WEBVTT 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:03.740 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.740 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.880 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:11.619 of Luke chapter 7 and the Gospel of Matthew chapter 00:00:11.619 --> 00:00:16.359 11. Luke chapter 7. Now when he concluded all 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:19.000 his sayings, in the hearing of the people, he 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:21.820 entered Capernaum, and a certain centurion's 00:00:21.820 --> 00:00:24.940 servant, who was dear to him, was sick and ready 00:00:24.940 --> 00:00:28.149 to die. So when he heard about Jesus, he sent 00:00:28.149 --> 00:00:30.870 elders of the Jews to him, pleading with him 00:00:30.870 --> 00:00:33.369 to come and heal his servant. And when they came 00:00:33.369 --> 00:00:36.289 to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying that 00:00:36.289 --> 00:00:39.189 the one for whom he should do this was deserving, 00:00:39.390 --> 00:00:42.549 for he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue. 00:00:43.450 --> 00:00:46.390 Then Jesus went with them, and when he was already 00:00:46.390 --> 00:00:49.229 not far from the house, the centurion sent friends 00:00:49.229 --> 00:00:52.649 to him, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble yourself, 00:00:52.950 --> 00:00:55.490 for I am not worthy. that you should enter under 00:00:55.490 --> 00:00:58.450 my roof. Therefore I did not even think myself 00:00:58.450 --> 00:01:01.189 worthy to come to you. But say the word, and 00:01:01.189 --> 00:01:04.230 my servant will be healed. For I also am a man 00:01:04.230 --> 00:01:07.030 placed under authority, having soldiers under 00:01:07.030 --> 00:01:10.030 me. And I say to one, Go, and he goes. And to 00:01:10.030 --> 00:01:12.269 another, Come, and he comes. And to my servant, 00:01:12.430 --> 00:01:14.969 Do this, and he does it. When Jesus heard these 00:01:14.969 --> 00:01:17.709 things, he marveled at him, and turned around 00:01:17.709 --> 00:01:20.129 and said to the crowd that followed him, I say 00:01:20.129 --> 00:01:23.069 to you, I have not found such great faith, not 00:01:23.069 --> 00:01:49.439 even. And a large crowd from the city was with 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:52.189 her. Now the Lord saw her. He had compassion 00:01:52.189 --> 00:01:55.590 on her and said to her, Do not weep. Then he 00:01:55.590 --> 00:01:57.930 came and touched the open coffin, and those who 00:01:57.930 --> 00:02:01.170 carried him stood still. And he said, Young man, 00:02:01.349 --> 00:02:05.189 I say to you, arise. So he who was dead sat up 00:02:05.189 --> 00:02:07.810 and began to speak, and he presented him to his 00:02:07.810 --> 00:02:10.990 mother. Then fear came upon all, and they glorified 00:02:10.990 --> 00:02:14.090 God, saying, A great prophet has risen up among 00:02:14.090 --> 00:02:17.550 us, and God has visited his people. And this 00:02:17.550 --> 00:02:19.949 report about him went throughout all Judea and 00:02:19.949 --> 00:02:22.319 all the surrounding region. Then the disciples 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:24.879 of John reported to him concerning all these 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:27.680 things. And John, calling two of his disciples 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.960 to him, sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you the 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:33.919 coming one, or do we look for another? When the 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:36.800 men had come to him, they said, John the Baptist 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:39.740 has sent us to you, saying, Are you the coming 00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:42.900 one, or do we look for another? And that very 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:46.599 hour he cured many of infirmities, afflictions, 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:49.740 and evil spirits. And to many blind he gave sight. 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:52.939 Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell 00:02:52.939 --> 00:02:55.680 John the things you have seen and heard, that 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.659 the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are 00:02:58.659 --> 00:03:01.759 cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, 00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:05.419 the poor have the gospel preached to them, and 00:03:05.419 --> 00:03:08.460 blessed is he who is not offended because of 00:03:08.460 --> 00:03:11.180 me. When the messengers of John had departed, 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:13.520 he began to speak to the multitudes concerning 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:16.560 John. What did you go out into the wilderness 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:20.289 to see? A reed shaken by the wind? But what did 00:03:20.289 --> 00:03:23.889 you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? 