2019년 9월 7일 연중 제22주간 토요일
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제1독서
콜로새서. 1,21-23
형제 여러분, 21 여러분은 한때 악행에 마음이 사로잡혀 하느님에게서 멀어지고 그분과 원수로 지냈습니다. 22 그러나 이제 하느님께서는 당신 아드님의 죽음을 통하여 그분의 육체로 여러분과 화해하시어, 여러분이 거룩하고 흠 없고 나무랄 데 없는 사람으로 당신 앞에 설 수 있게 해 주셨습니다.
23 다만 여러분은 믿음에 기초를 두고 꿋꿋하게 견디어 내며, 여러분이 들은 복음의 희망을 저버리지 말아야 합니다. 그 복음은 하늘 아래 모든 피조물에게 선포되었고, 나 바오로는 그 복음의 일꾼이 되었습니다.
복음
루카. 6,1-5
1 예수님께서 안식일에 밀밭 사이를 가로질러 가시게 되었다. 그런데 그분의 제자들이 밀 이삭을 뜯어 손으로 비벼 먹었다.
2 바리사이 몇 사람이 말하였다. “당신들은 어째서 안식일에 해서는 안 되는 일을 하오?”
3 그러자 예수님께서 그들에게 대답하셨다. “다윗과 그 일행이 배가 고팠을 때, 다윗이 한 일을 읽어 본 적이 없느냐? 4 그가 하느님의 집에 들어가, 사제가 아니면 아무도 먹어서는 안 되는 제사 빵을 집어서 먹고 자기 일행에게도 주지 않았느냐?”
5 이어서 그들에게 말씀하셨다. “사람의 아들은 안식일의 주인이다.”
September 7, 2019
Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Col 1:21-23
Brothers and sisters:
You once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds;
God has now reconciled you
in the fleshly Body of Christ through his death,
to present you holy, without blemish,
and irreproachable before him,
provided that you persevere in the faith,
firmly grounded, stable,
and not shifting from the hope of the Gospel that you heard,
which has been preached to every creature under heaven,
of which I, Paul, am a minister.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 54:3-4, 6 and 8
R. (6) God himself is my help.
O God, by your name save me,
and by your might defend my cause.
O God, hear my prayer;
hearken to the words of my mouth.
R. God himself is my help.
Behold, God is my helper;
the Lord sustains my life.
Freely will I offer you sacrifice;
I will praise your name, O LORD, for its goodness.
R. God himself is my help.
Gospel
Lk 6:1-5
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath,
his disciples were picking the heads of grain,
rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
Some Pharisees said,
“Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
Jesus said to them in reply,
“Have you not read what David did
when he and those who were with him were hungry?
How he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering,
which only the priests could lawfully eat,
ate of it, and shared it with his companions?”
Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«The Son of Man is Lord and rules over the Sabbath»
Fr. Austin Chukwuemeka IHEKWEME
(Ikenanzizi, Nigeria)
Today, responding to the Pharisees' accusation, Jesus explains the correct meaning of the Sabbath, while quoting an example from the Old Testament (cf. Deut 23:26): «Have you never read what David did (...)?. He entered the house of God, took and ate the bread of the offering and even gave some to his men, though only priests are allowed to eat that bread» (Lk 6:3-4).
David's behaviour anticipates the doctrine Christ teaches in this passage. God had already established in the Old Testament an order for the precepts of the Law, whereby those of less rank would yield to the main ones.
In the light of all this, it can be understood that a ceremonial precept (as the one we are commenting) yields to a precept of the natural law. The precept of Sabbath, likewise, is not more important than the elementary needs of subsistence.
In this passage, Christ teaches which was the meaning of the divine institution of the Sabbath: God had instituted it to man's benefit, so that he could rest and devote his time with peace and joy to the divine cult. However, the Pharisees' interpretation had transformed this day into a day of anguish and worrying because of the many directions and prohibitions.
The Sabbath had been set up not only for man's rest, but also to glorify God: this is the actual and true meaning of the ｅxpression «The Sabbath was made for man...» (Mk 2:27).
Furthermore, by declaring himself “Lord of the Sabbath” (cf. Lk 6:5), He openly manifests that He is the very same God who gave the precept to the people of Israel, thus confirming his divinity and his universal power. For this reason, other laws can be established, just as Yahweh did in the Old Testament. Jesus can therefore be called “Lord of the Sabbath”, because He is God.
Let us beg the Virgin Mother of God to help us believing and understanding that the Sabbath belongs to God and that it is a way —adapted to our own nature— to glorify and honour the Almighty. As Saint John Paul II has written, «our rest is a “sacred”» thing and an occasion «to realize that everything is the work of God».
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
“And that’s the Gospel truth!” We’ve all heard that statement, but mostly in the context of someone trying to convince others that they are telling the truth. In that sense, the statement is more the swearing of an oath than it is bearing witness to the truth and hope of the Gospel message. It seems to me that we Christians have difficulty with “the Gospel truth.” All too often, when we wish to convince others that we are bearers of “the truth” of our faith, we revert to the letter of the law in our zeal to preach to every creature. The reading in Colossians today reminds us that our focus should be on the hope of the Gospel that reconciles us to God, not the alienation of our evil deeds. It seems to me that if I have been presented as holy and without blemish through Christ, I would want to share that liberating message with others. Why would I then want to call attention to the evil deeds of others in a well-intentioned attempt to “save” them?
