Sunday 2 March 2025 / 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Sunday 2 March 2025

8th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

First Reading: Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 27: 4-7

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 92: 2-3, 13-14, 15-16

Second Reading: First Corinthians 15: 54-58

Alleluia: Philippians 2: 15d, 16a

Gospel: Luke 6: 39-45

First Reading : 

Ecclesiasticus 27:4‐7

In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a man appear in his talk. The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a man is in his conversation. The orchard where a tree grows is judged on the quality of its fruit, similarly a man’s words betray what he feels. Do not praise a man before he has spoken, since this is the test of men.

Responsive Psalm : 

Psalm 91(92):2‐3,13‐16

It is good to give you thanks, O Lord.

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your truth in the watches of the night.

It is good to give you thanks, O Lord.

The just will flourish like the palm tree and grow like a Lebanon cedar.

It is good to give you thanks, O Lord.

Planted in the house of the Lord they will flourish in the courts of our God, still bearing fruit when they are old, still full of sap, still green, to proclaim that the Lord is just. In him, my rock, there is no wrong.

It is good to give you thanks, O Lord.

Second Reading : 

1 Corinthians 15:54‐58

When this perishable nature has put on imperishability, and when this mortal nature has put on immortality, then the words of scripture will come true: Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? Now the sting of death is sin, and sin gets its power from the Law. So let us thank God for giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

  Never give in then, my dear brothers, never admit defeat; keep on working at the Lord’s work always, knowing that, in the Lord, you cannot be labouring in vain.

Alleluia: Philippians 2: 15d, 16a

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

15d, 16a Shine like lights in the world as you hold on to the word of life.

(12. So, my dear friends, you have always been obedient; your obedience must not be limited to times when I am present. Now that I am absent it must be more in evidence, so work out your salvation in fear and trembling.

13. It is God who, for his own generous purpose, gives you the intention and the powers to act.

14. Let your behaviour be free of murmuring and complaining

15. so that you remain faultless and pure, unspoilt children of God surrounded by a deceitful and underhand brood, shining out among them like bright stars in the world,

16. proffering to it the Word of life. Then I shall have reason to be proud on the Day of Christ, for it will not be for nothing that I have run the race and toiled so hard).

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel : 

Luke 6:39‐45

Jesus told a parable to his disciples: ‘Can one blind man guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit? The disciple is not superior to his teacher; the fully trained disciple will always be like his teacher. Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the plank in your own? How can you say to your brother, “Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,” when you cannot see the plank in your own? Hypocrite! Take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take out the splinter that is in your brother’s eye.

  ‘There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit. For every tree can be told by its own fruit: people do not pick figs from thorns, nor gather grapes from brambles. A good man draws what is good from the store of goodness in his heart; a bad man draws what is bad from the store of badness. For a man’s words flow out of what fills his heart.’

Words of the Holy Father:

Today’s Gospel passage presents brief parables with which Jesus seeks to indicate to his disciples the path to follow in order to live wisely. With the question: can a blind man lead a blind man?” (Lk 6:39), he wishes to emphasize that a leader cannot be blind, but must see clearly, that is, he must have wisdom in order to lead wisely, otherwise he risks causing damage to the people who are entrusted to him. Jesus thus calls attention to those who have educational responsibility or who govern: spiritual pastors, public authorities, legislators, teachers, parents, exhorting them to be aware of their delicate role and to always discern the right path on which to lead people. (…)

In today’s passage we find another significant phrase, which exhorts us to be neither presumptuous nor hypocritical. It says: “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?” (v. 41). So often, as we all know, it is easy or convenient to see and condemn the flaws and sins of others, without being able to see our own with such clarity. We always hide our flaws; we even hide them from ourselves; while it is easy to see the flaws of others. The temptation is to be indulgent with ourselves — lenient with ourselves — and severe with others. It is always useful to help one’s neighbour with wise advice, but while we observe and correct our neighbour’s flaws, we must be aware that we too have flaws. If I believe I have none, I cannot condemn or correct others. We all have flaws: everyone. We must be aware of them, and, before condemning others, we must look within ourselves. In this way we can act in a credible way, with humility, witnessing to charity. (Angelus, 3 March 2019)

Santo Simplisius, Paus dan Martir.

Kisah tentang Santo Simplisius tidak banyak di ketahui. Tahun kelahirannya pun tidak diketahui. Yang tercatat tentang dirinya ialah bahwa Simplisius diangkat menjadi Paus pada tanggal 3 Maret 468, dan memimpin gereja hingga kematiannya pada tanggal 10 Maret 483.

