2019년 11월 15일 연중 제32주간 금요일
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제1독서
지혜서. 13,1-9
1 하느님에 대한 무지가 그 안에 들어찬 사람들은 본디 모두 아둔하여 눈에 보이는 좋은 것들을 보면서도 존재하시는 분을 보지 못하고 작품에 주의를 기울이면서도 그것을 만든 장인을 알아보지 못하였다.
2 오히려 불이나 바람이나 빠른 공기, 별들의 무리나 거친 물, 하늘의 빛물체들을 세상을 통치하는 신들로 여겼다.
3 그 아름다움을 보는 기쁨에서 그것들을 신으로 생각하였다면 그 주님께서는 얼마나 훌륭하신지 그들은 알아야 한다. 아름다움을 만드신 분께서 그것들을 창조하셨기 때문이다. 4 또 그것들의 힘과 작용에 감탄하였다면 바로 그것들을 보고 그것들을 만드신 분께서 얼마나 힘이 세신지 알아야 한다. 5 피조물의 웅대함과 아름다움으로 미루어 보아 그 창조자를 알 수 있다.
6 그렇다고 해서 그들을 크게 탓할 수는 없다. 그들은 하느님을 찾고 또 찾아낼 수 있기를 바랐지만, 그러는 가운데 빗나갔을지도 모른다. 7 그들은 그분의 업적을 줄곧 주의 깊게 탐구하다가 눈에 보이는 것들이 하도 아름다워 그 겉모양에 정신을 빼앗기고 마는 것이다.
8 그러나 그들이라고 용서받을 수는 없다. 9 세상을 연구할 수 있을 만큼 많은 것을 아는 힘이 있으면서 그들은 어찌하여 그것들의 주님을 더 일찍 찾아내지 못하였는가?
복음
루카 17,26-37
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
26 “사람의 아들의 날에도 노아 때와 같은 일이 일어날 것이다. 27 노아가 방주에 들어가는 날까지 사람들은 먹고 마시고 장가들고 시집가고 하였는데, 홍수가 닥쳐 그들을 모두 멸망시켰다.
28 또한 롯 때와 같은 일이 일어날 것이다. 사람들은 먹고 마시고 사고팔고 심고 짓고 하였는데, 29 롯이 소돔을 떠난 그날에 하늘에서 불과 유황이 쏟아져 그들을 모두 멸망시켰다. 30 사람의 아들이 나타나는 날에도 그와 똑같을 것이다.
31 그날 옥상에 있는 이는 세간이 집 안에 있더라도 그것을 꺼내러 내려가지 말고, 마찬가지로 들에 있는 이도 뒤로 돌아서지 마라. 32 너희는 롯의 아내를 기억하여라. 33 제 목숨을 보존하려고 애쓰는 사람은 목숨을 잃고, 목숨을 잃는 사람은 목숨을 살릴 것이다.
34 내가 너희에게 말한다. 그날 밤에 두 사람이 한 침상에 있으면, 하나는 데려가고 하나는 버려둘 것이다. 35 두 여자가 함께 맷돌질을 하고 있으면, 하나는 데려가고 하나는 버려둘 것이다.” (36)
37 제자들이 예수님께, “주님, 어디에서 말입니까?” 하고 묻자, 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다. “시체가 있는 곳에 독수리들도 모여든다.”
November 15, 2019
Friday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Wis 13:1-9
and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is,
and from studying the works did not discern the artisan;
But either fire, or wind, or the swift air,
or the circuit of the stars, or the mighty water,
or the luminaries of heaven, the governors of the world, they considered gods.
Now if out of joy in their beauty they thought them gods,
let them know how far more excellent is the Lord than these;
for the original source of beauty fashioned them.
Or if they were struck by their might and energy,
let them from these things realize how much more powerful is he who made them.
For from the greatness and the beauty of created things
their original author, by analogy, is seen.
But yet, for these the blame is less;
For they indeed have gone astray perhaps,
though they seek God and wish to find him.
For they search busily among his works,
but are distracted by what they see, because the things seen are fair.
