2019년 12월 23일 대림 제4주간 월요일
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제1독서
말라키 예언서. 3,1-4.23-24
주 하느님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.
1 “보라, 내가 나의 사자를 보내니 그가 내 앞에서 길을 닦으리라.
너희가 찾던 주님, 그가 홀연히 자기 성전으로 오리라.
너희가 좋아하는 계약의 사자
보라, 그가 온다.
─ 만군의 주님께서 말씀하신다. ─
2 그가 오는 날을 누가 견디어 내며
그가 나타날 때에 누가 버티고 서 있을 수 있겠느냐?
그는 제련사의 불 같고 염색공의 잿물 같으리라.
3 그는 은 제련사와 정련사처럼 앉아 레위의 자손들을 깨끗하게 하고
그들을 금과 은처럼 정련하여 주님에게 의로운 제물을 바치게 하리라.
4 그러면 유다와 예루살렘의 제물이 옛날처럼, 지난날처럼 주님 마음에 들리라.
23 보라, 주님의 크고 두려운 날이 오기 전에
내가 너희에게 엘리야 예언자를 보내리라.
24 그가 부모의 마음을 자녀에게 돌리고 자녀의 마음을 부모에게 돌리리라.
그래야 내가 와서 이 땅을 파멸로 내리치지 않으리라.”
복음
루카 1,57-66
57 엘리사벳은 해산달이 차서 아들을 낳았다.
58 이웃과 친척들은 주님께서 엘리사벳에게 큰 자비를 베푸셨다는 것을 듣고,
그와 함께 기뻐하였다.
59 여드레째 되는 날, 그들은 아기의 할례식에 갔다가
아버지의 이름을 따서 아기를 즈카르야라고 부르려 하였다.
60 그러나 아기 어머니는 “안 됩니다. 요한이라고 불러야 합니다.” 하고 말하였다.
61 그들은 “당신의 친척 가운데에는 그런 이름을 가진 이가 없습니다.” 하며,
62 그 아버지에게 아기의 이름을 무엇이라 하겠느냐고 손짓으로 물었다.
63 즈카르야는 글 쓰는 판을 달라고 하여 ‘그의 이름은 요한’이라고 썼다.
그러자 모두 놀라워하였다.
64 그때에 즈카르야는 즉시 입이 열리고 혀가 풀려
말을 하기 시작하면서 하느님을 찬미하였다.
65 그리하여 이웃이 모두 두려움에 휩싸였다.
그리고 이 모든 일이 유다의 온 산악 지방에서 화제가 되었다.
66 소문을 들은 이들은 모두 그것을 마음에 새기며,
“이 아기가 대체 무엇이 될 것인가?” 하고 말하였다.
정녕 주님의 손길이 그를 보살피고 계셨던 것이다.
December 23, 2019
Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Thus says the Lord GOD:
Lo, I am sending my messenger
to prepare the way before me;
And suddenly there will come to the temple
the LORD whom you seek,
And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire.
Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
But who will endure the day of his coming?
And who can stand when he appears?
For he is like the refiner’s fire,
or like the fuller’s lye.
He will sit refining and purifying silver,
and he will purify the sons of Levi,
Refining them like gold or like silver
that they may offer due sacrifice to the LORD.
Then the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem
will please the LORD,
as in the days of old, as in years gone by.
Lo, I will send you
Elijah, the prophet,
Before the day of the LORD comes,
the great and terrible day,
To turn the hearts of the fathers to their children,
and the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike
the land with doom.
R. (see Luke 21:28) Lift up your heads and see; your redemption is near at hand.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
R. Lift up your heads and see; your redemption is near at hand.
Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
he teaches the humble his way.
R. Lift up your heads and see; your redemption is near at hand.
All the paths of the LORD are kindness and constancy
toward those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
The friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him,
and his covenant, for their instruction.
R. Lift up your heads and see; your redemption is near at hand.
Gospel
Lk 1:57-66
When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child
she gave birth to a son.
Her neighbors and relatives heard
that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her,
and they rejoiced with her.
When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child,
they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,
but his mother said in reply,
“No. He will be called John.”
But they answered her,
“There is no one among your relatives who has this name.”
So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called.
