Wednesday of the Thirtieth week in Ordinary Time 30
October 2013
St. Marcellus, Martyr (3rd century)
Romans 8:26-30.
St. Marcellus, Martyr (3rd century)
Romans 8:26-30.
Brothers and sisters: The Spirit comes to the aid of
our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit
himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.
And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit because it intercedes for the holy ones according to God's will.
We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified.
And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit because it intercedes for the holy ones according to God's will.
We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified.
Ps 13(12):4-5.6.
Look, answer me, O LORD, my God!
Give light to my eyes that I may not sleep in death
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him”;
lest my foes rejoice at my downfall.
Though I trusted in your mercy,
Let my heart rejoice in your salvation;
let me sing of the LORD, “He has been good to me.”
Give light to my eyes that I may not sleep in death
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him”;
lest my foes rejoice at my downfall.
Though I trusted in your mercy,
Let my heart rejoice in your salvation;
let me sing of the LORD, “He has been good to me.”
Lk 13:22-30.
Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as
he went and making his way to Jerusalem.
Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" He answered them,
Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.
After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, 'Lord, open the door for us.' He will say to you in reply, 'I do not know where you are from.'
And you will say, 'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.'
Then he will say to you, 'I do not know where (you) are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!'
And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out.
And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
Commentary of the day :
Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" He answered them,
Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.
After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, 'Lord, open the door for us.' He will say to you in reply, 'I do not know where you are from.'
And you will say, 'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.'
Then he will say to you, 'I do not know where (you) are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!'
And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out.
And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
Commentary of the day :
A little boy went up to his father and asked: 'Dad, where did my intelligence come from?'
The father replied. 'Well, son, you must have got it from your mother, cause I still have mine.'
Vatican Council II
Declaration on the Church's relations with non-christian religions « Nostra Aetate », 4
"You will see Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God "
As
the sacred synod searches into the mystery of the Church, it remembers the bond
that spiritually ties the people of the New Covenant to Abraham's stock. Thus
the Church of Christ acknowledges that, according to God's saving design, the
beginnings of her faith and her election are found already among the
Patriarchs, Moses and the prophets. She professes that all who believe in
Christ - Abraham's sons according to faith (Gal 3,7) - are included in the same
Patriarch's call, and likewise that the salvation of the Church is mysteriously
foreshadowed by the chosen people's exodus from the land of bondage. The
Church, therefore, cannot forget that she received the revelation of the Old
Testament through the people with whom God in His inexpressible mercy concluded
the Ancient Covenant. Nor can she forget that she draws sustenance from the
root of that well-cultivated olive tree onto which have been grafted the wild
shoots, the Gentiles.(Rm 11,17). Indeed, the Church believes that by His cross
Christ, Our Peace, reconciled Jews and Gentiles making both one in Himself.(Eph
2,14f.).
The Church keeps ever in mind the words of the Apostle Paul about his kinsmen: "theirs is the sonship and the glory and the covenants and the law and the worship and the promises; theirs are the fathers and from them is the Christ according to the flesh" (Rm 9,4-5), the Son of the Virgin Mary. She also recalls that the Apostles, the Church's main-stay and pillars, as well as most of the early disciples who proclaimed Christ's Gospel to the world, sprang from the Jewish people.
The Church keeps ever in mind the words of the Apostle Paul about his kinsmen: "theirs is the sonship and the glory and the covenants and the law and the worship and the promises; theirs are the fathers and from them is the Christ according to the flesh" (Rm 9,4-5), the Son of the Virgin Mary. She also recalls that the Apostles, the Church's main-stay and pillars, as well as most of the early disciples who proclaimed Christ's Gospel to the world, sprang from the Jewish people.
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