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This Sunday's Gospel
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May 15, 2016 - Pentecost Sunday - Mass During The Day
Gospel JN 20:19-23
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained.”
Or JN 14:15-16, 23B-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father,
and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always.
“Whoever loves me will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.
Those who do not love me do not keep my words;
yet the word you hear is not mine
but that of the Father who sent me.
“I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I told you.”
Source :http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/051516-pentecost-day.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn):20:20 his hands and his side: The point is that Jesus is raised not simply with a body, but with the same body that was crucified and died only days earlier (20:25, 27). He carries these marks of his earthly sacrifice with him even when he ascends into heaven.0 -
Gospel JN 16:12-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,
he will guide you to all truth.
He will not speak on his own,
but he will speak what he hears,
and will declare to you the things that are coming.
He will glorify me,
because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
Everything that the Father has is mine;
for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
and declare it to you."
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/052216.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn): 13 - The point here is that the Spirit continues the teaching mission of Jesus to bear witness to the truth.0 -
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Lectionary: 169
Gospel LK 9:11B-17
Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God,
and he healed those who needed to be cured.
As the day was drawing to a close,
the Twelve approached him and said,
"Dismiss the crowd
so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms
and find lodging and provisions;
for we are in a deserted place here."
He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves."
They replied, "Five loaves and two fish are all we have,
unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these people."
Now the men there numbered about five thousand.
Then he said to his disciples,
"Have them sit down in groups of about fifty."
They did so and made them all sit down.
Then taking the five loaves and the two fish,
and looking up to heaven,
he said the blessing over them, broke them,
and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
They all ate and were satisfied.
And when the leftover fragments were picked up,
they filled twelve wicker baskets.
Source :http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/052916.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn): This took place in a fishing town on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was located in Herod Philip's territory (3:1) and was the hometown of the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip.0 -
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 90
Gospel LK 7:11-17
Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain,
and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him.
As he drew near to the gate of the city,
a man who had died was being carried out,
the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.
A large crowd from the city was with her.
When the Lord saw her,
he was moved with pity for her and said to her,
“Do not weep.”
He stepped forward and touched the coffin;
at this the bearers halted,
and he said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”
The dead man sat up and began to speak,
and Jesus gave him to his mother.
Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, crying out
“A great prophet has arisen in our midst, “
and “God has visited his people.”
This report about him spread through the whole of Judea
and in all the surrounding region.
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/060516.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn):7:16 A great prophet: A popular view of Jesus by his contemporaries0 -
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 93
Gospel LK 7:36—8:3
A Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him,
and he entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.
Now there was a sinful woman in the city
who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.
Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment,
she stood behind him at his feet weeping
and began to bathe his feet with her tears.
Then she wiped them with her hair,
kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself,
"If this man were a prophet,
he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,
that she is a sinner."
Jesus said to him in reply,
"Simon, I have something to say to you."
"Tell me, teacher," he said.
"Two people were in debt to a certain creditor;
one owed five hundred days' wages and the other owed fifty.
Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both.
Which of them will love him more?"
Simon said in reply,
"The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven."
He said to him, "You have judged rightly."
Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon,
"Do you see this woman?
When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet,
but she has bathed them with her tears
and wiped them with her hair.
You did not give me a kiss,
but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered.
You did not anoint my head with oil,
but she anointed my feet with ointment.
So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven
because she has shown great love.
But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little."
He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
The others at table said to themselves,
"Who is this who even forgives sins?"
But he said to the woman,
"Your faith has saved you; go in peace."
Afterward he journeyed from one town and village to another,
preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God.
Accompanying him were the Twelve
and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities,
Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza,
Susanna, and many others who provided for them
out of their resources.
