This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlinks willtake you to additional translations of today’s readings, other relevant scriptures, and collections of scriptures addressing related principles. Text highlighted in yellow tells us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him. Text in green tells us about something God wants us to do. Text in red discusses thing God wants us to avoid. Commentary is in blue.
The following message came to Jeremiah from the LORD: For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Write all the words I have spoken to you in a book.
For thus says the LORD: incurable is your wound, grievous your bruise; there is none to plead your cause, no remedy for your running sore, no healing for you.
All your lovers have forgotten you, they do not seek you.
I struck you as an enemy would strike, punished you cruelly; why cry out over your wound? your pain is without relief.
Because of your great guilt, your numerous sins, I have done this to you.
All your lovers have forgotten you, they do not seek you.
I struck you as an enemy would strike, punished you cruelly; why cry out over your wound? your pain is without relief.
Because of your great guilt, your numerous sins, I have done this to you.
Thus says the LORD: See! I will restore the tents of Jacob, his dwellings I will pity; city shall be rebuilt upon hill, and palace restored as it was.
From them will resound songs of praise, the laughter of happy men.
From them will resound songs of praise, the laughter of happy men.
I will make them not few, but many; they will not be tiny, for I will glorify them. His sons shall be as of old, his assembly before me shall stand firm; I will punish all his oppressors.
His leader shall be one of his own, and his rulers shall come from his kin.
When I summon him, he shall approach me; how else should one take the deadly risk of approaching me? says the LORD.
You shall be my people, and I will be your God.
When I summon him, he shall approach me; how else should one take the deadly risk of approaching me? says the LORD.
You shall be my people, and I will be your God.
R. (17) The Lord will build up Zion again, and appear in all his glory.
The nations shall revere your name, O LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory,
When the LORD has rebuilt Zion and appeared in his glory; when he has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and not despised their prayer.
The nations shall revere your name, O LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory,
When the LORD has rebuilt Zion and appeared in his glory; when he has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and not despised their prayer.
R. The Lord will build up Zion again, and appear in all his glory.
Let this be written for the generation to come, and let his future creatures praise the LORD: “The LORD looked down from his holy height, from heaven he beheld the earth, to hear the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die.”
R. The Lord will build up Zion again, and appear in all his glory.
The children of your servants shall abide, and their posterity shall continue in your presence, that the name of the LORD may be declared on Zion; and his praise, in Jerusalem, when the peoples gather together
and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
R. The Lord will build up Zion again, and appear in all his glory.
Today’s first reading and psalm have a common theme: God does not abandon His people, in spite of their sin and its grievous consequences. That dynamic us also reflected, albeit in different contexts, in the scriptures collected in Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin.
That does not mean that we will be spared all the consequences of our sins, but it does mean that God will not abandon us and will help us recover.
So how do we get through that recovery process? These readings suggest:
- Remembering that God is there, no matter how bleak things seem, and that He has not abandoned us. As the first reading says, we will be His people, He will be our God. He will be there if we turn to Him. Other scriptures reflecting this truth are collected in A Rosary Based Prayer About The Pandemic: What We Should Learn.
- Coming to God, leaning on Him, seeking His mercy in the midst of your difficulties. As today’s psalm tells us, God “regard[s] the prayer of the destitute” and “hear[s] the groaning of the prisoners.” Come to Him, keep coming to Him, pour out your heart to Him. That response is also counseled in the scriptures collected in Another Rosary Based Prayer About the Pandemic: Seeking God’s Mercy.
- Remembering that there will be good on the other side of this.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands when they eat a meal.”
He summoned the crowd and said to them, “Hear and understand. It is not what enters one’s mouth that defiles the man; but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one.”
Other scriptures addressing the principles Jesus invokes here are collected in:
Then his disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?”
He said in reply, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Jesus’ observations here are consistent with the truth underlying yesterday's first reading: distortion of God’s truth inevitably results in harm.
I will restore
I will pity
rebuilt
restored
I will make them not few, but many; they will not be tiny, for I will glorify them
I will be your God.
The Lord will build up Zion again
the LORD has rebuilt Zion
he has regarded the prayer of the destitute
Lord will build up Zion again
hear the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die.”
Lord will build up Zion again
The Lord will build up Zion again
The Lord will build up Zion again
you are the Son of God
you are the King of Israel.
It is not what enters one’s mouth that defiles the man; but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one.”
Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
approach me
be my people
revere your name
prayer
praise the LORD
groaning
praise
what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one
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If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit
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