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제1독서
티모테오 1서. 4,12-16
사랑하는 그대여, 12 아무도 그대를 젊다고 업신여기지 못하게 하십시오. 그러니 말에서나 행실에서나, 사랑에서나 믿음에서나 순결에서나, 믿는 이들의 본보기가 되십시오.
13 내가 갈 때까지 성경 봉독과 권고와 가르침에 열중하십시오.
14 그대가 지닌 은사, 곧 원로단의 안수와 예언을 통하여 그대가 받은 은사를 소홀히 여기지 마십시오. 15 이 일에 관심을 기울이고 이 일에 전념하십시오. 그리하여 그대가 더욱 나아지는 모습이 모든 사람에게 드러나도록 하십시오.
16 그대 자신과 그대의 가르침에 주의를 기울이십시오. 이 일을 지속해 나아가십시오. 이렇게 하면, 그대는 그대뿐만 아니라 그대의 말을 듣는 이들도 구원할 것입니다.
복음
루카. 7,36-50
그때에 36 바리사이 가운데 어떤 이가 자기와 함께 음식을 먹자고 예수님을 초청하였다. 그리하여 예수님께서는 그 바리사이의 집에 들어가시어 식탁에 앉으셨다.
37 그 고을에 죄인인 여자가 하나 있었는데, 예수님께서 바리사이의 집에서 음식을 잡수시고 계시다는 것을 알고 왔다. 그 여자는 향유가 든 옥합을 들고서 38 예수님 뒤쪽 발치에 서서 울며, 눈물로 그분의 발을 적시기 시작하더니 자기의 머리카락으로 닦고 나서, 그 발에 입을 맞추고 향유를 부어 발랐다.
39 예수님을 초대한 바리사이가 그것을 보고, ‘저 사람이 예언자라면, 자기에게 손을 대는 여자가 누구이며 어떤 사람인지, 곧 죄인인 줄 알 터인데.’ 하고 속으로 말하였다.
40 그때에 예수님께서 말씀하셨다. “시몬아, 너에게 할 말이 있다.”
시몬이 “스승님, 말씀하십시오.” 하였다.
41 “어떤 채권자에게 채무자가 둘 있었다. 한 사람은 오백 데나리온을 빚지고, 다른 사람은 오십 데나리온을 빚졌다. 42 둘 다 갚을 길이 없으므로, 채권자는 그들에게 빚을 탕감해 주었다. 그러면 그들 가운데 누가 그 채권자를 더 사랑하겠느냐?”
43 시몬이 “더 많이 탕감받은 사람이라고 생각합니다.” 하고 대답하자, 예수님께서 “옳게 판단하였다.” 하고 말씀하셨다. 44 그리고 그 여자를 돌아보시며 시몬에게 이르셨다.
“이 여자를 보아라. 내가 네 집에 들어왔을 때, 너는 나에게 발 씻을 물도 주지 않았다. 그러나 이 여자는 눈물로 내 발을 적시고, 자기의 머리카락으로 닦아 주었다.
45 너는 나에게 입을 맞추지 않았지만, 이 여자는 내가 들어왔을 때부터 줄곧 내 발에 입을 맞추었다. 46 너는 내 머리에 기름을 부어 발라 주지 않았다. 그러나 이 여자는 내 발에 향유를 부어 발라 주었다.
47 그러므로 내가 너에게 말한다. 이 여자는 그 많은 죄를 용서받았다. 그래서 큰 사랑을 드러낸 것이다. 그러나 적게 용서받은 사람은 적게 사랑한다.”
48 그러고 나서, 예수님께서는 그 여자에게 말씀하셨다. “너는 죄를 용서받았다.”
49 그러자 식탁에 함께 앉아 있던 이들이 속으로, ‘저 사람이 누구이기에 죄까지 용서해 주는가?’ 하고 말하였다.
50 그러나 예수님께서는 그 여자에게 이르셨다. “네 믿음이 너를 구원하였다. 평안히 가거라.”
September 19, 2019
Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
1 Tm 4:12-16
Beloved:
Let no one have contempt for your youth,
but set an example for those who believe,
in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.
Until I arrive, attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching.
Do not neglect the gift you have,
which was conferred on you through the prophetic word
with the imposition of hands by the presbyterate.
Be diligent in these matters, be absorbed in them,
so that your progress may be evident to everyone.
