2019년 10월 15일 연중 제28주간 화요일
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제1독서
로마서. 1,16-25
형 제 여러분, 16 나는 복음을 부끄러워하지 않습니다. 복음은 먼저 유다인에게 그리고 그리스인에게까지, 믿는 사람이면 누구에게나 구원을 가져다주는 하느님의 힘이기 때문입니다. 17 복음 안에서 하느님의 의로움이 믿음에서 믿음으로 계시됩니다. 이는 성경에 “의로운 이는 믿음으로 살 것이다.”라고 기록된 그대로입니다.
18 불의로 진리를 억누르는 사람들의 모든 불경과 불의에 대한 하느님의 진노가 하늘에서부터 나타나고 있습니다. 19 하느님에 관하여 알 수 있는 것이 이미 그들에게 명백히 드러나 있기 때문입니다. 사실 하느님께서 그것을 그들에게 명백히 드러내 주셨습니다.
20 세상이 창조된 때부터, 하느님의 보이지 않는 본성 곧 그분의 영원한 힘과 신성을 조물을 통하여 알아보고 깨달을 수 있게 되었습니다. 따라서 그들은 변명할 수가 없습니다.
21 하느님을 알면서도 그분을 하느님으로 찬양하거나 그분께 감사를 드리기는커녕, 오히려 생각이 허망하게 되고 우둔한 마음이 어두워졌기 때문입니다.
22 그들은 지혜롭다고 자처하였지만 바보가 되었습니다. 23 그리고 불멸하시는 하느님의 영광을 썩어 없어질 인간과 날짐승과 네발짐승과 길짐승 같은 형상으로 바꾸어 버렸습니다.
24 그리하여 하느님께서는 그들이 마음의 욕망으로 더럽혀지도록 내버려 두시어, 그들이 스스로 자기들의 몸을 수치스럽게 만들도록 하셨습니다. 25 그들은 하느님의 진리를 거짓으로 바꾸어 버리고, 창조주 대신에 피조물을 받들어 섬겼습니다. 창조주께서는 영원히 찬미받으실 분이십니다. 아멘.
복음
루카. 11,37-41
그 때에 37 예수님께서 다 말씀하시자, 어떤 바리사이가 자기 집에서 식사하자고 그분을 초대하였다. 그리하여 예수님께서 그 집에 들어가시어 자리에 앉으셨다. 38 그런데 그 바리사이는 예수님께서 식사 전에 먼저 손을 씻지 않으시는 것을 보고 놀랐다.
39 그러자 주님께서 그에게 이르셨다. “정녕 너희 바리사이들은 잔과 접시의 겉은 깨끗이 하지만, 너희의 속은 탐욕과 사악으로 가득하다. 40 어리석은 자들아, 겉을 만드신 분께서 속도 만들지 않으셨느냐?
41 속에 담긴 것으로 자선을 베풀어라. 그러면 모든 것이 깨끗해질 것이다.”
October 15, 20179
Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
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Reading 1
Rom 1:16-25
I am not ashamed of the Gospel.
It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes:
for Jew first, and then Greek.
For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith;
as it is written, "The one who is righteous by faith will live."
The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven
against every impiety and wickedness
of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
For what can be known about God is evident to them,
because God made it evident to them.
Ever since the creation of the world,
his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity
have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made.
As a result, they have no excuse;
for although they knew God
they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks.
Instead, they became vain in their reasoning,
and their senseless minds were darkened.
While claiming to be wise, they became fools
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God
for the likeness of an image of mortal man
or of birds or of four-legged animals or of snakes.
Therefore, God handed them over to impurity
through the lusts of their hearts
for the mutual degradation of their bodies.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie
and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator,
who is blessed forever. Amen.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 19:2-3, 4-5
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
Day pours out the word to day,
and night to night imparts knowledge.
R. The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
Not a word nor a discourse
whose voice is not heard;
Through all the earth their voice resounds,
and to the ends of the world, their message.
R. The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
Gospel
11:37-41
a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home.
He entered and reclined at table to eat.
The Pharisee was amazed to see
that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.
The Lord said to him, "Oh you Pharisees!
Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish,
inside you are filled with plunder and evil.
You fools!
Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside?
But as to what is within, give alms,
and behold, everything will be clean for you."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«But according to you, by the mere giving of alms everything is made clean»
Fr. Pedro IGLESIAS Martínez
(Rubí, Barcelona, Spain)
Today, the evangelist shows us Jesus at a banquet: «A Pharisee asked him to have a meal with him» (Lk 11:37). The host must have frowned when he realized his guest could not care less about the hand washing ritual (which was not a precept of Law, but just a tradition from the old rabbis) on top of frowning upon him and his social group. The Pharisee did not hit the right day, and Jesus' behavior, as we would say today, was not “politically correct”.
The Gospels show us that the Lord was basically uninterested in what “people might say” or in what may be considered “politically correct” behavior; we see in the Gospels that Jesus didn’t care much for what people might say or what is politically correct, whether we like it or not. These are not criteria on which Christians should base their decisions. Jesus clearly condemns double morality, which clearly seeks convenience or deception: «So then, you Pharisees, you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside yourselves you are full of greed and evil. Fools!» (Lk 11:39). God's word, as usual, questions us about customs and habits of our daily life, when we end up converting trivia into “values”, to disguise our sins of arrogance, selfishness and conceit, while attempting to “globalize” morals with political correction in order to avoid being out of tune or being marginalized, and this, irrespective of the price to be paid in terms of the soilure of our soul, as, after all, everybody does the same.
