2019년 10월 28일 월요일 성 시몬과 성 유다(타대오) 사도 축일
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제1독서
에페소서. 2,19-22
형제 여러분, 19 여러분은 이제 더 이상 외국인도 아니고 이방인도 아닙니다. 성도들과 함께 한 시민이며 하느님의 한 가족입니다. 20 여러분은 사도들과 예언자들의 기초 위에 세워진 건물이고, 그리스도 예수님께서는 바로 모퉁잇돌이십니다.
21 그리스도 안에서 전체가 잘 결합된 이 건물이 주님 안에서 거룩한 성전으로 자라납니다. 22 여러분도 그리스도 안에서 성령을 통하여 하느님의 거처로 함께 지어지고 있습니다.
복음
루카. 6,12-19
12 그 무렵에 예수님께서는 기도하시려고 산으로 나가시어, 밤을 새우며 하느님께 기도하셨다.
13 그리고 날이 새자 제자들을 부르시어 그들 가운데에서 열둘을 뽑으셨다.
그 들을 사도라고도 부르셨는데, 14 그들은 베드로라고 이름을 지어 주신 시몬, 그의 동생 안드레아, 그리고 야고보, 요한, 필립보, 바르톨로메오, 15 마태오, 토마스, 알패오의 아들 야고보, 열혈당원이라고 불리는 시몬, 16 야고보의 아들 유다, 또 배신자가 된 유다 이스카리옷이다.
17 예수님께서 그들과 함께 산에서 내려가 평지에 서시니, 그분의 제자들이 많은 군중을 이루고, 온 유다와 예루살렘, 그리고 티로와 시돈의 해안 지방에서 온 백성이 큰 무리를 이루고 있었다. 18 그들은 예수님의 말씀도 듣고 질병도 고치려고 온 사람들이었다. 그리하여 더러운 영들에게 시달리는 이들도 낫게 되었다.
19 군중은 모두 예수님께 손을 대려고 애를 썼다. 그분에게서 힘이 나와 모든 사람을 고쳐 주었기 때문이다.
October 28, 2019
Feast of Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Eph 2:19-22
You are no longer strangers and sojourners,
but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones
and members of the household of God,
built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets,
with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.
Through him the whole structure is held together
and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;
in him you also are being built together
into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
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. Their message goes out through all the earth.
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. Their message goes out through all the earth.
Gospel
Lk 6:12-16
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:
Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,
James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew,
Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James,
and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«Went out into the hills to pray»
+ Fr. Albert TAULÉ i Viñas
(Barcelona, Spain)
Today, we may contemplate a full day in the life of Jesus. A life with two clear sides: prayer and action. If, as Christians, we are to imitate Jesus' life, we cannot prescind of any of these two dimensions. All Christians, even those who are consecrated to a contemplative life, have, and must have, certain moments for praying and certain others for action. The length of time for each one may, of course, vary. We can see that even friars and nuns in close orders devote a good part of their time to some kind of work. on the other hand, those of us that are more “secular”, if we wish to imitate Jesus, we should not carry out a frantic activity without spreading it with a prayer. St. Jerome says: «Even though the Apostle ordered us to pray all the time, (...) we must devote to this exercise certain previously determined hours».
Did Jesus need these lengthy hours of lonely prayer, when everybody else was asleep? Theologians study the psychology of Jesus man: up to which point had He direct access to divinity and up to which point was He «one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin» (He 4:15). To the point we consider him closer to us, his praying “practice”, must be evidently a clear example for us.
once we have well established our praying, it only remains for us to imitate him in action. In today's fragment, we can see him “organizing the Church”, that is, choosing those who were to be his future evangelists, the followers of his mission on earth: «When day came, He called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them whom He called apostles» (Lk 6:13). We find him, later on, healing all type of sicknesses. «Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all» (Lk 6:19), the Evangelist says. So that our identification with him may be complete, we only need that this power to heal everybody may also come forth from us. This will only be possible if we remain in him so that we can bear plenty of fruit (cf. Jn 15:4).
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Today the Church’s liturgy honors two men for whom we have lots of conflicting traditions, but little historical content. What stands uppermost is that these men were chosen by Jesus to be witnesses of the Good News of God’s salvific love. This includes being witnesses to the death and resurrection of Jesus and the bond of intense faith that emerges from the outpouring of God’s Spirit on those that Jesus chose to become missionaries to the ends of the earth. They announce to us that such witnessing is essential even to our own deaths.
St. Jude, about whom we have lots of myths, has for many centuries been recognized by the Church as the patron of hopeless situations, the one to ask for intercession when one faces the diagnosis of a fatal disease, the loss of a job, a pet gone for many days – and everything beyond and in between. I grew up hearing about St. Jude’s regular support for my Mother’s work in bringing back to religious practice the “lost causes” of many of the sheep herders on the ranch, who long before coming to work for us had abandoned any practice of religious faith. Indeed, my Mother with the support of St. Jude served as a biblical shepherdess finding lost sheep in every hill and valley of the ranch through the years. I can imagine them today gathering around “the Missus” in heaven telling her their stories of childhood in various “old counties” before arriving in Wyoming.
