October 30, 2012

Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 480

Reading 1 from St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians
Eph 5:21-33

Brothers and sisters:
Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Brethren, obey each other out of your love for Christ.

Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.

Wives should obey their husbands as they would Christ.

For the husband is head of his wife
just as Christ is head of the Church,
he himself the savior of the Body.

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is head of the Church and saviour of the Body.

As the Church is subordinate to Christ,
so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.

The Church obeys Christ.  So should wives obey their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives,
even as Christ loved the Church

Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the Church

and handed himself over for her to sanctify her,

and gave Himself as a sacrifice for her, that she might be made holy.

cleansing her by the bath of water with the word,

Washing her sins away in Baptism.

that he might present to himself the Church in splendor,
without spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
that she might be holy and without blemish.

In order to that she might be united to Himself in perfection, without any sin.

So also husbands should love their wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself.
For no one hates his own flesh
but rather nourishes and cherishes it,
even as Christ does the Church,
because we are members of his Body.

Therefore a man should love his wife.  For she is his body and no one should despise his own body.  But instead, he should care for it and love it as Christ does the Church because we are all members of His Body.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.

For Scripture says that a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife.  And the two shall be one flesh.

This is a great mystery,
but I speak in reference to Christ and the Church.
In any case, each one of you should love his wife as himself,
and the wife should respect her husband.

And this is a mystery, because it is speaks of Christ and the Church.  Christ left His earthly mother and heavenly Father in order that He could give His Flesh to the Church for the salvation of all.

But husbands should love their wives.

The alternative reading is a portion of the main one, so I'll just copy it below:

Or Eph 5:2a, 25-32

Brothers and sisters:
Live in love, as Christ loved us.
Husbands, love your wives,
even as Christ loved the church
and handed himself over for her to sanctify her,
cleansing her by the bath of water with the word,
that he might present to himself the church in splendor,
without spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
that she might be holy and without blemish.
So also husbands should love their wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself.
For no one hates his own flesh
but rather nourishes and cherishes it,
even as Christ does the church,
because we are members of his body.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.
This is a great mystery,
but I speak in reference to Christ and the church.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5

R. (1a) Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Blessed are you who fear the LORD,
who walk in his ways!
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork;
blessed shall you be, and favored.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in the recesses of your home;
Your children like olive plants
around your table.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Behold, thus is the man blessed
who fears the LORD.
The LORD bless you from Zion:
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom:

Psalm 111:10
King James Version (KJV)
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Sin has punishment built into it.  The mildest form of this punishment is the stress one feels who is trying to hide his evil doing from the law.  Therefore, those who live in righteousness need not worry and can live happier lives.


Gospel Lk 13:18-21

Jesus said, "What is the Kingdom of God like?
To what can I compare it?
It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
When it was fully grown, it became a large bush
and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches."

Jesus said, what is the Church like.  It is like a little seed that when it is planted grows to be a large bush and the birds came and make their nests in it.

Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
It is like yeast that a woman took
and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour
until the whole batch of dough was leavened."

Or, it is like the yeast that a woman takes and mixes with flour to make a large batch of dough.

Sincerely,

De Maria