Attend to yourself and to your teaching;
persevere in both tasks,
for by doing so you will save
both yourself and those who listen to you.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 111:7-8, 9, 10
R. (2) How great are the works of the Lord!
The works of his hands are faithful and just;
sure are all his precepts,
Reliable forever and ever,
wrought in truth and equity.
R. How great are the works of the Lord!
He has sent deliverance to his people;
he has ratified his covenant forever;
holy and awesome is his name.
R. How great are the works of the Lord!
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
prudent are all who live by it.
His praise endures forever.
R. How great are the works of the Lord!
Gospel
Lk 7:36-50
A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him,
and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.
Now there was a sinful woman in the city
who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.
Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment,
she stood behind him at his feet weeping
and began to bathe his feet with her tears.
Then she wiped them with her hair,
kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself,
“If this man were a prophet,
he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,
that she is a sinner.”
Jesus said to him in reply,
“Simon, I have something to say to you.”
“Tell me, teacher,” he said.
“Two people were in debt to a certain creditor;
one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty.
Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both.
Which of them will love him more?”
Simon said in reply,
“The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.”
He said to him, “You have judged rightly.”
Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon,
“Do you see this woman?
When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet,
but she has bathed them with her tears
and wiped them with her hair.
You did not give me a kiss,
but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered.
You did not anoint my head with oil,
but she anointed my feet with ointment.
So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven;
hence, she has shown great love.
But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”
He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
The others at table said to themselves,
“Who is this who even forgives sins?”
But he said to the woman,
“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«She stood behind him at his feet, weeping»
Mons. José Ignacio ALEMANY Grau, Emeritus Bishop of Chachapoyas
(Chachapoyas, Peru)
Today, Simon the Pharisee invites Jesus to dine with the purpose of drawing people’s attention. It was an act of arrogance, but his behavior when he met Jesus, did not even correspond to the most elementary good manners.
While dining, a public sinner does a great act of humility: «As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears. Then she wiped them and poured perfume on them» (Lk 7:38).
on the other hand, when meeting Jesus the Pharisee did not give Him the greeting kiss, or water for His feet, a towel to wipe them, nor did he anoint Him on the head with oil. Furthermore, the Pharisee said to himself: "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is - that she is a sinner" (Lk 7:39). It was the Pharisee, in fact, who didn't know who He was!
Pope Francis has very much insisted on the importance of approaching the sick, thus "touching the flesh of Christ". Upon canonizing St. Guadalupe García, Francisco said: «giving up a comfortable life to follow Jesus’ call, she taught the love of poverty, which permitted a greater love of the poor and infirm to serve them with tenderness and compassion: and this is called "touching the flesh of Christ". The poor, the abandoned, the sick, the marginalized are the flesh of Christ». Jesus touched the sick and He allowed them and the sinners to touch him.
The sinner of the Gospel touched Jesus and He was happy to see how her heart was transmuted. For this reason, He gave her the peace to reward her courageous faith. -You, my friend, do you come with love to touch the flesh of Christ in so many that go by your side and need you? If you do it, your reward will be the peace with God, with others and with yourself.
«Your faith has saved you; go in peace»
Fr. Ferran JARABO i Carbonell
(Agullana, Girona, Spain)
Today, the Gospel is calling us to be attentive to the forgiveness, which our Lord offers us: «Your sins are forgiven» (Lk 7:48). There are two things we Christians have to remember: we have to forgive without judging the person and we have to love a lot, for we are forgiven by God freely. It is like a double movement: the forgiveness received and the loving forgiveness we have to grant.
«When someone insults us, do not put the blame on him, but on the devil who is forcing him to insult us, and throw upon the devil all your wrath; as for the unfortunate whom the devil forces to do what he does, feel sorry for him» (St. John Crysostom). We are not to judge the person but to condemn the evil act. The person always is the continuous object of the Lord's love, so only our acts move us away from God. We have, therefore, to be always willing to forgive, receive and love the person, while refusing those acts opposite to God's love.
«The sinner wounds God's honor and love, his own human dignity as a man called to be a Son of God, and the spiritual well-being of the Church, of which each Christian ought to be a living stone» (Catechism of the Church, n. 1487). Through the Sacrament of Penance the person has the possibility and the opportunity to rebuild his relationship with God and with the whole Church. Our reply to the forgiveness received can only be our love. Recovering the grace and the reconciliation has to bring us to love with Christ like love. We are called to love as God loves!
