Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 01-06-07, Optional Memorial, Bl. Andre Bessette

Reading 1
1 Jn 5:5-13

Beloved:
Who indeed is the victor over the world
but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ,
not by water alone, but by water and Blood.
The Spirit is the one who testifies,
and the Spirit is truth.
So there are three that testify,
the Spirit, the water, and the Blood,
and the three are of one accord.
If we accept human testimony,
the testimony of God is surely greater.
Now the testimony of God is this,
that he has testified on behalf of his Son.
Whoever believes in the Son of God
has this testimony within himself.
Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar
by not believing the testimony God has given about his Son.
And this is the testimony:
God gave us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.
Whoever possesses the Son has life;
whoever does not possess the Son of God does not have life.

I write these things to you so that you may know
that you have eternal life,
you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20

R. (12a) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise your God, O Zion.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates;
he has blessed your children within you.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He has granted peace in your borders;
with the best of wheat he fills you.
He sends forth his command to the earth;
swiftly runs his word!
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He has proclaimed his word to Jacob,
his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
He has not done thus for any other nation;
his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Gospel
Mk 1:7-11

This is what John the Baptist proclaimed:
“One mightier than I is coming after me.
I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.
I have baptized you with water;
he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee
and was baptized in the Jordan by John.
On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open
and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him.
And a voice came from the heavens,
“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

or

Lk 3:23-38 or Lk 3:23, 31-34, 36, 38

When Jesus began his ministry he was about thirty years of age.
He was the son, as was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli,
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi,
the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias,
the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli,
the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias,
the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi,
the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam,
the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer,
the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph,
the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea,
the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan,
the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed,
the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni,
the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,
the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug,
the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,
the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad,
the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared,
the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos,
the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

or

When Jesus began his ministry he was about thirty years of age.
He was the son, as was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli,
the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha,
the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse,
the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala,
the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin,
the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez,
the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac,
the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem,
the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Enos,
the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Blessed be the most holy Name of Jesus without end!

January Devotion: The Holy Name of Jesus

The month of January is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. This feast is also celebrated on January 3. Here is an explanation of the devotion.

Since the 16th century Catholic piety has associated entire months to special devotions. The devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus has been traditionally associated with the month of January, due to its celebration on January 3. The name Jesus was given to the Holy Child at God's command (Luke 1:31). The Holy Name is all-powerful because of the Person who bears it; we honor it because of the command of Christ, that we should pray in His Name and because it reminds us of all the blessings we receive through our Holy Redeemer. Hence St. Paul was able to write to the Philippians: ". . . at the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth" (Phil. 2:10). By means of this devotion we also make amends for improper use of the Holy Name.

Prayer Source: Prayer Book, The by Reverend John P. O'Connell, M.A., S.T.D. and Jex Martin, M.A., The Catholic Press, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1954

Prayer/Hymn in Honor of the Most Holy Name of Jesus - Iesu, Dulcis Memoria

Iesu, Dulcis Memoria is a celebrated 12th century hymn attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), Doctor Mellifluus. The entire hymn has some 42 to 53 stanzas depending upon the manuscript. Parts of this hymn were used for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, which was formerly celebrated on the Sunday between the Circumcision and Epiphany, or failing such a Sunday, on January 2. The part below was used at Vespers. In the liturgical revisions of Vatican II, the feast was deleted, though a votive Mass to the Holy Name of Jesus had been retained for devotional use. With the release of the revised Roman Missal in March 2002, the feast was restored as an optional memorial on January 3.

Jesus, the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills the breast!
Yet sweeter far Thy face to see
And in Thy presence rest.

No voice can sing, no heart can frame,
Nor can the memory find,
A sweeter sound than Jesus' name,
The Savior of mankind.

O hope of every contrite heart!
0 joy of all the meek!
To those who fall, how kind Thou art!
How good to those who seek!

But what to those who find? Ah! this
Nor tongue nor pen can show
The love of Jesus, what it is,
None but His loved ones know.

Jesus! our only hope be Thou,
As Thou our prize shalt be;
In Thee be all our glory now,
And through eternity. Amen.

