October
23, 2015
Friday
of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
Saint of the day : Saint John of Capistrano, Priest (1386-1456)
Readings
18For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh. The willing is
ready at hand, but doing the good is not.[1] 19For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want. 20Now if (I) do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that
dwells in me.
21So, then, I discover the principle that when I want to do right, evil is at
hand.
22For I take delight in the law of God, in my inner self, 23but I see in my members another principle at war with the law of my mind,
taking me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 5[2]
24Miserable one that I am! Who will deliver me from this mortal body? 25Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
66Teach
me wisdom and knowledge, for in your commandments I trust. 68You
are good and do what is good; teach me your statutes.
76May
your mercy comfort me in accord with your promise to your servant. 77
Show me compassion that I may live, for your law is my delight. 93I
will never forget your precepts; through them you give me life. 94I am yours; save me, for I cherish your precepts.
54He also said to the crowds, "When you see (a) cloud rising in the west you
say immediately that it is going to rain - and so it does; 55and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is
going to be hot - and so it is.
56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the
sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
57"Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? 58If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate, make an effort to
settle the matter on the way; otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the
judge, and the judge hand you over to the constable, and the constable throw
you into prison. 59I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last
penny."[3]
Notes on Readings
[1]
Romans 7:13-25 Far from improving the
sinner, law encourages sin to expose itself in transgressions or violations of
specific commandments (see Romans 1:24; 5:20) . Thus persons who do not experience the justifying grace
of God, and Christians who revert to dependence on law as the criterion for
their relationship with God, will recognize a rift between their reasoned
desire for the goodness of the law and their actual performance that is
contrary to the law. Unable to free themselves from the slavery of sin and the
power of death, they can only be rescued from defeat in the conflict by the
power of God's grace working through Jesus Christ.
[2]
Romans 7:23 As in Romans 3:27 Paul plays on the
term law, which in Greek can connote custom, system, or principle.
[3]
Luke 12:59 The last penny: Greek,
lepton, a very small amount. Matthew 5:26 has for "the last penny" the Greek word
kodrantes (Latin quadrans, "farthing").
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