Today the Church celebrates the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; and Luke 12:32-48. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 33 (Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-22).
For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:
YouTube: Responsorial Psalm 33 Let Your Mercy Be On Us {Marty Haugen]
The Gospel reading is as follows:
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
“Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”
Then Peter said, “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?”
And the Lord replied, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute the food allowance at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so. Truly, I say to you, the master will put the servant in charge of all his property. But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, then that servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish the servant severely and assign him a place with the unfaithful. That servant who knew his master’s will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be beaten severely; and the servant who was ignorant of his master’s will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall be beaten only lightly. Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”
Reflections on this day and on these readings:
Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio: Faith as a Dynamic Journey
The Deacon’s Bench: Homily for August 11, 2013: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (10 AUG 13)
Dr. Scott Hahn: Faith of Our Fathers (August 11th 2013 - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Catholic World Report Blog: The Vigilant and Faithful Disciple (10 AUG 13)
The Word Engaged: Ancestral Courage (19th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)
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