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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
Two field workers stand with heads bowed over a basket of potatoes at the sound of the evening bell from the church on the horizon.To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul: the psalm's prayer is made standing in a field at the end of a working day, which is where most prayer is made.Jean-François MilletA founder of the Barbizon school (1814-1875), who painted peasant labour at a scale previously reserved for history painting and was attacked as a political radical for it.Musée d'Orsay, ParisA railway station of 1900 converted into the museum of French art from 1848 to 1914, which is why its Impressionists stand under a train shed.Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 17:11-19Lk 17:11-19
Second Reading1 Cor. 1:3-91 Cor 1:3-9
First ReadingSir. 50:22-24Sir 50:22-24
Responsorial PsalmPs. 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11

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 50Haydock's Catholic Commentary on Sir 50 StudyLight

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

Background & Word Study

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)Ecclesiasticus (Sir) New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia

The standard Catholic introduction to the book: its authorship, its Hebrew original and how it came to stand outside the Jewish canon.

Sirach 50 (NABRE, with footnotes)Sir 50 (NABRE, with footnotes) USCCB

The text as the Church reads it, with the notes that place Simon son of Onias in the Second Temple.

Ben Sira 50 in Hebrew Sefaria

The recovered Hebrew of Ben Sira, so the blessing at verse 22 can be read in the language it was composed in.

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