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Catholic Daily Liturgical Guide 19.07.2024

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Catholic Daily Liturgical Guide 19.07.2024

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ISAIAH 38: 1 – 6, 21 – 22, 7 – 8

In those days, Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order; for you shall die, you shall not recover.” Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, and said, “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:  “Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and defend this city.” Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.” Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?” (Isaiah answered.) “This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that ‘he has promised: Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.

The Word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Isaiah 38: 10, 11, 12abcd, 16 (R.) 17cd

R/. O Lord, you have snatched my soul lest it perish.

I said, In the noontide of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years. R/.

I said, I shall not see the Lord
in the land of the living;
I shall look upon man no more
among the inhabitants of the world. R/.

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
Like a shepherd’s tent;
Like a weaver I have rolled up my life;
He cuts me off from the loom. R/.

O Lord, by these things men live,
And in all these is the life of my spirit.
Oh, restore me to health and make me live! R/.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
  John 10: 27

Alleluia .
My sheep hear my voice; says the Lord; and I know them, and they follow me.
Alleluia

GOSPEL
“The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.”
MATTHEW 12: 1 – 8

At that time: Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.” He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? I tell you, something greater than, the temple is here. And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you could not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.”

The Gospel of the Lord.
GOSPEL REFLECTION: Freedom From Condemnation
July 19, 2024

Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.” (Matthew 12:1–2)

When Moses gave the Ten Commandments to the people, there was a prohibition against working on the Sabbath. The Third Commandment said, in part, that “you shall not do any work” on the Sabbath (Exodus 20:10). By the time of Jesus, the Pharisees had added much commentary to this law and expanded it to include as many as 39 different forms of work that they believed was forbidden. Included in their list were the practices of harvesting and milling of grain. For that reason, when the Pharisees saw that the disciples were picking heads of grain and rubbing the grain off the husks so that they could eat it, the Pharisees condemned them for violating what they interpreted to be an offense against the Third Commandment.

The first thing we can note from this passage is that the disciples were hungry. They were exceptionally devoted to Jesus and had been traveling with Him from town to town so that He could preach the Gospel. They had given up occupation, home, family and income so as to be singly devoted to Jesus and His mission. And as a result of this, they were living in poverty and relying upon the generosity of others. It is in this context that they chose to eat the most humble of foods: grain that they picked as they walked. They didn’t complain that there wasn’t a hot meal waiting for them at their destination. They were accepting of the many long journeys by foot that they made. They were okay with the fact that they did not get to sleep in their own bed every night. But they did have the basic human need for food, so they picked this grain as they walked to fulfill this basic need of hunger.

Though there are many lessons we can learn from this passage, one clear lesson is that of the temptation to judge and condemn others. When we fall into the trap of judging others, there are a few things that are common. First, judging and condemning often is based on perceived wrongs that are inflated and exaggerated. The Pharisees clearly inflated and exaggerated this “sin” of the disciples. In our lives, judgmentalness almost always makes the perceived sin of another far more serious than it is, if it is sin at all.

Another common temptation that flows from a judgmental and condemning heart is the failure to even understand the condemned party. In this case above, the Pharisees did not even inquire into the reason the disciples were picking and eating grain. They didn’t ask if they had been without food for some time or how long they had been traveling. It didn’t matter to them that they were hungry, and most likely, very hungry. So also with us, it is common that when we judge and condemn another, we arrive at our verdict without even seeking to understand the situation.

Lastly, it needs to be said that judging others is not our right. Doing so is usually reckless and caused by our own self-centeredness. God did not give the Pharisees the authority to expand the Third Commandment into 39 forbidden practices, nor did He give them the authority to apply those interpretations to the perceived actions of the disciples. And God does not give us the authority to judge others either. If another is clearly caught in a cycle of objectively grave sin, we must do all we can to help draw them out of that sin. But even in that case, we have no right to judge or condemn.

Reflect, today, upon any tendency you have toward being judgmental and condemning of others. If you see this tendency within yourself, spend time thinking about the Pharisees. Their self-righteousness was ugly and damaging. The negative example they set should inspire us to turn away from such acts of condemnation and to reject those temptations the moment they come.

PRAYER:
My divine Judge of All, You and You alone know the heart, and You and You alone are capable of acting as Judge. Please exercise Your authority in my life so that I can perceive my own sin. As You do, please also free me from the tendency to judge and condemn. Fill me, instead, with a heart full of mercy and truth toward all. Jesus, I trust in You.