00:03:24.250 --> 00:03:27.590 Indeed, those who are gorgeously appareled and 00:03:27.590 --> 00:03:30.710 live in luxury are in kings' courts. But what 00:03:30.710 --> 00:03:33.830 did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say 00:03:33.830 --> 00:03:36.750 to you, and more than a prophet. This is he of 00:03:36.750 --> 00:03:39.469 whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger 00:03:39.469 --> 00:03:42.650 before my face, who will prepare your way before 00:03:42.650 --> 00:03:46.090 you. For I say to you, among those born of women 00:03:46.090 --> 00:03:48.909 there is not a greater prophet than John the 00:03:48.909 --> 00:03:51.909 Baptist, but he who is least in the kingdom of 00:03:51.909 --> 00:03:55.009 God is greater than he. And when all the people 00:03:55.009 --> 00:03:57.849 heard him, even the tax collectors justified 00:03:57.849 --> 00:04:00.969 God, having been baptized with the baptism of 00:04:00.969 --> 00:04:04.009 John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected 00:04:04.009 --> 00:04:06.969 the will of God for themselves, not having been 00:04:06.969 --> 00:04:10.430 baptized by him. And the Lord said, To what then 00:04:10.430 --> 00:04:13.120 shall I liken the men of this generation? And 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:15.520 what are they like? They are like children sitting 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:17.740 in the marketplace and calling to one another, 00:04:17.819 --> 00:04:20.560 saying, We played the flute for you, and you 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.060 did not dance. We mourned to you, and you did 00:04:23.060 --> 00:04:26.100 not weep. For John the Baptist came neither eating 00:04:26.100 --> 00:04:28.540 bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:31.680 a demon. The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:34.720 and you say, Look, a glutton and a wine -bibber, 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:37.819 a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom 00:04:37.819 --> 00:04:41.250 is justified by all her children. Then one of 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:43.529 the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and 00:04:43.529 --> 00:04:45.529 he went to the Pharisee's house and sat down 00:04:45.529 --> 00:04:48.769 to eat. And behold, a woman in the city, who 00:04:48.769 --> 00:04:51.370 was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at 00:04:51.370 --> 00:04:53.850 the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an 00:04:53.850 --> 00:04:57.069 alabaster flask of fragrant oil and stood at 00:04:57.069 --> 00:04:59.889 his feet behind him weeping. And she began to 00:04:59.889 --> 00:05:02.689 wash his feet with her tears and wipe them with 00:05:02.689 --> 00:05:05.029 the hair of her head. And she kissed his feet 00:05:05.029 --> 00:05:08.149 and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Now 00:05:08.149 --> 00:05:11.180 when the Pharisee who had invited him, saw this, 00:05:11.259 --> 00:05:14.160 he spoke to himself, saying, This man, if he 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:17.160 were a prophet, would know who and what manner 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:20.180 of woman this is who is touching him, for she 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:23.000 is a sinner. And Jesus answered and said to him, 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:25.680 Simon, I have something to say to you. So he 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.860 said, Teacher, say it. There was a certain creditor 00:05:28.860 --> 00:05:31.920 who had two debtors, one owed five hundred denarii 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:34.439 and the other fifty. And when they had nothing 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:37.740 with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:40.759 Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:43.819 more? Simon answered and said, I suppose the 00:05:43.819 --> 00:05:46.759 one whom he forgave more. And he said to him, 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:49.420 You have rightly judged. Then he turned to the 00:05:49.420 --> 00:05:51.680 woman and said to Simon, Do you see this woman? 00:05:51.939 --> 00:05:54.720 I entered your house, you gave me no water for 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:57.699 my feet, but she has washed my feet with her 00:05:57.699 --> 00:06:00.139 tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. 00:06:00.420 --> 00:06:03.519 You gave me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:07.060 to kiss my feet since the time I came in. you 00:06:07.060 --> 00:06:10.079 did not anoint my head with oil but this woman 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:13.279 has anointed my feet with fragrant oil therefore 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:16.500 i say to you her sins which are many are forgiven 00:06:16.500 --> 00:06:19.819 for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven 00:06:19.819 --> 00:06:23.240 the same loves little then he said to her your 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:26.000 sins are forgiven and those who sat at the table 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:28.959 with him began to say to themselves who is this 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.240 who even forgives sins then he said to the woman 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:38.029 your faith has saved you go in peace Matthew 00:06:38.029 --> 00:06:41.170 chapter 11 Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished 00:06:41.170 --> 00:06:44.009 commanding his twelve disciples, that he departed 00:06:44.009 --> 00:06:46.970 from there to teach and to preach in their cities. 