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Catholic lectionary for 18 January 2008

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1 Samuel, Chapter 8,  verses 4-7, 10-22

4  So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
5  They said to him, "You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a king to lead1 8:5 Traditionally judge ; also in verses 6 and 20 us, such as all the other nations have."
6  But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD .
7  And the LORD told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
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10  Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
11  He said, "This is what the king who will reign over you will do: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.
12  Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
13  He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
14  He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants.
15  He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants.
16  Your menservants and maidservants and the best of your cattle2 8:16 Septuagint; Hebrew young men and donkeys he will take for his own use.
17  He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
18  When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day."
19  But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us.
20  Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles."
21  When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD .
22  The LORD answered, "Listen to them and give them a king."
Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Everyone go back to his town."
Read more:1 Samuel, Chapter 9
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8  Samuel's decay and the degeneracy of his sons, Sa1 8:1-3.
The people petition him for a king, who refers it to God, Sa1 8:4-6.
God directs him what answer to give, Sa1 8:7-18.
They insist upon their petition, Sa1 8:19-20.
Which he promises, shall be granted, Sa1 8:21-22.


8:5 A king - Their desires exceed their reasons, which extended no farther than to the removal of Samuel's sons from their places, and the procuring some other just: and prudent assistance to Samuel's age.Nor was the grant of their desire a remedy for their disease, but rather an aggravation of it. For the sons of their king were likely to he as corrupt as Samuel's sons and, if they were, would not be so easily removed.Like other nations - That is, as most of the nations about us have. But there was not the like reason; because God had separated them from all other nations, and cautioned them against the imitation of their examples, and had taken them into his own immediate care and government; which privilege other nations had not.


8:6 Displeased - Because God was hereby dishonoured by that distrust of him, and that ambition, and itch after changes, which were the manifest causes of this desire; and because of that great misery, which he foresaw the people would hereby bring upon themselves. Prayed - For the pardon of their sin, and direction and help from God in this great affair.


8:7 Hearken - God grants their desire in anger, and for their punishment. Rejected me - This injury and contumely, reflects chiefly upon me and my government. Should not reign - By my immediate government, which was the great honour, safety, and happiness of this people, if they had had hearts to prize it.


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Mark, Chapter 2,  verses 1-12

1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.
4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
7 "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things?
9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'?
10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . ." He said to the paralytic,
11 "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home."
12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
Read more:Mark, Chapter 2
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2:1 And again - After having been in desert places for some time, he returned privately to the city. In the house - In Peter's house.


2:2 And immediately many were gathered together - Hitherto continued the general impression on their hearts. Hitherto, even at Capernaum, all who heard received the word with joy.


2:3  Mat 9:2; Luk 5:18.


2:4 They uncovered the roof - Or, took up the covering, the lattice or trap door, which was on all their houses, (being flat roofed.) And finding it not wide enough, broke the passage wider, to let down the couch.


2:6 But certain of the scribes - See whence the first offence cometh! As yet not one of the plain unlettered people were offended. They all rejoiced in the light, till these men of learning came, to put darkness for light, and light for darkness.Wo to all such blind guides! Good had it been for these if they had never been born. O God, let me never offend one of thy simple ones! Sooner let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!


2:12 They were all amazed - Even the scribes themselves for a time.


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