2019년 10월 30일 연중 제30주간 수요일
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제1독서
로마서 . 8,26-30
형제 여러분, 26 성령께서는 나약한 우리를 도와주십니다. 우리는 올바른 방식으로 기도할 줄 모르지만, 성령께서 몸소 말로 다 할 수 없이 탄식하시며 우리를 대신하여 간구해 주십니다. 27 마음속까지 살펴보시는 분께서는 이러한 성령의 생각이 무엇인지 아십니다. 성령께서 하느님의 뜻에 따라 성도들을 위하여 간구하시기 때문입니다.
28 하느님을 사랑하는 이들, 그분의 계획에 따라 부르심을 받은 이들에게는 모든 것이 함께 작용하여 선을 이룬다는 것을 우리는 압니다.
29 하느님께서는 미리 뽑으신 이들을 당신의 아드님과 같은 모상이 되도록 미리 정하셨습니다. 그리하여 그 아드님께서 많은 형제 가운데 맏이가 되게 하셨습니다. 30 그렇게 미리 정하신 이들을 또한 부르셨고, 부르신 이들을 또한 의롭게 하셨으며, 의롭게 하신 이들을 또한 영광스럽게 해 주셨습니다.
복음
루카. 13,22-30
그때에 22 예수님께서는 예루살렘으로 여행을 하시는 동안, 여러 고을과 마을을 지나며 가르치셨다.
23 그런데 어떤 사람이 예수님께 “주님, 구원받을 사람은 적습니까?” 하고 물었다.
예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다. 24 “너희는 좁은 문으로 들어가도록 힘써라. 내가 너희에게 말한다. 많은 사람이 그곳으로 들어가려고 하겠지만 들어가지 못할 것이다.
25 집주인이 일어나 문을 닫아 버리면, 너희가 밖에 서서 ‘주님, 문을 열어 주십시오.’ 하며 문을 두드리기 시작하여도, 그는 ‘너희가 어디에서 온 사람들인지 나는 모른다.’ 하고 대답할 것이다.
26 그러면 너희는 이렇게 말하기 시작할 것이다. ‘저희는 주님 앞에서 먹고 마셨고, 주님께서는 저희가 사는 길거리에서 가르치셨습니다.’ 27 그러나 집주인은 ‘너희가 어디에서 온 사람들인지 나는 모른다. 모두 내게서 물러가라, 불의를 일삼는 자들아!’ 하고 너희에게 말할 것이다.
28 너희는 아브라함과 이사악과 야곱과 모든 예언자가 하느님의 나라 안에 있는데 너희만 밖으로 쫓겨나 있는 것을 보게 되면, 거기에서 울며 이를 갈 것이다.
29 그러나 동쪽과 서쪽, 북쪽과 남쪽에서 사람들이 와 하느님 나라의 잔칫상에 자리 잡을 것이다. 30 보라, 지금은 꼴찌지만 첫째가 되는 이들이 있고, 지금은 첫째지만 꼴찌가 되는 이들이 있을 것이다.”
October 30, 2019
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Rom 8:26-30
The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness;
for we do not know how to pray as we ought,
but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.
And the one who searches hearts
knows what is the intention of the Spirit,
because he intercedes for the holy ones
according to God's will.
We know that all things work for good for those who love God,
who are called according to his purpose.
For those he foreknew he also predestined
to be conformed to the image of his Son,
so that he might be the firstborn
among many brothers.
And those he predestined he also called;
and those he called he also justified;
and those he justified he also glorified.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 13:4-5, 6
Look, answer me, O LORD, my God!
Give light to my eyes that I may not sleep in death
lest my enemy say, "I have overcome him;
lest my foes rejoice at my downfall.
R. All my hope, O Lord, is in your loving kindness.
Though I trusted in your mercy,
Let my heart rejoice in your salvation;
let me sing of the LORD, "He has been good to me."
R. All my hope, O Lord, is in your loving kindness.
Gospel
Lk 13:22-30
teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem.
Someone asked him,
"Lord, will only a few people be saved?"
He answered them,
"Strive to enter through the narrow gate,
for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter
but will not be strong enough.
After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door,
then will you stand outside knocking and saying,
"Lord, open the door for us."
He will say to you in reply,
"I do not know where you are from."
And you will say,
"We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets."