In our lessons for today, Jesus says “I am the way and the truth and the life.” And further it says, no one gets to the Father except through Jesus. These lessons help me see that we don’t get to the Father through the law. But so often I lose hope and revert to following the law to secure my salvation and the salvation of others. In the Gospel message for today, the Pharisees were also stuck on that still spinning broken record, but Jesus reminded them that laws are made for man, not man for laws. In our witness to the Gospel message, our lives should be examples of respect for the law, but a recognition that it is not the law that saves us, it is Christ. To me, persevering in the faith as a witness to others is a challenge to remain firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of my reconciliation with God. Living the Gospel message to me means that I need to keep that reconciliation in my focus of what I want also for others.
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THE SON'S DAY | ||
| "Why are You doing what is prohibited on the sabbath?" �Luke 6:2 | ||
Keeping the sabbath is a sign that we want to be holy and that the Lord makes us holy (Ex 31:13). Keeping the sabbath is to be considered a perpetual covenant between us and the Lord (Ex 31:16). Therefore, the law of Israel specified that anyone who does not keep the sabbath "shall be put to death" and thereby "rooted out" of God's people (Ex 31:14). Aware of this teaching in Exodus on keeping the sabbath, we can see why some Pharisees criticized Jesus' disciples for "picking a little corn" on the sabbath. We can also see how shocking and seemingly blasphemous was Jesus' claim to be "Lord even of the sabbath" (Lk 6:5). Jesus, the Lord of the sabbath, has not abolished the law but fulfilled it (Mt 5:17). From the first century, the Church has maintained that Jesus changed the sabbath from the last day of the week to the first day (see Rv 1:10). We believe that Jesus has made Sunday both a day of resurrection and a day of rest. Therefore, to be under the lordship of Jesus, we should not work or buy things on Sunday. Sunday is for proclaiming Jesus' Resurrection through communal worship, Christian fellowship, Bible study, and prayer. Keep holy the Lord's day. Can your neighbors tell you are Christian by the way you and your family honor Sunday? | ||
| Prayer: Father, may my Sunday worship not be football or entertainment, but true worship of You. | ||
| Promise: "Now Christ has achieved reconciliation for you in His mortal body by dying, so as to present you to God holy, free of reproach and blame." —Col 1:22 | ||
| Praise: Joan's shoulder pain was healed instantly at a healing service. |
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"The Son of man is lord of the Sabbath"
What does the commandment "keep holy the Sabbath" require of us? Or better yet, what is the primary intention behind this command? The religious leaders confronted Jesus on this issue. The "Sabbath rest" was meant to be a time to remember and celebrate God's goodness and the goodness of his work, both in creation and redemption. It was a day set apart for the praise of God, his work of creation, and his saving actions on our behalf. It was intended to bring everyday work to a halt and to provide needed rest and refreshment.
The Lord of the Sabbath feeds and nourishes us
Jesus' disciples are scolded by the scribes and Pharisees, not for plucking and eating corn from the fields, but for doing so on the Sabbath. In defending his disciples, Jesus argues from the Scriptures that human need has precedence over ritual custom. In their hunger, David and his men ate of the holy bread offered in the Temple (1 Samuel 21:2-7). on every Sabbath morning twelves loaves were laid before God on a golden table in the Holy Place. Each loaf represented one of the twelve tribes of Israel. No one was allowed to eat this bread except the priests because it represented the very presence of God. David understood that human need took precedence over rules and ritual regulations.
Seek the Lord's rest and refreshment
Why didn't the Pharisees recognize the claims of mercy over rules and regulations? Their zeal for ritual observance blinded them from the demands of charity. Jesus' reference to the bread of the Presence alludes to the true bread from heaven which he offers to all who believe in him. Jesus, the Son of David, and the Son of Man, a title for the Messiah, declares that he is "Lord of the Sabbath." Jesus healed on the Sabbath and he showed mercy to those in need. All who are burdened can find true rest and refreshment in him. Do you seek rest and refreshment in the Lord and in the celebration of the Lord's Day?
"Lord Jesus, you refresh us with your presence and you sustain us with your life-giving word. Show me how to lift the burden of others, especially those who lack the basic necessities of life, and to refresh them with humble care and service."
Psalm 54:1-7
1 Save me, O God, by your name, and vindicate me by your might.
2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For insolent men have risen against me, ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before them. [Selah]
4 Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.
6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good.
7 For you have delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Withered hands - withered minds, by Athanasius of Alexandria (295-373 AD)
"In the synagogue of the Jews was a man who had a withered hand. If he was withered in his hand, the ones who stood by were withered in their minds. And they were not looking at the crippled man nor were they expecting the miraculous deed of the one who was about to work. But before doing the work, the Savior ploughed up their minds with words. For knowing the evil of the mind and its bitter depth, he first softened them up in advance with words so as to tame the wildness of their understanding, asking: 'Is it permitted to do good on the sabbath or to do evil; to save a life or to destroy one?' For if he had said to them, 'Is it permitted to work?' immediately they would have said, 'You are speaking contrary to the law.'
"Then he told them what was intended by the law, for he spoke as the one who established the laws concerning the sabbath, adding, 'except this: that which will be done for the sake of a life.' Again if a person falls into a hole on a sabbath, Jews are permitted to pull the person out (Matthew 12:11). This not only applies to a person, but also an ox or a donkey. In this way the law agrees that things relating to preservation may be done, hence Jews prepare meals on the sabbath. Then he asked them about a point on which they could hardly disagree: 'Is it permitted to do good? (Matthew 3:4, Luke 6:9) But they did not even so much as say, 'Yes,' because by then they were not in a good temper." (excerpt from HOMILIES 28)
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