2019년 11월 5일 연중 제31주간 화요일
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제1독서
로마서. 12,5-16ㄴ
형제 여러분, 5 우리는 수가 많지만, 그리스도 안에 한 몸을 이루면서 서로서로 지체가 됩니다.
6 우리는 저마다 하느님께서 베푸신 은총에 따라 서로 다른 은사를 가지고 있습니다. 그것이 예언이면 믿음에 맞게 예언하고, 7 봉사면 봉사하는 데에 써야 합니다. 그리고 가르치는 사람이면 가르치는 일에, 8 권면하는 사람이면 권면하는 일에 힘쓰고,나누어 주는 사람이면 순수한 마음으로, 지도하는 사람이면 열성으로, 자비를 베푸는 사람이면 기쁜 마음으로 해야 합니다.
9 사랑은 거짓이 없어야 합니다. 여러분은 악을 혐오하고, 선을 꼭 붙드십시오. 10 형제애로 서로 깊이 아끼고, 서로 존경하는 일에 먼저 나서십시오. 11 열성이 줄지 않게 하고, 마음이 성령으로 타오르게 하며, 주님을 섬기십시오.
12 희망 속에 기뻐하고, 환난 중에 인내하며, 기도에 전념하십시오. 13 궁핍한 성도들과 함께 나누고, 손님 접대에 힘쓰십시오. 14 여러분을 박해하는 자들을 축복하십시오. 저주하지 말고 축복해 주십시오.
15 기뻐하는 이들과 함께 기뻐하고, 우는 이들과 함께 우십시오. 16 서로 뜻을 같이하십시오. 오만한 생각을 버리고, 비천한 이들과 어울리십시오.
복음
루카. 14,15-24
그때에 15 예수님과 함께 식탁에 앉아 있던 이들 가운데 어떤 사람이 그분께, “하느님의 나라에서 음식을 먹게 될 사람은 행복합니다.” 하고 말하였다. 16 그러자 예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다.
“어떤 사람이 큰 잔치를 베풀고 많은 사람을 초대하였다. 17 그리고 잔치 시간이 되자 종을 보내어 초대받은 이들에게, ‘이제 준비가 되었으니 오십시오.’ 하고 전하게 하였다.
18 그런데 그들은 모두 하나같이 양해를 구하기 시작하였다. 첫째 사람은 ‘내가 밭을 샀는데 나가서 그것을 보아야 하오. 부디 양해해 주시오.’ 하고 그에게 말하였다. 19 다른 사람은 ‘내가 겨릿소 다섯 쌍을 샀는데 그것들을 부려 보려고 가는 길이오. 부디 양해해 주시오.’ 하였다. 20 또 다른 사람은 ‘나는 방금 장가를 들었소. 그러니 갈 수가 없다오.’ 하였다.
21 종이 돌아와 주인에게 그대로 알렸다. 그러자 집주인이 노하여 종에게 일렀다. ‘어서 고을의 한길과 골목으로 나가, 가난한 이들과 장애인들과 눈먼 이들과 다리저는 이들을 이리로 데려오너라.’
22 얼마 뒤에 종이 ‘주인님, 분부하신 대로 하였습니다만, 아직도 자리가 남았습니다.’ 하자, 23 주인이 다시 종에게 일렀다.
‘큰길과 울타리 쪽으로 나가, 어떻게 해서라도 사람들을 들어오게 하여, 내 집이 가득 차게 하여라.’ 24 내가 너희에게 말한다. 처음에 초대를 받았던 그 사람들 가운데에서는 아무도 내 잔치 음식을 맛보지 못할 것이다.”
November 5, 2019
Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Rom 12:5-16ab
Brothers and sisters:
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:
if prophecy, in proportion to the faith;
if ministry, in ministering;
if one is a teacher, in teaching;
if one exhorts, in exhortation;
if one contributes, in generosity;
if one is over others, with diligence;
if one oes acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Let love be sincere;
hate what is evil,
hold on to what is good;
love one another with mutual affection;
anticipate one another in showing honor.
Do not grow slack in zeal,
be fervent in spirit,
serve the Lord.
Rejoice in hope,
endure in affliction,
persevere in prayer.
Contribute to the needs of the holy ones,
exercise hospitality.
Bless those who persecute you,
bless and do not curse them.
Rejoice with those who rejoice,
weep with those who weep.
