Monday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time 2 September 2013
1 Thess. 4:13-18.
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and
sisters, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like
the rest, who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Therefore, console one another with these words.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Therefore, console one another with these words.
Ps 96(95):1.3.4-5.11-12.13.
Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all you lands.
Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.
For great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
Awesome is he, beyond all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are things of nought,
But the LORD made the heavens.
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them.
Then let all the trees of the forest exult.
They shall exult before the LORD, for he comes;
for he comes to rule the earth.
He shall rule the world with justice
and the peoples with his constancy.
Lk 4:16-30. sing to the LORD, all you lands.
Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.
For great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
Awesome is he, beyond all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are things of nought,
But the LORD made the heavens.
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them.
Then let all the trees of the forest exult.
They shall exult before the LORD, for he comes;
for he comes to rule the earth.
He shall rule the world with justice
and the peoples with his constancy.
Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had grown up, and
went according to his custom into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. He stood up
to read
and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord."
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.
He said to them, "Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing."
And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, "Isn't this the son of Joseph?"
He said to them, "Surely you will quote me this proverb, 'Physician, cure yourself,' and say, 'Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.'"
And he said, "Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.
Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land.
It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."
When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury.
They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong.
But he passed through the midst of them and went away.
Commentary of the day :
Its funny how the people were idolising Jesus (and idealising him) and then next minute when He said something that criticised them, they were ready to throw Him off the nearest cliff.
I know the feeling. When I criticise the Liberal Party over their duplicity or the Catholic Church over their protection of pedophiles I get lots of Twitter followers back slapping me (figuratively) but the second I say “but I am not therefore a leftie, gay rights advocate or welcome boat loads of illegal immigrants to Australia, they turn on me and call me all sorts of nasty words.
and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord."
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.
He said to them, "Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing."
And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, "Isn't this the son of Joseph?"
He said to them, "Surely you will quote me this proverb, 'Physician, cure yourself,' and say, 'Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.'"
And he said, "Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.
Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land.
It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."
When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury.
They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong.
But he passed through the midst of them and went away.
Commentary of the day :
Its funny how the people were idolising Jesus (and idealising him) and then next minute when He said something that criticised them, they were ready to throw Him off the nearest cliff.
I know the feeling. When I criticise the Liberal Party over their duplicity or the Catholic Church over their protection of pedophiles I get lots of Twitter followers back slapping me (figuratively) but the second I say “but I am not therefore a leftie, gay rights advocate or welcome boat loads of illegal immigrants to Australia, they turn on me and call me all sorts of nasty words.
That’s
what it’s like. Accept it. You will never make everyone love you or happy so don’t
try. Be true to yourself and your principles and you will be well rewarded.
You
may not have heaps of friends, fame or fortune or Twitter followers, but you
will sleep with a clear conscience.
Faustinus
of Rome (2nd half of the 4th century), priest
The Trinity, 39-40, CCL 69, 340-341 (trans. breviary 12th Sunday)
The Trinity, 39-40, CCL 69, 340-341 (trans. breviary 12th Sunday)
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon
me, because he has anointed me"
Our
Savior was truly made the Anointed One according to the flesh, becoming true
king and true priest. He was both so that nothing might be lacking in the
Savior. Notice therefore that he became king, when he says: “I was set by the
Lord as king on Zion, his holy mountain” (Ps 2,6 Vg). Learn that he is also
priest from the witness of the Father: “You are a priest for ever after the
order of Melchizedek” (Ps 110[109],4)... He is therefore our Savior according
to the flesh, and both king and priest, but his anointing is spiritual and not
bodily. The kings and priests of the Jews were given their position by bodily
anointing with oil. One man was not both: each was either king or priest. To
Christ alone belong perfection and fulness in all things, for he came to
fulfill the law also.
Although they could not as individuals be both at the same time, they were called “Messiahs” or “anointed ones” because they had received bodily anointing as kings or priests (cf. Ps 89[88]). Our Savior, on the other hand, who is truly Christ, the Anointed One, was anointed by the Holy Spirit, that he might fulfill what was written of him: “Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows” (Ps 45[44],8). That he was anointed more than those who share the same name “Messiah” lies in the fact that he was anointed with the oil of gladness, which properly means the Holy Spirit.
Although they could not as individuals be both at the same time, they were called “Messiahs” or “anointed ones” because they had received bodily anointing as kings or priests (cf. Ps 89[88]). Our Savior, on the other hand, who is truly Christ, the Anointed One, was anointed by the Holy Spirit, that he might fulfill what was written of him: “Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows” (Ps 45[44],8). That he was anointed more than those who share the same name “Messiah” lies in the fact that he was anointed with the oil of gladness, which properly means the Holy Spirit.
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