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/061216.cfm
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn):7:37 a sinner: The host and dinner guests knew the woman's reputation, although her sins are not specified for the reader. Jesus' own reputation in 7:34 is confirmed, since he befriends even sinners to extend them mercy0 -
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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 96
Gospel LK 9:18-24
Once when Jesus was praying by himself,
and the disciples were with him,
he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
They said in reply, “John the Baptist;
others, Elijah;
still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.”
He scolded them
and directed them not to tell this to anyone.
He said, “The Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
Then he said to all,
“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/061916.cfm
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn):9:18
According to the following verse (9:19), the crowds associated Jesus with the prophets of recent (John the Baptist) and distant memory (Elijah, old prophets).0 -
Gospel LK 9:51-62
When the days for Jesus' being taken up were fulfilled,
he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,
and he sent messengers ahead of him.
On the way they entered a Samaritan village
to prepare for his reception there,
but they would not welcome him
because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
When the disciples James and John saw this they asked,
"Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven
to consume them?"
Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village.
As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him,
"I will follow you wherever you go."
Jesus answered him,
"Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."
And to another he said, "Follow me."
But he replied, "Lord, let me go first and bury my father."
But he answered him, "Let the dead bury their dead.
But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
And another said, "I will follow you, Lord,
but first let me say farewell to my family at home."
To him Jesus said, "No one who sets a hand to the plow
and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God."
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/062616.cfm
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn):9:51 - Jewish tradition holds that both Moses and Elijah were assumed into heaven and that both imparted a share of their spirit to their successors. Jesus will likewise ascend into glory and pour out his Spirit upon his followers0 -
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 102
Gospel LK 10:1-12, 17-20
At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.
Go on your way;
behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;
and greet no one along the way.
Into whatever house you enter, first say,
'Peace to this household.'
If a peaceful person lives there,
your peace will rest on him;
but if not, it will return to you.
Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you,
for the laborer deserves his payment.
Do not move about from one house to another.
Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them,
'The kingdom of God is at hand for you.'
Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you,
go out into the streets and say,
'The dust of your town that clings to our feet,
even that we shake off against you.'
Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand.
I tell you,
it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town."
The seventy-two returned rejoicing, and said,
"Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name."
Jesus said, "I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky.
Behold, I have given you the power to 'tread upon serpents' and scorpions
and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you,
but rejoice because your names are written in heave"
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/070316.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn):The harvest: A picture of God's people ready to be gathered into the kingdom . • Similar imagery in Is 27:12-13 depicts the restoration of Israel from exile as the ingathering of a grain harvest.0 -
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 105
Gospel LK 10:25-37
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said,
"Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law?
How do you read it?"
He said in reply,
"You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your being,
with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
and your neighbor as yourself."
He replied to him, "You have answered correctly;
do this and you will live."
But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus,
"And who is my neighbor?"
Jesus replied,
"A man fell victim to robbers
as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.
A priest happened to be going down that road,
but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
Likewise a Levite came to the place,
and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him
was moved with compassion at the sight.
He approached the victim,
poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them.
Then he lifted him up on his own animal,
took him to an inn, and cared for him.
The next day he took out two silver coins
and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction,
'Take care of him.
If you spend more than what I have given you,
I shall repay you on my way back.'
Which of these three, in your opinion,
was neighbor to the robbers' victim?"
He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy."
Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/050816.cfm
Irish Vers: http://www.catholicireland.net/readings/?feature=today&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn): The parable of the Good Samaritan presents both a moral and a theological lesson. Morally, Jesus teaches that love for our neighbor must accompany our love for God. These together, and not one without the other.0 -
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 108
Gospel LK 10:38-42
Jesus entered a village
where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
She had a sister named Mary
who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,
“Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me.”
The Lord said to her in reply,
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071716.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn): 38:Bethany, the home of Lazarus, near Jerusalem0 -
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Gospel LK 11:1-13
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished,
one of his disciples said to him,
"Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."
He said to them, "When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test."
And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend
to whom he goes at midnight and says,
'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey
and I have nothing to offer him,'
and he says in reply from within,
'Do not bother me; the door has already been locked
and my children and I are already in bed.