00:06:47.269 --> 00:06:50.529 And when John had heard in prison about the works 00:06:50.529 --> 00:06:53.029 of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said 00:06:53.029 --> 00:06:55.769 to him, Are you the coming one, or do we look 00:06:55.769 --> 00:06:58.230 for another? Jesus answered and said to them, 00:06:58.329 --> 00:07:00.990 Go and tell John the things which you hear and 00:07:00.990 --> 00:07:04.750 see, the blind see and the lame walk, the lepers 00:07:04.750 --> 00:07:07.800 are cleansed and the deaf hear. The dead are 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.139 raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached 00:07:10.139 --> 00:07:13.339 to them. And blessed is he who is not offended 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:16.720 because of me. As they departed, Jesus began 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.360 to say to the multitudes concerning John, What 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:22.199 did you go out into the wilderness to see? A 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:24.819 reed shaken by the wind. But what did you go 00:07:24.819 --> 00:07:29.100 out to see? A man clothed in soft garments. Indeed, 00:07:29.339 --> 00:07:32.240 those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:36.310 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, 00:07:36.310 --> 00:07:39.329 I say to you, and more than a prophet, for this 00:07:39.329 --> 00:07:42.810 is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my 00:07:42.810 --> 00:07:45.449 messenger before your face, who will prepare 00:07:45.449 --> 00:07:48.769 your way before you. Assuredly, I say to you, 00:07:48.810 --> 00:07:52.069 among those born of women, there has not risen 00:07:52.069 --> 00:07:55.069 one greater than John the Baptist, but he who 00:07:55.069 --> 00:07:57.430 is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater 00:07:57.430 --> 00:08:00.370 than he. And from the days of John the Baptist 00:08:00.370 --> 00:08:03.170 until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, 00:08:03.269 --> 00:08:06.379 and the violent take it by force. For all the 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:09.779 prophets and the law prophesied until John, and 00:08:09.779 --> 00:08:12.259 if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah 00:08:12.259 --> 00:08:16.040 who is to come. He who has ears to hear, let 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:19.459 him hear. But to what shall I liken this generation? 00:08:19.899 --> 00:08:22.160 It is like children sitting in the marketplaces 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.920 and calling to their companions and saying, We 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:27.360 played the flute for you, and you did not dance. 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:30.980 We mourned you, and you did not lament. For John 00:08:30.980 --> 00:08:33.779 came neither eating nor drinking, and they say 00:08:33.779 --> 00:08:36.379 he has a demon. The son of man came eating and 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:39.320 drinking, and they say, Look, a glutton and a 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:41.679 wine -bibber, a friend of tax collectors and 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:44.580 sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children. 00:08:45.179 --> 00:08:47.980 Then he began to rebuke the cities in which most 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:50.980 of his mighty works had been done, because they 00:08:50.980 --> 00:08:54.299 did not repent. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to 00:08:54.299 --> 00:08:56.879 you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:59.600 were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:02.700 they would have repented long ago in sackcloth 00:09:02.700 --> 00:09:05.330 and ashes. But I say to you, it will be more 00:09:05.330 --> 00:09:08.350 tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment 00:09:08.350 --> 00:09:11.710 than for you. And you, Capernaum, who are exalted 00:09:11.710 --> 00:09:14.549 to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. For 00:09:14.549 --> 00:09:17.110 if the mighty works which were done in you had 00:09:17.110 --> 00:09:19.950 been done in Sodom, it would have remained until 00:09:19.950 --> 00:09:23.090 this day. But I say to you that it shall be more 00:09:23.090 --> 00:09:25.610 tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of 00:09:25.610 --> 00:09:29.129 judgment than for you. At that time Jesus answered 00:09:29.129 --> 00:09:31.970 and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven 00:09:31.970 --> 00:09:34.490 and earth. that you have hidden these things 00:09:34.490 --> 00:09:36.909 from the wise and prudent, and have revealed 00:09:36.909 --> 00:09:40.730 them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed 00:09:40.730 --> 00:09:43.990 good in your sight, all things have been delivered 00:09:43.990 --> 00:09:47.230 to me by my Father. And no one knows the Son 00:09:47.230 --> 00:09:50.250 except the Father, nor does anyone know the Father 00:09:50.250 --> 00:09:53.570 except the Son, and no one to whom the Son wills 00:09:53.570 --> 00:09:56.309 to reveal him. Come to me, all you who labor 00:09:56.309 --> 00:09:58.669 and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:17.039 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:19.159 I did, and I look forward to seeing you again 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:21.580 tomorrow to continue on our journey. God bless 00:10:21.580 --> 00:10:22.659 you and have a great day.