2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12
#425 Weekday Year II Context (Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time)
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Church of the Thessalonians
in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters,
as is fitting, because your faith flourishes ever more,
and the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater.
Accordingly, we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God
regarding your endurance and faith in all your persecutions
and the afflictions you endure.
This is evidence of the just judgment of God,
so that you may be considered worthy of the Kingdom of God
for which you are suffering.
We always pray for you,
that our God may make you worthy of his calling
and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose
and every effort of faith,
that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,
and you in him,
in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12
St. Paul opens his second letter to the Church at Thessalonica, adding greeting from his two co-workers Silvanus and Timothy, with the warmth and affection he feels for this community of Christians in northern Greece, which he founded. We see in his opening remarks that the pagans and Jews which make up a majority of this city-state continue to persecute the Christians, and the evangelist exhorts them to remain firm in their faith in spite of these trials. God, he promises, will find glory through their perseverance and in turn will glorify them.
CCC: 2 Thes 1:11 2636
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2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2
#153C Solemnities C Context (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time C)
Brothers and sisters:
We always pray for you,
that our God may make you worthy of his calling
and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose
and every effort of faith,
that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,
and you in him,
in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
We ask you, brothers and sisters,
with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and our assembling with him,
not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed
either by a "spirit," or by an oral statement,
or by a letter allegedly from us
to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 1:11-2:2
St. Paul concludes his introduction to his second letter by telling the Thessalonians that his prayer is that all may be worthy of the faith to which they were called. He tells them that their actions would bring glory to God, and Jesus, God's Only Begotten Son. He begins the second chapter warning them not to be taken in by a false letter, purportedly from him (St. Paul), that said the Lord had already returned and the end times were upon them.
“Those who try to mislead the people of God by teachings contrary to Christian faith often use methods of the same sort. By twisting the meaning of Sacred Scripture (cf. Matthew 4:6) they not infrequently promote wrong teaching as if it were a revelation from the Holy Spirit. The Second Vatican Council has reminded us how to identify subjective interpretation of that kind: "The task of giving an authentic interpretation, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living teaching office of the Church alone. Its authority is exercised in the name of Jesus Christ" (Dei Verbum, 10).[1]
CCC: 2 Thes 1:11 2636
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2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17
#426 Weekday Year II Context (Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time)
We ask you, brothers and sisters,
with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and our assembling with him,
not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly,
or to be alarmed either by a “spirit,” or by an oral statement,
or by a letter allegedly from us
to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand.
Let no one deceive you in any way.
To this end he has also called you through our Gospel
to possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm
and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught,
either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,
who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement
and good hope through his grace,
encourage your hearts and strengthen them
in every good deed and word.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17
Scholars believe a major purpose for St. Paul’s writing of the second letter to the Thessalonians, apparently only a few months after the first, was that another letter had surfaced, supposedly from St. Paul, that told the community the apocalypse was at hand. In this passage he acknowledges the existence of that forgery and tells the community to disregard the false teaching and to remain firm in their faith in Jesus as taught by him when he was with them, and in his first letter.
CCC: 2 Thes 2:3-12 673
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2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5
#156C Solemnities C Context (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time C)
Brothers and sisters:
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,
who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement
and good hope through his grace,
encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good deed
and word.
Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us,
so that the word of the Lord may speed forward and be glorified,
as it did among you,
and that we may be delivered from perverse and wicked people,
for not all have faith.
But the Lord is faithful;
he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you,
you are doing and will continue to do.
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God
and to the endurance of Christ.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 2:16--3:5
This reading is comprised of the final verses of the second chapter of Second Thessalonians and the first verses of the third and final chapter. In this passage, we see St. Paul encouraging the church of Thessalonica to keep firm to the gospel values about which he instructed them, and then, beginning in the third chapter, he asks for prayers for his ongoing mission to spread the gospel message.
