October
10, 2015
Saturday
of the Twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time
12Let the
nations bestir themselves and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I
will sit in judgment upon all the neighboring nations. 13Apply the
sickle, for the harvest is ripe; Come and tread, for the wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for great is their malice. 14Crowd
upon crowd in the valley of decision; For near is the day of the LORD in the
valley of decision.
15Sun and
moon are darkened, and the stars withhold their brightness. 16The LORD
roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem raises his voice; The heavens and the earth
quake, but the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the men of
Israel.
17Then
shall you know that I, the LORD, am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy
mountain; Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall pass through her no
more.
18And then,
on that day, the mountains shall drip new wine, and the hills shall flow with
milk; And the channels of Judah shall flow with water: A fountain shall issue
from the house of the LORD, to water the Valley of Shittim.
19Egypt
shall be a waste, and Edom a desert waste, Because of violence done to the
people of Judah, because they shed innocent blood in their land.
20But Judah
shall abide forever, and Jerusalem for all generations. 21I will
avenge their blood, and not leave it unpunished. The LORD dwells in Zion.
1The LORD
is king; let the earth rejoice; let the many islands be glad.a 2Cloud and darkness surround Him; justice and right are the foundation of His
throne.b
5The
mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.d
6 The heavens proclaim His justice; all peoples see his glory.e
11Light
dawns for the just, and gladness for the honest of heart.j 12
Rejoice in the LORD, you just, and give thanks at the remembrance of his
holiness.k
27While He
was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to Him, "Blessed
is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed." 28He
replied, "Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe
it."
Notes
on Readings:
A).
Joel 4:13 Because of their different crimes, the nations are ripe for chastisement.
The use of warlike weapons against them is linked to the onslaught on the
fields and vines at harvest time.
B).
Joel 4:18 - The Valley of Shittim, or "the ravine of the acacia trees:
perhaps a part of the Kidron Valley southeast of Jerusalem; the prophetic
picture of a stream of water flowing from a fountain in the temple of Jerusalem
is to be found in Ezekiel 47:1 . The Shittim east of the Jordan (see footnote on Numbers 25:1) is hardly referred to here.
C).
Luke 11:27-28 - The beatitude in Luke 11:28 should not be interpreted as a rebuke of
Jesus’ Mother; see the footnote on Luke 8:21. Rather, it highlights (like (like Luke 2:35) that concentration to God's word is more important significant than biological relationship
to Jesus.
Reference: The New American Bible
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