2019년 11월 4일 연중 제31주간 월요일
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제1독서
로마서. 11,29-36
형제 여러분, 29 하느님의 은사와 소명은 철회될 수 없습니다.
30 여러분도 전에는 하느님께 순종하지 않았지만, 이제는 그들의 불순종 때문에 자비를 입게 되었습니다.
31 마찬가지로 그들도 지금은 여러분에게 자비가 베풀어지도록 하느님께 순종하지 않지만, 이제 그들도 자비를 입게 될 것입니다. 32 사실 하느님께서 모든 사람을 불순종 안에 가두신 것은, 모든 사람에게 자비를 베푸시려는 것입니다.
33 오! 하느님의 풍요와 지혜와 지식은 정녕 깊습니다. 그분의 판단은 얼마나 헤아리기 어렵고 그분의 길은 얼마나 알아내기 어렵습니까?
34 “누가 주님의 생각을 안 적이 있습니까? 아니면 누가 그분의 조언자가 된 적이 있습니까? 35 아니면 누가 그분께 무엇을 드린 적이 있어 그분의 보답을 받을 일이 있겠습니까?”
36 과연 만물이 그분에게서 나와, 그분을 통하여 그분을 향하여 나아갑니다. 그분께 영원토록 영광이 있기를 빕니다. 아멘.
복음
루카. 14,12-14
그때에 12 예수님께서 당신을 초대한 바리사이의 한 지도자에게 말씀하셨다.
“네가 점심이나 저녁 식사를 베풀 때, 네 친구나 형제나 친척이나 부유한 이웃을 부르지 마라. 그러면 그들도 다시 너를 초대하여 네가 보답을 받게 된다.
13 네가 잔치를 베풀 때에는 오히려 가난한 이들, 장애인들, 다리저는 이들, 눈먼 이들을 초대하여라. 14 그들이 너에게 보답할 수 없기 때문에 너는 행복할 것이다. 의인들이 부활할 때에 네가 보답을 받을 것이다.”
November 4, 2019
Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Rom 11:29-36
The gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
Just as you once disobeyed God
but have now received mercy
because of their disobedience,
so they have now disobeyed in order that,
by virtue of the mercy shown to you,
they too may now receive mercy.
For God delivered all to disobedience,
that he might have mercy upon all.
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!
How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!
For who has known the mind of the Lord
or who has been his counselor?
Or who has given him anything
that he may be repaid?
For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To God be glory forever. Amen.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 69:30-31, 33-34, 36
But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your saving help, O God, protect me.
I will praise the name of God in song,
and I will glorify him with thanksgiving.
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
"See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
you who seek God, may your hearts revive!
For the LORD hears the poor,
and his own who are in bonds he spurns not."
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
For God will save Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
They shall dwell in the land and own it,
and the descendants of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall inhabit it.
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
Gospel
14:12-14
at the home of one of the leading Pharisees.
He said to the host who invited him,
"When you hold a lunch or a dinner,
do not invite your friends or your brothers or sisters
or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors,
in case they may invite you back and you have repayment.
Rather, when you hold a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.
For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«When you give a feast, invite instead the poor (…). Fortunate are you then, because they can't repay you; you will be repaid at the Resurrection of the upright»
Fr. Austin Chukwuemeka IHEKWEME
(Ikenanzizi, Nigeria)
Today, the Lord teaches us the true meaning of Christian generosity: to learn how to devote ourselves to others. «When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends, or your brothers and relatives and wealthy neighbors. For surely they will also invite you in return and you will be repaid» (Lk 14:12).
Christians move about in this world as any other person; but the fundamental purpose to deal with our neighbor cannot be either humans rewards or the vainglory; over everything else, we have to seek the Glory of God pretending no other recompense than Heaven. «When you give a feast, invite instead the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind. Fortunate are you then, because they can't repay you; you will be repaid at the Resurrection of the upright» (Lk 42:13-14).
The Lord invites all of us to give ourselves unconditionally to all men, motivated only by our love to God and to our brothers in the Lord. «And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thank have you? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again» (Lk 6:34).
Things are like that because the Lord helps us to understand that, if we give ourselves unselfishly, without expecting anything in return, God will repay us with a greater reward and will confirm us as his favorite children. This is why Jesus tells us: «But love you your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest» (Lk 6:35).
Let us beg from the Mother of God enough generosity so that we can elude any temptation of selfishness, as his Son did. «Selfish! You...always looking out for yourself. You seem unable to feel the brotherhood of Christ. In others you don't see brothers; you see stepping-stones. (...)» (St. Josemaria Escriva).
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
I have a beautiful piece of art in my office. I look at it each day. It is a mosaic of a tree. I love trees and when I look at the mosaic, it gives me joy and comfort. If I stand close to the mosaic the image becomes diffused and lacks clarity. When I step back, all the colors and pieces seem to work together to form a more striking image of the tree and its beauty bursts forward. This of course is the nature of mosaics.
It occurred to me one day how much our lives are like mosaics. Mosaics are created with pieces which have a variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Our life mosaics are made up of closely set, small moments, countless relationships, creative ideas, emotions, prayer, grace, love, struggle, sorrow, disappointment, joy. We are invited to be co-artists with God in creating our own lives and participating in the lives of others.
