Pentecost Season · Thanksgiving Day Canada · Year C

Sirach 50:22-24

Bless the God of all

November 23, 2028

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

Sirach 50 (The Holy Bible With Commentary) StudyLight

One of the few English commentaries that covers this closing blessing in Sirach.

Ecclesiasticus 50 (Haydock) Haydock Commentary

A classic Douay-Rheims Catholic commentary; Sirach appears there under its Douay name, Ecclesiasticus.

Background & Word Study

Ben Sira 50:22-24 Sefaria

Reads the underlying Hebrew and Greek text of Ben Sira's closing doxology.

The Church Fathers

Sirach 50 in the Fathers Catena

A catena of patristic comment on this chapter, gathered verse by verse.

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