---Roman Breviary

Prayer Source: Prayer Book, The by Reverend John P. O'Connell, M.A., S.T.D. and Jex Martin, M.A., The Catholic Press, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1954

O Divine Jesus, Thou hast promised that anything we ask of the Eternal Father in Thy name shall be granted.

O Eternal Father. In the name of Jesus, for the love of Jesus, in fulfillment of this promise, and because Jesus has said it, grant us our petitions for the sake of Jesus, Thy Divine Son. Amen.

Prayer Source: Prayer Book, The by Reverend John P. O'Connell, M.A., S.T.D. and Jex Martin, M.A., The Catholic Press, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1954

The Holy Name of Jesus

Devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus

The Holy Name of Jesus

From: Mark 1:4-5; 7-11

The Ministry of John the Baptist

[4] John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism
of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. [5] And there went out to him
all the country of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were
baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

[7] And he (John the Baptist) preached, saying, "After me comes he who
is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop
down and untie. [8] I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize
you with the Holy Spirit."

Jesus Is Baptized

[9] In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized
by John in the Jordan. [10] And when he came up out of the water, imme-
diately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him
like a dove; [11] and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my beloved
Son; with thee I am well pleased."

Commentary:

4. St John the Baptist presents himself to the people after spending five
years in the desert. He invites the Israelites to prepare for the coming
of the Messiah by doing penance. The figure of St John points to the
continuity between the Old and New Testaments: he is the last of the
prophets and the first of the witnesses to Jesus. Whereas the other pro-
phets announced Jesus from afar, John the Baptist was given the spe-
cial privilege of actually pointing him out (cf. Jn 1:29; Mt 11:9-11).

The baptism given by the Precursor was not Christian Baptism: it was
a penitential rite; but it prefigured the dispositions needed for Christian
Baptism-faith in Christ, the Messiah, the source of grace, and voluntary
detachment from sin.

5. "Confessing their sins": by seeking John's baptism a person showed
that he realized he was a sinner: the rite which John performed announced
forgiveness of sins through a change of heart and helped remove obstacles
in the way of a person's acceptance of the Kingdom (Lk 3: 10-14).

This confessing of sin was not the same as the Christian sacrament of
Penance. But it was pleasing to God because it was a sign of interior
repentance and the people performed genuine penitential acts (Mt 3:7-10;
Lk 3:7-9). In the Sacrament of Penance, in order to obtain God's forgive-
ness one must confess one's sins orally. In this connexion John Paul II
has said: "And keep in mind that the teaching of the Council of Trent on
the need for confession of all mortal sins still holds and will always hold
(sess. XIV, chap. 5 and can. 7). The norm taught by St Paul and by the
same Council of Trent, according to which the worthy reception of the
Eucharist must be preceded by the confession of sins when one is con-
scious of mortal sin, is and always will be in force in the Church (sess.
XllI, chap. 7 and can. 11 )" (Address to penitentiaries of the four major
basilicas in Rome, 30 January 1981).

8. "Baptizing with the Holy Spirit" refers to the Baptism Jesus will
institute and shows how it differs from the baptism of John. In John's
baptism, as in the other rites of the Old Testament, grace was only sig-
nified, symbolized. "By the baptism of the New Law, men are baptized
inwardly by the Holy Spirit, and this is accomplished by God alone.
But by the baptism of John the body alone was cleansed by the water"
(St. Thomas Aquinas, "Summa Theologiae, III, q. 38, art. 2 ad 1). In
Christian Baptism, instituted by our Lord, the baptismal rite not only
signifies grace but is the effective cause of grace, i.e. it confers grace.
"Baptism confers the first sanctifying grace and the supernatural virtues,
taking away Original Sin and also personal sins if there are any, to-
gether with the entire debt of punishment which the baptized person
owes for sin. In addition, Baptism impresses the Christian character
in the soul and makes it able to receive the other sacraments" ("St.
Pius X Catechism", 295). The effects of Christian Baptism, like every-
thing to do with the sanctification of souls, are attributed to the Holy
Spirit, the "Sanctifier". It should be pointed out, however, that like all
he "ad extra" actions of God (i.e. actions external to the intimate life
of the Blessed Trinity), the sanctification of souls is the work of all
three Divine Persons.

