CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time 2.18.19 – Catholic TV (Archdiocese of Boston)
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by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
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From Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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“… Pharisees came forward … to argue with Jesus, seeking from Him a Sign from Heaven to test Him. He sighed from the Depth of His Spirit and said, ‘Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.’ … He left them, got into the boat again, and went off to the other shore.”
“The Gospel passage this Sunday is Luke’s version of the Beatitudes. … The word ‘beatitude’ itself means ‘supreme blessedness.’ In ancient Greek, makarios (blessed) referred to a deep, serene, and stable happiness largely unaffected by external matters. It also corresponds to the Hebrew word asher, which is more of an exclamation. Each beatitude could easily be translated to begin in this way: ‘O, the blessedness of ….’ Such a translation emphasizes that something is being described and experienced rather than prescribed. …”
“Lord Jesus, send Your Spirit to help us to read the scriptures with the same mind that You read them to the disciples on the way to Emmaus. … Create silence in us so that we may listen to Your voice in creation and in the scriptures, in events and in people, above all in the poor and suffering. May Your word guide us so that we too, like the two disciples on the way to Emmaus, may experience the force of Your resurrection and witness to others that You are alive in our midst as source of fraternity, justice and peace. We ask this of You, Jesus, Son of Mary, who revealed the Father to us and sent us Your Spirit. Amen. …”
“The blessings and woes we hear in today’s Gospel mark the perfection of all the wisdom of the Old Testament. That wisdom is summed up with marvelous symmetry in today’s First Reading and Psalm: Each declares that the righteous—those who hope in the Lord and delight in His Law—will prosper like a tree planted near living waters. The wicked, who put their ‘trust in human beings,’ are cursed to wither and die. …”
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