2019년 9월 10일 연중 제23주간 화요일
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제1독서
콜로새서 2,6-15
형제 여러분, 6 여러분은 그리스도 예수님을 주님으로 받아들였으니 그분 안에서 살아가십시오. 7 가르침을 받은 대로, 그분 안에 뿌리를 내려 자신을 굳건히 세우고 믿음 안에 튼튼히 자리를 잡으십시오. 그리하여 감사하는 마음이 넘치게 하십시오.
8 아무도 사람을 속이는 헛된 철학으로 여러분을 사로잡지 못하게 조심하십시오. 그런 것은 사람들의 전통과 이 세상의 정령들을 따르는 것이지 그리스도를 따르는 것이 아닙니다.
9 온전히 충만한 신성이 육신의 형태로 그리스도 안에 머무르고 있습니다. 10 여러분도 그분 안에서 충만하게 되었습니다.
그 분은 모든 권세와 권력들의 머리이십니다. 11 여러분은 또한 그분 안에서 육체를 벗어 버림으로써, 사람 손으로 이루어지지 않는 할례 곧 그리스도의 할례를 받았습니다. 12 여러분은 세례 때에 그리스도와 함께 묻혔고, 그리스도를 죽은 이들 가운데에서 일으키신 하느님의 능력에 대한 믿음으로 그리스도 안에서 그분과 함께 되살아났습니다.
13 여러분은 잘못을 저지르고 육의 할례를 받지 않아 죽었지만, 하느님께서는 여러분을 그분과 함께 다시 살리셨습니다. 그분께서는 우리의 모든 잘못을 용서해 주셨습니다. 14 우리에게 불리한 조항들을 담은 우리의 빚 문서를 지워 버리시고, 그것을 십자가에 못 박아 우리 가운데에서 없애 버리셨습니다.
15 권세와 권력들의 무장을 해제하여 그들을 공공연한 구경거리로 삼으시고, 그리스도를 통하여 그들을 이끌고 개선 행진을 하셨습니다.
복음
루카 6,12-19
12 그 무렵에 예수님께서는 기도하시려고 산으로 나가시어, 밤을 새우며 하느님께 기도하셨다. 13 그리고 날이 새자 제자들을 부르시어 그들 가운데에서 열둘을 뽑으셨다.
그 들을 사도라고도 부르셨는데, 14 그들은 베드로라고 이름을 지어 주신 시몬, 그의 동생 안드레아, 그리고 야고보, 요한, 필립보, 바르톨로메오, 15 마태오, 토마스, 알패오의 아들 야고보, 열혈당원이라고 불리는 시몬, 16 야고보의 아들 유다, 또 배신자가 된 유다 이스카리옷이다.
17 예수님께서 그들과 함께 산에서 내려가 평지에 서시니, 그분의 제자들이 많은 군중을 이루고, 온 유다와 예루살렘, 그리고 티로와 시돈의 해안 지방에서 온 백성이 큰 무리를 이루고 있었다. 18 그들은 예수님의 말씀도 듣고 질병도 고치려고 온 사람들이었다. 그리하여 더러운 영들에게 시달리는 이들도 낫게 되었다.
19 군중은 모두 예수님께 손을 대려고 애를 썼다. 그분에게서 힘이 나와 모든 사람을 고쳐 주었기 때문이다.
September 10, 2019
Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
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First Reading Introduction
The community of the Christians of Colossae was threatened with deviations from pagan philosophies and Jewish practices. In the very dense and rich passage of today, Paul insists that all that counts is Christ; we live in him through baptism, and die and rise with him.
Reading 1
Col 2:6-15
Brothers and sisters:
As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
rooted in him and built upon him
and established in the faith as you were taught,
abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy
according to the tradition of men,
according to the elemental powers of the world
and not according to Christ.
For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily,
and you share in this fullness in him,
who is the head of every principality and power.
In him you were also circumcised
with a circumcision not administered by hand,
by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ.
You were buried with him in baptism,
in which you were also raised with him
through faith in the power of God,
who raised him from the dead.