9. Our Lord's hidden life takes place (apart form his birth at Bethlehem
and the time he was in Egypt) in Nazareth of Galilee from where he
comes to receive John's baptism.

Jesus has no need to receive this baptism of conversion. However, it
was appropriate that he who was going to establish the New Alliance
should recognize and accept the mission of his Precursor by being
baptized with his baptism: this would encourage people to prepare to
receive the Baptism which WAS necessary. The Fathers comment
that our Lord went to receive John's baptism in order to fulfill all right-
eousness (cf. Mt 3:15), to give us an example of humility, to become
widely known, to have people believe in Him and to give life-giving
strength to the waters of Baptism.

"Ever since the Baptism of Christ in the water, Baptism removes the
sins of all" (St Augustine, "Sermon" 135).

"There are two different periods of time which relate to Baptism--one
the period of its institution by the Redeemer; the other the establish-
ment of the law regarding its reception. [...] The second period to be
distinguished, that is, the time when the law of Baptism was made,
also admits of no doubt. Holy writers are unanimous in saying that
after the Resurrection of our Lord, when he gave to his Apostles the
command to go and 'make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost' (Mt
28:19) the law of Baptism became obligatory on all who were to be
saved" ("St. Pius V Catechism", Part II).

10. The visible presence of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove marks
the beginning of Christ's public ministry. The Holy Spirit will also
appear, in the form of tongues of fire, on the occasion when the Church
begins its mission to all the world on the day of Pentecost (cf. Acts
2:3-21).

The Fathers usually interpret the dove as a symbol of peace and recon-
ciliation between God and men. It first appears in the account of the
flood (Gen 8:10-11) as a sign that God's punishment of mankind has
come to an end. Its presence at the beginning of Christ's public minis-
try symbolizes the peace and reconciliation he will bring.

11. At the very beginning of his public life the mystery of the Holy Trini-
ty is made manifest: "The Son is baptized, the Holy Spirit descends in
the form of a dove and the voice of the Father is heard" (St Bede, "In
Marci Evangelium expositio, in loc."). "The Holy Spirit dwells in him,"
the same author goes on, "but not from the moment of his Baptism,
but from the moment he became man." In other words, Jesus did not
become God's son at his Baptism; he is the Son of God from all eter-
nity. Nor did he become the Messiah at this point; he was the Messiah
from the moment he became man.

Baptism is the public manifestation of Jesus as Son of God and as
Messiah, ratified by the presence of the Blessed Trinity.

"The Holy Spirit descended visibly in bodily form upon Christ when he
was baptized so that we may believe him to descend invisibly upon all
those who are baptized afterwards" (St Thomas Aquinas, "Summa
Theologiae", III, q. 39, a. 6 and 3).

Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text from the
Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries by members of
the Faculty of Theology, University of Navarre, Spain.

Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
Reprinted with permission from from Four Courts Press and Scepter Publishers,
the U.S. publishers.

American Catholic’s Saint of the Day

January 6

Blessed André Bessette

(1845-1937)

Brother André expressed a saint’s faith by a lifelong devotion to St. Joseph.

Sickness and weakness dogged André from birth. He was the eighth of 12 children born to a French Canadian couple near Montreal. Adopted at 12, when both parents had died, he became a farmhand. Various trades followed: shoemaker, baker, blacksmith—all failures. He was a factory worker in the United States during the boom times of the Civil War.

At 25, he applied for entrance into the Congregation of the Holy Cross. After a year’s novitiate, he was not admitted because of his weak health. But with an extension and the urging of Bishop Bourget (see Marie-Rose Durocher, October 6), he was finally received. He was given the humble job of doorkeeper at Notre Dame College in Montreal, with additional duties as sacristan, laundry worker and messenger. “When I joined this community, the superiors showed me the door, and I remained 40 years.”

