2020년 1월 20일 연중 제2주간 월요일
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제1독서
사무엘기 상. 15,16-23
그 무렵 16 사무엘이 사울에게 말하였다.
“그만두십시오. 간밤에 주님께서 나에게 하신 말씀을 전해 드리겠습니다.”
그가 사무엘에게 응답하였다. “어서 말씀하십시오.”
17 사무엘이 말하였다. “임금님은 자신을 하찮은 사람으로 여기실지 몰라도,
이스라엘 지파의 머리가 아니십니까?
주님께서 임금님에게 기름을 부으시어 이스라엘 위에 임금으로 세우신 것입니다.
18 주님께서는 임금님을 내보내시면서 이런 분부를 하셨습니다.
‘가서 저 아말렉 죄인들을 완전히 없애 버려라.
그들을 전멸시킬 때까지 그들과 싸워라.’
19 그런데 어찌하여 임금님은 주님의 말씀에 순종하지 않고 전리품에 덤벼들어,
주님 보시기에 악한 일을 하셨습니까?”
20 사울이 사무엘에게 대답하였다. “저는 주님의 말씀에 순종하였습니다.
주님께서 저에게 가라고 하신 그 길을 따라 걸으며,
아말렉 임금 아각은 사로잡고 그 밖의 아말렉 사람들은 완전히 없애 버렸습니다.
21 다만 군사들이 완전히 없애 버려야 했던 전리품 가운데에서
가장 좋은 양과 소만 끌고 왔습니다.
그것은 길갈에서 주 어르신의 하느님께 제물로 바치려는 것이었습니다.”
22 그러자 사무엘이 말하였다. “주님의 말씀을 듣는 것보다
번제물이나 희생 제물 바치는 것을 주님께서 더 좋아하실 것 같습니까?
진정 말씀을 듣는 것이 제사드리는 것보다 낫고
말씀을 명심하는 것이 숫양의 굳기름보다 낫습니다.
23 거역하는 것은 점치는 죄와 같고
고집을 부리는 것은 우상을 섬기는 것과 같습니다.
임금님이 주님의 말씀을 배척하셨기에
주님께서도 임금님을 왕위에서 배척하셨습니다.”
복음
마르코. 2,18-22
그때에 18 요한의 제자들과 바리사이들이 단식하고 있었다.
사람들이 예수님께 와서,
“요한의 제자들과 바리사이의 제자들은 단식하는데,
선생님의 제자들은 어찌하여 단식하지 않습니까?” 하고 물었다.
19 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“혼인 잔치 손님들이 신랑과 함께 있는 동안에 단식할 수야 없지 않으냐?
신랑이 함께 있는 동안에는 단식할 수 없다.
20 그러나 그들이 신랑을 빼앗길 날이 올 것이다. 그때에는 그들도 단식할 것이다.
21 아무도 새 천 조각을 헌 옷에 대고 깁지 않는다.
그렇게 하면 헌 옷에 기워 댄 새 헝겊에 그 옷이 땅겨 더 심하게 찢어진다.
22 또한 아무도 새 포도주를 헌 가죽 부대에 담지 않는다.
그렇게 하면 포도주가 부대를 터뜨려 포도주도 부대도 버리게 된다.
새 포도주는 새 부대에 담아야 한다.”
January 20, 2020
Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
1 Sm 15:16-23
"Stop! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night."
Saul replied, "Speak!"
Samuel then said: "Though little in your own esteem,
are you not leader of the tribes of Israel?
The LORD anointed you king of Israel and sent you on a mission, saying,
'Go and put the sinful Amalekites under a ban of destruction.
Fight against them until you have exterminated them.'
Why then have you disobeyed the LORD?
You have pounced on the spoil, thus displeasing the LORD."
Saul answered Samuel: "I did indeed obey the LORD
and fulfill the mission on which the LORD sent me.
I have brought back Agag, and I have destroyed Amalek under the ban.
But from the spoil the men took sheep and oxen,
the best of what had been banned,
to sacrifice to the LORD their God in Gilgal."
But Samuel said:
"Does the LORD so delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as in obedience to the command of the LORD?
Obedience is better than sacrifice,
and submission than the fat of rams.