I cannot get up to give you anything.'
I tell you,
if he does not get up to give the visitor the loaves
because of their friendship,
he will get up to give him whatever he needs
because of his persistence.
"And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
What father among you would hand his son a snake
when he asks for a fish?
Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?
If you then, who are wicked,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will the Father in heaven
give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/072416.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn): (3) It is food for the whole person: for the body, God gives us daily necessities, and for the soul he gives us the eucharistic "bread of life"0 -
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 114
Gospel LK 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,
“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”
He replied to him,
“Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”
Then he said to the crowd,
“Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
Then he told them a parable.
“There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest.
He asked himself, ‘What shall I do,
for I do not have space to store my harvest?’
And he said, ‘This is what I shall do:
I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones.
There I shall store all my grain and other goods
and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you,
you have so many good things stored up for many years,
rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’
But God said to him,
‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you;
and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’
Thus will it be for all who store up treasure for themselves
but are not rich in what matters to God.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/073116.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn): Jesus is asked to arbitrate a fraternal dispute over an inheritance. Seeing that family wealth is causing family divisions, he responds with a parable on the danger of riches0 -
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 117
Gospel LK 12:32-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not be afraid any longer, little flock,
for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
Sell your belongings and give alms.
Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out,
an inexhaustible treasure in heaven
that no thief can reach nor moth destroy.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
“Gird your loins and light your lamps
and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.
Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,
have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
And should he come in the second or third watch
and find them prepared in this way,
blessed are those servants.
Be sure of this:
if the master of the house had known the hour
when the thief was coming,
he would not have let his house be broken into.
You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect,
the Son of Man will come.”
Then Peter said,
“Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?”
And the Lord replied,
“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward
whom the master will put in charge of his servants
to distribute the food allowance at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
Truly, I say to you, the master will put the servant
in charge of all his property.
But if that servant says to himself,
‘My master is delayed in coming,’
and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants,
to eat and drink and get drunk,
then that servant’s master will come
on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour
and will punish the servant severely
and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
That servant who knew his master’s will
but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will
shall be beaten severely;
and the servant who was ignorant of his master’s will
but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating
shall be beaten only lightly.
Much will be required of the person entrusted with much,
and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”
Or LK 12:35-40
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Gird your loins and light your lamps
and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.
Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,
have the servants recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
And should he come in the second or third watch
and find them prepared in this way,
blessed are those servants.
Be sure of this:
if the master of the house had known the hour
when the thief was coming,
he would not have let his house be broken into.
You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect,
the Son of Man will come.”
Source :http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080716.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn): 12:33 give alms: Generosity is an expression of spiritual poverty (Mt 5:3) and helps us to sever our attachments to worldly wealth0 -
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 120
Gospel LK 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division.
From now on a household of five will be divided,
three against two and two against three;
a father will be divided against his son
and a son against his father,
a mother against her daughter
and a daughter against her mother,
a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071716.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn): fire: A symbol of (1) God's presence and love (Deut 4:24; Acts 2:3), (2) God's judgment on sinners (Lev 10:2; Mt 22:7), and (3) divine purification (3:16; 1 Pet 1:7)0 -
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 123
Gospel 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.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071716.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Hahn): 13:24 the narrow door: Salvation depends first on God's grace, then on our cooperation and obedience (Eph 2:8-10; Phil 2:12-13). Jesus here stresses the difficulties of the spiritual life, where few will enter God's glory while the door remains open.0 -
I have very little knowledge of the Bible. At school, RE was not taken seriously at all. Am looking at the bible all these years later.
1. What is the best approach to read it?
2. Is there some kind of schedule for the readings at mass? How do people know which Gospel is going to be read? Is there some kind of timetable for the year and does this change from year to year?0 -
There's a three-year cycle...so the Sundays in 'Ordinary Time' have gospels depending on whether they are Year A, B, or C. Also seasons like Lent and Easter etc...