Selama masa kePausannya, Simplisius dengan gigih mempertahankan primasi Tahkta Suci di Roma dan menentang bidaah Monophysitisme yang berkembang pesat di belahan dunia Timur. Reaksinya diungkapkan dalam sebuah surat kecaman yang ditujukan kepada Kaisar Basiliscus dan Zeno. Kecuali itu, di dalam surat itu pun, Simplisius dengan keras mengecam penangkapan atas diri Patriakh Aleksandria oleh Petrus Mongus dan Timotius Ailurus, pengikut aliran sesat itu; juga ia mengecam penangkapan atas diri Uskup Antiokhia oleh Petrus Fullo, penyebar ajaran sesat lainnya.

Kemartiran Simplisius dituliskan oleh Ardo dari Vienne dalam bukunya tentang martir-martir Roma yang dibunuh karena imannya kepada Kristus.

Hari Minggu Biasa VIII

Sir. 27:4-7; Mzm. 92:2-3.13-14.15-16; 1Kor. 15:54-58; Luk. 6:39-45.

Warna Liturgi Hijau

Sir 27:4 Kalau ayakan digoyang-goyangkan maka sampahlah yang tinggal, demikianpun keburukan manusia tinggal dalam bicaranya.

Sir 27:5 Perapian menguji periuk belanga penjunan, dan ujian manusia terletak dalam bicaranya.

Sir 27:6 Nilai ladang ditampakkan oleh buah pohon yang tumbuh di situ, demikian pula bicara orang menyatakan isi hatinya.

Sir 27:7 Jangan memuji seseorang sebelum ia bicara, sebab justru itulah batu ujian manusia.

Mzm 92:2 (92-3) untuk memberitakan kasih setia-Mu di waktu pagi dan kesetiaan-Mu di waktu malam,

Mzm 92:3 (92-4) dengan bunyi-bunyian sepuluh tali dan dengan gambus, dengan iringan kecapi.

Mzm 92:13 (92-14) mereka yang ditanam di bait TUHAN akan bertunas di pelataran Allah kita.

Mzm 92:14 (92-15) Pada masa tua pun mereka masih berbuah, menjadi gemuk dan segar,

Mzm 92:15 (92-16) untuk memberitakan, bahwa TUHAN itu benar, bahwa Ia gunung batuku dan tidak ada kecurangan pada-Nya.

1Kor 15:54 Dan sesudah yang dapat binasa ini mengenakan yang tidak dapat binasa dan yang dapat mati ini mengenakan yang tidak dapat mati, maka akan genaplah firman Tuhan yang tertulis: "Maut telah ditelan dalam kemenangan.

1Kor 15:55 Hai maut di manakah kemenanganmu? Hai maut, di manakah sengatmu?"

1Kor 15:56 Sengat maut ialah dosa dan kuasa dosa ialah hukum Taurat.

1Kor 15:57 Tetapi syukur kepada Allah, yang telah memberikan kepada kita kemenangan oleh Yesus Kristus, Tuhan kita.

1Kor 15:58 Karena itu, saudara-saudaraku yang kekasih, berdirilah teguh, jangan goyah, dan giatlah selalu dalam pekerjaan Tuhan! Sebab kamu tahu, bahwa dalam persekutuan dengan Tuhan jerih payahmu tidak sia-sia.

Luk 6:39 Yesus mengatakan pula suatu perumpamaan kepada mereka: "Dapatkah orang buta menuntun orang buta? Bukankah keduanya akan jatuh ke dalam lobang?

Luk 6:40 Seorang murid tidak lebih dari pada gurunya, tetapi barangsiapa yang telah tamat pelajarannya akan sama dengan gurunya.

Luk 6:41 Mengapakah engkau melihat selumbar di dalam mata saudaramu, sedangkan balok di dalam matamu sendiri tidak engkau ketahui?

Luk 6:42 Bagaimanakah engkau dapat berkata kepada saudaramu: Saudara, biarlah aku mengeluarkan selumbar yang ada di dalam matamu, padahal balok yang di dalam matamu tidak engkau lihat? Hai orang munafik, keluarkanlah dahulu balok dari matamu, maka engkau akan melihat dengan jelas untuk mengeluarkan selumbar itu dari mata saudaramu."

Luk 6:43 "Karena tidak ada pohon yang baik yang menghasilkan buah yang tidak baik, dan juga tidak ada pohon yang tidak baik yang menghasilkan buah yang baik.

Luk 6:44 Sebab setiap pohon dikenal pada buahnya. Karena dari semak duri orang tidak memetik buah ara dan dari duri-duri tidak memetik buah anggur.

Luk 6:45 Orang yang baik mengeluarkan barang yang baik dari perbendaharaan hatinya yang baik dan orang yang jahat mengeluarkan barang yang jahat dari perbendaharaannya yang jahat. Karena yang diucapkan mulutnya, meluap dari hatinya."

Prepared and updated by:

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,

Penampang, Sabah Malaysia.