But again, not even these are pardonable.
For if they so far succeeded in knowledge
that they could speculate about the world,
how did they not more quickly find its Lord?
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 19:2-3, 4-5ab
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. The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
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. The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
Gospel
Lk 17:26-37
"As it was in the days of Noah,
so it will be in the days of the Son of Man;
they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage up to the day
that Noah entered the ark,
and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot:
they were eating, drinking, buying,
selling, planting, building;
on the day when Lot left Sodom,
fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all.
So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day, someone who is on the housetop
and whose belongings are in the house
must not go down to get them,
and likewise one in the field
must not return to what was left behind.
Remember the wife of Lot.
Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it,
but whoever loses it will save it.
I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed;
one will be taken, the other left.
And there will be two women grinding meal together;
one will be taken, the other left."
They said to him in reply, "Where, Lord?"
He said to them, "Where the body is,
there also the vultures will gather."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«People ate and drank, they bought and sold, planted and built »
Fr. Austin NORRIS
(Mumbai, India)
Today, in the Gospel text, the end times as well as the uncertainty of life is highlighted, not to frighten us, but to keep us fore-armed and focused, ready to meet our Creator. The sacrificial nature of the Gospel is seen in its Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as he leads us by example, to be ever ready to seek and do the Will of God. Constant vigilance and preparedness is the hallmark of the ardent disciple. We cannot just be like people who «ate and drank, they bought and sold, planted and built…» (Lk 17:28). We disciples must be ready and watchful, lest we be lulled into spiritual lethargy by the progress of life from one generation to the next and assume that Jesus won't return after all.
Secularism has taken strong roots in our society. The onslaught of innovation and ready availability of personal goods and services makes us feel self-sufficient and devoid of God’s presence in our lives. It is only when tragedy strikes that we are awakened from our slumber to look at God amidst our “vale of tears...”. And we must be thankful for these tragic moments, because they surely must serve to strengthen our faith.
In the recent months, the attacks on Christian in several parts of the world (including my very own country India), may have shaken our faith. But the Holy Father Francis says: «Christians are ultimately hopeful, however, because at the end, Jesus makes a promise that is a guarantee of victory: ‘Whoever gives his life will be born again’ (Lk 17:33)». This is a truth that we can rely on… The powerful witness of our brothers and sisters who lay down their lives for the faith and the witness to Christ shall not be in vain.
And so we labour onwards in the journey of our lives in the sincere hope of meeting our God «on the day the Son of Man is revealed» (Lk 17:30).
«Whoever tries to save his life will lose himself, but whoever gives his life will be born again»
Fr. Enric PRAT i Jordana
(Sort, Lleida, Spain)
Today, in the context of a prevailing materialist culture, many people behave as they did in Noah's time: «People ate and drank; they took husbands and wives» (Lk 17:27); or as in the days of Lot, when «(...) they bought and sold, planted and built» (Lk 17:28). With such shortsighted vision, the supreme aspiration of many persons is centered in their own physical and temporal life and, consequently, all their efforts are reduced to maintain that kind of life, to protect and enrich it.
In the fragment of the Gospel we are commenting today, Jesus wants to step in this fragmentary conception of life that damages the human being and leads it to frustration. And He does it with a conclusive and strong sentence, which may move consciences and force them to come up with some fundamental questions: «Whoever tries to save his life will lose himself, but whoever gives his life will be born again» (Lk 17:33). Pondering over this lesson of Jesus Christ, St. Augustine says: «What are we therefore to say? Will those who do these things all die, that is, those who get married, plant vineyards and build? Not them, but those who boast of all that, those who place all these things before God, those who are willing to offend God for all these things this very moment».
In fact, who is losing his life while trying to preserve it, but he who has exclusively lived in the flesh, without letting the spirit drift, or who, with a closed mind, selfishly and totally ignore others? For it is obvious that the life of the flesh will eventually be lost, but our spiritual life, if not shared, is also impaired.
