2019년 9월 24일 연중 제25주간 화요일
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제1독서
에즈라기. 6,7-8.12ㄴ.14-20
그 무렵 다리우스 임금은 유프라테스 서부 지방의 관리들에게 다음과 같은 명령을 내렸다.
7 “하느님의 집 공사가 계속되게 하여라. 유다인들의 지방관과 유다인들의 원로들이 그 하느님의 집을 제자리에 다시 짓게 하여라.
8 이제 그 하느님의 집을 다시 짓도록 그대들이 유다인들의 원로들을 도와서 해야 할 일에 관하여, 내가 이렇게 명령을 내린다. 왕실 재산 곧 유프라테스 서부 지방에서 받는 조공에서, 지체하지 말고 그 사람들에게 어김없이 비용을 내어 주어라.
12 나 다리우스가 명령을 내리니 어김없이 시행하여라.”
14 유다의 원로들은 하까이 예언자와 이또의 아들 즈카르야가 선포하는 예언에 힘입어 건축 공사를 순조롭게 진행하였다. 그들은 이스라엘의 하느님의 명령과 페르시아 임금 키루스와 다리우스와 아르타크세르크세스의 명령에 따라 건축 공사를 마칠 수 있었다. 15 그리하여 이 집이 완공된 것은 다리우스 임금의 통치 제육년 아다르 달 초사흗날이었다.
16 이스라엘 자손들, 곧 사제들과 레위인들과 돌아온 나머지 유배자들은 기뻐하며 하느님의 집 봉헌식을 올렸다. 17 이 하느님의 집 봉헌식에는 황소 백 마리와 숫양 이백 마리와 어린 양 사백 마리를 바치고, 온 이스라엘을 위한 속죄 제물로 이스라엘의 지파 수에 따라 숫염소 열두 마리를 바쳤다.
18 그런 다음, 모세의 책에 쓰인 대로, 사제들을 저마다 번별로 세우고 레위인들을 저마다 조별로 세워 예루살렘에서 하느님을 섬기도록 하였다.
19 돌아온 유배자들은 첫째 달 열나흗날에 파스카 축제를 지냈다. 20 사제들과 레위인들은 일제히 자신을 정결하게 하였다. 그래서 그들은 모두 정결하게 되었다. 그런 다음 그들은, 돌아온 모든 유배자와 동료 사제들과 자기들이 먹을 파스카 제물을 잡았다.
복음
루카. 8,19-21
그때에 19 예수님의 어머니와 형제들이 예수님을 찾아왔지만, 군중 때문에 가까이 갈 수가 없었다.
20 그래서 누가 예수님께, “스승님의 어머님과 형제들이 스승님을 뵈려고 밖에 서 계십니다.” 하고 알려 드렸다.
21 그러자 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다. “내 어머니와 내 형제들은 하느님의 말씀을 듣고 실행하는 이 사람들이다.”
September 24, 2019
Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Ez 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20
of West-of-Euphrates:
"Let the governor and the elders of the Jews
continue the work on that house of God;
they are to rebuild it on its former site.
I also issue this decree
concerning your dealing with these elders of the Jews
in the rebuilding of that house of God:
From the royal revenue, the taxes of West-of-Euphrates,
let these men be repaid for their expenses, in full and without delay.
I, Darius, have issued this decree;
let it be carefully executed."
The elders of the Jews continued to make progress in the building,
supported by the message of the prophets,
Haggai and Zechariah, son of Iddo.
They finished the building according to the command
of the God of Israel
and the decrees of Cyrus and Darius
and of Artaxerxes, king of Persia.
They completed this house on the third day of the month Adar,
in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
The children of Israel'priests, Levites,
and the other returned exiles?
celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.
For the dedication of this house of God,
they offered one hundred bulls,
two hundred rams, and four hundred lambs,
together with twelve he-goats as a sin-offering for all Israel,
in keeping with the number of the tribes of Israel.
Finally, they set up the priests in their classes
and the Levites in their divisions
for the service of God in Jerusalem,
as is prescribed in the book of Moses.
The exiles kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
The Levites, every one of whom had purified himself for the occasion,
sacrificed the Passover for the rest of the exiles,
for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5
I rejoiced because they said to me,
"We will go up to the house of the LORD."
And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
According to the decree for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Gospel
Lk 8:19-21
but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
He was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside
and they wish to see you."
He said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers
are those who hear the word of God and act on it."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it»
Fr. Xavier JAUSET i Clivillé
(Lleida, Spain)
Today, we can read a beautiful passage of the Gospel. Jesus is not showing any disrespect for his mother, inasmuch as She has been the first one to hear the Word of God, and He, who is the Word of God, was born from Her. At the same time She is who, most perfectly, has fulfilled God's will: «Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done onto me according to your word» (Lk 1:38), was Her answer to the Angel of the Annunciation.