Have the same regard for one another;
do not be haughty but associate with the lowly.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3
R. In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
O LORD, my heart is not proud,
nor are my eyes haughty;
I busy not myself with great things,
nor with things too sublime for me.
R. In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted
my soul like a weaned child.
Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap,
so is my soul within me.
R. In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
O Israel, hope in the LORD,
both now and forever.
R. In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
Gospel
Lk 14:15-24
One of those at table with Jesus said to him,
“Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God .”
He replied to him,
“A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many.
When the time for the dinner came,
he dispatched his servant to say to those invited,
‘Come, everything is now ready.’
But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves.
The first said to him,
‘I have purchased a field and must go to examine it;
I ask you, consider me excused.’
And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen
and am on my way to evaluate them;
I ask you, consider me excused.’
And another said, ‘I have just married a woman,
and therefore I cannot come.’
The servant went and reported this to his master.
Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant,
‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town
and bring in here the poor and the crippled,
the blind and the lame.’
The servant reported, ‘Sir, your orders have been carried out
and still there is room.’
The master then ordered the servant,
‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows
and make people come in that my home may be filled.
For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«Go out to the highways and country lanes and force people to come in, to make sure my house is full»
Fr. Joan COSTA i Bou
(Súria, Barcelona, Spain)
Today, the Lord offers us an image of eternity represented by a banquet. The banquet denotes the place where the family and friends gather together to celebrate and enjoy the company, the conversation and the friendship, sitting around the same table. This image speaks of our intimacy with God as Trinity and the joy we will find in the Promised Land. He has made everything for us and He calls us in «for everything was ready» (Lk 14:17). He wants us with him; He wants all men and women by His side, each one of us.
We must, however, yearn to go. And, despite we know quite well that Heaven is where we can be at our best, where we should stay eternally, exceeding the noblest humans ambitions —«What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him» (1Cor 2:9) and, therefore, without any possible comparison—, we are, all the same, capable of refusing the divine invitation missing forever the best offering God could ever make us: to share His home, his table, his intimacy, forever and ever. What a responsibility!
Unfortunately, we are capable of swapping God for practically anything. Some, as we read in today's Gospel, for a piece of land; others, for some yoke of oxen. And you and I, what are we willing to trade He, who is our God, and his invitation, for? There are those that out of laziness, sloppiness, convenience, refrain from fulfilling their duties of love towards God: is God so unworthy we can replace Him with anything? Let our response to the divine offering be always a yes, full of gratitude and admiration.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
I find today’s first reading consoling in more than one way. The first way is the recognition of the marvelous variety and richness of gifts in the Church. I am grateful that others have gifts that I myself do not have, for instance, the gift of music. When I listen to something like Händel’s Messiah, I am truly amazed at how a human mind can create such harmonious combination of instruments and voices. I do enjoy music, especially classical music, but I cannot produce music. I do not have that one gift, but I am not jealous of those who have it. Rather I am grateful that others do.
Another way I find this reading consoling is because it gives me a lot of freedom: I do not have to be gifted for everything. Others are gifted to do some of the things I cannot do. Without this kind of freedom one might try to be an expert at everything and become frustrated by negative results. Also, one might see others as competitors, instead of being grateful for their gifts, which I do not have to have.
Among the several points of reflection offered by the gospel reading, I wonder how the members of the rich host’s household might have reacted, when they saw the large room filled with strangers not of the same social class. It was someone else’s invitation, not their own. They were challenged to be hosts to them “after the fact.” We may not have invited into our lives everyone we come in contact with, but we too are challenged to welcome them “after the fact.”