Chishanu 19 Chikunguru – July;

Vhiki 15 regore –

Chiverengo chokutanga:
Isaya 38,1-6.21-22.7-8

Inzwai chiverengo chinobva mubhuku romuporofita Isaya
1 Mumazuva iwayo Hezekiya, akarwara zvokuti
upenyu pakanga pasisina. Muporofita Isaya,
mwanakomana waAmozi, akaenda kwaari akamuti,
“Zvanzi naTenzi, chirongai zvomusha wenyu nokuti mava kuzofa, zvoupenyu kwamuri hapasisina.”
2 Ipapo Hezekiya akatendeukira kumadziro ndokunamata kuna Tenzi 3 achiti, “Ndakutetererai
zvangu Tenzi! Dai mangoyeukawo waro kuwadzana
kwandakaita nemi mumafambiro angu, ndakatendeseka nomwoyo wose ndichiita zvakarurama
zvamunoda.”
Hezekiya akaungudza achichema zvikuru kwazvo,
4 ndokubva izwi raTenzi rauya kuna Isaya richiti,
5 “Enda kuna Hezekiya undoti, zvanzi naTenzi,
Mwari watateguru wako Dhavhidhi, ndanzwa
munamato wako ndikaona misodzi yako. Chiteerera
unzwe, ndichawedzera upenyu hwako namakore
gumi namashanu. 6 Ndichanunura iwe neguta iro
rino iri mumaoko mamambo weAsiria. Ndichadzivirira guta rino iri 21 Ipapo Isaya akanga ati, ngavatore chambwa
chemakuyu vachinamire pamota kuti ripore.
22 Hezekiya akanga atobvunzawo kuti, “Chiratidzo
chokuti ndichazoenda kuimba yaTenzi ndechipiko?”
7 Izaya akapindura achiti “Chiratidzo chamunoitirwa
naTenzi chamuchaziva nacho kuti Tenzi achaita
zvaakuvimbisai ndechichi. 8 Chinzwa, ndichaitisa
kuti mumvuri wechiringazuva chiya chakavakwa
naAhazi udzokere shure nhano gumi zuva
rorereka.”
Saizvozvowo zuva rakadzokera shure nhano gumi
pachiringazuva chacho dzarakanga rambofamba.
Shoko raTenzi.

Rwiyo rwokutsinhira:
Isaya 38,10-12.16. (D – 17)

(D) – Pamusana porudo rwenyu makandiraramisa mugomba rokuparadzwa.
10 Ndakazviti, inga ndava kupfuura ini ndichiri
kuzvinzwa kudai.
Changu ini chandatemerwawo zvangu
chava chokundozaririrwa munzvimbo
yavachakabvu upenyu hwangu hwose.
(D) – Pamusana porudo rwenyu makandiraramisa mugomba rokuparadzwa.
11Ndakazviti, handichazoona Tenzi,
Tenzi, ndiri munyika yavapenyu. Ziso rangu harichazoona munhu zvakare
ndiri mukati mavanhu vayo nyika.
(D) – Pamusana porudo rwenyu makandiraramisa mugomba rokuparadzwa.
12Musasa wandiri wapazwa
ukabviswa pandiri setendhe yomufudzi.
Upenyu hwangu hwapetwa-petwa sezvinoita
muruki akandidimura kubva pachirukiso.
(D) – Pamusana porudo rwenyu makandiraramisa mugomba rokuparadzwa.
Kubvira kwachena kusvikira usiku munondipedzisa.
16 Tenzi, wandichararamira ndimi,
mweya wangu unoraramira imi moga.
Ndiporesei mundiraramise.
(D) – Pamusana porudo rwenyu makandiraramisa mugomba rokuparadzwa.

Kupemberera Shoko Rakanaka:
Johani 10,27

Areruya, Areruya. Jesu anoti: “Hwai dzangu
dzinonzwa izwi rangu, ndinodziziva uye dzinonditevera.” Areruya.

Shoko Rakanaka: Mateu 12,1-8

Inzwai Shoko Rakanaka rakanyorwa naMateu
1 Nomusi weSabata Jesu aifamba nomuminda
yekoroni. Vadzidzi vake vakanga vava nenzara,
vakatanga kupurura hura dzekoroni vachidya.
2 VaFarisei pavakazviona vakati kwaari, “Tarisai
muone vadzidzi venyu vari kuita zvisingabvumirwi
nomutemo pamusi weSabata.”
3 Jesu akati kwavari, “Hamuna here kumboverenga
zvakaitwa naDhavhidhi paakanga ava nenzara
pamwechete nevaakanga ainavo, 4 kuti akapinda
mumba maMwari akadya chingwa chakanga chakasumwa kuna Mwari chaakanga asingabvumirwi,
pamutemo, uye navakanga vainaye kuti vadye
kusiya vapristi bedzi. 5Kana kuti hamuna kuverenga
here mubhuku romutemo kuti pamusi weSabata
muTemberi, vapristi vanon’oresa Sabata asi
vasingapari mhosva. 6 Asi ndinokutaurirai kuti
pano pane zvakakura kupinda Temberi. 7 Dai
zvenyu maiziva zvinoreva izvi zvokuti, ‘Chandinoda
ini itsitsi kwete chibayiro, mungadai musina kupa
mhosva vasina mhosva 8 nokuti Mwanakomana
womunhu ndiye Tenzi weSabata.’ ”

Shoko Rakanaka raTenzi

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