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June 23, 2010
Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
*** Wed Mass Readings / Commentary (wrath of God against the disobedient / false prophets / you will know them by their fruits) ***
Reading 1
2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3
The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan,
“I have found the book of the law in the temple of the LORD.”
Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.
Then the scribe Shaphan went to the king and reported,
“Your servants have smelted down the metals available in the temple
and have consigned them to the master workmen
in the temple of the LORD.”
The scribe Shaphan also informed the king
that the priest Hilkiah had given him a book,
and then read it aloud to the king.
When the king heard the contents of the book of the law,
he tore his garments and issued this command to Hilkiah the priest,
Ahikam, son of Shaphan,
Achbor, son of Micaiah, the scribe Shaphan,
and the king’s servant Asaiah:
“Go, consult the LORD for me, for the people, for all Judah,
about the stipulations of this book that has been found,
for the anger of the LORD has been set furiously ablaze against us,
because our fathers did not obey the stipulations of this book,
nor fulfill our written obligations.”
The king then had all the elders of Judah
and of Jerusalem summoned together before him.
***The king went up to the temple of the LORD with all the men of Judah
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
priests, prophets, and all the people, small and great.
He had the entire contents of the book of the covenant
that had been found in the temple of the LORD, read out to them. ***
Standing by the column, the king made a covenant before the LORD
that they would follow him
and observe his ordinances, statutes and decrees
with their whole hearts and souls,
thus reviving the terms of the covenant
which were written in this book.
And all the people stood as participants in the covenant.
Ps 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40
Responsorial Psalm
R. (33a) Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Instruct me, O LORD, in the way of your statutes,
that I may exactly observe them.
R.*** Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Give me discernment, that I may observe your law
and keep it with all my heart.***
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Lead me in the path of your commands,
for in it I delight.
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Incline my heart to your decrees
and not to gain.
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Turn away my eyes from seeing what is vain:
by your way give me life.
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Behold, I long for your precepts;
in your justice give me life.
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Mt 7:15-20
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but underneath are ravenous wolves.
By their fruits you will know them.
Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Just so, every good tree bears good fruit,
and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit,
nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down
and thrown into the fire.
So by their fruits you will know them.”
.
***.
In the OT God punished the next generation for the sins of their fathers… I doubt this has changed… but maybe it would be more accurate to say that SIN punishes down to X number of generations…
false prophets… hmm… i would say the Health/Wealth/Prsoperity people would fall into this category… but i guess it applies to anyone who teaches lies… and there are MANY who do that… hopefully out of ignorance…
You will know them by their fruits.
if a person calls himself a Christian yet promotes abortion… well, that’s some seriously rotten fruit…
particularly rotten if the person belongs to THE Church**… the one Church that everyone in the wolrd knows teaches abortion is murder and if you promote it you are ex-communicated… geeze… no freaking comprendo…
:banghead:
but if a person swears once in awhile… say because he hits his thumb with a hammer or that kind of thing… That doesn’t mean he is no longer a Christian…
(so i can still call myself that…)
*
Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
*** Wed Mass Readings / Commentary (wrath of God against the disobedient / false prophets / you will know them by their fruits) ***
Reading 1
2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3
The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan,
“I have found the book of the law in the temple of the LORD.”
Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.
Then the scribe Shaphan went to the king and reported,
“Your servants have smelted down the metals available in the temple
and have consigned them to the master workmen
in the temple of the LORD.”
The scribe Shaphan also informed the king
that the priest Hilkiah had given him a book,
and then read it aloud to the king.
When the king heard the contents of the book of the law,
he tore his garments and issued this command to Hilkiah the priest,
Ahikam, son of Shaphan,
Achbor, son of Micaiah, the scribe Shaphan,
and the king’s servant Asaiah:
“Go, consult the LORD for me, for the people, for all Judah,
about the stipulations of this book that has been found,
for the anger of the LORD has been set furiously ablaze against us,
because our fathers did not obey the stipulations of this book,
nor fulfill our written obligations.”
The king then had all the elders of Judah
and of Jerusalem summoned together before him.
***The king went up to the temple of the LORD with all the men of Judah
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
priests, prophets, and all the people, small and great.
He had the entire contents of the book of the covenant
that had been found in the temple of the LORD, read out to them. ***
Standing by the column, the king made a covenant before the LORD
that they would follow him
and observe his ordinances, statutes and decrees
with their whole hearts and souls,
thus reviving the terms of the covenant
which were written in this book.
And all the people stood as participants in the covenant.
Ps 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40
Responsorial Psalm
R. (33a) Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Instruct me, O LORD, in the way of your statutes,
that I may exactly observe them.
R.*** Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Give me discernment, that I may observe your law
and keep it with all my heart.***
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Lead me in the path of your commands,
for in it I delight.
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Incline my heart to your decrees
and not to gain.
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Turn away my eyes from seeing what is vain:
by your way give me life.
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Behold, I long for your precepts;
in your justice give me life.
R. Teach me the way of your decrees, O Lord.
Mt 7:15-20
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but underneath are ravenous wolves.
By their fruits you will know them.
Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Just so, every good tree bears good fruit,
and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit,
nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down
and thrown into the fire.
So by their fruits you will know them.”
.
***.
In the OT God punished the next generation for the sins of their fathers… I doubt this has changed… but maybe it would be more accurate to say that SIN punishes down to X number of generations…
false prophets… hmm… i would say the Health/Wealth/Prsoperity people would fall into this category… but i guess it applies to anyone who teaches lies… and there are MANY who do that… hopefully out of ignorance…
You will know them by their fruits.
if a person calls himself a Christian yet promotes abortion… well, that’s some seriously rotten fruit…
particularly rotten if the person belongs to THE Church**… the one Church that everyone in the wolrd knows teaches abortion is murder and if you promote it you are ex-communicated… geeze… no freaking comprendo…
:banghead:but if a person swears once in awhile… say because he hits his thumb with a hammer or that kind of thing… That doesn’t mean he is no longer a Christian…
(so i can still call myself that…)
*