2019년 10월 17일 연중 제28주간 목요일
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제1독서
로마서. 3,21-30ㄱ
형 제 여러분, 21 이제는 율법과 상관없이 하느님의 의로움이 나타났습니다. 이는 율법과 예언자들이 증언하는 것입니다. 22 예수 그리스도에 대한 믿음을 통하여 오는 하느님의 의로움은 믿는 모든 이를 위한 것입니다. 거기에는 아무 차별도 없습니다.
23 모든 사람이 죄를 지어 하느님의 영광을 잃었습니다. 24 그러나 그리스도 예수님 안에서 이루어진 속량을 통하여 그분의 은총으로 거저 의롭게 됩니다.
25 하느님께서는 예수님을 속죄의 제물로 내세우셨습니다. 예수님의 피로 이루어진 속죄는 믿음으로 얻어집니다. 사람들이 이전에 지은 죄들을 용서하시어 당신의 의로움을 보여 주시려고 그리하신 것입니다. 26 이 죄들은 하느님께서 관용을 베푸실 때에 저질러졌습니다.
지금 이 시대에는 하느님께서 당신의 의로움을 보여 주시어, 당신께서 의로우신 분이며 또 예수님을 믿는 이를 의롭게 하시는 분임을 드러내십니다.
27 그러니 자랑할 것이 어디 있습니까? 전혀 없습니다. 무슨 법으로 그리되었습니까? 행위의 법입니까? 아닙니다. 믿음의 법입니다. 28 사실 사람은 율법에 따른 행위와 상관없이 믿음으로 의롭게 된다고 우리는 확신합니다.
29 하느님은 유다인들만의 하느님이십니까? 다른 민족들의 하느님은 아니십니까? 아닙니다. 다른 민족들의 하느님이시기도 합니다. 30 정녕 하느님은 한 분이십니다.
복음
루카. 11,47-54
그때에 주님께서 말씀하셨다.
47 “너희는 불행하여라! 바로 너희 조상들이 죽인 예언자들의 무덤을 너희가 만들기 때문이다. 48 이렇게 너희 조상들은 예언자들을 죽이고 너희는 그들의 무덤을 만들고 있으니, 조상들이 저지른 소행을 너희가 증언하고 또 동조하는 것이다.
49 그래서 하느님의 지혜도, ‘내가 예언자들과 사도들을 그들에게 보낼 터인데, 그들은 이들 가운데에서 더러는 죽이고 더러는 박해할 것이다.’ 하고 말씀하셨다. 50 그러니 세상 창조 이래 쏟아진 모든 예언자의 피에 대한 책임을 이 세대가 져야 할 것이다. 51 아벨의 피부터, 제단과 성소 사이에서 죽어 간 즈카르야의 피에 이르기까지 그렇게 해야 할 것이다. 그렇다, 내가 너희에게 말한다. 이 세대가 그 책임을 져야 할 것이다.
52 불행하여라, 너희 율법 교사들아! 너희가 지식의 열쇠를 치워 버리고서, 너희 자신들도 들어가지 않고 또 들어가려는 이들도 막아 버렸기 때문이다.”
53 예수님께서 그 집을 나오시자, 율법 학자들과 바리사이들은 독한 앙심을 품고 많은 질문으로 그분을 몰아대기 시작하였다. 54 예수님의 입에서 나오는 말씀으로 그분을 옭아매려고 노렸던 것이다.
October 17, 2019
Memorial of Saint Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Rom 3:21-30
Now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law,
though testified to by the law and the prophets,
the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ
for all who believe.
For there is no distinction;
all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God.
They are justified freely by his grace
through the redemption in Christ Jesus,
whom God set forth as an expiation,
through faith, by his Blood, to prove his righteousness
because of the forgiveness of sins previously committed,
through the forbearance of God?
to prove his righteousness in the present time,
that he might be righteous
and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
What occasion is there then for boasting? It is ruled out.
On what principle, that of works?
No, rather on the principle of faith.
For we consider that a person is justified by faith
apart from works of the law.
Does God belong to Jews alone?
Does he not belong to Gentiles, too?
Yes, also to Gentiles, for God is one
and will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith
and the uncircumcised through faith.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 130:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
LORD, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to my voice in supplication.
R. With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption.
If you, O LORD, mark iniquities,
Lord, who can stand?
But with you is forgiveness,
that you may be revered.
R. With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption.
I trust in the LORD;
my soul trusts in his word.
My soul waits for the LORD
more than sentinels wait for the dawn.
R. With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption.
Gospel
Lk 11:47-54
"Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets
whom your fathers killed.
Consequently, you bear witness and give consent
to the deeds of your ancestors,
for they killed them and you do the building.