CCC: 2 Thes 3:1-13 1577; 2 Thes 3:1 1590
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2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18
#427 Weekday Year II Context (Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time)
We instruct you, brothers and sisters,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
to shun any brother
who walks in a disorderly way
and not according to the tradition they received from us.
For you know how one must imitate us.
For we did not act in a disorderly way among you,
nor did we eat food received free from anyone.
On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked,
so as not to burden any of you.
Not that we do not have the right.
Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you,
so that you might imitate us.
In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that
if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat.
May the Lord of peace himself
give you peace at all times and in every way.
The Lord be with all of you.
This greeting is in my own hand, Paul’s.
This is the sign in every letter; this is how I write.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18
St. Paul concludes his second letter to the Church at Thessalonica with instructions on how to deal with members of their community who were “disorderly.” It is likely that this behavior was surfacing because of the forged letter that had surfaced announcing that the Apocalypse was at hand. Some of the individuals who believed this may have stopped working and became a drain on the resources of the church. St. Paul tells the membership to shun these individuals, to shame them into returning to St. Paul’s own teaching. (We note he concludes his letter assuring the Thessalonian Christians that it is from him and written in his own hand.)
CCC: 2 Thes 3:1-13 1577; 2 Thes 3:9 1794; 2 Thes 3:16 385, 463, 2641
#425 Weekday Year II Context (Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time)
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Church of the Thessalonians
in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters,
as is fitting, because your faith flourishes ever more,
and the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater.
Accordingly, we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God
regarding your endurance and faith in all your persecutions
and the afflictions you endure.
This is evidence of the just judgment of God,
so that you may be considered worthy of the Kingdom of God
for which you are suffering.
We always pray for you,
that our God may make you worthy of his calling
and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose
and every effort of faith,
that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,
and you in him,
in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12
St. Paul opens his second letter to the Church at Thessalonica, adding greeting from his two co-workers Silvanus and Timothy, with the warmth and affection he feels for this community of Christians in northern Greece, which he founded. We see in his opening remarks that the pagans and Jews which make up a majority of this city-state continue to persecute the Christians, and the evangelist exhorts them to remain firm in their faith in spite of these trials. God, he promises, will find glory through their perseverance and in turn will glorify them.
CCC: 2 Thes 1:11 2636
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2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2
#153C Solemnities C Context (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time C)
Brothers and sisters:
We always pray for you,
that our God may make you worthy of his calling
and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose
and every effort of faith,
that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,
and you in him,
in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
We ask you, brothers and sisters,
with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and our assembling with him,
not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed
either by a "spirit," or by an oral statement,
or by a letter allegedly from us
to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Commentary on 2 Thes 1:11-2:2
St. Paul concludes his introduction to his second letter by telling the Thessalonians that his prayer is that all may be worthy of the faith to which they were called. He tells them that their actions would bring glory to God, and Jesus, God's Only Begotten Son. He begins the second chapter warning them not to be taken in by a false letter, purportedly from him (St. Paul), that said the Lord had already returned and the end times were upon them.
“Those who try to mislead the people of God by teachings contrary to Christian faith often use methods of the same sort. By twisting the meaning of Sacred Scripture (cf. Matthew 4:6) they not infrequently promote wrong teaching as if it were a revelation from the Holy Spirit. The Second Vatican Council has reminded us how to identify subjective interpretation of that kind: "The task of giving an authentic interpretation, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living teaching office of the Church alone. Its authority is exercised in the name of Jesus Christ" (Dei Verbum, 10).[1]
CCC: 2 Thes 1:11 2636
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2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17
#426 Weekday Year II Context (Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time)
We ask you, brothers and sisters,
with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and our assembling with him,
not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly,
or to be alarmed either by a “spirit,” or by an oral statement,
or by a letter allegedly from us
to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand.
Let no one deceive you in any way.