St. Simon is more obscure. He is the patron of those who saw wood for a living – because he was supposedly martyred by being sawed in half (I have often found a profound humor in the popular selection of “patrons.” – Who could appreciate the difficulties of using a saw more than someone who was martyred by a sawyer?!)
But the liturgy today is based on the Festival honoring these exceedingly important founders of the ancient Ecclesial communities of the Middle East all the way to modern Iran by being evangelists and witnesses to Jesus Christ and his mission of salvation.
Through the readings chosen the Church focuses on God’s call to those most needed to build up the Church and announce the Good News. one need not be a history maker – a pope, a king or a brilliant teacher to be an intimate friend of Jesus. In fact, these men were practically unknown. What comes down the centuries to us, however, is that they served as authentic witnesses to God’s Mercy in word and deed. These men faced the impossible task of telling the Good News to the ends of the earth. They did so with confidence that any task from God it is not only possible but will be done if we but reject our false modesty and our fear and get about it.
What impossible task confronts us today? What do we need to saw through to unleash God’s love? These two men are good companions to have on our journey of life today.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
PASS IT on | ||
| "He called His disciples and selected twelve of them to be His apostles." �Luke 6:13 | ||
Recently, a bishop was ordained by the Church. He later told people that he cried tears of joy as hands were imposed on him. He spoke of the awe he felt at realizing that the hands laid on his head traced an unbroken chain of succession all the way back to Jesus' first calling of His apostles. The Lord renews the face of the Church (see Ps 104:30) through the apostles and their successors, the bishops. The Church is built upon "the foundation of the apostles" (Eph 2:20; Rv 21:14). Jesus works closely through the apostles and their successors, the bishops � so much so that He assures us that if we listen to them, we listen to Him (Lk 10:16). However, if we disregard or ignore the teaching of the magisterium of the Church, we disregard and reject Jesus Himself and God the Father (Lk 10:16). Do you know the teaching of the Church? Have you ever studied the Catechism of the Catholic Church or the Bible? Take advantage of the grace of this apostolic feast day. Listen to the ones who carry on the teaching ministry of Jesus (Lk 10:16). Decide today to daily read the Bible, the book of the Church. Decide today to study the Catechism. Be built into the apostolic Church and "become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit" (Eph 2:22). | ||
| Prayer: Jesus, thank You for the privilege of hearing You. May I hear You as You wish to be heard: through the teaching and authority of those You have sent. | ||
| Promise: "You are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God." —Eph 2:19 | ||
| Praise: St. Jude was also called Thaddeus from the Aramaic for "wise." |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Jesus chose twelve apostles
What is God's call on your life? When Jesus embarked on his mission he chose twelve men to be his friends and apostles. In the choice of the twelve, we see a characteristic feature of God's work - Jesus chose very ordinary people. They were non-professionals, who had no wealth or position. They were chosen from the common people who did ordinary things, had no special education, and no social advantages. Jesus wanted ordinary people who could take an assignment and do it extraordinarily well. He chose these men, not for what they were, but for what they would be capable of becoming under his direction and power.
The Lord Jesus works in and through us for his glory
When the Lord Jesus calls us to serve, we must not shrug back because we think that we have little or nothing to offer. The Lord takes what ordinary people, like us, can offer and uses it for greatness in his kingdom. Is there anything holding you back from giving yourself unreservedly to God?
Are you hungry for God and his transforming power to change you?
Wherever Jesus went the people came to him because they had heard all the things he did. They were hungry for God and desired healing from their afflictions. In faith they pressed upon Jesus to touch him. As they did so power came from Jesus and they were healed and made whole. Even demons trembled in the presence of Jesus and left at his rebuke. Jesus offers freedom from the power of sin and oppression to all who seek him with expectant faith. When you hear God's word and consider all that Jesus did, how do you respond? With doubt or with expectant faith? With skepticism or with confident trust? Ask the Lord Jesus to increase your faith in his saving power and grace.
"Lord Jesus Christ, you are the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Inflame my heart with a burning love for you and with an expectant faith in your saving power. Take my life and all that I have as an offering of love for you, who are my All."
Psalm 19:1-5
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. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
5 which comes forth like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and like a strong man runs its course with joy.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Jesus chose fishermen and tax collectors to be apostles, by Ambrose of Milan, 339-397 A.D.
"It says, 'He called his disciples, and he chose twelve of them,' whom he appointed sowers of the faith, to spread the help of human salvation throughout the world. At the same time, observe the heavenly counsel. He chose not wise men, nor rich men, nor nobles, but fishermen and tax collectors, whom he would direct, lest they seem to have seduced some by wisdom, or bought them with riches, or attracted them to their own grace with the authority of power and nobility. He did this so that the reasoning of truth, not the grace of disputation, should prevail." (excerpt from EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 5.44)
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