Therefore, the wisdom of God said,
"I will send to them prophets and Apostles;
some of them they will kill and persecute?
in order that this generation might be charged
with the blood of all the prophets
shed since the foundation of the world,
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah
who died between the altar and the temple building.
Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!
Woe to you, scholars of the law!
You have taken away the key of knowledge.
You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter."
When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees
began to act with hostility toward him
and to interrogate him about many things,
for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«A curse is on you, for you build memorials to the prophets your ancestors killed»
Fr. Pedro-José YNARAJA i Díaz
(El Montanyà, Barcelona, Spain)
Today, we may mull over the meaning, acceptance and treatment given to the prophets: «I will send prophets and apostles and this people will kill and persecute some of them» (Lk 11:49). They were persons of any social or religious condition that received the divine message and were imbibed by it; driven by the Holy Spirit, they communicated it with signs and words intelligible in their own time. It was a message conveyed by means of discourses, not very laudable, generally, or by feats, almost always, difficult to accept. A characteristic of the prophecy is its discomfort. The gift is rather inconvenient for the recipient, as, deep inside, it hurts, while being quite embarrassing for the environment, that today, thanks to the Net or the satellites, can be divulged all over the world.
Prophet's contemporaries pretend to condemn him to silence, and they slander him, discredit him, and so on until he dies. It is when that moment finally arrives that it is time to build a memorial and pay homage to him, as he will not be a nuisance anymore for anyone. At present, we also have some prophets who enjoy universal reputation. Mother Therese, John XXIII, Monsignor Romero... Do we remember what they postulated and expected from us?, do we carry out what they showed us? Our generation will have to render accounts for the ozone layer we have managed to deplete, for wasting water resources, but also for forgetting that which our prophets have told us.
There still are persons pretending “the right to exclusive knowledge”, that —in the best of cases— are willing to share with their kinship only, who allow them to be well set up in their success and fame. Persons who do not let in those who try to enter the field of cognition, lest they get to know as much as themselves and move on ahead of them: «A curse is on you, teachers of the Law, for you have taken the key of knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you prevented others from entering» (Lk 11:52).
Now, as in Jesus' times, there are many who analyze phrases and study texts to discredit whoever may inconvenience them with their words: do we also do the same? «There is nothing more dangerous than to judge the things of God with human discourses» (St. John Crysostom).
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
It occurs to me upon reading this Gospel passage out of context that, just maybe, Jesus became frustrated when people didn’t understand what he tried so hard to tell them. Maybe he was particularly frustrated with the people who should have known better: the educated people, the ones entrusted with leadership in the faith.
That’s me. I don’t have a PhD in theology, and I’m not ordained, but I am entrusted with leadership in the faith through music ministry, a role I have because of my education and formation in ministry. Here’s what I hear in the readings today.
First, I hear “pay attention to your interior as well as exterior life of faith.” I looked at yesterday’s Gospel for context, where Jesus said, “You [Pharisees] tithes of mint and rue and every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others” (Luke 11:42). Today’s Gospel focuses more on what the scribes and pharisees forgot because they “paid no attention.” I need frequent reminders to cultivate my interior life of faith through private prayer, since I spend so much time is spent on the exterior communal practice of faith in my work. Many people I know outside of ministry circles need reminders that it is okay and even helpful to practice faith in a tangible, communal, ritual way. Both are important. I am incarnate, bodily – exterior practices affect my spirit and my faith. Practicing faithfulness by showing up to God even when I don’t feel like it, whether privately or in communal prayer or service, keeps me engaged in my faith.
Sometimes my friends who were raised Catholic but don’t practice their faith as adults describe me as “very Catholic.” I always bristle at that. I may practice more often or more visibly, and I may be more comfortable talking about my faith than they are, but I am not “more baptized” or “more confirmed” than they are. Exterior practice is not an “occasion for boasting,” as St. Paul says in today’s first reading. It can cultivate, but not replace, a relationship with God. It is also the result of a relationship with God: the more I love God, the more I am drawn to service of God’s people. We’re all in the same boat (I hope) as Church, navigating relationship with God both personally and as a people, for “God is one.”
Secondly, I hear “tell the whole story.” Jesus says, “You [Scholars] bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed [the prophets] and you do the building [of their memorials]. … You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter” (Luke 11:48, 52). I can’t help but think of the recent movements to remove statues of historical figures from public places because they seem to condone the oppressive actions of their subjects. The statues don’t tell the whole story. They memorialize a rosy version of history for the dominant (white) culture. We are only beginning to learn how to tell the whole story of our country.
Today’s readings raise some questions for me. What information do I want to control? What truth would I rather avoid? And, in what ways is God inviting me to enter into interior and exterior practices of faith so that our relationship may grow?