To this end he has also called you through our Gospel
to possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm
and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught,
either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,
who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement
and good hope through his grace,
encourage your hearts and strengthen them
in every good deed and word.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17
Scholars believe a major purpose for St. Paul’s writing of the second letter to the Thessalonians, apparently only a few months after the first, was that another letter had surfaced, supposedly from St. Paul, that told the community the apocalypse was at hand. In this passage he acknowledges the existence of that forgery and tells the community to disregard the false teaching and to remain firm in their faith in Jesus as taught by him when he was with them, and in his first letter.
CCC: 2 Thes 2:3-12 673
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2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5
#156C Solemnities C Context (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time C)
Brothers and sisters:
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,
who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement
and good hope through his grace,
encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good deed
and word.
Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us,
so that the word of the Lord may speed forward and be glorified,
as it did among you,
and that we may be delivered from perverse and wicked people,
for not all have faith.
But the Lord is faithful;
he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you,
you are doing and will continue to do.
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God
and to the endurance of Christ.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 2:16--3:5
This reading is comprised of the final verses of the second chapter of Second Thessalonians and the first verses of the third and final chapter. In this passage, we see St. Paul encouraging the church of Thessalonica to keep firm to the gospel values about which he instructed them, and then, beginning in the third chapter, he asks for prayers for his ongoing mission to spread the gospel message.
CCC: 2 Thes 3:1-13 1577; 2 Thes 3:1 1590
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2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18
#427 Weekday Year II Context (Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time)
We instruct you, brothers and sisters,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
to shun any brother
who walks in a disorderly way
and not according to the tradition they received from us.
For you know how one must imitate us.
For we did not act in a disorderly way among you,
nor did we eat food received free from anyone.
On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked,
so as not to burden any of you.
Not that we do not have the right.
Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you,
so that you might imitate us.
In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that
if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat.
May the Lord of peace himself
give you peace at all times and in every way.
The Lord be with all of you.
This greeting is in my own hand, Paul’s.
This is the sign in every letter; this is how I write.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18
St. Paul concludes his second letter to the Church at Thessalonica with instructions on how to deal with members of their community who were “disorderly.” It is likely that this behavior was surfacing because of the forged letter that had surfaced announcing that the Apocalypse was at hand. Some of the individuals who believed this may have stopped working and became a drain on the resources of the church. St. Paul tells the membership to shun these individuals, to shame them into returning to St. Paul’s own teaching. (We note he concludes his letter assuring the Thessalonian Christians that it is from him and written in his own hand.)
CCC: 2 Thes 3:1-13 1577; 2 Thes 3:9 1794; 2 Thes 3:16 385, 463, 2641
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2 Thessalonians 3:6-12, 16
#908 Mass for Various Needs Context (III. In Various Public Circumstances, 18. For the Blessing of Human Labor, Second Option)
We Instruct you, Brothers and Sisters
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
to shun any brother who walks in a disorderly way
and not according to the tradition they received from us.
For you know how one must imitate us.
For we did not act in a disorderly way among you,
nor did we eat food received free from anyone.
On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day
we worked, so as not to burden any of you.
Not that we do not have the right.
Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you,
so that you might imitate us.
In fact, when we were with you,
we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work,
neither should that one eat.
We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a
disorderly way,
by not keeping busy but minding the business of others.
Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly
and to eat their own food.
May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times
and in every way.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 3:7-12
St. Paul addresses a problem with some of the individuals in the Church in Thessalonica. Possibly because of St. Paul’s own teaching on the immanent second coming of Christ (the Parousia) (1 Thessalonians 2:16; 3:3-4; 5:4-5) but more likely because of a forged letter claiming to be from him (2 Thessalonians 2:2), some members had stopped working for a living. St Paul urges them to stop this behavior to the point of shunning those who walk "in disorderly ways" (and to stop involving themselves in other peoples business, a side effect of the life style which left them with too much time on their hands) and get back to working for a living.
CCC: 2 Thes 3:1-13 1577; 2 Thes 3:9 1794; 2 Thes 3:16 385, 463, 2641
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2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
#159C Solemnities C Context (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time C)
Brothers and sisters:
You know how one must imitate us.