Then he will say to you,
"I do not know where you are from.
Depart from me, all you evildoers!"
And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth
when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God
and you yourselves cast out.
And people will come from the east and the west
and from the north and the south
and will recline at table in the Kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first,
and some are first who will be last."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«Do your best to enter by the narrow door»
Fr. Lluís RAVENTÓS i Artés
(Tarragona, Spain)
Today, on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus stops for a moment and someone takes advantage of it to ask him: «Lord, is it true that few people will be saved?» (Lk 13:23). It seems that, by listening to Jesus' words, the man has become exceedingly worried. It goes without saying that his doctrine is marvelous and appealing; but it entails some demands, which are not so attractive any more. But, should this man live the Gospel according to his own liking, with a “customized moral”, which would his salvation probabilities be?
Ask, therefore: «Lord, is it true that few people will be saved?». Jesus does not accept this approach. Our salvation is too serious a subject to overcome it with a calculation of probabilities. «The Lord does not wishes that any should perish but that all should come to repentance» (2Pet 3:9).
Jesus replies: «Do your best to enter by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. When once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you will stand outside; then you will knock at the door calling: ‘Lord, open to us’. But he will say to you: ‘I do not know where you come from’» (Lk 13:24-25). How can these sheep belong to his own flock if they do not even follow the Good Shepherd, nor do they abide by the Magistery of the Church? «Away from me all you workers of evil. You will weep and grind your teeth when you see Abraham and Jacob (…), and you yourselves left outside» (Lk 13:27-28).
Neither Jesus nor the Church are afraid of tarnishing our God Father's image when they reveal the mystery of hell. As the Catechism of the Church asserts, «The affirmations of Sacred Scripture and the teachings of the Church on the subject of hell are a call to the responsibility incumbent upon man to make use of his freedom in view of his eternal destiny. They are at the same time an urgent call to conversion» (n. 1036).
Let's stop “being too clever by half” and to make so many calculations. Let's hurry up to enter by the narrow gate, restarting as many times as needed, and trusting in His mercy. St. Josemaria says «All that which worries you for the moment, is of relative importance. What is of absolute importance is that you be happy, that you be saved».
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
When I think back to my college and graduate school days, I remember when I used to meet with my professors in their offices. I always found myself amazed at the volume of books that existed in some of these offices. These were books these professors had accumulated and had read, and they occupied shelves from floor to ceiling in some cases! I suppose there are a couple of ways a professor might think of those shelves of theirs. on the one hand, one professor may think, "How intelligent and well-read I am! Just look at all of these books I have read!" on the other hand, another professor may think, "Gosh, I have indeed read all of these books, but there is so much more that I do not know and have yet to learn! I sure have my work cut out for myself!"
In today's Gospel, Jesus implores those around him to "Strive to enter through the narrow door." (Lk 13:24) He also cautions those around him that "some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last." (Lk 13:30) I am constantly struck by the openness and humility it must have taken for Jesus' listeners to truly hear his message and have it sink in. Just as much now as it did then, Jesus' message flips things upside down, challenging us to reconsider our values and way of living and what it is we truly seek.
If we are to be truly open to what Jesus is saying, it's my feeling that the approach of the second professor (above) is the way to go. Indeed, our faith tells us that Mary had such humility in her receptiveness to God's invitation to be the mother of his son. Let us, then, ask Mary for her intercession that we may be granted the openness to hear God's call and respond to his seeking of us.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
ARE YOU SAVED? | ||
| "Someone asked Him, 'Lord, are they few in number who are to be saved?' " �Luke 13:23 | ||
The above question to Jesus is slanted by the use of the word "few." Today the question would be re-slanted: "Lord, isn't almost everyone going to heaven?" Jesus answered the original question not by saying that only a few people will be saved, but He certainly gives us no reason to presume that almost everyone will be saved. Jesus "replied, 'Try to come in through the narrow door. Many, I tell you, will try to enter and be unable' " (Lk 13:24). This seems to imply that many people are in hell. However, Jesus wills everyone "to be saved and come to know the truth" (1 Tm 2:4). Jesus' saving death was not in vain. Jesus has changed and will change the hardest hearts. Because of His grace, love, and mercy, we can have a "blessed assurance" of our salvation despite our resistance to repentance and conversion. Nonetheless, there is no such thing as "blessed presumption." We can "be in that number" of heavenly saints by living our Baptisms. This means we reject Satan completely and love the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit with all our hearts, all our souls, all our minds, and all our strength (Lk 10:27). Right now, accept Jesus as Lord, Savior, and God on His terms. Give yourself totally to the Lord. Be saved. | ||
| Prayer: Father, I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in my heart that You raised Him from the dead (Rm 10:9). | ||
| Promise: "We know that God makes all things work together for the good of those who love Him and have been called according to His decree." —Rm 8:28 | ||
| Praise: Mary Beth said some words of encouragement to a friend and found out, years later, that what she had said turned her friend's life around. |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Do not risk being shut out
What does the image of a door say to us about the kingdom of God? Jesus' story about the door being shut to those who come too late suggests they had offended their host and deserved to be excluded. It was customary for teachers in Jesus' time to close the door on tardy students and not allow them back for a whole week in order to teach them a lesson in discipline and faithfulness.
