January 19, 2016
Tuesday
of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Saint
of the Day: Saint Canutus, King of Denmark (1040-1086)
Reading 1
1The
LORD said to Samuel: “How
long will you grieve for Saul, whom
I have rejected as king of Israel? Fill
your horn with oil, and be on your way. I
am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for
I have chosen my king from among his sons.”[1]
2But
Samuel replied: “How
can I go? Saul
will hear of it and kill me.” To
this the LORD answered: “Take
a heifer along and say, ‘I
have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ 3Invite
Jesse to the sacrifice, and I myself will tell you what to do; you
are to anoint for me the one I point out to you.”
4Samuel
did as the LORD had commanded him. When
he entered Bethlehem, the
elders of the city came trembling to meet him and inquired, “Is
your visit peaceful, O seer?” 5He
replied: “Yes!
I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. So
cleanse yourselves and join me today for the banquet.” He
also had Jesse and his sons cleanse themselves and
invited them to the sacrifice.
6As
they came, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely
the LORD’s anointed is here before him.” 7But
the LORD said to Samuel: “Do
not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because
I have rejected him. Not
as man sees does God see, because
he sees the appearance but
the LORD looks into the heart.”
8Then
Jesse called Abinadab and presented him before Samuel, who
said, “The LORD has not chosen him.” 9Next
Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said,
“The
LORD has not chosen this one either.” 10In
the same way Jesse presented seven sons before Samuel, but
Samuel said to Jesse, “The
LORD has not chosen any one of these.”
11Then
Samuel asked Jesse, “Are
these all the sons you have?” Jesse
replied,
“There
is still the youngest, who is tending the sheep.” Samuel
said to Jesse, “Send
for him; we
will not begin the sacrificial banquet until he arrives here.”
12Jesse
sent and had the young man brought to them. He
was ruddy, a youth handsome to behold and
making a splendid appearance. The
LORD said, “There–anoint
him, for this is he!”
13Then
Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand, anointed
him in the midst of his brothers; and
from that day on, the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David.
When
Samuel took his leave, he went to Ramah.
Responsorial Psalm
20Once
you spoke in a vision, and
to your faithful ones you said: “On
a champion I have placed a crown; over
the people I have set a youth.”
R.
I have found David, my servant.
21“I
have found David, my servant; with
my holy oil I have anointed him, 22That
my hand may be always with him, and
that my arm may make him strong.”
R.
I have found David, my servant.
27“He
shall say of me, ‘You are my father, my
God, the Rock, my savior.’ 28And
I will make him the first-born, highest
of the kings of the earth.”
R.
I have found David, my servant.
Alleluia see Ephesians 1:17-18
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
May
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten
the eyes of our hearts, that
we may know what is the hope that
belongs to our call.
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
23As
Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, His disciples began
to make a path while picking the heads of grain.[2]
24At this the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful
on the sabbath?”
25He
said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he
and his companions were hungry?[3]
26How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the
bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with
his companions?”
27Then
he said to them, “The sabbath[4]
was made for man, not man for the sabbath.[5]
28That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”[6]
Notes on Reading:
[1] 1 Samuel 16:1 - The anointing here prepared for is
unknown to David's brother Eliab in the next chapter (1 Samuel 17:28), and David is twice anointed after Saul's death (2 Samuel 2:4; 5:3).
[3] Mark 2:25-26 - Have you never read what David did?: Jesus
defends the action of His disciples on the basis of 1 Samuel 21:2-7 in which an exception is made to the regulation of Leviticus 24:9 because of the extreme hunger of David and his men. According to 1 Sam, the
priest who gave the bread to David was Ahimelech, father of Abiathar.
[4] The sabbath - the end of the work of the six days. The
sacred text says that "on the seventh day God finished His work which He
had done", that the "heavens and the earth were finished", and
that God "rested" on this day and sanctified and blessed it. (Genesis 2:1-3) These inspired words are rich in profitable instruction (Catechism of the Catholic Church CCC 345):
In creation God laid a foundation and
established laws that remain firm, on which the believer can rely with
confidence, for they are the sign and pledge of the unshakeable faithfulness of
God's covenant. (Compare with Hebrews 4:3-4; Jeremiah 31:35-37; 33:19-26) For his part man must remain faithful to this foundation, and respect the laws
which the Creator has written into it.
Creation was fashioned with a view to the sabbath and therefore for the worship and adoration of God. Worship is inscribed in the
order of creation. (St. Benedict, Regula 43,3: PL 66,675-676.) As the rule of St. Benedict says, nothing should take
precedence over "the work of God", that is, solemn worship. This indicates the right order of human
concerns. (Catechism of the Catholic Church CCC 347)
The sabbath is at the heart of Israel's law. To keep the commandments is to correspond to
the wisdom and the will of God as expressed in his work of creation.
The eighth day. But for us a new day
has dawned: the day of Christ's Resurrection. The seventh day completes the first creation. The eight day begins the new creation. Thus, the work of creation culminates in the greater
work of redemption. The first creation finds its meaning and its summit in the
new creation in Christ, the splendor of which surpasses that of the first
creation - Compare with Roman Missal, Easter Vigil 24, prayer after the first reading.
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