I have an old - very old 'Sunday Missal', that I got in 1980 when I joined a convent. 9 months later, I unjoined the convent, but I don't regret the time spent there...and that's still valid now, in that the the same A B and C cycle keeps repeating.
In my parish, the priest suggested that interested people might meet together with a view to forming 'Gospel-reading small groups', and this has been very beneficial to me, and I've made real friends whom I pray for daily though the group. The theory is that we only spend half an hour one night a week reading the following Sunday's gospel, and sharing our thoughts - but our group of 5 tend to take up to 90 minutes - we go a bit off topic at times, and return again, and it's all good.
The Sunday gospel readings are available on a site called 'Catholicireland.net - under 'resources' and then under 'today's readings' - when you go to that link, as well as the readings of the day, it has a link to Sunday's readings.
For a number of years, I followed the Holy Trinity Brompton or 'Alpha' 'Bible in One Year' programme, where there's an psalm, a New Testament, and an Old Testament reading, and a commentary. That was helpful too. But I'd prefer to have a bit of the Gospel every day...no matter how often I hear it, there's always something more to be learned, from listening....0 -
gerbilgranny wrote: »There's a three-year cycle...so the Sundays in 'Ordinary Time' have gospels depending on whether they are Year A, B, or C. Also seasons like Lent and Easter etc...
I have an old - very old 'Sunday Missal', that I got in 1980 when I joined a convent. 9 months later, I unjoined the convent, but I don't regret the time spent there...and that's still valid now, in that the the same A B and C cycle keeps repeating.
In my parish, the priest suggested that interested people might meet together with a view to forming 'Gospel-reading small groups', and this has been very beneficial to me, and I've made real friends whom I pray for daily though the group. The theory is that we only spend half an hour one night a week reading the following Sunday's gospel, and sharing our thoughts - but our group of 5 tend to take up to 90 minutes - we go a bit off topic at times, and return again, and it's all good.
The Sunday gospel readings are available on a site called 'Catholicireland.net - under 'resources' and then under 'today's readings' - when you go to that link, as well as the readings of the day, it has a link to Sunday's readings.
For a number of years, I followed the Holy Trinity Brompton or 'Alpha' 'Bible in One Year' programme, where there's an psalm, a New Testament, and an Old Testament reading, and a commentary. That was helpful too. But I'd prefer to have a bit of the Gospel every day...no matter how often I hear it, there's always something more to be learned, from listening....
Ok Thanks for that. I had a quick look at the link and liked especially the commentary which puts things into perspective. Is this source available in any book/ text form? Which bible is the best one to get that would include commentaries beside each verse? I have googled a few and thought 'Yes that's interesting but I really want a hard copy of that'.
For me, a newcomer to bibles and stuff, a Bible without any commentary or putting each section into context is a waste as I would not understand or appreciate what I am reading.0 -
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 126
Gospel LK 14:1, 7-14
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine
at the home of one of the leading Pharisees,
and the people there were observing him carefully.
He told a parable to those who had been invited,
noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table.
“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet,
do not recline at table in the place of honor.
A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him,
and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say,
‘Give your place to this man,’
and then you would proceed with embarrassment
to take the lowest place.
Rather, when you are invited,
go and take the lowest place
so that when the host comes to you he may say,
‘My friend, move up to a higher position.’
Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table.
For every one who exalts himself will be humbled,
but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Then he said to the host who invited him,
“When you hold a lunch or a dinner,
do not invite your friends or your brothers
or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors,
in case they may invite you back and you have repayment.
Rather, when you hold a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.
For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071716.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn): 14:10 sit in the lowest place: A lesson on humility, where greatness is measured by concern for others and a modest estimation of self0 -
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 129
Gospel LK 14:25-33
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple.
Which of you wishing to construct a tower
does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion?
