirably the genius of the Jewish people; particularly his refusing to enter his father’s house, shews their obstinacy. Calmet.

· Ver. 29. I have never transgressed, &c. With what face could the Jews, represented here by the eldest son, say they had never transgressed the commandments of their father? This made Tertullian think that this was not the expression of the Jews, but of the faithful Christians; and, therefore, he interprets the whole parable as applied to a disciple of Christ. But we should recollect, that it is not uncommon for the presumption to boast of what it never has done. The whole history of the Jews is full of numberless details of their prevarication and disobedience. Calmet.—A kid, &c. The Jews demanded a kid, but the Christians a lamb; therefore was Barabbas set at liberty for them, whilst for us the lamb was immolated. S. Amb.

Call upon Mary

From Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Homily 2, Super Missus est.

I found this treat while transcribing the Haydock notes and thought it deserved it’s own spot.

O you who find yourselves tossed to and fro in this tempestuous life,
turn not your eyes away from the brightness of this star,
if you would not be overwhelmed in these storms.
If the winds of temptations arise; if you fall among the rocks of tribulation;
look up to the star, call upon Mary.

If you are agitated, and hard driven with the surges of pride, ambition, detraction, jealousy, or envy;
look up to the star, call upon Mary.

If anger, covetousness, or lust beat furiously on the vessel of your soul;
look up to the star, call upon Mary.

If you are beginning to founder, and are just sinking into the gulph of melancholy and despair;
think on Mary.

In dangers, in distresses, in perplexities, think on Mary, call on Mary.
Let her name be never absent from your mouth;
from your mouth let it constantly descend into your heart;
and, that you may obtain the suffrage of her prayers;
both in life and death, never depart from the example of her pious conversation.

This found in the notes for Luke 1:27 in your Haydock Bible.

Saint Bernard is a Doctor of the Church and the founding abbot of Clairvaux Abbey. His writings inspired many to become Cistercians. Calvinists on Youtube sing songs written by St Bernard at their Baptist Church services. Maybe it’s the Arizona heat getting to them.