2019년 11월 22일 연중 제33주간 금요일
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제1독서
마카베오기 상. 4,36-37.52-59
그 무렵 36 유다와 그 형제들은 “이제 우리 적을 무찔렀으니 올라가서 성소를 정화하고 봉헌합시다.” 하고 말하였다. 37 그래서 온 군대가 모여 시온 산으로 올라갔다.
52 그들은 백사십팔년 아홉째 달, 곧 키슬레우 달 스무닷샛날 아침 일찍 일어나, 53 새로 만든 번제 제단 위에서 율법에 따라 희생 제물을 바쳤다.
54 이민족들이 제단을 더럽혔던 바로 그때 그날, 그들은 노래를 하고 수금과 비파와 자바라를 연주하며 그 제단을 다시 봉헌한 것이다.
55 온 백성은 얼굴을 땅에 대고 엎드려, 자기들을 성공의 길로 이끌어 주신 하늘을 찬양하였다. 56 그들은 여드레 동안 제단 봉헌을 경축하였는데, 기쁜 마음으로 번제물을 바치고 친교 제물과 감사 제물을 드렸다. 57 또 성전 앞면을 금관과 방패로 장식하고 대문을 새로 만들었으며, 방에도 모두 문을 달았다.
58 백성은 크게 기뻐하였다. 이렇게 하여 이민족들이 남긴 치욕의 흔적이 사라졌다.
59 유다와 그의 형제들과 이스라엘 온 회중은 해마다 그때가 돌아오면, 키슬레우 달 스무닷샛날부터 여드레 동안 제단 봉헌 축일로 기쁘고 즐겁게 지내기로 결정하였다.
복음
루카 19,45-48
그때에 45 예수님께서 성전에 들어가시어 물건을 파는 이들을 쫓아내기 시작하시며, 46 그들에게 말씀하셨다. “‘나의 집은 기도의 집이 될 것이다.’라고 기록되어 있다. 그런데 너희는 이곳을 ‘강도들의 소굴’로 만들어 버렸다.”
47 예수님께서는 날마다 성전에서 가르치셨다. 수석 사제들과 율법 학자들과 백성의 지도자들은 예수님을 없앨 방법을 찾았다. 48 그러나 어떻게 해야 하는지 그 방도를 찾지 못하였다. 온 백성이 그분의 말씀을 듣느라고 곁을 떠나지 않았기 때문이다.
November 22, 2019
Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59
"Now that our enemies have been crushed,
let us go up to purify the sanctuary and rededicate it."
So the whole army assembled, and went up to Mount Zion.
Early in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month,
that is, the month of Chislev,
in the year one hundred and forty-eight,
they arose and offered sacrifice according to the law
on the new altar of burnt offerings that they had made.
On the anniversary of the day on which the Gentiles had defiled it,
on that very day it was reconsecrated
with songs, harps, flutes, and cymbals.
All the people prostrated themselves and adored and praised Heaven,
who had given them success.
For eight days they celebrated the dedication of the altar
and joyfully offered burnt offerings and sacrifices
of deliverance and praise.
They ornamented the facade of the temple with gold crowns and shields;
they repaired the gates and the priests' chambers
and furnished them with doors.
There was great joy among the people
now that the disgrace of the Gentiles was removed.
Then Judas and his brothers and the entire congregation of Israel
decreed that the days of the dedication of the altar
should be observed with joy and gladness
on the anniversary every year for eight days,
from the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev.
Responsorial Psalm
1 Chronicles 29:10bcd, 11abc, 11d-12a, 12bcd
"Blessed may you be, O LORD,
God of Israel our father,
from eternity to eternity."
R. We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
"Yours, O LORD, are grandeur and power,
majesty, splendor, and glory.
For all in heaven and on earth is yours."
R. We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
"Yours, O LORD, is the sovereignty;
you are exalted as head over all.
Riches and honor are from you."
R. We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
"You have dominion over all,
In your hand are power and might;
it is yours to give grandeur and strength to all."
R. We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
Gospel
Lk 19:45-48
those who were selling things, saying to them,
"It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer,
but you have made it a den of thieves."
And every day he was teaching in the temple area.
The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile,
were seeking to put him to death,
but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose
because all the people were hanging on his words
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«My house shall be a house of prayer»
Fr. Josep LAPLANA OSB Monk of Montserrat
(Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain)
Today, Jesus' gesture is prophetic. As the old prophets used to do, He makes a symbolic action, full of future implications. By throwing away from the temple the merchants selling the victims for their offerings and evoking that «my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples» (Is 56:7), Jesus was announcing the new status He was about to commence, where the sacrifice of animals was out of question. St. John will define this new cultural relationship as «God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth» (Jn 4:24). The figure must give way to reality. St. Thomas Aquinas poetically said: «Et antiquum documentum / novo cedat ritui» («Lo! over ancient forms departing / newer rites of grace prevail»).