For we did not act in a disorderly way among you,
nor did we eat food received free from anyone.
On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day
we worked, so as not to burden any of you.
Not that we do not have the right.
Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you,
so that you might imitate us.
In fact, when we were with you,
we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work,
neither should that one eat.
We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a
disorderly way,
by not keeping busy but minding the business of others.
Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly
and to eat their own food.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 3:7-12
St. Paul addresses a problem with some of the individuals in the church in Thessalonica, possibly because of St. Paul’s own teaching on the imminent second coming of Christ (the Parousia) (1 Thessalonians 2:16; 3:3-4; 5:4-5), but more likely because of a forged letter claiming to be from him (2 Thessalonians 2:2). Some members of the community had stopped working for a living, waiting for the end to come. St Paul urges them to stop this behavior (and to stop involving themselves in other people's business, a side effect of the life style which left them with too much time on their hands), and get back to working for a living.
CCC: 2 Thes 3:1-13 1577; 2 Thes 3:9 1794
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Fin
[1] The Navarre Bible: “Letters of St. Paul”, Scepter Publishers, Princeton, NJ, © 2003, pp. 534-535
2 Thessalonians 3:6-12, 16
#908 Mass for Various Needs Context (III. In Various Public Circumstances, 18. For the Blessing of Human Labor, Second Option)
We Instruct you, Brothers and Sisters
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
to shun any brother who walks in a disorderly way
and not according to the tradition they received from us.
For you know how one must imitate us.
For we did not act in a disorderly way among you,
nor did we eat food received free from anyone.
On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day
we worked, so as not to burden any of you.
Not that we do not have the right.
Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you,
so that you might imitate us.
In fact, when we were with you,
we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work,
neither should that one eat.
We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a
disorderly way,
by not keeping busy but minding the business of others.
Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly
and to eat their own food.
May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times
and in every way.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 3:7-12
St. Paul addresses a problem with some of the individuals in the Church in Thessalonica. Possibly because of St. Paul’s own teaching on the immanent second coming of Christ (the Parousia) (1 Thessalonians 2:16; 3:3-4; 5:4-5) but more likely because of a forged letter claiming to be from him (2 Thessalonians 2:2), some members had stopped working for a living. St Paul urges them to stop this behavior to the point of shunning those who walk "in disorderly ways" (and to stop involving themselves in other peoples business, a side effect of the life style which left them with too much time on their hands) and get back to working for a living.
CCC: 2 Thes 3:1-13 1577; 2 Thes 3:9 1794; 2 Thes 3:16 385, 463, 2641
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2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
#159C Solemnities C Context (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time C)
Brothers and sisters:
You know how one must imitate us.
For we did not act in a disorderly way among you,
nor did we eat food received free from anyone.
On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day
we worked, so as not to burden any of you.
Not that we do not have the right.
Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you,
so that you might imitate us.
In fact, when we were with you,
we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work,
neither should that one eat.
We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a
disorderly way,
by not keeping busy but minding the business of others.
Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly
and to eat their own food.
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Commentary on 2 Thes 3:7-12
St. Paul addresses a problem with some of the individuals in the church in Thessalonica, possibly because of St. Paul’s own teaching on the imminent second coming of Christ (the Parousia) (1 Thessalonians 2:16; 3:3-4; 5:4-5), but more likely because of a forged letter claiming to be from him (2 Thessalonians 2:2). Some members of the community had stopped working for a living, waiting for the end to come. St Paul urges them to stop this behavior (and to stop involving themselves in other people's business, a side effect of the life style which left them with too much time on their hands), and get back to working for a living.
CCC: 2 Thes 3:1-13 1577; 2 Thes 3:9 1794
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Fin
[1] The Navarre Bible: “Letters of St. Paul”, Scepter Publishers, Princeton, NJ, © 2003, pp. 534-535
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