And even when you were dead in transgressions
and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
he brought you to life along with him,
having forgiven us all our transgressions;
obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims,
which was opposed to us,
he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross;
despoiling the principalities and the powers,
he made a public spectacle of them,
leading them away in triumph by it.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 145:1b-2, 8-9, 10-11
R. (9) The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
I will extol you, O my God and King,
and I will bless your name forever and ever.
Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
Gospel Introduction
As in other very important occasions in his life, Jesus prays before selecting twelve apostles from among his disciples. For this is a very important moment. He will train them and then will take the risk of entrusting his own work to fallible people. He knows they will not always do the best they can, as they will have moments of fear, discouragement, cowardice and compromises. Still, he trusts them enough and will help them to bring his work to a good end in God's own good time. In this eucharist we express our trust in the Church of Jesus Christ.
Gospel
Lk 6:12-19
Jesus departed to the mountain to pray,
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:
Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,
James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James,
and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground.
A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people
from all Judea and Jerusalem
and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured.
Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him
because power came forth from him and healed them all.
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«Jesus went out into the hills to pray, spending the whole night in prayer with God»
Fr. Lluc TORCAL Monk of Santa Maria de Poblet
(Santa Maria de Poblet, Tarragona, Spain)
Today, I would like to center our thoughts on the first words of this Gospel: «In those days, Jesus went out into the hills to pray, spending the whole night in prayer with God» (Lk 6:12). Introductions as this one may go unnoticed in our daily reading of the Gospel, while —in fact— they are of the maximum importance. Today, Jesus, specifically and clearly tells us that the election of the twelve apostles —central decision for our Church's future life— was preceded by a full night in prayer alone, before God, his Father.
How was the Lord's prayer? What we can deduce from his life, it must have been a prayer full of confidence in the Father, of complete surrendering to his will —«for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me» (Jn 5:30)—, of clear union to God's work of salvation. only through this profound, long and constant prayer —supported always by the action of the Holy Spirit that, at the moment of Jesus' Incarnation, had already fallen over him in his Baptism— could the Lord receive the necessary strength and light to go on with his mission of abiding by the Father to accomplish his work of salvation for mankind. The subsequent election of the Apostles —that as St. Cyril of Alexandria says, «the same Christ affirms having given them the same mission He received from the Father»—, shows us how the rising Church was the fruit of Jesus' prayer to the Father in the Holy Spirit and, therefore, the work of the Holy Trinity. «When day came, He called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them whom He called apostles» (Lk 6:13).
If only all our life as Christians —of disciples of God— could always be immersed in prayer and led by it.
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Today’s reading from Colossians contains several unique images and metaphors. In the text the author has a very fundamental message- he wants to let his audience know that they are fully experiencing a relationship with God because of what God has done for them in Jesus Christ. And in fact only because of Christ’s intersession. In same vein the author make clear that there are false teachings that are empty and deceitful and promote a philosophy whose standards are based in human tradition or elementary concepts rather than according to the standard of Christ. The emphasis is that Christ is either the reality in which we now dwell or Christ is the person in whom God is actively at work. The emphatic theological claim is made that all the fullness or entirety of God’s deity dwells in Christ. This means that we are continuously made full in Christ.
In this new reality, God eliminated our past reality in which we were dead because of sin and now made alive by forgiving our sinful conduct. God expunged the heavenly record of our sinfulness by “nailing it to the cross” where God also disarmed “principalities and powers”.
