Daily Bible Readings Thursday August 6 2009 Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord

August 6 2009 Thursday Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Saint of the Day – Transfiguration of the Lord

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Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
Douay-Rheims Challoner

I beheld till thrones were placed, and the ancient of days sat: his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool: his throne like flames of fire: the wheels of it like a burning fire. A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.

I beheld, therefore, in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the ancient of days: and they presented him before him. And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes, and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.

Responsorial Psalm 96:1-2, 5-6, 9 (Ps 97 NAB)
DR Challoner Text Only

The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice:
let many islands be glad.
Clouds and darkness are round about him:
justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.
The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord:
at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.
The heavens declared his justice: and all people saw his glory.
For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth:
thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.

2 Peter 1:16-19
Haydock New Testament

For we have not by following artificial fables, made known to you the power, and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; but we were eye-witnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory; this voice coming down to him from the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am pleased; hear ye him. And this voice we heard brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount. And we have the surer word of prophecy: to which you do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark place until the day dawn, and the morning star rise in your hearts.

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Mark 9:2-10 (1-9)
Haydock New Testament

AND after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John: and leadeth them up to a high mountain apart by themselves, and was transfigured before them. And his garments became shining, and exceedingly white as snow, so as no fuller on earth can make white. And there appeared to them Elias (Elijah) with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answering, said to Jesus:

Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

For he knew not what he said: for they were struck with fear. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying:

This is my most beloved Son: hear ye him.

And immediately looking about, they saw no man any more, but Jesus only with them. And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them not to tell any man what things they had seen, till the Son of man shall be risen again from the dead. And they kept the word to themselves: questioning together what that should mean: When he shall be risen from the dead.

Haydock Commentary Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site

• Ver. 9. Ancient. The Son is born of the Father, and the Holy Ghost proceeds from both, yet all three are coeternal.  W. — Hence the Father is sometimes painted in this manner, though he be a pure spirit.  His throne resembled that seen by Ezechiel, C. i.  H. — He takes cognizance of all, and punishes accordingly.  C.
• Ver. 10. Fire. Ps. xcvi. 3. — Thousands. Gr. implies one million and one hundred millions.  M. — The angels are very numerous, particularly the  highest, styled assistants.  S. Tho.  W.
• Ver. 13. Heaven. Christ appeared about sixty years after the subversion of the Syrian monarchy.  Yet these expressions literally refer to his second coming.  Mat. xxvi. 64.  C. — He had the form of man, as he had the nature.  M. — He is clearly predicted.  by his power antichrist is overthrown.  W.
• Ver. 14. Destroyed. The eternal dominion of Christ could not be expressed in stronger terms.  He seems to allude to them, Mat. xxviii. 18.  C.

Haydock Commentary 2 Peter 1:16-19

• Ver. 16. We have not by following artificial fables. Lit. learned fables,[6] invented to promote our doctrine.  We, I with others, were eye-witnesses of his glory on Mount Thabor.  Wi.
• Ver. 19. And we have the surer word of prophecy, or to make our testimonies and preaching of Christ more firm.  The revelations of God made to the prophets, and contained in the holy Scriptures, give us of all others the greatest assurance.  Though the mysteries in themselves remain obscure and incomprehensible, the motive of our belief is divine authority.  Wi. — If our testimony be suspicious, we have what you will certainly allow, the testimony of the prophets: attend then to the prophets as to a lamp that illuminates a dark place, till the bright day of a more lively faith begins to illumine you, and the day-star arises in your heart: till this faith, which is like the day-star, give you a perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ.  It is by the divine oracles you will acquire this knowledge, provided you peruse them with proper dispositions.

Haydock Commentary Mark 9:1-9

• Ver. 4. The law and the prophets were signified by Moses and Elias; both bear testimony to the divinity of Jesus Christ’s mission, which was effectually to close the old, and open the new dispensation.  By the apparitions of these two illustrious personages, we learn also that sometimes, though not often, there is, by the permission of heaven, a certain intercourse between the living and the dead.  B.
• Ver. 5. Peter had forgotten that the glorious kingdom of Christ was not of this world, but in heaven only; that himself and the other apostles, clothed as they were with their mortality, could not participate in immortal joys; and that the mansions in the house of the Father are not raised with human hands.  He again shewed that he knew not what he said, by wishing to make three tabernacles, one for the law, one for the prophets, and one for the gospel, since these three cannot be separated from each other.  Ven. Bede.
• Ver. 9. Risen from the dead. The disciples believed the resurrection of the dead, but they knew not what Christ meant by by his rising from the dead. Their thoughts were filled with the idea of a glorious kingdom in this world, in which they should enjoy great dignities and offices under the Messias.  Wi.