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WAIT IN JOYFUL HOPE | ||
| "My soul trusts in His word. My soul waits for the Lord." �Psalm 130:5-6 | ||
When I was younger, waiting used to be for me like chalk squeaking on a chalkboard. My prayer often went like this: "Lord, I want this so bad, this conversion, this vocation. It's not a selfish thing I'm waiting for; You Yourself have put it on my heart, Lord. Hope deferred is making my heart sick (Prv 13:12), and still it hasn't happened..." Gradually, I Iearned that waiting for the Lord, if done in a spirit of "waiting with" the Lord, grows into a time of daily trust in Him, for His ways are high above my ways (Is 55:8-9). "My soul trusts in His word" (Ps 130:5). The Israelites waited forty years in the desert. During that waiting, they were transformed from a rebellious people into His trusting people, ready to inherit what God had promised. The waiting itself became their heritage. So it is to be with us disciples of Jesus. Just to be with Him, to wait "with Him," is enough, regardless of the outcome of the situation for which we pray. To wait one hour with Jesus, as at Gethsemane (Mt 26:40), becomes our heart's desire. Eventually, the "waiting for" becomes a "waiting on," a desire to console His heart. Being with Jesus transforms our heart from desiring what we want to desiring what He wants. Somehow, it dawns on us that He has been handling the situation our heart desired all along. "Wait for the Lord with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord" (Ps 27:14). Wait in joyful hope, for the waiting is your heritage and your privilege. | ||
| Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, I will wait in joyful hope for the coming of Your kingdom. | ||
| Promise: "Through His blood, God made [Jesus] the means of expiation for all who believe." —Rm 3:25 | ||
| Praise: Emperor Trajan forced the Christians in Antioch to choose between death and apostasy. Bishop St. Ignatius would not deny Christ and was condemned to death. |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Do not lose the key of knowledge
How can God's wisdom free us from being double-minded and spiritually blind? God sent his prophets to open the ears of his people to hear and understand God's word and intention for their lives. God's wisdom is personified in the voice of the prophets, a voice that often brought rejection and death because they spoke for God rather than for human favor and approval. Jesus chastised many of the religious leaders of his day for being double-minded and for demanding from others standards which they refused to satisfy. They professed admiration for the prophets from the past by building their tombs while at the same time they opposed the message that the prophets spoke in God's name. They rejected the prophets' warnings and closed their ears to the word of God.
Jesus in the key of knowledge that opens God's kingdom for us
What does Jesus mean when he says they have taken away the key of knowledge? The religious lawyers and scribes held the "office of the keys" since they were the official interpreters of the Scriptures. Unfortunately their interpretation of the Scriptures became so distorted and difficult to understand that others were "shut off" to the Scriptures. They not only shut themselves to heaven - they also hindered others from understanding God's word. Through pride and envy, they rejected not only the prophets of old, but God's final prophet and Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is the "key of David" (see Isaiah 22:22; Revelations 3:7) who opens heaven for those who accept him as Lord and Savior. He is the "Wisdom of God" and source of everlasting life.
Humility helps us to be receptive to God's wisdom
only the humble of heart - those who thirst for God and acknowledge his word as true - can truly understand the wisdom which comes from above. [See Psalm 119:99ff: "I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation."] God is ever ready to speak his word to us and to give us true wisdom and understanding. Do you hunger for the wisdom which comes from above?
"Lord Jesus, may your word take root in my heart and transform all my thoughts and actions. Give me wisdom and understanding that I may know your will for my life and have the courage to live according to it."
Psalm 130:1-7
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!
2 Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
3 If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plenteous redemption.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The key of knowledge that opens the kingdom of God, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"We consider that the key of knowledge means the law [of Moses] itself, and by faith in him, I mean justification in Christ. Although the law was in shadow and type, yet those types show to us the truth, and those shadows depict to us in many ways the mystery of Christ. A lamb was sacrificed according to the law of Moses. They ate its flesh. They anointed the lintels with its blood and overcame the destroyer. The blood of a mere sheep could not turn away death. Christ was typified under the form of a lamb. He endures to be the victim for the life of the world and saves by his blood those who are partakers of him. one might mention many other instances as well, by means of which we can discern the mystery of Christ sketched out in the shadows of the law. When speaking to the Jews, he once said, 'There is one that accuses you, even Moses, whom you trusted. For if you had believed Moses, you should have also believed me, because he wrote of me' (John 5:45-46). 'You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me' (John 5:39). Every word of divinely inspired Scripture looks to him and refers to him. As it has been shown, if Moses speaks, he typified Christ. If the holy prophets that you name speak, they also proclaimed to us in many ways the mystery of Christ, preaching beforehand the salvation that is by him." (excerpt from COMMENTARY on LUKE, HOMILY 86)
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