October 7, 2015
Wednesday
of the Twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time
Feast
of the Church : Our Lady of the Rosary - Memorial
1But this
was greatly displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry. 2"I
beseech you, LORD," he prayed, "is not this what I said while I was
still in my own country? This is why I fled at first to Tarshish. I knew that
you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, rich in clemency, loathe to
punish. 3And now,
LORD, please take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to
live." 4But the
LORD asked, "Have you reason to be angry?"
5Jonah
then left the city for a place to the east of it, where he built himself a hut
and waited under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the city. 6And when
the LORD God provided a gourd plant, that grew up over Jonah's head, giving shade
that relieved him of any discomfort, Jonah was very happy over the plant.
7But the
next morning at dawn God sent a worm which attacked the plant, so that it
withered. 8And when
the sun arose, God sent a burning east wind; and the sun beat upon Jonah's head
till he became faint. Then he asked for death, saying, "I would be better
off dead than alive."
9But God
said to Jonah, "Have you reason to be angry over the plant?" "I
have reason to be angry," Jonah answered, "angry enough to die."
10Then the
LORD said, "You are concerned over the plant which cost you no labor and
which you did not raise; it came up in one night and in one night it perished.
11And
should I not be concerned over Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more
than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot distinguish their right
hand from their left, not to mention the many cattle?"
3Be gracious to me, Lord; to you I call all the day. 4Gladden
the soul of your servant; to you, Lord, I lift up my soul.a
5Lord, you
are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you.b 6LORD,
hear my prayer; listen to my cry for help.c
9All the
nations you have made shall come to
bow before you, Lord, and
give honor to your name.e 10For you
are great and do wondrous deeds; and
you alone are God.
1He was
praying in a certain place, and when He had finished, one of his disciples said
to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."
2He said
to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom
come.
3Give us
each day our daily bread 4and
forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not
subject us to the final test."
Notes
on Readings:
A). Jonah
4:1- He became angry: because of his narrowly patriotic cruelty, who did not
wish the Lord to forgive the Ninevites.
B). Jonah
4:6 - Gourd plant: the Hebrew word, kikayon means here a wide-leafed plant of
the cucumber or castor-bean variety.
C). Jonah
4:10-11 - Jonah is selfish in lamenting his personal loss of a shady gourd plant
without any concern over the menace of loss of life to the Ninevites through
the city’s destruction. If God in His munificence provided the plant for his
prophet without the latter's effort or merit, much more that he is eager to
show love and mercy toward all men, Jew and Gentile, with a heart that repents
of sins and beseech His pardon. God's divine intervention is also shown here to
extend even to animals.
D). Luke
11:1-4 - The Matthean form of the "Our Father" occurs in the
"Sermon on the Mount" Matthew 6:9-15); the shorter Lucan version is taken while Jesus is at
prayer (see the footnote on Luke 3:21) and His disciples
ask Him to teach them to pray just as John taught his disciples to pray. In
answer to their question, Jesus introduces on them the example of a Christian
communal prayer that underscores the fatherhood of God and recognizes
Him as the one to whom the Christian disciple owes daily provisions (Luke 11:3), forgiveness (Luke 11:4), and deliverance from the final
trial (Luke 11:4) . See also the footnotes on (Matthew 6:9-13.
E). Luke
11:2 - Your kingdom come: in place of this petition, some early church Fathers
account: "May your holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us," a
pleading that may mirror the use of the "Our Father" in a baptismal
liturgy.
F). Luke
11:3-4 - Daily bread: see the footnote on Matthew 6:11. The final test:
see the footnote on Matthew 6:13.
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I personally encourage everyone to emulate JESUS' values on LOVE, FAITH, HOPE
and CHARITY, as the humanity has been a failure; which resulted to the more than two (2) years of pandemic and its after-effects on economy, not only here in the Philippines but worldwide.
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.
Thank you and may GOD bless you and the whole family to have an enjoyed life's journey at home, Church, schools/universities, corporate commitments, public and places of interest.