Jesus tells us what we need to do to likewise pertain to his family: «those who hear...» (Lk 8:21) and to hear him we must get close to him, as his own relatives did, when they went where He was, but could not get to him because of the crowd. But, then, they tried to get closer. It might be convenient for us to ask ourselves if, to get closer to the Word of God, we do fight and try to overcome the obstacles we keep finding on the way. Do I devote, every day, a few minutes to reading, listening to or mulling over the Holy Scriptures? St. Thomas Aquinas reminds us «we must continuously meditate the Word of God (...); this meditation is a powerful help in our fight against sin».
And, finally, to abide by the Word. It is not enough to hear the Word; we must put it into action if we want to become God's relatives. We must put into practice what we are told! This is why it would perhaps be good to ask ourselves whether we only behave obediently when what we are asked just suits us well or is rather easy to do, or if, on the contrary, when it means giving up our comfort, our own prestige, our material things or whatever leisure time we may have at our disposal..., we use to place the Word between parenthesis, until some better time may come. Let us pray to the Virgin Mary that, as She did once, we may hear and abide by the Word of God, so that we shall, thus, be able to follow the path leading to eternal happiness.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Growing up I remember feeling confused when I heard the phrase, “family first.” I always thought to myself, “shouldn't God come first?” After all, God created my family. According to my child-like logic, God should come first.
Today's Gospel complicates that logic. Jesus says something potentially painful in the presence of his biological family by implying that they are not his real or only family. But he's not denying his kin. Rather he's expanding our notion of who belongs in the family of God: “those who hear the word of God and act upon it.”
This challenges all of us. Suddenly, family isn't just my immediate family or even my extended family. It includes all believers. Even if we don't enjoy a healthy relationship with our biological family, we know how we ought to behave towards a family member. Parents ought to provide unconditional love to their children. Siblings ought to love and support each other. I'm sure you, like me, fall short of this ideal with your families. So, we shouldn't be surprised when we fail to extend the same love and compassion to our brothers and sisters in the Lord. If we fail to love our children (the unborn and the born, including victims of child trafficking and those held in detention centers) then how can we love the poor, the immigrant and the refugee? By expanding our concept of family, Jesus makes it far more difficult to place family first.
But I find hope in our first reading.
It's telling that the Church pairs this Gospel reading about who belongs in our family with this passage from Ezra. The reading celebrates the construction of the second Temple, which was commissioned and paid for, not by the Jewish people, but by the Persian king Darius. Despite being a Gentile and non-believer, God acts through this foreign king to bring new hope and energy to Israel. The message implies that God's concept of family far exceeds our own expectations. And given how frequently I fail to hear the word of God and act upon it, I can only hope that God places “family first.”
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
"ALL IN THE FAMILY" | ||
| "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act upon it." �Luke 8:21 | ||
For the Israelites, blood lines were of critical importance. The commandment that "the life is in the blood" ruled both their dietary laws (see Lv 17:11) and their entire culture. Their heritage and family lineage literally defined them as a people and a nation. Now in Jesus, the family is no longer defined by the blood line passed on from father and mother. In Jesus, the family is defined by a new blood line: the Blood of Christ. Faith in Jesus, through hearing His Word (see Rm 10:17), acting upon this Word (Lk 8:21), and being baptized into the family of God (Catechism, 1265) now defines membership in God's family. We ratify and renew this family membership by receiving the Blood of Jesus in the Eucharist, the family meal. No longer is it necessary to shed the blood of lambs, bulls, or goats (see Ezr 6:17) to demonstrate our family loyalty. In joining the family of God through Baptism, we are changed. We are begotten from above, baptized into Christ's death and Resurrection (see Rm 6:3-4). We now see everything in relation to our new family. God is our Father, Jesus our Brother, Savior and Lord, and the Holy Spirit seals us into the family (Catechism, 1274). Mary is our mother, all who have faith in Christ are our siblings, and even those who do not believe in Christ are our potential brothers and sisters. Therefore, live the lifestyle befitting a member of the royal family of Christ (see 1 Pt 2:9). | ||
| Prayer: Jesus, may Your blood be upon us and our loved ones (see Mt 27:25). | ||
| Promise: "I rejoiced because they said to me, 'We will go up to the house of the Lord.' " —Lk 8:21 | ||
| Praise: Penny and John had their wedding rings engraved "United in Christ" and He has been their faithful Partner for 60 years. |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
"Hear the word of God and do it"
Who do you love and cherish the most? God did not intend for us to be alone, but to be with others. He gives us many opportunities for developing relationships with family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. Why does Jesus seem to ignore his own relatives when they pressed to see him? His love and respect for his mother and his relatives is unquestionable. Jesus never lost an opportunity to teach his disciples a spiritual lesson and truth about the kingdom of God. on this occasion when many gathered to hear Jesus he pointed to another higher reality of relationships, namely our relationship with God and with those who belong to God.