In his little room near the door, he spent much of the night on his knees. On his windowsill, facing Mount Royal, was a small statue of St. Joseph, to whom he had been devoted since childhood. When asked about it he said, “Some day, St. Joseph is going to be honored in a very special way on Mount Royal!”

When he heard someone was ill, he visited to bring cheer and to pray with the sick person. He would rub the sick person lightly with oil taken from a lamp burning in the college chapel. Word of healing powers began to spread.

When an epidemic broke out at a nearby college, André volunteered to nurse. Not one person died. The trickle of sick people to his door became a flood. His superiors were uneasy; diocesan authorities were suspicious; doctors called him a quack. “I do not cure,” he said again and again. “St. Joseph cures.” In the end he needed four secretaries to handle the 80,000 letters he received each year.

For many years the Holy Cross authorities had tried to buy land on Mount Royal. Brother André and others climbed the steep hill and planted medals of St. Joseph. Suddenly, the owners yielded. André collected 200 dollars to build a small chapel and began receiving visitors there—smiling through long hours of listening, applying St. Joseph’s oil. Some were cured, some not. The pile of crutches, canes and braces grew.

The chapel also grew. By 1931 there were gleaming walls, but money ran out. “Put a statue of St. Joseph in the middle. If he wants a roof over his head, he’ll get it.” The magnificent Oratory on Mount Royal took 50 years to build. The sickly boy who could not hold a job died at 92.

He is buried at the Oratory and was beatified in 1982.

Comment:

Rubbing ailing limbs with oil or a medal? Planting a medal to buy land? Isn’t this superstition? Aren’t we long past that?
Superstitious people rely only on the “magic” of a word or action. Brother André’s oil and medals were authentic sacramentals of a simple, total faith in the Father who lets his saints help him bless his children.

Quote:

“It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.”

Catholic Culture

Collect:
Lord our God, friend of the humble, you blessed your servant, Brother Andre with a great devotion to St. Joseph and a real concern for the needy and the afflicted. Through his intercession fill our hearts with compassion, and lead us in the ways of prayer and love that we may enter with him into your glory. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Recipes:

» Twelfth Night Cake

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Activities:

» St. Joseph's Oil
» What is a Nameday?

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Prayers:

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January 06, 2007

Optional Memorial of Blessed Andre Bessette, religious (Can); Epiphany (traditional)

Old Calendar: Epiphany of Our Lord

Blessed Andre was born near Quebec, and entered the Congregation of the Holy Cross as a Brother. He performed humble tasks for over forty years and entrusted all of the poor and sick who flocked to his cell to the care of St. Joseph. During his life he was able to have a chapel built to the spouse of the Virgin Mary. After his death, the shrine grew into the great basilica known as St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal.

In many countries this is the Feast of the Epiphany, as it had been on the old calendar here in the United States until the Bishops decided that the Feast would be celebrated on the Sunday between January 2 and January 8.

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

Bl. Andre Bessette
Brother Andre expressed a saint's faith by a lifelong devotion to Saint Joseph.

Sickness and weakness dogged Andre from birth. He was the eighth of twelve children born to a French Canadian couple near Montreal. Adopted at twelve, when both parents had died, he became a farmhand. Various trades followed: shoemaker, baker, blacksmith-all failures. He was a factory worker in the United States during the boom times of the Civil War.

At twenty-five, he applied for entrance into the Congregation of the Holy Cross. After a year's novitiate, he was not admitted because of his weak health. But with an extension and the urging of Bishop Bourget (see Marie-Rose Durocher, October 6), he was finally received. He was given the humble job of doorkeeper at Notre Dame College in Montreal, with additional duties as sacristan, laundry worker and messenger. "When I joined this community, the superiors showed me the door, and I remained forty years."

In his little room near the door, he spent much of the night on his knees. On his windowsill, facing Mount Royal, was a small statue of Saint Joseph, to whom he had been devoted since childhood. When asked about it he said, "Some day, Saint Joseph is going to be honored in a very special way on Mount Royal!"

