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\nCommentary from the Catholic Navarre Bible<\/p>\n
Luke 17: 11\u00a0<\/sup>Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. <\/span> 12\u00a0<\/sup>Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. <\/span> 13\u00a0<\/sup>And they lifted up their<\/i> voices and said, \u201cJesus, Master, have mercy on us!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 14\u00a0<\/sup>So when He saw them,<\/i> He said to them, \u201cGo, show yourselves to the priests.\u201d<\/span> And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.<\/span><\/p>\n 15\u00a0<\/sup>And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, <\/span> 16\u00a0<\/sup>and fell down on his<\/i> face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.<\/span><\/p>\n 17\u00a0<\/sup>So Jesus answered and said, \u201cWere there not ten cleansed? But where are<\/i> the nine?<\/span> <\/span> 18\u00a0<\/sup>Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?\u201d<\/span> <\/span> 19\u00a0<\/sup>And He said to him, \u201cArise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Commentary:\u00a0The Law of Moses laid down, to prevent the spread of the disease, that lepers should live away from other people and should let it he known that they were suffering from this disease (cf. Lev 13:45-46). This explains why they did not come right up to Jesus and his group, but instead begged his help by shouting from a distance. Before curing them our Lord orders them to go to the priests to have their cure certified (cf. Lev l4:2ff), and to perform the rites laid down. The lepers\u2019 obedience is a sign of their faith in Jesus\u2019 words. And, in fact, soon after setting out they are cleansed.<\/p>\n However, only one of them, the Samaritan, who returns praising God and showing his gratitude for the miracle, is given a much greater gift than the cure of leprosy. Jesus says as much: \u201cYour faith has made you well\u201d (v.19) and praises the man\u2019s gratefulness.<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 O my God I firmly believe that Thou art one God in three Divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; I believe that Thy Divine Son became man, and died for our sins, and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, who canst neither deceive nor be deceived. (Act of Faith)<\/p>\n Monday 20\u00a0<\/sup>Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, \u201cThe kingdom of God does not come with observation;<\/span> <\/span> 21\u00a0<\/sup>nor will they say,<\/span> [f<\/a>]<\/sup>\u2018See here!\u2019 or \u2018See there!\u2019 For indeed,<\/span> the kingdom of God is<\/span> [g<\/a>]<\/sup>within you.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 22\u00a0<\/sup>Then He said to the disciples, \u201cThe days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.<\/i><\/span> <\/span> 23\u00a0<\/sup>And they will say to you,<\/span> [h<\/a>]<\/sup>\u2018Look here!\u2019 or \u2018Look there!\u2019 Do not go after them<\/i> or follow them.<\/i><\/span> <\/span> 24\u00a0<\/sup>For as the lightning that flashes out of one part<\/i> under heaven shines to the other part<\/i> under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.<\/span> <\/span> 25\u00a0<\/sup>But first He must suffer many things and be<\/span> rejected by this generation.<\/span> <\/span> 26\u00a0<\/sup>And as it<\/span> was in the<\/span> days of<\/span> Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:<\/span> <\/span> 27\u00a0<\/sup>They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the<\/span> day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and<\/span> destroyed them all.<\/span> <\/span> 28\u00a0<\/sup>Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;<\/span> <\/span> 29\u00a0<\/sup>but on<\/span> the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them<\/i> all.<\/span> <\/span> 30\u00a0<\/sup>Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man<\/span> is revealed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 Having risen from sleep I hasten to Thee, O Lord, Lover of men, and by Thy loving-kindness I strive to do Thy work, and I pray to Thee:\u00a0 help me at all times, in everything, and deliver me from every evil thing of the world and every attack of the devil, and lead me into Thine eternal Kingdom. For Thou art my Creator, the Giver and Provider of everything good, and all my hope is in Thee, and to Thee I send up glory, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.\u00a0 Amen. Tuesday After the Apostles receive the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost they will devote their whole lives to preaching boldly the message of Jesus Christ, and winning all men over to the Lord. This will lead them to experience many severe contradictions; and they will suffer so much that they will yearn to see even \u201cone of the days of the Son of man\u201d, that is, one of the days of the victory of Jesus Christ. But this day will not arrive until the Lord\u2019s second coming.<\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears! Turn, then, O most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Wednesday 37\u00a0<\/sup>And they answered and said to Him, \u201cWhere, Lord?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n So He said to them, \u201cWherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Prayer:\u00a0 Queen of Heaven rejoice, alleluia: For He whom you merited to bear, alleluia, Has risen as He said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. Because the Lord is truly risen, alleluia. Thursday
\nLuke 17:<\/p>\n
\n*Prayer for the next day\u2019s morning<\/p>\n
\nCommentary on the Last Days…\u00a0Like many Jews of their time, the Pharisees imagined the establishment of the Kingdom of God in terms of external, political authority; whereas Jesus teaches that it is something eminently spiritual, supernatural, which has been happening ever since Jesus\u2019 coming, although its climax will be after his second coming or Parousia at the end of the world; its effect is to be seen, above all, in men\u2019s hearts, although it is also something visible and external, just as the Church has a visible dimension.<\/p>\n
\nV. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
\nR. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
\n*Salve Regina<\/p>\n
\nLuke 17:31\u00a0\u201cIn that day, he<\/span> who is on the housetop, and his<\/span> [i<\/a>]<\/sup>goods are<\/i> in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back.<\/span> <\/span> 32\u00a0<\/sup>Remember Lot\u2019s wife.<\/span> <\/span> 33\u00a0<\/sup>Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.<\/span> <\/span> 34\u00a0<\/sup>I tell you, in that night there will be two<\/span> [j<\/a>]<\/sup>men<\/i> in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.<\/span> <\/span> 35\u00a0<\/sup>Two women<\/i> will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left.<\/span> <\/span> 36\u00a0<\/sup>[k<\/a>]<\/sup>Two men<\/i> will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nLet us pray : O God, who by the Resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, granted joy to the whole world: grant we beg Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may lay hold of the joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
\n*Regina Coeli<\/p>\n
\nNavarre Commentary on the second coming…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0it is useful to recall here that everyone will find himself before the divine Judge immediately he dies, at the particular judgment. Thus Jesus\u2019 teaching has also a present urgency about it: here and now a disciple should scrutinize his own conduct, for the Lord can call him when he least expects.<\/p>\n