Let us especially wonder today whether we realize how great God's forgiveness is, if we are those who love the person and fight the sin and, finally, if we attend with confidence to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. With the help of God we can do anything. May our humble prayer help us too.
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Intimately beautiful event. Her shining black hair wiping away her tears and the oil used to soothe his traveled feet; he was so blessed. Her actions reminded the Pharisees present of obligations and laws. But for Jesus and the woman it was so special moment of grace. The others saw it as a fault and the two principals of the story saw it as a blessing. Who were the sinners anyway? The pharisees small ways were magnificently outshone by the woman’s outpouring of love. She, experienced forgiveness for her failures and expressed it lavishly. Pharisees, pinched and boxed in, saw only the opportunity to get after Jesus. Sinners indeed?
When confronted by his host-critic, the Pharisee Simon, Jesus asks him about someone who forgave two persons’ debts, one a relatively smaller amount and the other a huge stash of money. Who would have been more grateful for the forgiving? “The one I suppose whose larger debt was forgiven” the Pharisee responds correctly.
Jesus answers by pointing out what happened when he arrived for the dinner. The host did not receive Jesus with water to wash his weary feet nor the required kiss of welcome. But “She has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair and has not ceased kissing my feet.” You did not offer oil for a blessing, but she “anointed my feet with ointment.”
Her many sins have been forgiven. Simon’s social gaffs also are forgiven. Simon has little to be forgiven and his little sins seem to imply that he loves little (“the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little”). We, like the lavishly loving woman in the tale, all have many sins to be forgiven.
There’s a modern story we may have heard that parallels this gospel account. It concerns the events in the life of John Newton (born 1725). He was a ship captain whose tasks involved transporting slaves from Africa to America. At one point in this wretched work his ship, the Greyhound, began to flounder and Newton spent the night trying to keep it afloat. He feared for his life. He remembered the goodness of his mother who had taught him the graces of a life spent in service of Christ.
In those hours he thought critically about the course of his life spent violating all the love that his mother and others had showered him with. He finally saw his life the way that it really was, a failure at its core. He had done very well economically and other more aggressive ways, but his heart was devoid of love, confronting him with the humbling realization he recognized in those perilous hours -- the deep failure of his life. The shipwreck of the Greyhound became an image for his own life; he was brought to his senses in the dire straits of the moment.
Ultimately this moment of conversion brought John Newton to turn himself over to God, who has mercy and forgives even the most heinous of sin. Newton began to know himself in the depths of his soul. His conversion was not immediate, but it was grace-filled. After leaving the slave trade he sought out good friends that guided him to glory in the God-given beauty around him. He became a minister and leader of his church: especially as a forthright member of the anti-slave movement. At some point during his long conversion he wrote the hymn, “Amazing Grace.”
Now we know that the wretch referred to in the hymn, was none other than him. Can God turn a wretch into a loving person of faith, love and hope? The answer lies in the history of the man, and eighteenth-century slaver-to-saint, John Newton.
The woman who loved so deeply after having been forgiven much and the wretch we’ve visited with today share a similar history. They recognized God’s mercy in their lives and responded with deep and abiding love. Can we wretches respond like them? Nobody wants to be called a wretch and, ironically, that’s the point. My sin and wretchedness are no match for God’s lavish love. Lord, help me to surrender to your grace be made real in the ups and downs of my life!
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NOTHING WITHOUT LOVE (SEE 1 COR 13:2) | ||
| "I tell you, that is why her many sins are forgiven � because of her great love. Little is forgiven the one whose love is small." �Luke 7:47 | ||
God is Love (1 Jn 4:8, 16). So life in God is all about love. In fact, the Christian is about abiding in love and abiding in God (1 Jn 4:16). First of all, we receive God's love. We are God's "beloved." He loves us infinitely, unconditionally, personally, and perfectly. Then we love because He first loved us (1 Jn 4:19). Impelled by love (2 Cor 5:14), we come to decide to love God with all our hearts, all our souls, all our minds, and all our strength (Lk 10:27). After receiving love from God and returning love to God, we begin to love ourselves (Lk 10:27). This makes it possible to love our neighbors as ourselves (Lk 10:27). We can extend God's love even to our enemies by forgiving them (see Lk 6:27, 35). Abiding in God's love, we can even lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters in Christ (1 Jn 3:16). We can even die for love of those who would put us to death. Live forever in love. Love God, Who is Love. | ||
| Prayer: Father, give me enough love to repent. | ||
| Promise: "Your faith has been your salvation. Now go in peace." —Lk 7:50 | ||
| Praise: St. Januarius and his companions were martyred in the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. |
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"Which will love him more?"
