DAILY GOSPEL Wednesday, 16 October 2013 Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time Saint(s) of the day : St. Hedwig, Religious (1174-1243), St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin (1647-1690) See commentary below Blessed John Henry Newman : Tradition and the will of God Letter to the Romans 2:1-11. You, O man, are without excuse, every one of you who passes judgment. For by the standard by which you judge another you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the very same things. We know that the judgment of God on those who do such things is true. Do you suppose, then, you who judge those who engage in such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you hold his priceless kindness, forbearance, and patience in low esteem, unaware that the kindness of God would lead you to repentance? By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God, who will repay everyone according to his works: eternal life to those who seek glory, honor, and immortality through perseverance in good works, but wrath and fury to those who selfishly disobey the truth and obey wickedness. Yes, affliction and distress will come upon every human being who does evil, Jew first and then Greek. But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, Jew first and then Greek. There is no partiality with God. Psalms 62(61):2-3.6-7.9. Only in God is my soul at rest; from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be disturbed at all. Only in God be at rest, my soul, for from him comes my hope. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be disturbed. Trust in him at all times, O my people! Pour out your hearts before him; God is our refuge! Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 11:42-46. The Lord said: Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others. Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces. Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk. Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too. And he said, Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them. Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB Commentary of the day : Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890), priest, founder of a religious community, theologian Sermon « Ceremonies of the Church » ; PPS, vol. 2, no.7 Tradition and the will of God No matter how we learn Gods will, whether from Scripture, or Antiquity, or what St. Paul calls Nature (cf. Rm 1,20), so that we can be sure it is His will. Matters of faith, indeed, He reveals to us by inspiration, because they are supernatural: but matters of moral duty, through our own conscience and divinely-guided reason. He reveals matters of form, by the Churchs tradition and long usage, which bind us to the observance of them, though they are not enjoined in Scripture. This, I say, is the proper answer to the question, Why do you observe rites and forms which are not enjoined in Scripture? Scripture tells us what to believe, and what to aim at and maintain, but it does not tell us how to do it; and as we cannot do it at all unless we do it in this manner, or that, in fact we must add something to what Scripture tells us. For example, Scripture tells us to meet together for prayer, and has connected the grant of the Christian blessings on Gods part, with the observance of union of heart; but since it does not tell us the times and places of prayer, the Church must complete that which Scripture has but enjoined generally... The Bible then may be said to give us the spirit of religion; but the Church must provide the body in which that spirit is to be lodged... There is no such thing as abstract religion. When persons attempt to worship in this (what they call) more spiritual manner, they end, in fact, in not worshiping at all... Scripture gives the spirit, and the Church the body, to our worship; and we may as well expect that the spirits of men might be seen by us without the intervention of their bodies, as suppose that the Object of faith can be realized.
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