St. Basil used to say, «he who is prudent must be mostly afraid of living pending of others' opinion». If we are witnesses to Christ, we must know that the truth will always shine through. This is our mission amidst these men we share our live with, while trying to keep us clean after the model of man God has revealed to us in Christ. The cleanliness of spirit goes far beyond any social forms and, if we ever have any doubts, let us then remember that blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God. Each one must decide what he wants to see for all eternity.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
After hearing Jesus preach, one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to his home for a meal. The Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus didn’t participate in the before the meal handwashing ritual. It must have been very obvious to those dining with Jesus that he skipped such an important part of a meal. It was clearly an intentional move by Jesus to provide a lesson. Jesus went on to say:
Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish,
inside you are filled with plunder and evil.
You fools!
Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside?
But as to what is within, give alms,
and behold, everything will be clean for you.”
These words really struck me. Over the past months, I’ve watched others be harmed by the actions of people who seem to have a clean exterior. These self-proclaimed Christians may be acting so that others perceive them to be upstanding, successful leaders while there is incredible damage to others as a result of the self- serving motives behind their actions. In addition to Jesus’ lesson, simply giving alms won’t “clean everything” if one chooses to give alms in a pretentious manner. Almsgiving should be accompanied by humility. Almsgiving should not benefit some, while harming others. Jesus teaches us over and over again that we are to care for each other—no matter what.
Take some time to perform an examination of conscience. Do my actions match up with the outside of my cup, or with the inside of my cup? Is the inside of my cup as clean as I make the outside?
Today is the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila. She was a remarkable early leader of the Church. She reminds us of what our priority should be:
"The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or she loves his or her neighbor. These two loves are never separated. Rest assured, the more you progress in love of neighbor the more your love of God will increase." ~ Teresa of Avila
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
WHAT IS HAPPENING? | ||
| "The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against the irreligious and perverse spirit of men who, in this perversity of theirs, hinder the truth." �Romans 1:18 | ||
Our society can deteriorate so much that many people "are filled with every kind of wickedness: maliciousness, greed, ill will" (Rm 1:29). We can get to the point that our society is the closest thing to "hell on earth." This extremity of evil is preceded by "disgraceful passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and the men gave up natural intercourse with women and burned with lust for one another. Men did shameful things with men" (Rm 1:26-27). This barrage of homosexual sin is in turn preceded by idolatry, worshipping "the creature rather than the Creator" (Rm 1:25). When we practice idolatry, that is, put anything ahead of God, we set the stage for worse sin, particularly homosexual sins. Prior to idolatry, vain reasoning, senseless minds, and just plain foolishness proliferate (Rm 1:21-22). Then the bottom line of this retrogression is the repeated refusal to give God glory and thanks (Rm 1:21). Using this analysis of cultural breakdown from the first chapter of Romans, we can surmise that although our culture of death is in the latter stages of evil, it can get worse. We can also see how serious homosexual sins are. Furthermore, we can understand where idolatry comes from and where it goes. Finally, we can also see that the beginning of renewing society is to live lives of praise and thanks to God. Learn from Romans. | ||
| Prayer: Father, send the Holy Spirit to give me the power to replace the culture of death with a civilization of love and life. | ||
| Promise: "But if you give what you have as alms, all will be wiped clean for you." —Lk 11:41 | ||
| Praise: St. Teresa of Jesus chose religious life because she knew how prone to sin she was. She prayed daily for the coming of the Holy Spirit in her life. |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
What makes the heart clean and holy?
Is the Lord Jesus welcomed at your table and are you ready to feast at his table? A Pharisee, after hearing Jesus preach, invited him to dinner, no doubt, because he wanted to hear more from this extraordinary man who spoke the word of God as no one else had done before. It was not unusual for a rabbi to give a teaching over dinner. Jesus, however, did something which offended his host. He did not perform the ceremonial washing of hands before beginning the meal. Did Jesus forget or was he deliberately performing a sign to reveal something to his host? Jesus turned the table on his host by chiding him for uncleanness of heart.
What makes the heart clean and holy?
Which is more important to God - clean hands or a clean mind and heart? Jesus chided the Pharisees for harboring evil thoughts that make us unclean spiritually - such as greed, pride, bitterness, envy, arrogance, and the like. Why does he urge them, and us, to give alms? When we give freely and generously to those in need we express love, compassion, kindness, and mercy. And if the heart is full of love and compassion, then there is no room for envy, greed, bitterness, and the like. Do you allow God's love to transform your heart, mind, and actions toward your neighbor?
"Lord Jesus, fill me with your love and increase my thirst for holiness. Cleanse my heart of every evil thought and desire and help me to act kindly and justly and to speak charitably with my neighbor."
Psalm 19:1-4
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.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Acts of mercy are examples of almsgiving, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"What our Lord says, 'Give alms, and behold, all things are clean to you,' applies to all useful acts of mercy. It does not apply just to the one who gives food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, clothing to the naked, hospitality to the wayfarer or refuge to the fugitive. It also applies to one who visits the sick and the prisoner, redeems the captive, bears the burdens of the weak, leads the blind, comforts the sorrowful, heals the sick, shows the erring the right way, gives advice to the perplexed, and does whatever is needful for the needy. Not only does this person give alms, but the person who forgives the trespasser also gives alms as well. He is also a giver of alms who, by blows or other discipline, corrects and restrains those under his command. At the same time he forgives from the heart the sin by which he has been wronged or offended or prays that it be forgiven the offender. Such a person gives alms not only because he forgives and prays but also because he rebukes and administers corrective punishment, since in this he shows mercy... There are many kinds of alms. When we do them, we are helped in receiving forgiveness of our own sins." (excerpt from ENCHIRIDION 19.72)
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