2019년 9월 20일 연중 제24주간 금요일
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1독서
티모테오 1서. 6,2ㄹ-12
사랑하는 그대여, 2 그대는 이러한 것들을 가르치고 권고하십시오. 3 누구든지 다른 교리를 가르치고 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 건전한 말씀과 신심에 부합되는 가르침을 따르지 않으면, 4 그는 교만해져서 아무것도 깨닫지 못할 뿐만 아니라 논쟁과 설전에 병적인 열정을 쏟습니다.
이러한 것에서부터 시기와 분쟁과 중상과 못된 의심과 5 끊임없는 알력이 나와, 정신이 썩고 진리를 잃어버린 사람들 사이에 번져 갑니다. 그들은 신심을 이득의 수단으로 생각하는 자들입니다. 6 물론 자족할 줄 알면 신심은 큰 이득입니다.
7 우리는 이 세상에 아무것도 가지고 오지 않았으며 이 세상에서 아무것도 가지고 갈 수 없습니다. 8 먹을 것과 입을 것이 있으면, 우리는 그것으로 만족합시다.
9 부자가 되기를 바라는 자들은 사람들을 파멸과 멸망에 빠뜨리는 유혹과 올가미와 어리석고 해로운 갖가지 욕망에 떨어집니다. 10 사실 돈을 사랑하는 것이 모든 악의 뿌리입니다. 돈을 따라다니다가 믿음에서 멀어져 방황하고 많은 아픔을 겪은 사람들이 있습니다.
11 하느님의 사람이여, 그대는 이러한 것들을 피하십시오. 그 대신에 의로움과 신심과 믿음과 사랑과 인내와 온유를 추구하십시오. 12 믿음을 위하여 훌륭히 싸워 영원한 생명을 차지하십시오. 그대는 많은 증인 앞에서 훌륭하게 신앙을 고백하였을 때에 영원한 생명으로 부르심을 받은 것입니다.
복음
루카. 8,1-3
그 때에 1 예수님께서는 고을과 마을을 두루 다니시며, 하느님의 나라를 선포하시고 그 복음을 전하셨다. 열두 제자도 그분과 함께 다녔다. 2 악령과 병에 시달리다 낫게 된 몇몇 여자도 그들과 함께 있었는데, 일곱 마귀가 떨어져 나간 막달레나라고 하는 마리아, 3 헤로데의 집사 쿠자스의 아내 요안나, 수산나였다. 그리고 다른 여자들도 많이 있었다. 그들은 자기들의 재산으로 예수님의 일행에게 시중을 들었다.
September 20, 2019
Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
1 Tm 6:2c-12
Teach and urge these things.
Whoever teaches something different
and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ
and the religious teaching
is conceited, understanding nothing,
and has a morbid disposition for arguments and verbal disputes.
From these come envy, rivalry, insults, evil suspicions,
and mutual friction among people with corrupted minds,
who are deprived of the truth,
supposing religion to be a means of gain.
Indeed, religion with contentment is a great gain.
For we brought nothing into the world,
just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it.
If we have food and clothing, we shall be content with that.
Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation and into a trap
and into many foolish and harmful desires,
which plunge them into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is the root of all evils,
and some people in their desire for it have strayed from the faith
and have pierced themselves with many pains.
But you, man of God, avoid all this.
Instead, pursue righteousness, devotion,
faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
Compete well for the faith.
Lay hold of eternal life,
to which you were called when you made the noble confession
in the presence of many witnesses.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 49:6-7, 8-10, 17-18, 19-20
Why should I fear in evil days
when my wicked ensnarers ring me round?
They trust in their wealth;
the abundance of their riches is their boast.
R. Blessed the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Yet in no way can a man redeem himself,
or pay his own ransom to God;
Too high is the price to redeem one's life; he would never have enough
to remain alive always and not see destruction.
R. Blessed the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Fear not when a man grows rich,
when the wealth of his house becomes great,
For when he dies, he shall take none of it;
his wealth shall not follow him down.
R. Blessed the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Though in his lifetime he counted himself blessed,
"They will praise you for doing well for yourself,"
He shall join the circle of his forebears
who shall never more see light.