Life, per se, tends naturally to growth, exuberance, fructification and reproduction. But, if nobbled and hidden to be ambitiously used with exclusion, it becomes sterile and dies. This is why all the saints, that have taken Jesus, who passionately lived for God and men, as a model, have, in many ways and generously, submitted their lives to the service of God and their fellow men.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Today’s Gospel reading can only be described as sobering. Indeed, our times today might seem like Noah’s time where everyone seems distracted, distanced from God, unable to concentrate on what is important; that is what God calls us to do. This passage is a call to urgency to really discern what our priorities should be and to act on those same priorities.
Lot’s wife, against advice, looked back and was immobilized and turned into a pillar of salt. Metaphorically she could not leave the past behind. What in our life experiences do we not leave behind? What are the barriers we have that prevent us from fully embracing God’s love and guidance? Luke’s admonition is not centered on our activities of life but on our lack of attentiveness to what we are doing and what God is doing within us. Saint Ignatius in the Spiritual Exercises asks us to seek an inner freedom from disordered attachments in order to be open to God’s unconditional love for us—and to the movements of the Holy Spirit within us too guide our actions and activities. Luke reminds us that all in this life is passing—a pilgrimage if you will—where we are on our way to our final home in heaven. We should not then be tied to the shifting sands of our earthly life but on the solid foundation of God’s vision for us.
Do we have true inner freedom? A pastor asked his congregation: “Do you want to go to heaven?” Of course all responded with a resounding “Yes!” He went on, “Good. Who wants to go to heaven now?” And there was silence.
A challenging question indeed.
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THE WORST SURPRISE | ||
| "It was much the same in the days of Lot; they ate and drank, they bought and sold, they built and planted. But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed." �Luke 17:28-30 | ||
Jesus' second coming and the end of the world through fire is certain. However, the exact time of these events is uncertain. Jesus said that no one knows the day or the hour (Mk 13:32; Mt 25:13). Nonetheless, Jesus has revealed to us in the Scriptures many of the happenings which will precede the day of the Lord. He has done this so that we can approximate His final coming and the end of the world. This helps us be better prepared and to help others be prepared. However, Jesus has revealed in the Scriptures that many people will disregard or be ignorant of the Scriptural revelation about the end of the world. Thus, they will be clueless on the final day even though the magnitude and speed of the world's destruction makes foreknowledge of the event even more critical. It will be "business as usual" up to the very end, as was the case before Noah's flood and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Lk 17:26ff). Those people well on their way to hell will be surprised at the world's end. That's why Jesus revealed so much about the end � to keep us from being surprised by the greatest catastrophe in history. Don't repeat the mistakes of the past. "Search the Scriptures" (Jn 5:39). Get ready for the great and terrible day. Come, Lord Jesus! (Rv 22:20) | ||
| Prayer: Father, I want to be ready and help as many as possible to also be ready. | ||
| Promise: "Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it; whoever loses it will keep it." —Lk 17:33 | ||
| Praise: St. Albert had a profound impact on his student, St. Thomas Aquinas. Albert laid the groundwork for Thomas' synthesis of Greek wisdom and Christian theology. |
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one will be taken and the other left"
What can nature teach us about the return of the Lord Jesus on the day of final judgment at the end of the world? Jesus quoted a familiar proverb to his audience: Where the body is, there the eagles (or vultures) will be gathered together (Luke 17:37). Eagles, like vultures, are attracted to carrion - the carcass of dying or dead animals. The Book of Job describes the eagle spying out its prey from afar (Job 39:29). The eagles swoop to catch their prey when the conditions are right, especially if the prey is exposed and vulnerable to a surprise attack. Severely weakened or dying prey have no chance of warding off forces that can destroy and kill.
Sign of the gathering eagles and vultures
What's the point of this analogy? When the day of God's final judgment and vindication comes, the scene and location will be obvious to all. Those who have rejected God and refused to believe in his Son the Lord Jesus Christ will perish on the day of judgment - just like the beasts of prey who are cut off from the land of the living. The Lord Jesus will vindicate those who have believed in him and he will reward them with everlasting joy and happiness in his kingdom. The return of the Lord Jesus at the close of this present age is certain, but the time is unknown. The Day of the Lord's judgment and final verdict will come swiftly and unexpectedly. Jesus warns his listeners to not be caught off guard when that day arrives. It will surely come in God's good time!