Who will be invited to enter God's kingdom?
Jesus told this story in response to the question of who will make it to heaven - to God's kingdom of everlasting peace and eternal life. Many rabbis held that all Israel would be saved and gain entry into God's kingdom, except for a few blatant sinners who excluded themselves! After all, they were specially chosen by God when he established a covenant relationship with them.
Jesus surprised his listeners by saying that one's membership as a people who have entered into a covenant relationship with God does not automatically mean entry into the everlasting kingdom of God. Second, Jesus asserts that many from the Gentile (non-Jewish) nations would enter God's kingdom. God's invitation is open to Jew and Gentile alike.
Jesus is the door to the kingdom of heaven
But Jesus warns that we can be excluded if we do not strive to enter by the narrow door. What did Jesus mean by this ｅxpression? The door which Jesus had in mind was himself. I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved (John 10:9). God sent his only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to open the way for us to have full access to the throne of God's grace (his favor and blessing) and mercy (his pardon for our sins). Through Jesus' victory on the cross he has freed us from slavery to sin and hurtful desires and addictions, and he has made us sons and daughters of God and citizens of his heavenly kingdom. We are free now to choose which kingdom we will serve - the kingdom of light and truth ruled by God's justice and wisdom or the kingdom of darkness and falsehood ruled by Satan and a world system or society of people who are opposed to God and his laws.
Following the Lord requires effort and commitment on our part
If we want to enter God's kingdom and receive our full inheritance which is stored up for us in heaven, then we must follow the Lord Jesus in his way of the cross through a willing renunciation of our own will for his will - our own life for his life - our own way for his way.
Why did Jesus say we must strive to enter his kingdom of righteousness and peace? The word strive can also be translated as agony. To enter the kingdom of God we must struggle against every force or power of opposition - even the temptation to remain indifferent, apathetic, or compromising in our faith and personal trust in Jesus, our hope in holding firm to the promises of Jesus, and our uncompromising love for God above all else (the "love that has been poured into our hearts through the gift of the Spirit which has been given to us" - Romans 5:5).
The Lord is with us to strengthen us in our trials and struggles
The good news is that we do not struggle alone. God is with us and his grace is sufficient! As we strive side by side for the faith of the Gospel with the help and support of our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Philippians 1:27), Jesus assures us of complete victory! Do you trust in God's grace and help, especially in times of testing and temptation?
"Lord Jesus, may I never doubt your guiding presence and your merciful love towards me. Through the gift of your Spirit fill me with courage and persevering faith to trust you in all things and in every circumstance I find myself. Give me the strength to cling to your promises when the world around me begins to shake or crumble. And when my love and zeal begin to waver, fan into my heart a flame of consuming love and dedication for you who are my All."
Psalm 13:3-6
3 Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him"; lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
5 But I have trusted in thy steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: To enter the narrow door, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"'Wide is the door, and broad the way that brings down many to destruction.' What are we to understand by its broadness? ...A stubborn mind will not bow to the yoke of the law [the commandments of God]. This life is cursed and relaxed in all carelessness. Thrusting from it the divine law and completely unmindful of the sacred commandments, wealth, vices, scorn, pride and the empty imagination of earthly pride spring from it. Those who would enter in by the narrow door must withdraw from all these things, be with Christ and keep the festival with him." (excerpt from COMMENTARY on LUKE, HOMILY 99)
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