R. Blessed the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Gospel
Lk 8:1-3
preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.
Accompanying him were the Twelve
and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities,
Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza,
Susanna, and many others
who provided for them out of their resources.
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«Jesus walked through towns and countryside, preaching and giving the good news of the kingdom of God»
Fr, Jordi PASCUAL i Bancells
(Salt, Girona, Spain)
Today, in the Gospel, we can appreciate what a normal day in the three years of Jesus' public life should have been. St. Luke explains it in a few words: «Jesus walked through towns and countryside, preaching and giving the Good News of the Kingdom of God» (Lk 8:1). This is what we contemplate in the third Mystery of Light of the Holy Rosary.
While commenting this mystery His Holiness John Paul II says: «Another mystery of light is the preaching by which Jesus proclaims the coming of the Kingdom of God, calls to conversion and forgives the sins of all who draw near to him in humble trust: the inauguration of that ministry of mercy which he continues to exercise until the end of the world, particularly through the Sacrament of Reconciliation which he has entrusted to his Church».
Jesus keeps on passing by close to us and offering us his supernatural goods: when we pray; when we read and ponder over the Gospel, to know and love him better and imitate his life; when we receive a sacrament, especially the Eucharist and the Penance; when we devote ourselves with effort and perseverance to our everyday's chores; when we have to deal with our family, our friends or our neighbours; when we help that person who is in need of material or spiritual help; when we have a rest or amuse ourselves... In all those circumstances we may find Jesus and follow him just as those Twelve and those saint women also did.
But, above that, each one of us is called by God to also be “the passing Jesus”, that is, to speak to those we deal with —with our deeds and our words— about the faith that fills out of meaning our existence, about the hope that impels us to go on forward through the paths of life designed by God, and about the charity that should guide all our acts.
The first one to follow Jesus and “to be Jesus” is Mary. That with her example and mediation she may help us!
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
This is a very curious gospel passage since Luke turns the spotlight, as it were, away from Christ for a moment and it is the women who accompanied Him who take center stage.
They were not simply groupies; they were relatively well off and formed a "support group" which followed Jesus, but what was their life like? They must have practiced a careful separation from the male disciples and showed a careful regard for the proprieties, but how seriously would they accept the hardships of following His itinerant life? Would they would be willing to sleep in the fields?
And what was their role? Did they primarily help with the women who approached Jesus, the women in the crowds and their children? As silly as it sounds to ask, would they do things as simple as any needed laundry? They did assist Christ and the disciples out of their resources, but clearly they were more present, more practical, than that.
I find it hard to get my head around what kind of life that would be for a woman.
Mary Magdalene here sounds more like she was relieved of a mental illness than anything else, but she also sounds like a woman “of independent means.” “Joanna” is a Jewish name, but she was married to a relatively powerful pagan (“Chuza” is not a Jewish name, nor is it likely that a Jew would work for Herod...); what was she doing following Jesus around? There is an untold story here.... Susanna? Another story there. But there were also “many others who were assisting them out of their means,” and each had her own story.
Are we seeing in these women the beginning of the new People of God's “diakonia”? Such service was not formally mentioned in Jewish Law or found in widespread Jewish practice, so there is something revolutionary happening here. When the diaconate is formalized in the newborn Church (Acts 6:1-6) it is the men who are in question, but I think we can see it already alive and well in the lives of these women.
Unfortunately, Matthew (27:55-56) and Mark (15:40-41) barely touch this topic and John is chasing a very different rabbit here (19:25), but what do we see when we look at this group? Do they and their lives call us, both men and women, individually and as full communities, to a new role of service in the Church, the People of God?