The New Rites are Jesus' Word. This is why St. Luke has joined to the scene of the purification of the temple Jesus preaching there every day. The new cult is centered in the prayer and in the audition of God's Word. But, in fact, the center's center of the Christian institution is the living person of the very Jesus, with his own flesh offered and his own blood shed at the Cross and given to us in the Eucharist. St. Thomas also beautifully remarks it: «Recumbens cum fratribus (...) se dat suis manibus» («Seated with His chosen band (...) gives Himself with His own hand»).
In the New Testament Jesus inaugurates, there is no need for veal or lamb merchants. In the same way as «all the people were listening to him and hanging on his words» (Lk 19:48), we do not have to go to the temple to make any sacrifices, but to receive Jesus, the true lamb sacrificed once for all when he offered himself for us (cf. Heb 7:27), and to join our life to His.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Today is the feast day of St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. It's said that on her wedding day she sang in her heart to the Lord, and she was able to retain her virginity and convert her new husband to Christianity. He was baptized and then could see the angel who protected her.
Music can be very powerful. I personally came to the church through music many years ago. When I started college at the College of St. Mary in Omaha, I joined the choir. I had been playing guitar for several years then and had been singing, my mother says, since before I could talk. The sisters suggested that I sing for Mass, but I had never been to Mass. I hadn't been raised in a religion. I hadn't been baptized. But I went to Mass. And I loved the music. And soon I was singing for Mass with the choir, with my classmates, and on my own. And I converted to Catholicism when I was a sophomore in college. I sang in my heart, and in the chapel, to God, and he heard me and accepted me. Like Cecilia's husband, I was baptized and converted. And I still love the music at Mass. I think singing is the purest means of praise.
In the first reading Judas (not that Judas) and his brothers are victorious over their enemies and restore and reconsecrate their altar with songs, harps, flute, and cymbals. They praise God and heaven with songs and music. In the Alleluia verse the lord says his sheep know his voice, and he knows them. In the gospel the people hang on the words of Jesus. The sound of his voice is familiar and restorative, and he recognizes our voices when we sing and when we pray.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
"All the people hung upon his words "
Why did Jesus drive out the money changers in the temple at Jerusalem? Was he upset with their greediness? This is the only incident in the Gospels where we see Jesus using physical force. Jesus went to Jerusalem, knowing he would meet certain death on the cross, but victory as well for our sake. His act of judgment in the temple is meant to be a prophetic sign and warning to the people that God takes our worship very seriously.
Jesus honors the Father's house of prayer by cleansing it of unholy practices
In this incident we see Jesus' startling and swift action in cleansing the temple of those who were using it to exploit the worshipers of God. The money changers took advantage of the poor and forced them to pay many times more than was right - in the house of God no less! Their robbery of the poor was not only dishonoring to God but unjust toward their neighbor.
The people were hungry for the word of God
In justification for his audacious action Jesus quotes from the prophets Isaiah (Isaiah 56:7) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 7:11). His act of judgment aims to purify the worship of God's people and to discipline their erring ways. Despite the objections of the religious leaders, no doubt because Jesus was usurping their authority in the house of God, the people who listened to Jesus teaching daily in the temple regarded him with great awe and respect. Luke tells us that "they hung upon Jesus' words" (Luke 19:48). How hungry are you for God's word?
The Lord wants to share his holiness with us
If we approach God's word with a humble attentive heart and with a willingness to be taught by the Lord, then we are in a good place to allow God's word to change and transform us in the likeness of Christ. The Lord wants to teach us his ways so that we may grow in holiness. The Lord both instructs and disciplines us in love to lead us from the error of our sinful ways to his truth and justice. "God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness" (Hebrews 12:10). The Lord calls us to be a holy people who worship him with reverence and gratitude for his great mercy and kindness towards us. Do you allow God's word to transform you in his way of love and holiness?
"Lord Jesus, you open wide the door of your house and you bid us to enter confidently that we may worship you in spirit and truth. Help me to draw near to you with gratitude and joy for your great mercy. May I always revere your word and give you acceptable praise and worship."
Psalm 119:14,24,72,103,111,131
14 In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.
24 Your testimonies are my delight, they are my counselors.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
111 Your testimonies are my heritage for ever; yes, they are the joy of my heart.
131 With open mouth I pant, because I long for your commandments.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The home of sanctity, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"God does not want his temple to be a trader's lodge but the home of sanctity. He does not preserve the practice of the priestly ministry by the dishonest duty of religion but by voluntary obedience. Consider what the Lord’s actions impose on you as an example of living... He taught in general that worldly transactions must be absent from the temple, but he drove out the money changers in particular. Who are the money changers, if not those who seek profit from the Lord's money and cannot distinguish between good and evil? Holy Scripture is the Lord's money." (excerpt from EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 9.17–18)
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