February
16, 2016
Tuesday
of the First Week of Lent
Reading 1
10Thus
says the LORD: Just
as from the heavens the
rain and snow come down
And
do not return there till
they have watered the earth, making
it fertile and fruitful, Giving
seed to the one who sows and
bread to the one who eats, 11So
shall my word be that
goes forth from my mouth; It
shall not return to me void, but
shall do my will, achieving
the end for which I sent it.
Responsorial Psalm
4Glorify
the LORD with me, let
us together extol His name. 5I
sought the LORD, and He answered me and
delivered me from all my fears.
R.
From all their distress God rescues the just.
6Look
to Him that you may be radiant with joy, and
your faces may not blush with shame. 7When
the poor one called out, the LORD heard, and
from all his distress He saved him.
R.
From all their distress God rescues the just.
16The
LORD has eyes for the just, and
ears for their cry. 17The
LORD confronts the evildoers, to
destroy remembrance of them from the earth.
R.
From all their distress God rescues the just.
R.
From all their distress God rescues the just.
Verse
Before The Gospel Matthew 4:4b
One
does not live on bread alone, but
on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
Gospel
7Jesus
said to His disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think
that they will be heard because of their many words.[1]8Do
not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
9“This
is how you are to pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,[2][3]
10thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.[4]
11Give
us this day our daily bread;[5]
12and forgive us our trespasses, as
we forgive those who trespass against us;[6]
13and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.[7]
14“If you forgive men their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive
you.[8]15But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your
transgressions.”[9]
Notes on Readings:
[1] Matthew 6:7 - The example of what
Christian prayer should be like contrasts it now not with the prayer of the
hypocrites but with that of the pagans. Their babbling probably means their
reciting a long list of divine names, hoping that one of them will force a
response from the deity.
[2] Matthew 6:9-13 - Matthew's form of
the "Our Father" follows the liturgical tradition of his church.
Luke's less developed form also represents the liturgical tradition known to
him, but it is probably closer than Matthew's to the original words of Jesus.
[3] Matthew 6:9 - Our Father in heaven:
this invocation is found in many rabbinic prayers of the post-New Testament
period. Hallowed be your name: though the "hallowing" of the divine
name could be understood as reverence done to God by human praise and by
obedience to His will, this is more probably a petition that God hallow his own
name, that he manifest His glory by an act of power (compare with Ezekiel 36;23), in this case, by the establishment of His kingdom in
its fullness.
[4] Matthew 6:10 - Your kingdom come:
this petition sets the tone of the prayer, and inclines the balance toward
divine rather than human action in the petitions that immediately precede and
follow it. Your will be done, on earth as in heaven: a petition that the divine
purpose to establish the kingdom, a purpose present now in heaven, be executed
on earth.
[5] Matthew 6:11 - Give us today our
daily bread: the rare Greek word epiousios, here daily, occurs in the New
Testament only here and in Luke 11:3. A single occurrence of the word outside of these texts
and of literature dependent on them has been claimed, but the claim is highly
doubtful. The word may mean daily or "future" (other meanings have
also been proposed). The latter would conform better to the eschatological tone
of the whole prayer. So understood, the petition would be for a speedy coming
of the kingdom (today), which is often portrayed in both the Old Testament and
the New under the image of a feast (Isaiah 25:6; Matthew 8:11; 22:1-10; Luke 13:29; 14:15-24) .
[6] Matthew 6:12 - Forgive us our debts:
the word debts is used metaphorically of sins, "debts" owed to God
(see Luke 11:4). The request is probably for forgiveness at the final
judgment.
[7] Matthew 6:13 - Jewish apocalyptic
writings speak of a period of severe trial before the end of the age, sometimes
called the "messianic woes." This petition asks that the disciples be
spared that final test.
[8] Matthew
6:14-15 - These verses reflect a set pattern called "Principles of Holy
Law." Human action now will be met by a corresponding action of God at the
final judgment.
[9] Matthew 6:7-15 - Matthew inserts into
his basic traditional material an expansion of the material on prayer that
includes the model prayer, the "Our Father." That prayer is found in Luke 11:2-4 in a different context and in a different form.
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