Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Jesus is followed by people to touch His cloak for healing


February 8, 2016

Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day: Saint Josephine Bakhita (†1869-1947)Saint Jerome Emiliani (†1486-1537), Saint John of Matha, Priest (†1169-1213)

Reading 1

1The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel, came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the City of David, which is Zion.

2All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). 3When all the elders of Israel had arrived,
the priests took up the ark; 4they carried the ark of the LORD and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels that were in the tent. (The priests and Levites carried them.)

5King Solomon and the entire community of Israel present for the occasion
sacrificed before the ark sheep and oxen too many to number or count. 6The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place beneath the wings of the cherubim in the sanctuary, the holy of holies of the temple.[1]

7The cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark, sheltering the ark and 8its poles from above. 9There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets which Moses had put there at Horeb, 10when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel at their departure from the land of Egypt. When the priests left the holy place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD 11so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the LORD’s glory had filled the temple of the LORD.

12Then Solomon said, “The LORD intends to dwell in the dark cloud; 13I have truly built you a princely house, a dwelling where you may abide forever.”

Responsorial Psalm

R. (8a) Lord, go up to the place of your rest!

6Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar. 7Let us enter into His dwelling, let us worship at his footstool.

R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!

8Advance, O LORD, to your resting place, you and the ark of your majesty. 9May your priests be clothed with justice; let your faithful ones shout merrily for joy. 
10For the sake of David your servant, reject not the plea of your anointed.

R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!

Alleluia see Matthew 4:23

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom
and cured every disease among the people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel 

53After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and His disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there.

54As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized Him. 55They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.

56Whatever villages or towns or countryside He entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him that they might touch only the tassel on His cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.




Notes on readings:

[1] 1 Kings 8:6-9 - The transfer of the ark of the covenant into the newly constructed temple building, and the oracle of God's acceptance (1 Kings 9:3-9), and His act of possession (1 Kings 8;10-13), constituted the temple's solemn dedication, and made of it the abiding dwelling of God among His people for which David had hoped (2 Samuel 6:12-15); 7:1-3). The concurrence of the feast of Booths marks an appropriate transition of God's dwelling among nomadic tribes to his permanent abode among a settled people.

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