What is the essence of being a Christian? It is certainly more than doctrine, precepts, and commandments. It is first and foremost a relationship - a relationship of trust, affection, commitment, loyalty, faithfulness, kindness, thoughtfulness, compassion, mercy, helpfulness, encouragement, support, strength, protection, and so many other qualities that bind people together in mutual love and unity.
God seeks a personal intimate relationship with each one of us
God offers us the greatest of relationships - union of heart, mind, and spirit with himself, the very author and source of love (1 John 4:8,16). God's love never fails, never forgets, never compromises, never lies, never lets us down nor disappoints us. His love is consistent, unwavering, unconditional, unrelenting and unstoppable. There is no end to his love. Nothing in this world can make him leave us, ignore us, or withhold from us his merciful love and care (Romans 8:31-39). He will love us no matter what. It is his nature to love. That is why he created us - to be united with him and to share in his love (1 John 3:1).
God is a trinity of divine persons - one in being with the eternal Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - and a community of undivided love. God made us in his image and likeness (Genesis 1:26,27) to be a people who are free to choose what is good, loving, and just and to reject whatever is false and contrary to his love and righteousness (moral goodness). That is why Jesus challenged his followers, and even his own earthly relatives, to recognize that God is the true source of all relationships. God wants all of our relationships to be rooted in his love and goodness.
The heavenly Father's offer of friendship and adoption
Jesus Christ is God's love incarnate - God's love made visible in human flesh (1 John 4:9-10). That is why Jesus describes himself as the good shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep and the shepherd who seeks out the sheep who have strayed and lost their way. God is like the father who yearns for his prodigal son to return home and then throws a great party for his son when he has a change of heart and comes back (Luke 15:11-32).
Jesus offered up his life on the cross for our sake, so that we could be forgiven and restored to unity and friendship with God. It is through Jesus that we become the adopted children of God - his own sons and daughters. That is why Jesus told his disciples that they would have many new friends and family relationships in his kingdom. Whoever does the will of God is a friend of God and a member of his family - his sons and daughters who have been ransomed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
Through Jesus Christ we become brothers and sisters - members of God's family
Lucian of Antioch (240-312 AD), an early Christian martyr once said that "a Christian's only relatives are the saints"- namely those who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ and adopted as sons and daughters of God. Those who have been baptized into Jesus Christ and who live as his disciples enter into a new family, a family of "saints" here on earth and in heaven. Jesus changes the order of relationships and shows that true kinship is not just a matter of flesh and blood.
Our adoption as sons and daughters of God transforms all of our relationships and requires a new order of loyalty to God first and to his kingdom of righteousness and peace. Do you want to grow in love and friendship? Allow the Holy Spirit to transform your heart, mind, and will to enable you to love freely and generously as God has loved you.
"Heavenly Father, you are the source of all true friendship and love. In all my relationships, may your love be my constant guide for choosing what is good and for rejecting what is contrary to your will."
Psalm 122:1-5
1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!"
2 Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem, built as a city which is bound firmly together,
4 to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Those who listen and obey God's word become true children of God, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"The present lesson teaches us that obedience and listening to God are the causes of every blessing. Some entered and spoke respectfully about Christ's holy mother and his brothers. He answered in these words, 'My mother and my brothers are they who hear the word of God and do it.' Now do not let any one imagine that Christ scorned the honor due to his mother or contemptuously disregarded the love owed to his brothers. He spoke the law by Moses and clearly said, 'Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you' (Deuteronomy 5:16). How, I ask, could he have rejected the love due to brothers, who even commanded us to love not merely our brothers but also those who are enemies to us? He says, 'Love your enemies' (Matthew 5:44)."What does Christ want to teach? His object is to exalt highly his love toward those who are willing to bow the neck to his commands. I will explain the way he does this. The greatest honors and the most complete affection are what we all owe to our mothers and brothers. If he says that they who hear his word and do it are his mother and brothers, is it not plain to every one that he bestows on those who follow him a love thorough and worthy of their acceptance? He would make them readily embrace the desire of yielding themselves to his words and of submitting their mind to his yoke, by means of a complete obedience." (excerpt from COMMENTARY on LUKE, HOMILY 42)
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September 26, 2017 Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