He asked for a tablet and wrote, “John is his name,”
and all were amazed.
Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed,
and he spoke blessing God.
Then fear came upon all their neighbors,
and all these matters were discussed
throughout the hill country of Judea.
All who heard these things took them to heart, saying,
“What, then, will this child be?
For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«‘What will this child be?’. For they understood that the hand of the Lord was with him»
Fr. Miquel MASATS i Roca
(Girona, Spain)
Today, in the first reading we read: «Now I am sending my messenger ahead of me to clear the way» (Mal 3:1). Malachi's prophecy is fulfilled by John the Baptist. He is one of the main characters in the liturgy of Advent. He invites us to prepare ourselves with prayer and penance for the arrival of the Lord. As the collect of today's Mass says: «Your Son's birth is near; may the love of He who is the Word made flesh who became man in the Virgin's womb to live among men, welcome us».
The Precursor's birth speaks of the proximity of Christmas. The Lord is at hand!: let's get ourselves ready! When asked who he was by the priests who had come from Jerusalem, he said: «I am the voice crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord» (Jn 1:23).
«Look, I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my call and open the door, I will come in to you and have supper with you, and you with me» (Rev 3:20), we read in the Communion antiphone. It is necessary to examine ourselves to see how we are preparing ourselves to receive Jesus this Christmas: God, more than anything, wants to be born in our hearts.
The Precursor's life teaches us the virtues we need to receive Jesus properly; fundamentally, humility of the heart. He acknowledges himself as an instrument of God, to fulfil his vocation, his mission. As Saint Ambrose says: «Do not boast that they call you son of God —let us acknowledge His grace without forgetting our human nature—; do not become proud if you have served well because you have done just what was expected from you. The sun does its job, the moon obeys, the angels of the Lord do their duty. The instrument chosen by God for serve the Gentiles said: ‘I am the last of the apostles, and I do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God’ (1Cor 15:9)».
We are looking for the glory of God only. The virtue of humility will help us to prepare ourselves for the coming festivities appropriately.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
He will be called John - Luke
John the Baptist was Elizabeth’s miracle baby – the child this barren woman was never supposed to have.
It turns out she had good reason to ignore the tradition of naming her son after his father or other relatives when she announced that “he will be called John,” a choice that Zachariah confirmed. But why was this such a big deal that God restored the speech that Zachariah had lost when he doubted his wife’s pregnancy?
Googling “John” revealed that in Hebrew it means “God is gracious.” In short, Elizabeth was thanking God for her incredible gift. This turns a story about naming a child into a timely opportunity to reflect on the gifts God has given each of us. Let me share one of my favorite holiday customs.
As an antidote to the last- minute shopping, cooking, cleaning and mailing, I reserve an evening hour during the week before Christmas for what I will now call my “God is gracious” timeout.
I turn off all the lights except the Christmas tree and play a couple of St. Louis Jesuit Advent hymns to quiet my mind. When I’m completely relaxed, I read Luke’s glorious Christmas gospel while listening to “Angels We Have Heard on High” followed by “Silent Night” and “O Holy Night.” I try to imagine the scene outside Bethlehem when the angels appeared to the shepherds. As a sense of peace washes over me, I thank God for his many gifts, especially for the people who have blessed my life.
I remember childhood Christmases with my parents and sibling and Christmas rituals with my children such as keeping the Wise Men on the mantle until Epiphany.
I recall the annual party that my late Jesuit friend Dick Hauser hosted that taught me how sacred socializing can be. Dick always opened his parties by reading the scripture detailing Jesus’ ancestry to remind us that we had come together to celebrate the Incarnation. Over the years, this party became a treasured way of finding God in all things.
I hope you have similar memories, traditions and rituals that speak to you of God’s graciousness and remind you that time with loved ones is holy. May God’s peace and joy be with you and yours!