When an epidemic broke out at a nearby college, Andre volunteered to nurse. Not one person died. The trickle of sick people to his door became a flood. His superiors were uneasy; diocesan authorities were suspicious; doctors called him a quack. "I do not cure," he said again and again. "Saint Joseph cures." In the end he needed four secretaries to handle the eighty thousand letters he received each year.

For many years the Holy Cross authorities had tried to buy land on Mount Royal. Brother Andre and others climbed the steep hill and planted medals of Saint Joseph. Suddenly, the owners yielded. Andre collected two hundred dollars to build a small chapel and began receiving visitors there-smiling through long hours of listening, applying Saint Joseph's oil. Some were cured, some not. The pile of crutches, canes and braces grew.

The chapel also grew. By 1931 there were gleaming walls, but money ran out. "Put a statue of Saint Joseph in the middle. If he wants a roof over his head, he'll get it." The magnificent Oratory on Mount Royal took fifty years to build. The sickly boy who could not hold a job died at ninety.

He is buried at the Oratory and was beatified in 1982. — Saint of the Day, Leonard Foley, O.F.M.

Things to Do:

Read more about the life of Blessed Andre.
Learn more about the Holy Cross Brothers, the order of which Bl. Andre was a member. Pray for an increase in vocations and for those who are already living the religious life.
If you live close to St. Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, make a pilgrimage. If that's not possible make a virtual pilgrimage.
Say a prayer for the sick who were so dear to the heart of Brother Andre.
Try the recipes offered to sample authentic French Canadian food.

Regnum Christi

Yearning for Christ
January 6, 2007

“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Saturday before Epiphany
Father Jason Smith, LC

Mark 1:7-11
This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him. And a voice came from the heavens, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Introductory Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for the wonderful gift of my baptism. By it you have invited me to follow you closely. You have called me to be part of your Church. You have washed my soul clean. You have called me to bring others closer to you. May I always be filled with gratitude for this undeserved gift. In baptism you also gave me the theological virtues of faith, hope and love. Help me to believe in you more, to hope in your mercy and love you every day of my life so that we may spend eternity together. Give me the the grace to do your will today and always.

Petition: Jesus, grant me a profound appreciation for my baptism.

1. John’s Yearning for Christ. Saint John the Baptist was a man with a mission. Every aspect of his life was given to preparing the way of the Lord. Every fiber of his being yearned to see that day arrive. Be it by penance, preaching, or repentance, he did everything he could to prepare others for the Messiah’s coming. Because his heart yearned for Christ, it made his every action glow with authenticity. What joy must have filled him when, as Saint Mark writes, “It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.” The day he longed for had finally arrived!

2. Our Yearning for Christ. Like John, we also yearn for Christ’s coming into our lives. But we need not look far off. By our baptism, Christ has already taken our hand, never to let go; we already belong to him! Our response to this unmerited gift is our baptismal commitments, namely to preach the Gospel and to strive for holiness. In this way, we renounce sin and profess to live out our faith in the Triune God. Baptism gives the certainty for which each of us yearns: Christ is here, he has come into my life, he has seized my soul, never to let go.

3. Our Neighbor’s Yearning for Christ. When we live out our baptismal commitments the world becomes transformed. Ideologies of violence, tendencies towards corruption, desires for power and possession are all far removed from us. Instead we notice it is charity that changes the world, and our eyes are opened to the needs of others. They too yearn for Christ, just as those who gathered alongside the Jordan to hear Saint John preach. The greatest gift we can give them is, like the Baptist, to point them to the Lamb of God — it is Christ alone who can satisfy the thirst of every human heart!

Conversation with Christ: Lord Jesus, I want to take a moment to thank you for your wondeful gift of baptism, the moment when you opened for me the doors to heaven, the moment from which I can be called one of your followers. Through my baptism I can be truly called a Christian! Help me to be worthy of this calling. Strengthen me today with your grace and presence. Guide me along the paths of life. Help me to be your light in the world.

Resolution: I will remember my baptism today by periodically making the Sign of the Cross.

