2019년 9월 16일 연중 제 4주간 월요일
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제1독서
티모테오 1서 2,1-8
사랑하는 그대여, 1 나는 무엇보다도 먼저 모든 사람을 위하여 간청과 기도와 전구와 감사를 드리라고 권고합니다. 2 임금들과 높은 지위에 있는 모든 사람을 위해서도 기도하여, 우리가 아주 신심 깊고 품위 있게, 평온하고 조용한 생활을 할 수 있도록 하십시오.
3 그렇게 하는 것이 우리의 구원자이신 하느님께서 좋아하시고 마음에 들어 하시는 일입니다. 4 하느님께서는 모든 사람이 구원을 받고 진리를 깨닫게 되기를 원하십니다.
5 하느님은 한 분이시고, 하느님과 사람 사이의 중개자도 한 분이시니, 사람이신 그리스도 예수님이십니다. 6 당신 자신을 모든 사람의 몸값으로 내어 주신 분이십니다. 이것이 제때에 드러난 증거입니다. 7 나는 이 증거의 선포자와 사도로, 다른 민족들에게 믿음과 진리를 가르치는 교사로 임명을 받았습니다.
나는 진실을 말할 뿐, 거짓말을 하지 않습니다. 8 그러므로 나는 남자들이 성을 내거나 말다툼을 하는 일 없이, 어디에서나 거룩한 손을 들어 기도하기를 바랍니다.
복음
루카 7,1-10
1 예수님께서는 백성에게 들려주시던 말씀들을 모두 마치신 다음, 카파르나움에 들어가셨다.
2 마침 어떤 백인대장의 노예가 병들어 죽게 되었는데, 그는 주인에게 소중한 사람이었다. 3 이 백인대장이 예수님의 소문을 듣고 유다인의 원로들을 그분께 보내어, 와서 자기 노예를 살려 주십사고 청하였다.
4 이들이 예수님께 다가와 이렇게 말하며 간곡히 청하였다. “그는 선생님께서 이 일을 해 주실 만한 사람입니다. 5 그는 우리 민족을 사랑할 뿐만 아니라 우리에게 회당도 지어 주었습니다.” 6 그리하여 예수님께서 그들과 함께 가셨다.
그런데 백인대장의 집에서 그리 멀지 않은 곳에 이르셨을 때, 백인대장이 친구들을 보내어 예수님께 아뢰었다.
“주님, 수고하실 것 없습니다. 저는 주님을 제 지붕 아래로 모실 자격이 없습니다. 7 그래서 제가 주님을 찾아뵙기에도 합당하지 않다고 여겼습니다. 그저 말씀만 하시어 제 종이 낫게 해 주십시오.
8 사실 저는 상관 밑에 매인 사람입니다만 제 밑으로도 군사들이 있어서, 이 사람에게 가라 하면 가고 저 사람에게 오라 하면 옵니다. 또 제 노예더러 이것을 하라 하면 합니다.”
9 이 말을 들으시고 예수님께서는 백인대장에게 감탄하시며, 당신을 따르는 군중에게 돌아서서 말씀하셨다. “내가 너희에게 말한다. 나는 이스라엘에서 이런 믿음을 본 일이 없다.”
10 심부름 왔던 이들이 집에 돌아가 보니 노예는 이미 건강한 몸이 되어 있었다.
September 16, 2019
Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs
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Reading 1
1 Tm 2:1-8
First of all, I ask that supplications, prayers,
petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone,
for kings and for all in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life
in all devotion and dignity.
This is good and pleasing to God our savior,
who wills everyone to be saved
and to come to knowledge of the truth.
For there is one God.
There is also one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus,
who gave himself as ransom for all.
This was the testimony at the proper time.
For this I was appointed preacher and Apostle
(I am speaking the truth, I am not lying),
teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
It is my wish, then, that in every place the men should pray,
lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 28:2, 7, 8-9
Hear the sound of my pleading, when I cry to you,
lifting up my hands toward your holy shrine.
R. Blessed be the Lord, for he has heard my prayer.
The LORD is my strength and my shield.
In him my heart trusts, and I find help;
then my heart exults, and with my song I give him thanks.