So we take comfort in knowing we are loved and lifted by God through Christ. We also know we must be on guard against being influenced by false teachers and deceitful philosophies. But how are we to discern, in today’s age of information overload, God’s path for us? In Luke’s Gospel we have the simple but profound example of Christ himself. In Luke’s Gospel we have the simple but profound example of Christ himself. Any big event in the life of Jesus was preceded by prayer. He faced the passion after prayer an since choosing his apostles would impact forever his Church on Earth he prayed before selecting them. Committing to time in prayer is joining Christ in prayer and can help us discern what is best and most loving in our daily lives. Prayer can give us the opportunity to put important decisions in our lives in the context of the love of God and his will for us
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MORE OF JESUS | ||
| "Continue, therefore, to live in Christ Jesus the Lord, in the spirit in which you received Him." �Colossians 2:6 | ||
Saul met Jesus on the road to Damascus (see Acts 9:3ff). Jesus struck Saul blind and implied that Saul should stop persecuting Jesus' Church. In three days, Saul was baptized into Jesus and thereby accepted Jesus as Lord, Savior, and God. This was the beginning of Jesus' revelation of Himself to Saul. Saul (later to be named Paul) became "rooted in [Christ] and built up in Him" (Col 2:7). Paul came to realize that "in Christ the fullness of deity resides in bodily form" (Col 2:9) and that Jesus "is the Head of every principality and power" (Col 2:10). Paul came to know more deeply that God has brought us "new life in company with Christ. He pardoned all our sins. He canceled the bond that stood against us with all its claims, snatching it up and nailing it to the cross" (Col 2:13-14). Paul came to realize that Jesus also disarmed "the principalities and powers. He made a public show of them and, leading them off captive, triumphed in the person of Christ" (Col 2:15). Where are you in your personal knowledge of Jesus? How much new revelation of Jesus have you received in the last year? Are you letting the Holy Spirit lead you more deeply into the mystery of the person of Jesus? (see 1 Cor 2:10) Do you love Jesus more deeply than ever? Is Jesus your Life and your Love? (see Jn 14:6; 1 Jn 4:8,16) | ||
| Prayer: Father, lead me deeper into Jesus, Your Son. | ||
| Promise: "Indeed, the whole crowd was trying to touch Him because power went out from Him which cured all." —Lk 6:19 | ||
| Praise: Joe, in prison on death row, has been washed clean by Jesus' blood. |
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Jesus chose twelve apostles
What is God's call on your life? When Jesus embarked on his mission he chose twelve men to be his friends and apostles. In the choice of the twelve, we see a characteristic feature of God's work: Jesus chose very ordinary people. They were non-professionals, who had no wealth or position. They were chosen from the common people who did ordinary things, had no special education, and no social advantages. Jesus wanted ordinary people who could take an assignment and do it extraordinarily well. He chose these men, not for what they were, but for what they would be capable of becoming under his direction and power.
Give yourself unreservedly to God - he will use you for greatness in his kingdom
When the Lord calls us to serve, we must not shrug back because we think that we have little or nothing to offer. The Lord takes what ordinary people, like us, can offer and uses it for greatness in his kingdom. Is there anything holding you back from giving yourself unreservedly to God?
Jesus offers true freedom and healing for all who are troubled or afflicted
Wherever Jesus went the people came to him because they had heard all the things he did. They were hungry for God and desired healing from their afflictions. In faith they pressed upon Jesus to touch him. As they did so power came from Jesus and they were healed. Even demons trembled in the presence of Jesus and left at his rebuke.
Jesus offers freedom from the power of sin and oppression to all who seek him with expectant faith. When you hear God's word and consider all that Jesus did, how do you respond? With doubt or with expectant faith? With skepticism or with confident trust? Ask the Lord to increase your faith in his saving power and grace.
"Lord Jesus Christ, you are the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Inflame my heart with a burning love for you and with an expectant faith in your saving power. Take my life and all that I have as an offering of love for you, who are my All."
Psalm 19:1-5
1 The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.
3 There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard;
4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
5 which comes forth like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and like a strong man runs its course with joy.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Jesus chose fishermen and tax collectors to be apostles, by Ambrose of Milan, 339-397 A.D.
"It says, 'He called his disciples, and he chose twelve of them,' whom he appointed sowers of the faith, to spread the help of human salvation throughout the world. At the same time, observe the heavenly counsel. He chose not wise men, nor rich men, nor nobles, but fishermen and tax collectors, whom he would direct, lest they seem to have seduced some by wisdom, or bought them with riches, or attracted them to their own grace with the authority of power and nobility. He did this so that the reasoning of truth, not the grace of disputation, should prevail." (excerpt from EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 5.44)
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September 12, 2017 Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