Otherwise, after laying the foundation
and finding himself unable to finish the work
the onlookers should laugh at him and say,
‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’
Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down
and decide whether with ten thousand troops
he can successfully oppose another king
advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
But if not, while he is still far away,
he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.
In the same way,
anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/090416.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn):
14:26 hate: An idiomatic term meaning "to love less" (Gen 29:31-33; Mal 1:2-3). Not even the sacredness of family loyalty should outweigh our commitment to Christ, since we must be willing to abandon even close relationships to follow him0 -
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Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 132
Gospel LK 15:1-32
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So to them he addressed this parable.
“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them
would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
and go after the lost one until he finds it?
And when he does find it,
he sets it on his shoulders with great joy
and, upon his arrival home,
he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’
I tell you, in just the same way
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of repentance.
“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one
would not light a lamp and sweep the house,
searching carefully until she finds it?
And when she does find it,
she calls together her friends and neighbors
and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’
In just the same way, I tell you,
there will be rejoicing among the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.”
Then he said,
“A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father,
‘Father give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’
So the father divided the property between them.
After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings
and set off to a distant country
where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation.
When he had freely spent everything,
a severe famine struck that country,
and he found himself in dire need.
So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens
who sent him to his farm to tend the swine.
And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed,
but nobody gave him any.
Coming to his senses he thought,
‘How many of my father’s hired workers
have more than enough food to eat,
but here am I, dying from hunger.
I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him,
“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
I no longer deserve to be called your son;
treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”’
So he got up and went back to his father.
While he was still a long way off,
his father caught sight of him,
and was filled with compassion.
He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.
His son said to him,
‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;
I no longer deserve to be called your son.’
But his father ordered his servants,
‘Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him;
put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
Take the fattened calf and slaughter it.
Then let us celebrate with a feast,
because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again;
he was lost, and has been found.’
Then the celebration began.
Now the older son had been out in the field
and, on his way back, as he neared the house,
he heard the sound of music and dancing.
He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean.
The servant said to him,
‘Your brother has returned
and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf
because he has him back safe and sound.’
He became angry,
and when he refused to enter the house,
his father came out and pleaded with him.
He said to his father in reply,
‘Look, all these years I served you
and not once did I disobey your orders;
yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends. But when your son returns,
who swallowed up your property with prostitutes,
for him you slaughter the fattened calf.’
He said to him,
‘My son, you are here with me always;
everything I have is yours.
But now we must celebrate and rejoice,
because your brother was dead and has come to life again;
he was lost and has been found.’”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/091116.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn): The parable of the Lost Sheep. In a pastoral culture every sheep of one's flock was valuable, and shepherds would naturally rejoice when a stray was recovered (15:6). Jesus is the shepherd who restores us to friendship with God0 -
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 135
Gospel LK 16:1-13
Jesus said to his disciples,
“A rich man had a steward
who was reported to him for squandering his property.
He summoned him and said,
‘What is this I hear about you?
Prepare a full account of your stewardship,
because you can no longer be my steward.’
The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do,
now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me?
I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I shall do so that,
when I am removed from the stewardship,
they may welcome me into their homes.’
He called in his master’s debtors one by one.
To the first he said,
‘How much do you owe my master?’
He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’
He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note.
Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’
Then to another the steward said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’
He replied, ‘One hundred kors of wheat.’
The steward said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note;
write one for eighty.’
And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
“For the children of this world
are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than are the children of light.
I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,
so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
The person who is trustworthy in very small matters
is also trustworthy in great ones;
and the person who is dishonest in very small matters
is also dishonest in great ones.
If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth,
who will trust you with true wealth?
If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another,
who will give you what is yours?
No servant can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other,
or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and mammon.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/091816.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn): mammon: An Aramaic word meaning "wealth". Almsgiving makes us friends of the poor by means of money. Investing in God's kingdom means divesting ourselves of riches to help others in need0 -
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 138
Gospel LK 16:19-31
Jesus said to the Pharisees:
“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen
and dined sumptuously each day.
