October
25, 2015
Thirtieth
Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
Saints of the day : Saints Crispin & Cispinian , Martyrs (c.287)
Readings
7For thus says the LORD: Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the head of the
nations; proclaim your praise and say: The LORD has delivered His people, the
remnant of Israel.
8Behold, I will bring them back from the land of the north; I will gather them
from the ends of the world, with the blind and the lame in their midst, The
mothers and those with child; they shall return as an immense throng.
9They departed in tears, but I will console them and guide them; I will lead
them to brooks of water, on a level road, so that none shall stumble. For I am
a father to Israel, Ephraim is my first-born.
1When
the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we thought we were dreaming. 2Then
our mouths were filled with laughter; our tongues sang for joy. Then it was
said among the nations, “The LORD had done great things for them.” 3The LORD
has done great things for us; Oh, how happy we were! 4Restore our captives,
LORD, like the dry stream beds of the Negeb.
5Those who sow in tears will reap with cries of joy. 6Those who go forth weeping, carrying sacks of seed, Will return with cries of
joy, carrying their bundled sheaves.
1Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative
before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices[1]
for sins. [2] 2He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is
beset by weakness [3] 3and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the
people.
4No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron
was. 5In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified Himself in becoming high
priest, but rather the one who said to Him: "You are my son; this day I
have begotten you"; 6
just as he says in another place: "You are a priest forever according to
the order of Melchizedek."[4]
46They came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a
sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside
begging.[5]
47On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say,
"Jesus, son of David, have pity on me." 48And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the
more, "Son of David, have pity on me."
49Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man,
saying to him, "Take courage; get up, he is calling you."
50He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. 51Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?" The
blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see." 52Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately
he received his sight and followed him on the way.
Notes on Readings:
[1]
Hebrews 5:1 - To offer gifts and
sacrifices for sins: the author is thinking principally of the Day of Atonement
rite, as is clear from Hebrews 9:7. This ritual was celebrated to atone for "all the
sins of the Israelites"(Leviticus 16:34).
[2]
Hebrews 5:1-10 - The true humanity of
Jesus (see the footnote on Hebrew 2:5-18) makes him a more rather than a less effective high priest
to the Christian community. In Old Testament tradition, the high priest was
identified with the people, guilty of personal sin just as they were (Hewbrews 5:1-3). Even so, the office was of divine appointment (Hebrews 5:4), as was also the case
with the sinless Christ (Hebrews 5:5). For Hebrews 5:6, see the footnote on Psalm 110:4 . Although Jesus
was Son of God, he was destined as a human being to learn obedience by
accepting the suffering he had to endure Hebrews 5:8 . Because of his perfection through this experience of
human suffering, he is the cause of salvation for all (Hebrews 5:9), a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 5:10; compare with Hebrews 5:6 and Hebrews 7:3.
[3]
Hebrews 5:2 - Deal patiently: the Greek
word metriopathein occurs only here in the Bible; this term was used by the
Stoics to designate the golden mean between excess and defect of passion. Here
it means rather the ability to sympathize.
[4]
Hebrews 5:6-8 - The author of Hebrews
is the only New Testament writer to cite Psalm 110:4 , here and in Hebrews 7:17, 21 to show that Jesus has been called by God to His role
as priest. Hebrews 5:7-8 deal with His ability to sympathize with sinners, because
of His own experience of the trials and weakness of human nature, especially
fear of death. In His present exalted state, weakness is foreign to Him, but He
understands what we suffer because of His previous earthly experience.
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And the saddest part of it, is that, it affected the POOREST of the POOR to even extremely be more poorer, in exchange of the affluent to be more richer.
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