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Sirach 50:22-24

Bless the God of all

November 23, 2028

The Angelus, Aleksander Gierymski
The Angelus, Aleksander Gierymski, 1890National Museum in Warsaw
At evening in a field two peasant women stop their work; one stands with her rake and bows her head as the other kneels in prayer.And now bless the God of all, who everywhere works great wonders, who fosters our growth from birth, and deals with us according to his mercy.Aleksander GierymskiA Polish realist painter of light and everyday life, who worked in Munich, Rome and Paris.National Museum in WarsawThe National Museum in Warsaw, Poland’s great collection of art from antiquity to today.National Museum in Warsaw
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

Sirach 50 (The Holy Bible With Commentary)Sir 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.

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

The standard Catholic introduction to the book: how it was written, in what language, and how it came to stand where it does.

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

The text as the Church reads it, with the notes that set the passage in its own moment.

Ben Sira 50 in Hebrew Sefaria

The recovered Hebrew of Ben Sira, so the passage can be read in the language it was composed in.

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