And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps
that fell from the rich man's table.
Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.
When the poor man died,
he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.
The rich man also died and was buried,
and from the netherworld, where he was in torment,
he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off
and Lazarus at his side.
And he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me.
Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
for I am suffering torment in these flames.'
Abraham replied,
‘My child, remember that you received
what was good during your lifetime
while Lazarus likewise received what was bad;
but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.
Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established
to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go
from our side to yours or from your side to ours.’
He said, ‘Then I beg you, father,
send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers,
so that he may warn them,
lest they too come to this place of torment.'
But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets.
Let them listen to them.’
He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham,
but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/092516.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn):
The same opening line is used in the two preceding parables (15:11; 16:1) and may suggest this story is also a parable. On the other hand, the poor man is personally identified in 16:20 ("Lazarus"), a feature that is uncharacteristic of parables. purple and fine linen: Expensive apparel often associated with royalty0 -
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 141
Gospel LK 17:5-10
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
The Lord replied,
“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you would say to this mulberry tree,
‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
“Who among you would say to your servant
who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field,
‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’?
Would he not rather say to him,
‘Prepare something for me to eat.
Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink.
You may eat and drink when I am finished’?
Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded?
So should it be with you.
When you have done all you have been commanded,
say, ‘We are unprofitable servants;
we have done what we were obliged to do.’”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/100216.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn):
17:10 unworthy servants: Disciples should not expect congratulations for their service. Their work is important but not beyond the call of Christian duty, and no one can fully repay God for his gifts.0 -
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 144
Gospel LK 17:11-19
As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem,
he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying,
“Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!”
And when he saw them, he said,
“Go show yourselves to the priests.”
As they were going they were cleansed.
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
He was a Samaritan.
Jesus said in reply,
“Ten were cleansed, were they not?
Where are the other nine?
Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?”
Then he said to him, “Stand up and go;
your faith has saved you.”
"this foreigner": Of the ten who were cleansed, only the Samaritan expressed gratitude (17:16) and faith (17:19). Jesus' actions recall how Elisha cleansed a foreign leper while living in Samaria (2 Kings 5:114). At another level, he initiates the adoption of foreigners into God's covenant family as prophesied in Is 56:3-8. Back
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/100916.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn):
17:10 unworthy servants: Disciples should not expect congratulations for their service. Their work is important but not beyond the call of Christian duty, and no one can fully repay God for his gifts.0 -
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 147
Gospel LK 18:1-8
Jesus told his disciples a parable
about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.
He said, “There was a judge in a certain town
who neither feared God nor respected any human being.
And a widow in that town used to come to him and say,
‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’
For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought,
‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being,
because this widow keeps bothering me
I shall deliver a just decision for her
lest she finally come and strike me.’”
The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says.
Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones
who call out to him day and night?
Will he be slow to answer them?
I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily.
But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/101616.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn):
The Judge's indifference to the widow's distress was a violation of justice. The parable's outcome is thus a mere shadow of God's concern for us. If an unjust and callous judge will vindicate a persevering widow, the Father will much more come to the aid of his prayerful children0 -
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 150
Gospel LK 18:9-14:
Jesus addressed this parable
to those who were convinced of their own righteousness
and despised everyone else.
“Two people went up to the temple area to pray;
one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,
‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity --
greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’
But the tax collector stood off at a distance
and would not even raise his eyes to heaven
but beat his breast and prayed,
‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former;
for whoever exalts himself will be humbled,
and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/101616.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn):
God, be merciful: A prayer of humility and dependence on God. Unlike the Pharisee, he parades none of his credentials before God and begs only for forgiveness0 -
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 153
Gospel LK 19:1-10
At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town.
Now a man there named Zacchaeus,
who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man,
was seeking to see who Jesus was;
but he could not see him because of the crowd,
for he was short in stature.
So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus,
who was about to pass that way.