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
PURIFIED, PRAISING PRIESTS | ||
| "He will purify the sons of Levi." �Malachi 3:3 | ||
Two days before Christmas, the Church reads to us from Malachi the prophet. Malachi prophesied to priests, calling them to greater holiness and leadership in worship and instruction (Mal 1:6; 2:1, 6-7). Malachi foretells that priests, that is, "the sons of Levi," will be refined in fire "like gold or like silver that they may offer due sacrifice to the Lord" (Mal 3:3). Zechariah was a priest (Lk 1:5). He was struck mute because of his disbelief in God's Good News to him (Lk 1:20). When Zechariah the priest obeyed God's prophecy, his mouth was opened and he began to praise God (Lk 1:63-64). This purified, praising priest had a great impact on all who saw him, as they all reverenced God (Lk 1:65-66). Though ordained priests are called to purification and greatness before Christmas, religious and lay Christians, including parents, are not off the hook. Parents share a baptismal priesthood (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1546; 1 Pt 2:5, 9) and are in that sense "priests" of their domestic church, their home (see Catechism, 1666). God is purifying all baptized Christians. All are called to submit to God's purification and open their mouths to proclaim God's praise (Ps 51:17). Ordained and baptismal priests, let God purify you right now, even if it's painful and inconvenient. These last two days before Christmas are perhaps the busiest time for a priest, but purification and praise are high on God's Christmas list. | ||
| Prayer: Father, I surrender my Christmas plans to You. Use me any way You will so that many will glorify You this Christmas. | ||
| Promise: "Suddenly there will come to the temple the Lord Whom you seek." —Mal 3:1 | ||
| Praise: "O Emmanuel, King and Lawgiver, Desire of the nations, Savior of all people, come and set us free, Lord our God." |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
"What then will this child be?"
Are you surprised to see the relatives of Zechariah and Elizabeth disagreeing over what to name their newborn child? Don't we do the same thing? This child, however has been named from above! And Elizabeth is firm in her faith and determined to see that God be glorified through this child. The name John means "the Lord is gracious." In the birth of John the Baptist and in the birth of Jesus the Messiah we see the grace and favor of God breaking forth into a world broken by sin, corruption, and death - a world lost without hope.
The Old Testament prophets foretold the return of the prophet Elijah (Malachi 3:1, and 4:5) who would announce the coming of the Messiah - the Savior and Ruler of the earth. John the Baptist fulfills the role of Elijah (Matthew 11:13-14). His miraculous birth shows the mercy and favor of God in preparing his people for the coming of its Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
When God acts to save us he graciously fills us with his Holy Spirit and makes our faith come "alive" to his promises. When we respond to his word with trust the Lord fills us with the joy of the Holy Spirit and renews our hope and gratitude for the mercy and gift of new life and salvation he gives us through Jesus Christ. Do you make your life an offering of thanksgiving to God, along with your family and all that you have and hope to accomplish? God wants to fill us with the joy of his saving presence all the days of our lives, from birth through death. Renew the offering of your life to God and give him thanks for his mercy and favor towards you.
"Lord Jesus, you are gracious and forgiving towards us. Renew in me the gift of faith that I may believe your promises and obey your word."
Psalm 25:4-5, 8-10,14
4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.
5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
14 The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The parallels between John and Jesus, by Ephrem the Syrian (306-373 AD)
"The elderly Elizabeth gave birth to the last of the prophets, and Mary, a young girl, to the Lord of the angels. The daughter of Aaron gave birth to the voice in the desert (Isaiah 63:9), but the daughter of David to the strong God of the earth. The barren one gave birth to him who remits sins, but the Virgin gave birth to him who takes them away (John 1:29). Elizabeth gave birth to him who reconciled people through repentance, but Mary gave birth to him who purified the lands of uncleanness. The elder one lit a lamp in the house of Jacob, his father, for this lamp itself was John (John 5:35), while the younger one lit the Sun of Justice (Malachi 4:2) for all the nations. The angel announced to Zechariah, so that the slain one would proclaim the crucified one and that the hated one would proclaim the envied one. He who was to baptize with water would proclaim him who would baptize with fire and with the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:11). The light, which was not obscure, would proclaim the Sun of Justice. The one filled with the Spirit would proclaim concerning him who gives the Spirit. The priest calling with the trumpet would proclaim concerning the one who is to come at the sound of the trumpet at the end. The voice would proclaim concerning the Word, and the one who saw the dove would proclaim concerning him upon whom the dove rested, like the lightning before the thunder." (excerpt from COMMENTARY on TATIAN’S DIATESSARON 1.31)
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