February
7, 2016
Fifth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint
of the Day: Blessed Rosalie Rendu, (1786-1856)
Reading 1
1In
the year King Uzziah died, I
saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne,
with
the train of His garment filling the temple.[1][2] 2aSeraphim
were stationed above. They
cried one to the other, 3“Holy,
holy, holy is the LORD of hosts! All
the earth is filled with his glory!” 4At
the sound of that cry, the frame of the door shook
and
the house was filled with smoke.[3]
5Then
I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed! For
I am a man of unclean lips, living
among a people of unclean lips; yet
my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”[4]
6Then
one of the seraphim flew to me, holding
an ember that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7He
touched my mouth with it, and said, “See,
now that this has touched your lips, your
wickedness is removed, your sin purged.”[5]
8Then
I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom
shall I send? Who will go for us?” “Here
I am,” I said; “send me!”
Responsorial Psalm
1I
will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart, for
you have heard the words of my mouth; in
the presence of the angels I will sing your praise; 2I
will worship at your holy temple and
give thanks to your name.
R.
In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.
3Because
of your kindness and your truth; for
you have made great above all things your
name and your promise. When
I called, you answered me; you
built up strength within me.
R.
In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.
4All
the kings of the earth shall give thanks to you, O LORD, when
they hear the words of your mouth; 5and
they shall sing of the ways of the LORD: “Great
is the glory of the LORD.”
R.
In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.
7Your
right hand saves me. 8The
LORD will complete what he has done for me;
your
kindness, O LORD, endures forever; forsake
not the work of your hands.
R.
In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.
Reading 2
1I
am reminding you, brothers and sisters, of
the gospel I preached to you, which
you indeed received and in which you also stand.[6] 2Through
it you are also being saved, if
you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless
you believed in vain.
3For
I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that
Christ died for our sins in
accordance with the Scriptures; 4that He was buried; that He was raised on the third day in
accordance with the Scriptures; 5that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
6After
that, Christ appeared to more than
five hundred brothers at once, most
of whom are still living, though
some have fallen asleep.[7] 7After
that He appeared to James, then
to all the apostles.
8Last
of all, as to one born abnormally, He
appeared to me. 9For
I am the least of the apostles, not
fit to be called an apostle, because
I persecuted the church of God.[8] 10But
by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me has not been ineffective. Indeed,
I have toiled harder than all of them; not
I, however, but the grace of God that is with me. 11Therefore,
whether it be I or they, so
we preach and so you believed.
3Brothers
and sisters, I
handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that
Christ died for our sins in
accordance with the Scriptures;[9] 4that He was buried; that He was raised on the third day in
accordance with the Scriptures; 5that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
6After
that, He appeared to more than
five hundred brothers at once, most
of whom are still living, though
some have fallen asleep. 7After
that
He appeared to James, then
to all the apostles.
8Last
of all, as to one abnormally born, He
appeared to me. 11Therefore,
whether it be I or they, so
we preach and so you believed.[10]
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Come
after me and
I will make you fishers of men.
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
1While
the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God,
He
was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.[11]
2He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and
were washing their nets.
3Getting
into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, He asked him to put out a
short distance from the shore. Then He sat down and taught the crowds from the
boat. 4After He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put
out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”
5Simon
said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but
at your command I will lower the nets.” 6When they had done this, they caught a
great number of fish and their nets were tearing. 7They signaled to their
partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both
boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking.
8When
Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me,
Lord, for I am a sinful man.” 9For astonishment at the catch of fish they had
made seized Him and all those with Him, 10and likewise James and John, the sons
of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men.” 11When they brought their boats to the
shore, they left everything and followed Him.12]
Notes on readings:
[1] Isaiah 6:1-3 - Temple: the holy place, just in front of
the holy of holies. Seraphim: literally "the burning ones," are
celestial beings who surround the throne of God. Each has six wings. Reverence
for the divine majesty causes them to veil their faces with two wings; modesty,
to veil their extremities in similar fashion; alacrity in God's service, to
extend two wings in preparation for flight. Holy, holy, holy: God's perfect
interior holiness whose exterior manifestation is His glory. These words are
found in the Roman liturgy just before the Canon of the Mass.
[3] Isaiah 6:4 - Smoke: reminiscent of the
clouds which surrounded God at Mount Sinai; compare with Exodus 19:16-19; Deuteronomy 4:11, 12.
[4] Isaiah 6:5 - Doomed: it was popularly
believed that to see God would lead to one's death; compare with Genesis 32:31; ⇒
Exodus 33:20; Judges 13:22.