For a sin like divination is rebellion,
and presumption is the crime of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the command of the LORD,
he, too, has rejected you as ruler."
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23
"Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,
for your burnt offerings are before me always.
I take from your house no bullock,
no goats out of your fold."
R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.
"Why do you recite my statutes,
and profess my covenant with your mouth,
Though you hate discipline
and cast my words behind you?"
R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.
"When you do these things, shall I be deaf to it?
Or do you think that I am like yourself?
I will correct you by drawing them up before your eyes.
He that offers praise as a sacrifice glorifies me;
and to him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God."
R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.
Gospel
Mk 2:18-22
People came to Jesus and objected,
"Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast,
but your disciples do not fast?"
Jesus answered them,
"Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast on that day.
No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak.
If he does, its fullness pulls away,
the new from the old, and the tear gets worse.
Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins,
and both the wine and the skins are ruined.
Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«How can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?»
Fr. Joaquim VILLANUEVA i Poll
(Barcelona, Spain)
Today, we can see that, besides fasting on the Day of Atonement (cf. Lev 16:29-34), the Jewish people observe many other days of fasting, both public and private. Days of fast manifested mourning, penance, purification, preparation for a feast or a mission, demand of God's grace, etc. Pious Jews considered fasting an act of virtue of their religion which pleased God. one who fasts addresses God in an attitude of humility; he implores forgiveness for his separation from God while depriving himself of those things that often cause the separation.
That Jesus does not instill this practice into his disciples and followers comes as a surprise for John's disciples and for the Pharisees. They cannot understand it. But Jesus gives them a fundamental reason: «How can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?» (Mk 2:19). For Israel's prophets, the bridegroom signifies God himself, faithful Yahweh, and his divine love for men (in contrast to Israel, his not always so faithful spouse). Hence, Jesus is tantamount to Yahweh, and He here declares his divinity: he calls his disciples «the bridegroom's friends», and those who are with him do not need to fast for they are not separated from him.
The Church has remained faithful to Christ's teaching on fasting which, though coming from the prophets and even being a natural and spontaneous practice in many religions, our Lord confirms with a new meaning. Fasting can be used as preparation; it strengthens prayer and contemplation. Jesus fasts in the desert as a preparation for his public life.
Many poor people, not unacquainted with shabby clothes were among those who listened to our Lord. So too were vintners who certainly knew what happens when the new wine is put into old wineskins. Jesus reminds them all that they have to receive his message with a new spirit, one that breaks with conformity and the routines of jaded souls; Jesus proposes something entirely different, not another version of the Law, but a new life altogether.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
No one pours new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the wine will burst the skins,
and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.
Mark
At my gym this time of year, we “regulars” see an upsurge in attendance by people we don’t know -- the “resolution people.” Most of them will disappear by February because they haven’t committed to changing their lifestyles to exercise regularly. To use today’s gospel analogy, they are trying to pour the new “wine” of exercise into an old “wineskin” of a sedentary lifestyle. As Mark’s passage tells us, failure is inevitable.
I thought about this as I meditated on Jesus’ statement about the need to pour “new wine” into “fresh wineskins.” He’s inviting us to a new life (i.e. new wine) but warning us that it will only work if we exchange our old “wineskin” (bad habits/lifestyle problems) for new. And that is challenging. Our question today is how we can conquer our favorite faults.
Bear with me as I go back to the gym. Almost 40 years ago after a summer of regular running, I resolved that I would never start exercising again. It would be pretty easy to continue something in progress but getting started had been rough. Therefore, I would maintain my new habit and I have, partially because my resolution was modest. I wasn’t going to run a marathon. A half an hour of walking counted as exercise and I could easily do this almost daily. This has taught me to exchange old “wineskins” for new by making specific, doable resolutions that I can hold myself accountable for.
In terms of how to live today’s gospel, I’m picturing a glass of wine and a new wineskin small enough to hold its contents. After examining my life, I’ve decided to try to combat my bad habit of complaining about people who annoy me by making one less uncharitable remark a day. I still get to complain – just not as much. I can fill one small wineskin a day with new wine, sort of like skipping chocolate at lunch but eating a handful of M&M’s after dinner
By the end of the year, that will be 365 fewer cutting remarks and hopefully progress in fighting a bad habit – in other words, quite a bit of new wine poured into new wineskins. Jesus knows our limits and. I’m guessing he’s fine with small steps toward creating new wineskins.
