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July 14, 2010
Memorial of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin
July 14 Mass readings/ commentary (Assyria, God’s instrument of wrath / Israel suffers terribly for its sins / God reveals things to children)
Reading 1
Is 10:5-7, 13b-16
Thus says the LORD:
Woe to Assyria! My rod in anger,
my staff in wrath.
Against an impious nation I send him,
and against a people under my wrath I order him
To seize plunder, carry off loot,
and tread them down like the mud of the streets.
But this is not what he intends,
nor does he have this in mind;
Rather, it is in his heart to destroy,
to make an end of nations not a few.
For he says:
"By my own power I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I am shrewd.
I have moved the boundaries of peoples,
their treasures I have pillaged,
and, like a giant, I have put down the enthroned.
My hand has seized like a nest
the riches of nations;
As one takes eggs left alone,
so I took in all the earth;
No one fluttered a wing,
or opened a mouth, or chirped!"
Will the axe boast against him who hews with it?
Will the saw exalt itself above him who wields it?
As if a rod could sway him who lifts it,
or a staff him who is not wood!
Therefore the Lord, the LORD of hosts,
will send among his fat ones leanness,
And instead of his glory there will be kindling
like the kindling of fire.
Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15
Responsorial Psalm
R. (14a) The Lord will not abandon his people.
Your people, O LORD, they trample down,
your inheritance they afflict.
Widow and stranger they slay,
the fatherless they murder.
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
And they say, “The LORD sees not;
the God of Jacob perceives not.”
Understand, you senseless ones among the people;
and, you fools, when will you be wise?
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
Shall he who shaped the ear not hear?
or he who formed the eye not see?
Shall he who instructs nations not chastise,
he who teaches men knowledge?
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
For the LORD will not cast off his people,
nor abandon his inheritance;
But judgment shall again be with justice,
and all the upright of heart shall follow it.
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
Mt 11:25-27
Gospel
At that time Jesus exclaimed:
"I give praise to you, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."
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***God uses evil men to punish the godly (who should know better, but he Isrealites were always defying God… hmm… ). God is always angrier w/ those who know better (“To whom more is given, more is required”). but in this case Assyria’s king is arrogant & doesn’t want to do things the way he’s supposed to.
In the 2nd passage, Jesus says that God reveals things to the childlike… not the child-ISH
**
No one knows the Son but the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone He wants to reveal Himself to…
but i would think he would reveal himself to anyone who seeks Him…
it seems to me that life in this world is so messed up that ALL would seek him @ some point or another. Everyone else lets us down… so it seems people, when they realize this is the case, would turn to God and his son…
hmm… Maybe that is why rich people don’t easily get into Heavne…(but then no one does…) They don’t have as messed up a life as poor people do… (or the less wealthy or whatever)… I mean, if the rich get lonely… (for example) they can just buy themselves some friends…*
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Memorial of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin
July 14 Mass readings/ commentary (Assyria, God’s instrument of wrath / Israel suffers terribly for its sins / God reveals things to children)
Reading 1
Is 10:5-7, 13b-16
Thus says the LORD:
Woe to Assyria! My rod in anger,
my staff in wrath.
Against an impious nation I send him,
and against a people under my wrath I order him
To seize plunder, carry off loot,
and tread them down like the mud of the streets.
But this is not what he intends,
nor does he have this in mind;
Rather, it is in his heart to destroy,
to make an end of nations not a few.
For he says:
"By my own power I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I am shrewd.
I have moved the boundaries of peoples,
their treasures I have pillaged,
and, like a giant, I have put down the enthroned.
My hand has seized like a nest
the riches of nations;
As one takes eggs left alone,
so I took in all the earth;
No one fluttered a wing,
or opened a mouth, or chirped!"
Will the axe boast against him who hews with it?
Will the saw exalt itself above him who wields it?
As if a rod could sway him who lifts it,
or a staff him who is not wood!
Therefore the Lord, the LORD of hosts,
will send among his fat ones leanness,
And instead of his glory there will be kindling
like the kindling of fire.
Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15
Responsorial Psalm
R. (14a) The Lord will not abandon his people.
Your people, O LORD, they trample down,
your inheritance they afflict.
Widow and stranger they slay,
the fatherless they murder.
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
And they say, “The LORD sees not;
the God of Jacob perceives not.”
Understand, you senseless ones among the people;
and, you fools, when will you be wise?
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
Shall he who shaped the ear not hear?
or he who formed the eye not see?
Shall he who instructs nations not chastise,
he who teaches men knowledge?
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
For the LORD will not cast off his people,
nor abandon his inheritance;
But judgment shall again be with justice,
and all the upright of heart shall follow it.
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
Mt 11:25-27
Gospel
At that time Jesus exclaimed:
"I give praise to you, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."
.
.
***God uses evil men to punish the godly (who should know better, but he Isrealites were always defying God… hmm… ). God is always angrier w/ those who know better (“To whom more is given, more is required”). but in this case Assyria’s king is arrogant & doesn’t want to do things the way he’s supposed to.
In the 2nd passage, Jesus says that God reveals things to the childlike… not the child-ISH
**No one knows the Son but the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone He wants to reveal Himself to…
but i would think he would reveal himself to anyone who seeks Him…
it seems to me that life in this world is so messed up that ALL would seek him @ some point or another. Everyone else lets us down… so it seems people, when they realize this is the case, would turn to God and his son…
hmm… Maybe that is why rich people don’t easily get into Heavne…(but then no one does…) They don’t have as messed up a life as poor people do… (or the less wealthy or whatever)… I mean, if the rich get lonely… (for example) they can just buy themselves some friends…
*.
.