--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 8/07/10 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 8/07/10 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2010/08/07/daily-readings-reflection-for-80710#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 8/07/10 Aug 7, 2010 9:00:03 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) **Reflection on Today’s Daily Readings by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM** [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/) Scripture: Aug. 7, Lectionary 412. Habakkuk 1:2-2:4. Psalm 9:8-9.10-11.12-13. Matthew 17:14-20: All that we can know about the prophet Habakkuk is contained within his three chapters of fifty-six verses.  He is prophesying during the time when the Chaldeans conquered Nineveh in 626 B.C.  His most powerful and revelatory  line is found in chapter 2:4: "the just (righteous) shall live by his faith."  The Talmud (Mak.24a) sees this as a maxim that is the quintessence of the entire Bible. The religious founder of the Marianists, Blessed William Joseph Chaminade used this verse in his writings dealing with prayer and faith.  St. Paul cites it in two of his most important epistles: Romans 1:17 and Galatians 3:11.  In the rest of the New Testament one can discover Habakkuk being referred to in five other writings. But it is our text of "the just one lives by faith" that is most important. Rabbi Dr. S.M.Lehrman has a commentary on the Hebrew text and says this about verse 4 of chapter 2: "the full force of his message cannot be explained away on figurative or idealistic grounds. It constitutes a challenge, fhe force of which is unanswerable; it serves as a beacon from which love, faith, and justice stream as much today as when the message was first uttered." Paul's use of the text from Habakkuk is linked to the Gospel that he preaches and to the person of Jesus Christ.  This is seen within the context of chapter one of Romans.  In Galatians he sees justification or righteousness coming from the faith that is similar to that of Abraham: "even as Abraham believed  God and it was accounted to him for righteousness." We can see that Jesus too is convinced of the importance of faith/trust in God and in Him when we hear him say, "Amen I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."  We all are called to be "strong in faith" (Fortes in Fide). 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