Pentecost Season · Thanksgiving Day Canada · Year A

Sirach 50:22-24

Bless the God of all

November 26, 2026

The Angelus, Jean-François Millet — **The Angelus**, Jean-François Millet, 1857–1859Musée d'Orsay, Paris · public domain

Roman Lectionary

GospelLuke 17:11-19

First ReadingSir. 50:22-24

Responsorial PsalmPs. 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11

Second Reading1 Cor. 1:3-9

Overview & Insights

"And now bless the God of all, who everywhere works great wonders." (Sirach 50:22)

The sage closes his praise of Israel's history by calling the assembly to bless the God of all who does great things everywhere. He prays that God would grant gladness of heart and lasting peace to his people. Sirach is a deuterocanonical book, so verse-by-verse Protestant commentary is thin.

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Commentary

Haydock's Catholic Commentary on Sirach 50 StudyLight

George Haydock's Catholic notes on the whole of Sirach 50, verse by verse.

Background & Word Study

Sirach 50 with Haydock Notes New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia

The Douay-Rheims text of Sirach 50 with Haydock's Catholic commentary in the margins.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Sirach 50 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on the call to bless the God of all.

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