[5] Isaiah 6:7 - Touched your lips:
Isaiah is thus symbolically purified to be worthy of his vocation as God's
prophet. In the Roman liturgy, the celebrant at Mass makes reference to this
incident just before he reads the gospel.
[6] 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 - Paul recalls
the tradition (1 Corinthains 15:3-7), which he can presuppose as common ground and which
provides a starting point for his argument. This is the fundamental content of
all Christian preaching and belief (1 Corinthians 15:1-2, 11).
[7] 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 - The language by
which Paul expresses the essence of the "gospel" (1 Corinthians 15:1) is not his own but is drawn from older credal formulas.
This credo highlights Jesus' death for our sins (confirmed by his burial) and
Jesus' resurrection (confirmed by His appearances) and presents both of them as
fulfillment of prophecy. In accordance with the scriptures: conformity of
Jesus' passion with the scriptures is asserted in Matthew 16:1; Luke 24:25-27, 32, 44, 46. Application of some Old Testament texts (Psalm 2:7; 16:8-11) to His resurrection is illustrated by Acts 2;27-31 ; 13:29-39; and Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 and Hosea 6:2 may also have been envisaged.
[8] 1 Corinthians 15:9-11 - A persecutor may
have appeared disqualified (ouk . . . hikanos) from apostleship, but in fact
God's grace has qualified him. Compare with the remarks in 2 Corinthians about his qualifications
(2 Corinthians 2:16; 3:5) and his greater
labors (2 Corinthians 11;23). These verses are parenthetical, but a nerve has been
touched (the references to his abnormal birth and his activity as a persecutor
may echo taunts from Paul's opponents), and he is instinctively moved to
self-defense.
[9] [7] 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 - The language by which Paul expresses the essence of the "gospel" (1 Corinthians 15:1) is not his own but is drawn from older credal formulas. This credo highlights Jesus' death for our sins (confirmed by his burial) and Jesus' resurrection (confirmed by His appearances) and presents both of them as fulfillment of prophecy. In accordance with the scriptures: conformity of Jesus' passion with the scriptures is asserted in Matthew 16:1; Luke 24:25-27, 32, 44, 46. Application of some Old Testament texts (Psalm 2:7; 16:8-11) to His resurrection is illustrated by Acts 2;27-31 ; 13:29-39; and Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 and Hosea 6:2 may also have been envisaged.
[10] 1 Corinthians 15:9-11 - A persecutor may have appeared disqualified (ouk . . . hikanos) from apostleship, but in fact God's grace has qualified him. Compare with the remarks in 2 Corinthians about his qualifications (2 Corinthians 2:16; 3:5) and his greater labors (2 Corinthians 11;23). These verses are parenthetical, but a nerve has been touched (the references to his abnormal birth and his activity as a persecutor may echo taunts from Paul's opponents), and he is instinctively moved to self-defense.
[11] Luke 5:1-11 - This incident has been
transposed from his source, Mark 1:16-20, which places it immediately after Jesus
makes his appearance in Galilee. By this transposition Luke uses this example
of Simon's acceptance of Jesus to counter the earlier rejection of him by his
hometown people, and since several incidents dealing with Jesus' power and
authority have already been narrated, Luke creates a plausible context for the
acceptance of Jesus by Simon and his partners. Many commentators have noted the
similarity between the wondrous catch of fish reported here (Luke 4:4-9) and the post-resurrectional appearance of Jesus in John 21;1-11. There are traces in Luke's story that the
post-resurrectional context is the original one: in Luke 4;8. Simon addresses Jesus as Lord (a post-resurrectional
title for Jesus - see Luke 24:34; Acts 2:36 - that has been
read back into the historical ministry of Jesus) and recognizes himself as a
sinner (an appropriate recognition for one who has denied knowing Jesus - Luke 22:54-62. As used by Luke, the incident looks forward to Peter's
leadership in Luke - Acts (Luke 6:14; 9:20; 22:31-32; 24:34; Acts 1:15; 2:14-40; 10:11-18; 15:7-12) and symbolizes the future success of Peter as fisherman (Acts 2:41).
[12] Luke 5:11 - They left everything: in Mark 1:16-20 Matthew 4;18-22 the fishermen who follow Jesus leave their nets and their
father; in Luke, they leave everything (see also ⇒ Luke 5:28 hLuke 5:28; 12:33; 14:33; 18:22), an indication of
Luke's theme of complete detachment from material possessions.
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