August 5 - Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II B & C
(Jer.28:1-17; Ps.119:29,43,68,79-80,95,102; Mt.14:13-21) “Take not the word of truth from my mouth, for in your ordinances is my hope.” The word of truth is what Jeremiah speaks in the face of the lies of Hananiah. The false prophet declares in the name of God: “I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, from off the neck of the nations,” even as he “took the yoke from upon the neck of Jeremiah” – which he wore to symbolize the exile to which Judah was fated – and broke it “in the presence of all the people.” A dramatic action and a prophecy all would gladly consume. But a lie…
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