When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said,
“Zacchaeus, come down quickly,
for today I must stay at your house.”
And he came down quickly and received him with joy.
When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying,
“He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.”
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord,
“Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor,
and if I have extorted anything from anyone
I shall repay it four times over.”
And Jesus said to him,
“Today salvation has come to this house
because this man too is a descendant of Abraham.
For the Son of Man has come to seek
and to save what was lost.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/103016.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn):
Most tax collectors were suspected of dishonesty and despised as sinners
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Tomorrow is the Feast of Christ the King according to the 1962 or Tridentine calendar.
Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to John
R. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
John 18:33 - 37.
At that time, Pilate said to Jesus, Are You the King of the Jews? Jesus answered, Do you say this of yourself, or have others told you of Me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your own people and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My followers would certainly have fought that I might not be delivered to the Jews. But, as it is, My kingdom is not from here. Pilate therefore said to Him, You are then a King? Jesus answered, You say it: I am a King. This is why I was born, and why I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.
R. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
S. By the words of the Gospel may our sins be blotted out.
Sequéntia ✠ sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem.
R. Gloria tibi, Domine!
Ioann 18:33-37
In illo témpore: Dixit Pilátus ad Iesum: Tu es Rex Iudæórum? Respóndit Iesus: A temetípso hoc dicis, an álii dixérunt tibi de me? Respóndit Pilátus: Numquid ego Iudǽus sum? Gens tua et pontífices tradidérunt te mihi: quid fecísti? Respóndit Iesus: Regnum meum non est de hoc mundo. Si ex hoc mundo esset regnum meum, minístri mei útique decertárent, ut non tráderer Iudǽis: nunc autem regnum meum non est hinc. Dixit ítaque ei Pilátus: Ergo Rex es tu? Respóndit Iesus: Tu dicis, quia Rex sum ego. Ego in hoc natus sum et ad hoc veni in mundum, ut testimónium perhíbeam veritáti: omnis, qui est ex veritáte, audit vocem meam.
R. Laus tibi, Christe!
S. Per Evangelica dicta, deleantur nostra delicta.
Source:
http://divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl (actual source but rather poorly for 2016 a specific url isn't possible, navigate to the relevant day, that is, tomorrow, 30/11/16, but at least it provides the basis for the very useful iMass app).
https://average-catholic.com/2015/10/25/feast-of-christ-the-king-w-propers-of-the-mass-1962-missal/
Commentary: The Word Incarnate is, by right, the King of the world but He has left to temporal kings the exercise of civil power; He kept, however, His spiritual royality, to rule over the mind and the conscience of men by doctrine and faith. Dom Gaspar Lefebvre OSB, The St Andrew Daily Missal, with Vespers for Sundays and Feasts, St André-near-Bruges 1940, p 1536.
I hope no one minds the 1962 Gospel, I thought it good to supplement what Manach has been doing for the New Mass Gospels.0 -
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Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 156
Gospel LK 20:27-38
Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,
came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying,
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us,
If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child,
his brother must take the wife
and raise up descendants for his brother.
Now there were seven brothers;
the first married a woman but died childless.
Then the second and the third married her,
and likewise all the seven died childless.
Finally the woman also died.
Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be?
For all seven had been married to her.”
Jesus said to them,
“The children of this age marry and remarry;
but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age
and to the resurrection of the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage.
They can no longer die,
for they are like angels;
and they are the children of God
because they are the ones who will rise.
That the dead will rise
even Moses made known in the passage about the bush,
when he called out ‘Lord,’
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;
and he is not God of the dead, but of the living,
for to him all are alive.”
Source : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/110616.cfm
Irish : http://www.catholicireland.net/readi...day&lang=irish
Audio : http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm
Commentary (Ignatius Study Bible: NT - Scott Hahn):
They are convinced that the Mosaic Law says nothing about a future resurrection (20:27) and so present him with a dilemma.0
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