Pentecost Season · Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

Wisdom 18:6-9

The Night of the Passover Foretold

August 13, 2028

The Departure of the Israelites, David Roberts — **The Departure of the Israelites**, David Roberts, 1829David Roberts, The Departure of the Israelites (1829) - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Roman Lectionary

GospelLuke 12:32-48 orLuke 12:35-40

First ReadingWis. 18:6-9

Responsorial PsalmPs. 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22 (12b)

Second ReadingHeb. 11:1-2, 8-19 orHeb. 11:1-2, 8-12

Overview & Insights

"The night of the passover was made known beforehand to our fathers, that they, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they trusted, might have courage" (Wisdom 18:6).

The sage reflects on the first Passover night, when Israel's ancestors, forewarned, kept watch in faith and courage while offering sacrifice in secret, foreshadowing this Sunday's call to watchful readiness.

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Commentary

Wisdom of Solomon 18 (Haydock's Catholic Commentary) StudyLight

A Catholic verse-by-verse commentary on the Passover-night reflection.

Wisdom 18 (Haydock) Haydock Commentary

A classic Douay-Rheims Catholic commentary, one of the few that treats the deuterocanonical books verse by verse.

Background & Word Study

Wisdom of Solomon 18 in Greek Sefaria

Reads the deuterocanonical text in its original Greek alongside English.

Wisdom 18 (Douay-Rheims) New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia

The Douay-Rheims text side by side with the Vulgate, useful for the wording this lectionary follows.

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