September 22, 2012
Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
We hope that today is a good day.
Today's Bible story based on the calendar of the Catholic Church.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendar.php
Most of these contents are things of The World English Bible.
http://ebible.org/web/
We hope that everyone in the peace of the Lord.
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+ Saints:
St. Maurice and Companions
St. Thomas of Villanova
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+ First Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49
35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"
36 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." ‡ The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's§ also bear the image of the heavenly.
‡15:45: Genesis 2:7
§15:49: NU, TR read "we will" instead of "let's"
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+ Psalm: Psalms 56:10-14
10 In God, I will praise his word.
In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
11 I have put my trust in God.
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Your vows are on me, God.
I will give thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death,
and prevented my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
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+ Gospel: Luke 8:4-15
4 When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
5 "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
8 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
9 Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
10 He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'†
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
13 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
14 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
15 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
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+ Today's Reading: Baruch 3:9-15、24-4:4)
9 "'Hear, Israel, the commandments of life; listen, to understand wisdom.
10 How has it happened, Israel, that you are in your enemies' land, that you have grown old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead,
11 that you are counted with those who go down into the grave?
12 You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
13 For if you had walked in the way of God, you would have dwelled in peace for ever.
14 Learn, where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding, so that you may know also where is length of days and life, where is the light of the eyes and peace.
15 Who has found out her place? Or who has come into her treasures?
24 O Israel, how great is God's house? And how large is the place of his possession?
25 It is great and has no end! It is high and immeasurable!
26 There were the giants, famous from the beginning, who were of such great stature and of such expertise in war.
27 The Lord didn't choose these, neither did he give them the way of knowledge,
28 but they were destroyed because they had no wisdom, and they perished through their own foolishness.
29 Who has gone up into heaven, and obtained her, and brought her down from the clouds?
30 Who has gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?
31 No man knows her way, nor understands her path.
32 But he who knows all things knows her and has found her with his understanding: he who prepared the earth forevermore, who has filled it with four-footed beasts,
33 he who sends forth light and it goes, who calls it again and it obeys him with fear.
34 The stars shine in their watches and rejoice. When he calls them, they say, "Here we are!" And so with cheerfulness they show light to him who made them.
35 This is our God, and no other shall stand in comparison with him.
36 He has founded all the way of knowledge, and has given it to Jacob his servant and Israel his beloved.
37 Afterward, he revealed himself upon the earth, and conversed with men.
4:1 "'This is the book of the commandments of God and the law that endures for ever. All those who keep it shall come to life, but such as leave it shall die.
2 Turn you, O Jacob, and take hold of it; walk in the presence of its light so that you may be illuminated.
3 Give not your honor to another, nor the things which are beneficial for you to a strange nation.
4 O Israel, happy are we, for the things which are pleasing to God are made known to us.
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