Those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord will enter his everlasting kingdom
What does Jesus mean when he says that one person will be taken and another left? God judges everyone individually on how each person has responded to his gracious mercy and invitation to accept his Son as Lord and Ruler over all. The Lord Jesus gives us personal freedom to accept or reject him as Lord and Savior. We are free to live as citizens of his kingdom or to choose for the kingdom of darkness that stands in opposition to God and his rule. No one can pass off their personal responsibility to someone else - no matter how close the ties may be in this present life. We will each have to give an account to the Judge of All for how we have accepted or rejected him as our lord and savior.
The good news is that the Lord Jesus freely offers each one of us the grace, strength, and help we need to turn to him to receive pardon for our sins and healing for our minds and hearts so we can embrace his good will for our lives and find the way to our heavenly Father's home. The Lord Jesus gives us his Holy Spirit to lead and guide us in his wisdom, truth, and love. The Holy Spirit helps us to turn away from sin and rebellion and to embrace God's way of love, righteousness (moral goodness), and holiness.
The Lord's warning of judgment is motivated by his love for each one of us. He does not desire the death of any one (Ezekiel 18:23 and 33:11). He bids us to choose for life rather than death - for goodness and righteousness rather than sin and evil (Deuteronomy 30:19). The Lord's 'Day of Judgment' will bring terror and disaster for those who have not heeded his warning or who have refused his gracious help. The Day of the Lord's Return will be a cause for great joy and vindication for those who have put their trust in the Lord Jesus.
The choices we make now - for or against Christ - will either lead us on the path of life or death - heaven or hell
God's Day of Judgment is a cause for great joy and reward for those who have waited with patient hope and longing for the Lord Jesus to return again in glory and power. The people in Noah's time ignored the Lord's warning of judgment because their hearts were hardened and they were rebellious towards God. When the great flood swept over the earth, they missed the boat, literally! Whose boat or safety net are you staking your life on - the world's life-raft to short-lived success and happiness or to the indestructible Ark of God whose foundation is Jesus Christ and his victorious cross? Those whose hope is firmly anchored in heaven will not be disappointed when the day of final judgment comes. They rejoice even now that their names are written in heaven (Luke 10:20) and they look with eager longing for the day when they will see the Lord face to face (Revelation 22:4). Is your hope firmly placed in the Lord Jesus and his return in glory?
"Lord Jesus Christ, I place all my hope in you because you have redeemed the world by your death on the cross and by your victory over the grave. Help me to never lose sight of the goal of heaven that I may live each day in joyful anticipation of your return in glory."
Psalm 19:1-4
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.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Those working in the field are sowing the Word of God, by Ambrose of Milan, 339-397 A.D.
"'He that will be on the housetop, do not let him go down. He that will be in the field, do not let him turn back.' How may I understand what is the field unless Jesus himself teaches me? He says, 'No one putting his hand to the plough (plow) and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God' (Luke 9:62). The lazy person sits in the farmhouse, but the industrious person plants in the field. The weak are at the fireplace, but the strong are at the plough. The smell of a field is good, because the smell of Jacob is the smell of a full field (Genesis 27:27). A field is full of flowers. It is full of different fruits. Plough your field if you want to be sent to the kingdom of God. Let your field flower, fruitful with good rewards. Let there be a fruitful vine on the sides of your house and young olive plants around your table (Psalm 127:3). Already aware of its fertility, let your soul, sown with the Word of God and tilled by spiritual farming, say to Christ, 'Come, my brother, let us go out into the field' (Song of Solomon 7:11). Let him reply, 'I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my vintage of myrrh' (Song of Solomon 5:1). What is better than the vintage of faith, by which the fruit of the resurrection is stored and the spring of eternal rejoicing is watered?" (excerpt from EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 8.43.27)
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