Mk 1:7-11
#	Douay-Rheims	Vulgate
7	And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.	et praedicabat dicens venit fortior me post me cuius non sum dignus procumbens solvere corrigiam calciamentorum eius
8	I have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.	ego baptizavi vos aqua ille vero baptizabit vos Spiritu Sancto
9	And it came to pass, in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.	et factum est in diebus illis venit Iesus a Nazareth Galilaeae et baptizatus est in Iordane ab Iohanne
10	And forthwith coming up out of he water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit as a dove descending, and remaining on him.	et statim ascendens de aqua vidit apertos caelos et Spiritum tamquam columbam descendentem et manentem in ipso
11	And there came a voice from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.	et vox facta est de caelis tu es Filius meus dilectus in te conplacui

Lk 3:23-38
#	Douay-Rheims	Vulgate
23	And Jesus himself was beginning about the age of thirty years; being (as it was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was of Heli, who was of Mathat,	et ipse Iesus erat incipiens quasi annorum triginta ut putabatur filius Ioseph qui fuit Heli
24	Who was of Levi, who was of Melchi, who was of Janne, who was of Joseph,	qui fuit Matthat qui fuit Levi qui fuit Melchi qui fuit Iannae qui fuit Ioseph
25	Who was of Mathathias, who was of Amos, who was of Nahum, who was of Hesli, who was of Nagge,	qui fuit Matthathiae qui fuit Amos qui fuit Naum qui fuit Esli qui fuit Naggae
26	Who was of Mahath, who was of Mathathias, who was of Semei, who was of Joseph, who was of Juda,	qui fuit Maath qui fuit Matthathiae qui fuit Semei qui fuit Iosech qui fuit Ioda
27	Who was of Joanna, who was of Reza, who was of Zorobabel, who was of Salathiel, who was of Neri,	qui fuit Iohanna qui fuit Resa qui fuit Zorobabel qui fuit Salathihel qui fuit Neri
28	Who was of Melchi, who was of Addi, who was of Cosan, who was of Helmadan, who was of Her,	qui fuit Melchi qui fuit Addi qui fuit Cosam qui fuit Helmadam qui fuit Her
29	Who was of Jesus, who was of Eliezer, who was of Jorim, who was of Mathat, who was of Levi,	qui fuit Iesu qui fuit Eliezer qui fuit Iorim qui fuit Matthat qui fuit Levi
30	Who was of Simeon, who was of Judas, who was of Joseph, who was of Jona, who was of Eliakim,	qui fuit Symeon qui fuit Iuda qui fuit Ioseph qui fuit Iona qui fuit Eliachim
31	Who was of Melea, who was of Menna, who was of Mathatha, who was of Nathan, who was of David,	qui fuit Melea qui fuit Menna qui fuit Matthata qui fuit Nathan qui fuit David
32	Who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Booz, who was of Salmon, who was of Naasson,	qui fuit Iesse qui fuit Obed qui fuit Booz qui fuit Salmon qui fuit Naasson
33	Who was of Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esron, who was of Phares, who was of Judas,	qui fuit Aminadab qui fuit Aram qui fuit Esrom qui fuit Phares qui fuit Iudae
34	Who was of Jacob, who was of Isaac, who was of Abraham, who was of Thare, who was of Nachor,	qui fuit Iacob qui fuit Isaac qui fuit Abraham qui fuit Thare qui fuit Nachor
35	Who was of Sarug, who was of Ragau, who was of Phaleg, who was of Heber, who was of Sale,	qui fuit Seruch qui fuit Ragau qui fuit Phalec qui fuit Eber qui fuit Sale
36	Who was of Cainan, who was of Arphaxad, who was of Sem, who was of Noe, who was of Lamech,	qui fuit Cainan qui fuit Arfaxat qui fuit Sem qui fuit Noe qui fuit Lamech
37	Who was of Mathusale, who was of Henoch, who was of Jared, who was of Malaleel, who was of Cainan,	qui fuit Mathusalae qui fuit Enoch qui fuit Iared qui fuit Malelehel qui fuit Cainan
38	Who was of Henos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of God.	qui fuit Enos qui fuit Seth qui fuit Adam qui fuit Dei

(*) 23-24 breakdown differs

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