When Saint Paul wrote in today’s first reading and letter to the Romans, he offered them (and us!) a pathway to answering this invitation. Each of us is a piece in the larger mosaic of life and Saint Paul tells us that every one of us is needed…we, though many, are one Body in Christ and individually parts of one another. Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them. His powerful invitation to work together, care for one another and share our gifts offers us the opportunity to invest ourselves into humanity to create a breath-taking work of art.
This is also a vision for our own personal lives. When we are struggling with something painful, we become very close to the pain because it takes most of our energy and we can scarcely see or deal with anything else. Like standing close to a mosaic, what we see is indistinct and unclear.
When I reflect on my life and remember the times when I faced great sorrow or difficulties, I could no longer see the beauty of my own life-mosaic. When people reached out to me, and I allowed myself to be open to them, their love and gifts restored my life to me and once again I was able to see the beauty bursting forth. I in turn became committed to doing the same with and for others.
Let us remember to step back and look at our life mosaic. Remember Paul’s words…love one another with mutual affection…God’s mosaic emerges when we participate in life, acknowledge our own giftedness, celebrate the gifts of others and allow the beauty to burst forward.
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TERMS OF REPAYMENT | ||
| "You should be pleased that they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid in the resurrection of the just." �Luke 14:14 | ||
Jesus is not against our being repaid for the good we do. His concern is when we will be repaid and by whom. God the Father plans to personally repay us at our resurrection (Lk 14:14). Upon reading this, we might feel like God has paid for our service by using a layaway plan! Will our payment ever come? In His love, God does repay us to a certain extent during our time on earth. He begins His eternal repayment plan a bit early by "depositing the First Payment, the [Holy] Spirit, in our hearts" (2 Cor 1:22). Once we receive the Holy Spirit, we serve Him with such devotion and power that the world opposes us. Next comes our second payment on earth. St. Teresa of Avila once remarked to God: "How true it is that whoever works for You is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love You if we understand its value." To read the fine print on the terms of this second payment, read Sirach 2:1, 2 Timothy 3:12, and James 1:2-4. As always, the Lord wants to purify our motives for serving Him. If we serve Him to be repaid in the currency of this world, we should "expect no recompense from" the Father (Mt 6:1). "Who has given a gift to Him that he might be repaid?" (Rm 11:35, RSV-CE) God does not owe us anything. Yet no one can outgive God. "Do not, then, surrender your confidence [in God]; it will have great reward" (Heb 10:35). "Look out that you yourselves do not lose what you have worked for; you must receive your reward in full" (2 Jn 8). | ||
| Prayer: Father, may I serve You not for hope of repayment, but simply because I love You with all my heart. | ||
| Promise: "The Lord hears the poor." —Ps 69:34 | ||
| Praise: St. Charles had a hand in the reform of the whole Church during the final years of the Council of Trent. |
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"You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just"
Who do you honor at your table? The Lord is always ready to receive us at his table. As far as we can tell from the Gospel accounts, Jesus never refused a dinner invitation! Why, in this particular instance, does Jesus lecture his host on whom he should or shouldn't invite to dinner? Did his host expect some favor or reward from Jesus? Did he want to impress his neighbors with the honor of hosting the "miracle worker" from Galilee?
Generous giving doesn't impoverish - but enriches the heart
Jesus probes our hearts as well. Do you only show favor and generosity to those who will repay you in kind? What about those who do not have the means to repay you - the poor, the sick, and the disadvantaged? Generosity demands a measure of self-sacrifice. However, it doesn't impoverish, but rather enriches the soul of the giver. True generosity springs from a heart full of mercy and compassion. God has loved us first, and our love for him is a response of gratitude for the great mercy and kindness he has shown to each one of us. No one can outmatch God in his generous love and kindness towards us. Do you give freely as Jesus gives without seeking personal gain or reward?
"Lord Jesus, you love never fails and your mercies abound. You offer us the best of gifts - peace, pardon and everlasting friendship with you at your banquet table. Fill me with gratitude for your great mercy and kindness towards me. And may I never fail to show kindness and mercy towards all I meet so that they may know the mercy and goodness you offer them as well."
Psalm 69:16,29-30,32-36
16 Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain; let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!
30 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
32 Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
33 For the LORD hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.
35 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;
36 the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: First and last at the banquet table, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"'When,' he says, 'a man more honorable than you comes, he that invited you and him will say, 'Give this man place.' Oh, what great shame is there in having to do this! It is like a theft, so to speak, and the restitution of the stolen goods. He must restore what he has seized because he had no right to take it. The modest and praiseworthy person, who without fear of blame might have claimed the dignity of sitting among the foremost, does not seek it. He yields to others what might be called his own, that he may not even seem to be overcome by empty pride. Such a one shall receive honor as his due. He says, 'He shall hear him who invited him say, 'Come up here.' ...If any one among you wants to be set above others, let him win it by the decree of heaven and be crowned by those honors that God bestows. Let him surpass the many by having the testimony of glorious virtues. The rule of virtue is a lowly mind that does not love boasting. It is humility. The blessed Paul also counted this worthy of all esteem. He writes to those who eagerly desire saintly pursuits, 'Love humility.'" (excerpt from COMMENTARY on LUKE, HOMILY 101)
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