R. Blessed be the Lord, for he has heard my prayer.
The LORD is the strength of his people,
the saving refuge of his anointed.
Save your people, and bless your inheritance;
feed them, and carry them forever!
R. Blessed be the Lord, for he has heard my prayer.
Gospel
Lk 7:1-10
he entered Capernaum.
A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die,
and he was valuable to him.
When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him,
asking him to come and save the life of his slave.
They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying,
"He deserves to have you do this for him,
for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us."
And Jesus went with them,
but when he was only a short distance from the house,
the centurion sent friends to tell him,
"Lord, do not trouble yourself,
for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.
Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you;
but say the word and let my servant be healed.
For I too am a person subject to authority,
with soldiers subject to me.
And I say to one, Go, and he goes;
and to another, Come here, and he comes;
and to my slave, Do this, and he does it."
When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him
and, turning, said to the crowd following him,
"I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
When the messengers returned to the house,
they found the slave in good health.
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith»
Fr. John A. SISTARE
(Cumberland, Rhode Island, United States)
Today, we are faced with an interesting question. Why did the captain in the Gospel not personally approach Jesus but rather, sent messengers ahead with the request to heal his servant? The captain answers this question for us in the Gospel passage. «You see I didn't approach you myself. Just give the order and my servant will be healed» (Lk 7:7).
The captain possessed the virtue of faith to believe that Jesus could work this miracle if it was in accord with his divine will. Faith allowed the captain to believe that no matter where Jesus was located He could heal the ill servant. The captain believed that no distance could prevent or stop the Christ from carrying out his work of salvation.
We are called to have that same faith in our own lives. There are times when we are tempted to think that Jesus is far away and not listening to our prayers. However, faith illumines our minds and hearts to believe that Jesus is always there to help us. In fact, the healing presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is a reminder that Jesus is always with us. St. Augustine, with eyes of faith, believed this reality: «What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith obliges you to accept is that the bread is the Body of Christ and the chalice is the Blood of Christ».
Faith illumines our minds to see that it is the very presence of Jesus in our midst. We like the captain say, «I am not worthy to welcome you under my roof» (Lk 7:6). Yet, we humble ourselves before our Lord and Savior and He still draws near to heal us. May we allow Jesus to enter our soul, under our roof, to heal and strengthen our faith so we may press on towards Eternal Life.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
In the first reading we are told that we need to pray for all those in authority. With great power comes great responsibility, and we should pray for our leaders to take that responsibility seriously. We pray that those in authority are good leaders, wield their power responsibly, and keep the well-being of their people in mind. They do have authority. They do have power. They can affect the lives of their people, so we pray they are good and wise leaders and use their power well.
Jesus is accosted by a soldier, a centurion and asked to heal the man’s servant. A centurion. Not a Jew, not a Hebrew: an outsider. But this man knows of Jesus and trusts in his healing power. Jesus replies that he will come right away to heal the sick man. But the centurion says to him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed.” This man has faith in the Lord and His healing power, and he has faith in the hierarchy of authority. The man says that the Lord need not come. He knows that Jesus can heal with his word. The soldier knows that when he is given an order, he carries it out. He knows that when he gives an order to his servants his will is carried out. He knows that if Jesus says something, it will happen. Because of course, Jesus’ healing word is even stronger than the orders of this soldier. He has faith in the system, and even more faith in the Lord.
Jesus appreciates the man’s faith. He says, “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.” He should have found such faith in Israel. That is where the people would profess to have the most faith, but the strongest faith found was in a man of violence-- a soldier-- a centurion – an outsider. He understands Jesus’ authority and his power. Pray all leaders use their authority and their power well. It is a man of war who professes the strongest faith in the Lord, and who has the most devotion to His authority.