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UNDER-ACHIEVERS? | ||
| "Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them." �Romans 12:6, RNAB | ||
The Lord has given His children great gifts. Among the greatest of these gifts are charisms, the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit. We have gifts of prophecy, faith, ministry, teaching, exhortation, almsgiving, leadership, and mercy (Rm 12:6-8). None of us has all these gifts, but we have many of them � in addition to many other charisms. By the development and use of these gifts of the Spirit, we will have the power to do even greater works than Jesus did (Jn 14:12). This comes as a surprise to most people because Christians don't seem to be so gifted and powerful. We have been so weak as to let a culture of death develop and then dominate us � not because we are not gifted, but because we have not developed our gifts. As the Lord was giving us several opportunities to learn about our charisms and exercise them, we found excuse after excuse not to grow in His grace (see Lk 14:18ff). The Lord has made His children the most powerful people on earth. It is a tragedy when we don't try to develop our life-saving, world-changing gifts. Therefore, the Lord commands us: "Set your hearts on spiritual gifts" (1 Cor 14:1). | ||
| Prayer: Father, I repent of settling for a half-life. Give me a full life in the Spirit. | ||
| Promise: "Do not grow slack but be fervent in spirit; He Whom you serve is the Lord." —Rm 12:11 | ||
| Praise: When George gave his life to Christ he was filled with zeal to take Him to others. |
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"Invitation to the King's banquet table"
What does it mean to "eat bread in the kingdom of heaven"? In the ancient world the most notable sign of favor and intimate friendship was the invitation to "share bread" at the dinner table. Who you ate with showed who you valued and trusted as your friends. A great banquet would involve a lavish meal of several courses and a large company of notable guests and friends. one of the most beautiful images of heaven in the scriptures is the royal wedding celebration and banquet given by the King for his son and friends. We, in fact, have been invited to the most important banquet of all! The last book in the Bible ends with an invitation to the wedding feast of the Lamb and his Bride, the church: The Spirit and the Bride say, Come! (Revelations 22:17). The 'Lamb of God' is the Lord Jesus Christ and his bride is the people he has redeemed by his own precious blood which was shed upon the cross for our salvation.
Making light of the Lord's gracious invitation to feast at his table
Jesus' "banquet parable" must have startled his audience. If a great lord or king invited his friends to a banquet, why would the guests turn down his invitation? A great banquet would take many days to prepare. And personal invitations would be sent out well in advance to the guests, so they would have plenty of time to prepare for the upcoming feast. How insulting for the invited guests to then refuse when the time for celebrating came! They made light of the King's request because they had put their own interests above his.
Excuses that hold us back from pursuing the things of God
Jesus probes the reasons why people make excuses to God's great invitation to "eat bread" with him at his banquet table. The first excuse allows the claims of one's personal business or work to take precedence over God's claim. Do you allow any task or endeavor to absorb you so much that it keeps you from the thought of God? The second excuse allows our possessions to come before God. Do you allow the media and other diversions to crowd out time for God in daily prayer and worship? The third excuse puts home and family ahead of God. God never meant for our home and relationships to be used selfishly. We serve God best when we invite him into our work, our homes, and our personal lives and when we share our possessions with others.
An invitation of undeserved grace and favor
The second part of the story focuses on those who had no claim on the king and who would never have considered getting such an invitation. The "poor, maimed, blind, and lame" represent the outcasts of society - those who can make no claim on the King. There is ample room at the feast of God even for outsiders from the highways and hedges - the Gentiles who were not members of the chosen people, the Jews. This is certainly an invitation of grace - undeserved, unmerited favor and kindness. But this invitation also contains a warning for those who refuse it or who approach the wedding feast unworthily. Grace is a free gift, but it is also an awesome responsibility.
God's grace is free and costly
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor who died for his faith under the Nazi persecution of Jews and Christians, contrasted cheap grace and costly grace: "Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves... the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance... grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate... Costly grace is the Gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life."
God lavishes his grace upon each one of us to draw us closer to himself and he invites each of us to his banquet that we may share more deeply in his joy. Are you ready to feast at the Lord's banquet table?
"Lord Jesus, you withhold no good thing from us and you lavish us with the treasures of heaven. Help me to seek your kingdom first and to lay aside anything that might hinder me from doing your will."
Psalm 131:1-3
1 O LORD, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a child quieted at its mother's breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul.
3 O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The heavenly food of Jesus' word, by Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD)
"The holy agape is the sublime and saving creation of the Lord... An agape is in reality heavenly food, a banquet of the Word. The agape, or love, 'bears all things, endures all things, hopes all things. Love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:8). 'Blessed is he who eats bread in the kingdom of God' (Luke 14:15). The most unlikely of all downfalls is charity that does not fail to be thrown down from heaven to earth among all these dainty seasonings. Do you still imagine that I refer to a meal that will be destroyed? (1 Corinthians 6:13) 'If I distribute my goods to the poor and do not have love,' Scripture says, 'I am nothing' (1 Corinthians 13:3). The whole law and the word depend on this love (Matthew 22:40). If you love the Lord your God and your neighbor (Mark 12:30-31), there will be a heavenly feast in heaven. The earthly feast, as we have proved from Scripture, is called a supper. It is permeated with love yet is not identified with it but is an ｅxpression of mutual and generous good will." (excerpt from CHRIST THE EDUCATOR 2,1)
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November 7, 2017 Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
