Book of Sirach
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Oct 29, 2026
David RussellHOST
Amen.
David RussellHOST
A reading from the book of Sirach, chapter 2, verses 1 through 6.
David RussellHOST
My child, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials.
David RussellHOST
Be sincere of heart and steadfast, and do not be impetuous in time of adversity.
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David RussellHOST
We begin to discover the joy of loving the giver.
David RussellHOST
This is especially important when prayer becomes difficult, when consolations disappear, or when circumstances unfold differently from what we had hoped.
David RussellHOST
The book of Sirach reminds us that fidelity to God may require patience and perseverance.
David RussellHOST
The Catechism likewise teaches that the journey toward holiness involves spiritual struggle.
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Amen.
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A reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus.
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Are you seated at the table of the great? Do not be greedy at it, and do not say, How much food there is here? Remember that a greedy eye is a bad thing.
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What has been created more greedy than the eye? Therefore it sheds tears for any reason.
Stephen AumetHOST
Amen.
Stephen AumetHOST
A reading from the 31st and 32nd chapters of Sirach.
Stephen AumetHOST
Are you seated at the table of the great? Do not be greedy at it, and do not say, How much food there is here? Remember that a greedy eye is a bad thing.
Stephen AumetHOST
What has been created more greedy than the eye? Therefore it sheds tears for any reason.
Jonathan V. LastHOST
I would simply like to take my victory lap on the fact that the most evil person in this, the stepfather rapist abuser, was named Cledith, which I believe is the Old Testament version.
Jonathan V. LastHOST
I forget whether it's Book of Sirach or Wisdom, but I believe the passage is...
Jonathan V. LastHOST
And Cletus said to Darlene, thou shalt whack a stall ye serpents that slither upon their bellies.
Jonathan V. LastHOST
And and that's where the name Cletus originates from.
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He also rebukes presumptuous persons with the warning, do not say, how is it that former days were better than these? For it is not in wisdom that you ask this.
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So there is a wisdom in created things, as the son of Sirach too bears witness.
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The Lord has poured it out upon all his works to be with men as his gift, and with wisdom he has abundantly equipped those who love him.
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This quality of being poured out belongs not only to the essence of that self-existent wisdom who is the Only Begotten, but to that wisdom which reflects the Only Begotten One in the world.
Mike SchmitzHOST
Anyways, kudos to you.
Mike SchmitzHOST
We're reading 2 Maccabees chapter 3, Sirach chapter 45 and 46, as well as Proverbs chapter 24, verses 10 through 12.
Mike SchmitzHOST
As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition.
Mike SchmitzHOST
I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
Mike SchmitzHOST
You can print it out.
Mike SchmitzHOST
It's in color, and you can mark it off like I do with a blue marker.
Mike SchmitzHOST
You can also subscribe to this podcast to receive daily episodes and daily updates on Day 300, where we're reading Second Book of Maccabees, Chapter 3, Sirach 45 and 46, Proverbs Chapter 24, Verses 10 through 12.
Mike SchmitzHOST
The second book of the Maccabees, chapter three, arrival of Heliodorus in Jerusalem.
Catherine WilliamsHOST
Amen.
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The first reading is from the book of Ecclesiasticus, beginning at chapter 39, verse 13.
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Listen to me, my faithful children, and blossom like a rose growing by a stream of water.
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Send out fragrance like incense and put forth blossoms like a lily.
ScottGUEST
And then I believe Second Temple literature starts to pick up from that.
ScottGUEST
And so you get Jubilees and you get Tobit, you get these, you get the book of wisdom, you get Sirach that begin to pull the idea of demons, like as a, as a standalone category of spiritual beings into the forefront of Israel, Israel's history.
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religious worldview, I guess you could say.
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Not necessarily doctrine, but just religious worldview.
Stephen AumetHOST
Amen.
Stephen AumetHOST
A reading from the 24th chapter of Sirach.
Stephen AumetHOST
Wisdom praises herself and tells of her glory in the midst of her people.
Stephen AumetHOST
In the assembly of the Most High she opens her mouth, and in the presence of his hosts she tells of her glory.
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Amen.
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The first reading is from the book of Ecclesiasticus, beginning at chapter 39, verse 1.
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He seeks out the wisdom of all the ancients and is concerned with prophecies.
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He preserves the sayings of the famous and penetrates the subtleties of parables.
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