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HANDS UP! | ||
| "In every place the men shall offer prayers with blameless hands held aloft." �1 Timothy 2:8 "Hear the sound of my pleading, when I cry to You, lifting up my hands toward Your holy shrine." �Psalm 28:2 | ||
When a police officer arrests someone, he or she often commands the suspect to put their hands up. Uplifted hands are a sign of surrender. In our relationship with God, uplifted hands likewise are a sign of surrender. Humble surrender is the perfect posture before God for prayer and petition (Ps 141:2; 2 Mc 3:20). At Mass, the priest often raises his hands during prayers. In addition to surrender, the raised hands recall Moses' posture of power and victory at prayer during an important battle. "As long as Moses kept his hands raised up, Israel had the better of the fight, but when he let his hands rest," the enemy "had the better of the fight" (Ex 17:11). Upraised hands are a posture of praise and of receiving God's blessings (see Neh 8:6). They are also a way of expressing obedient submission to the Lord (Ps 119:48). In the greatest example of surrender, prayer, praise, and power, Jesus lifted up His hands in surrender to His Father's will and allowed them to be nailed to the cross. As St. Teresa of Avila said, Jesus has no hands but ours. So put your hands in the nail-scarred, uplifted hands of Jesus. Let Him lift up your hands now, and one day He will lift up your body and soul to eternal glory (Jn 6:39). | ||
| Prayer: Jesus, I offer You my hands and my entire body as weapons for righteousness (Rm 6:13). | ||
| Promise: "In Him my heart trusts, and I find help." �Ps 28:7 | ||
| Praise: St. Cornelius, with the help of St. Cyprian, fought against schism. |
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"Say the word, and let my servant be healed"
Do you approach the Lord Jesus with confident trust and expectant faith? A Roman centurion boldly sought Jesus with a daring request. What made him confident that Jesus would receive his request and act favorably towards him? Like a true soldier, he knew the power of command. And he saw in Jesus both the power and the mercy of God to heal and restore life.
In the Roman world the position of a centurion was very important. He was an officer in charge of a hundred soldiers. In a certain sense, he was the backbone of the Roman army, the cement which held the army together. Polybius, an ancient write, describes what a centurion should be: "They must not be so much venturesome seekers after danger as men who can command, steady in action, and reliable. They ought not to be over-anxious to rush into the fight, but when hard pressed, they must be ready to hold their ground, and die at their posts."
Expectant faith and humility draws us close to the Lord Jesus
The centurion who approached Jesus was not only courageous, but faith-filled as well. He risked the ridicule of his Roman companions by seeking help from a Jewish preacher from Galilee, as well as mockery from the Jews who despised the Roman occupation of their land. Nonetheless, this centurion approached Jesus with confidence and humility. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) notes that the centurion regarded himself as unworthy to receive the Lord into his house: "Humility was the door through which the Lord entered to take full possession of one whom he already possessed."
This centurion was an extraordinary man because he loved his slave who had become seriously ill and he was ready to do everything he could to save his life. The centurion was also an extraordinary man of faith. He believed that Jesus had the power to heal his beloved slave. Jesus commends him for his faith and immediately grants him his request.
The Lord is merciful and gracious to all who seek him
How do you approach the Lord Jesus - with doubt, fear, and disbelief? Or with trust and confident expectation that he will give you whatever you need to follow and serve him? Surrender your pride and doubts to him and seek him earnestly with humble trust and expectant faith.
"Lord Jesus you came to set us free from the tyranny of sinful pride, fear, and rebellion. Take my heart captive to your merciful love and truth and set me free to love and serve you always with joy and trust in the power of your saving word. May your love grow in me that I may always seek to love and serve others generously for their sake just as you have generously laid down your life for my sake."
Psalm 28:2,6-9
2 Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
6 Blessed be the LORD! for he has heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
8 The LORD is the strength of his people, he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
9 O save your people, and bless your heritage; be their shepherd, and carry them for ever.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The power of Divinity and the grace of humility, by Ambrose of Milan, 339-397 A.D.
"How great is the sign of divine humility, that the Lord of heaven by no means disdained to visit the centurion’s servant! Faith is revealed in deeds, but humanity is more active in compassion. Surely he did not act this way because he could not cure in his absence, but in order to give you a form of humility for imitation he taught the need to defer to the small and the great alike. In another place he says to the ruler, 'Go, your son lives' (John 4:50), that you may know both the power of Divinity and the grace of humility. In that case he refused to go to the ruler's son, lest he seem to have had regard for riches. In this case he went himself lest he seem to have despised the humble rank of the centurion's servant. All of us, slave and free, are one in Christ (Galatians 3:28, Colossians 3:11)." (excerpt from EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 5.84)
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September 18, 2017 Monday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