What fuels the love that surpasses all other loves? Unbounding gratitude for sure! No one who met Jesus could do so with indifference. They were either attracted to him or repelled by him. Why did a Pharisee invite Jesus to his house for dinner and then treat him discourteously by neglecting to give him the customary signs of respect and honor? [This account has some similarities to the account of Simon the leper in Matthew 26:6-13 and Mark 14:3, as well as the account in John 12:1-8.] Simon was very likely a collector of celebrities. He patronized Jesus because of his popularity with the crowds. Why did he criticize Jesus' compassionate treatment of a woman of ill repute - most likely a prostitute? The Pharisees shunned the company of public sinners and in so doing they neglected to give them the help they needed to find healing and wholeness.
The power of extravagant love and gratitude
Why did a woman with a bad reputation approach Jesus and anoint him with her tears and costly perfume at the risk of ridicule and abuse by others? The woman's action was motivated by one thing, and one thing only, namely, her love for Jesus - she loved greatly out of gratitude for the kindness and forgiveness she had received from Jesus. She did something a Jewish woman would never do in public. She loosened her hair and anointed Jesus with her tears. It was customary for a woman on her wedding day to bind her hair. For a married woman to loosen her hair in public was a sign of grave immodesty. This woman was oblivious to all around her, except for Jesus.
Love gives all - the best we have
She also did something which only love can do. She took the most precious thing she had and spent it all on Jesus. Her love was not calculated but extravagant. In a spirit of humility and heart-felt repentance, she lavishly served the one who showed her the mercy and kindness of God. Jesus, in his customary fashion, never lost the opportunity to draw a lesson from such a deed.
The debt of gratitude for mercy and forgiveness
Why did Jesus put the parable of the two debtors before his learned host, a religious Jew who was well versed in the Jewish Scriptures and who would have rigorously followed the letter of the Law of Moses? This parable is similar to the parable of the unforgiving official (see Matthew 18:23-35) in which the man who was forgiven much showed himself merciless and unforgiving. Jesus makes clear that great love springs from a heart forgiven and cleansed. Peter the Apostle tells us that "love covers a multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8). It was love that motivated the Father in heaven to send his only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, to offer up his life on the cross as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. The woman's lavish ｅxpression of love was an offering of gratitude for the great forgiveness, kindness, and mercy Jesus had shown to her.
The stark contrast of attitudes between Simon and the woman of ill-repute demonstrates how we can either accept or reject God's mercy and forgiveness. Simon, who regarded himself as an upright Pharisee, did not feel any particular need for pardon and mercy. His self-sufficiency kept him from acknowledging his need for God's grace - his gracious gift of favor, help, and mercy. Are you grateful for God's mercy and pardon?
"Lord Jesus, your grace is sufficient for me. Fill my heart with love and gratitude for the mercy you have shown to me and give me joy and freedom to love and serve others with kindness and respect."
Psalm 32:1-2,5,7,11
1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
5 I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"; then you forgave the guilt of my sin.
7 You are a hiding place for me, you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with deliverance.
11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Jesus the Physician brings miraculous healing to the woman's sins, by Ephrem the Syrian (306-373 AD)
"Healing the sick is a physician's glory. Our Lord did this to increase the disgrace of the Pharisee, who discredited the glory of our Physician. He worked signs in the streets, worked even greater signs once he entered the Pharisee’s house than those that he had worked outside. In the streets, he healed sick bodies, but inside, he healed sick souls. Outside, he had given life to the death of Lazarus. Inside, he gave life to the death of the sinful woman. He restored the living soul to a dead body that it had left, and he drove off the deadly sin from a sinful woman in whom it dwelt. That blind Pharisee, for whom wonders were not enough, discredited the common things he saw because of the wondrous things he failed to see." (excerpt from HOMILY on OUR LORD 42.2)
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