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BASIC NEEDS? | ||
| "For when he dies, he shall take none of it; his wealth shall not follow him down." �Psalm 49:18 | ||
According to Sirach in the Old Testament, "life's prime needs are water, bread, and clothing, a house, too, for decent privacy" (Sir 29:21). The New Testament may indicate that the basic needs of human beings have been reduced by Jesus' coming (see Lk 9:58), for "if we have food and clothing we have all that we need" (1 Tm 6:8). Basic needs, according to the Bible, are very different from what most people today call basic needs. Today, in industrialized countries, transportation (like a car) and entertainment (a TV) are considered basic needs. Even the poor expect to eat more than bread and water. And items such as meat, sugar, and coffee are considered as the barest necessities! Even if we don't think the Lord wants us to take literally these Biblical passages, He is at the least commanding us to drastically simplify our lives, to reappraise as loss those things we used to consider gain (Phil 3:7). "The world with its seductions is passing away but the man who does God's will endures forever" (1 Jn 2:17). The Lord is calling us to "have no love for the world, nor the things that the world affords" (1 Jn 2:15). Pope St. John Paul II has warned us: "We need to turn to a more austere way of life...I therefore exhort the disciples of Christ and all Christian communities...to carry out a sincere review of their lives regarding their solidarity with the poor" (Mission of the Redeemer, 59, 60). In love for Jesus, let's be among the first in our society to align our ways of living with the truth of God's Word. | ||
| Prayer: Father, although my lifestyle doesn't make sense in our secularized culture, may it make sense on Judgment Day. | ||
| Promise: "We brought nothing into this world, nor have we the power to take anything out." —1 Tm 6:7 | ||
| Praise: St. Andrew and his companions, of all ages, were martyred during several persecutions in Korea. |
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"The women provided for Jesus"
Are you ready to serve the Lord Jesus and to support the work of the Gospel with your personal resources? During his three years of public ministry Jesus traveled widely. The Gospel records that a band of women accompanied Jesus and the twelve apostles. This was a diverse group of women - some came from rich and prominent families, some had been prostitutes, and others had been afflicted with mental and physical infirmities.
The women who served Jesus out of their own resources
We know that Mary Magdalene had lived a very troubled life before Jesus freed her from seven demons. She was privileged to be the first to see Jesus as the risen Lord. Joanna, who was the wife of King Herod's chief financial officer, was a wealthy lady of the court. It's unlikely that these two would have ever met under other circumstances. What brought them together and united them in a bond of friendship, service, and loyalty to Jesus? It was Jesus and his message of the kingdom of God that had transformed these women. Unlike the apostles, who took great pride in being the chosen twelve, these women did not seek position or demand special privileges. Jesus had touched them so deeply that they were grateful to do anything for him, even menial service. They brought their gifts and resources to Jesus to use as he saw fit.
Whose concerns do you put first - yours or others?
Are you more like the status-conscious apostles who were concerned for their position, or like the women who were content to serve Jesus quietly and generously with their personal resources? In our fallen state, our natural tendency is to want to be served and placed first and to avoid giving too much of ourselves to the service of others. And besides, who really prefers to take the lowly place of a servant who puts the needs of others before their own needs? Jesus is our best example who "came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom" for us (Matthew 20:28). The Gospel honors these women who imitated Jesus in his selfless sacrificial love and humble service.
Our privilege and joy is to serve the Lord Jesus
Our privilege as children of God and disciples of the Lord Jesus is to serve as Jesus served with humility, selfless love, generosity, joy, and a willingness to do whatever God asks of us. God, in his turn, gives us every good gift and grace we need to carry out our task and mission. God in his infinite power needs no one, but in his wisdom and love, he chooses to entrust his work through each one of us. His Holy Spirit equips us with all that we need to love and serve others. No one is unimportant or unnecessary in God's economy. The least in his kingdom find a home and a mission at Jesus' side. Do you know the joy of serving Jesus in company with others who love and serve him willingly?
"Lord Jesus, set my heart on fire for you that I may give freely of the gifts, talents, and resources you give me, for your sake and for the work of the Gospel."
Psalm 17:1,6-9,15
1 Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
6 I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me, hear my words.
7 Wondrously show your mercies, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,
9 from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.
15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding your form.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Everyone has something to give, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"Frankly, even the poor have something they can share with others. Let one lend feet to the lame, another become the eyes of the blind, another visit the sick, and another bury the dead. These are the things that everyone can do. Lastly, bear one another's burdens, and so you shall fulfill the law of Christ." (excerpt from Sermon 41,9)
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September 22, 2017 Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