Also, if you’re one of the “resolution people” at a gym somewhere, keep up the good work. We DO welcome you. And since exercise shows us that change is possible, it’s a great confidence builder for improving our spiritual lives. Good luck!
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WHY DISOBEY? | ||
| "Does the Lord so delight in holocausts and sacrifices as in obedience to the command of the Lord?" �1 Samuel 15:22 | ||
Saul greatly displeased the Lord because of his disobedience. The first sin was disobedience. Sin is always disobedience. Human nature became fallen and wounded because of the disobedience of Adam (see Rm 5:19). We are saved by Jesus' obedience even to death on the cross (Phil 2:8). Obedience and disobedience are of the utmost importance. Therefore, it is important for us to know why we disobey. This can help us accept God's grace to obey. Samuel implied that Saul disobeyed because Saul was little in his own esteem (1 Sm 15:17). Saul did not respect and love himself. In fact, he probably hated himself. When we do not love ourselves, we will not love our neighbor. This means we do not love God (cf Lk 10:27). In this situation, we are easily manipulated into disobeying so as to make ourselves feel better. Consequently, if the devil can get us to not love ourselves, he can drive us to disobedience and ruin us. This explains why the devil accuses us day and night (Rv 12:10). He repeatedly throws "fiery darts" at us to put us down and degrade us (Eph 6:16). However, if we have given our lives totally to Jesus, we can hold faith up as a shield (Eph 6:16). Then we do not listen to the devil. We love ourselves in Christ and are not easily manipulated into disobedience. Believe Jesus, not the devil. Obey Jesus, not the devil. | ||
| Prayer: Father, may I see obedience and disobedience as You do. | ||
| Promise: "The day will come, however, when the Groom will be taken away from them; on that day they will fast." —Mk 2:20 | ||
| Praise: Pope St. Fabian may have been the most unlikely Pope. A Roman layman, he entered the city during a papal election. Through divine providence, the Holy Spirit chose Fabian! |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
"Fasting or feasting?"
Which comes first, fasting or feasting? The disciples of John the Baptist were upset with Jesus' disciples because they did not fast (Mark 2:18). Fasting was one of the three most important religious duties, along with prayer and almsgiving. Jesus gave a simple explanation. There's a time for fasting and a time for feasting (or celebrating). To walk as a disciple with Jesus is to experience a whole new joy of relationship akin to the joy of the wedding party in celebrating with the groom and bride their wedding bliss. But there also comes a time when the Lord's disciples must bear the cross of affliction and purification. For the disciple there is both a time for rejoicing in the Lord's presence and celebrating his goodness and a time for seeking the Lord with humility and fasting and for mourning over sin. Do you take joy in the Lord's presence with you and do you express sorrow and contrition for your sins?
The closed mind that rejects all of God's Word
Jesus goes on to warn his disciples about the problem of the "closed mind" that refuses to learn new things. Jesus used an image familiar to his audience - new and old wine skins. In Jesus' time, wine was stored in wine skins, not bottles. New wine poured into skins was still fermenting. The gases exerted gave pressure. New wine skins were elastic enough to take the pressure, but old wine skins easily burst because they were hard. What did Jesus mean by this comparison? Are we to reject the old in place of the new? Just as there is a right place and a right time for fasting and for feasting, so there is a right place for the old as well as the new.
Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old (Matthew 13:52). How impoverished we would be if we only had the Old Testament books of Scripture or the New Testament books of Scripture, rather than both. The Lord gives us wisdom so we can make the best use of both the old and the new. He doesn't want us to hold rigidly to the past and to be resistant to the new work of his Holy Spirit in our lives. He wants our minds and hearts to be like new wine skins - open and ready to receive the new wine of the Holy Spirit. Are you eager to grow in the knowledge and understanding of God's word and plan for your life?
"Lord Jesus, fill me with your Holy Spirit, that I may grow in the knowledge of your great love and truth. Help me to seek you earnestly in prayer and fasting that I may turn away from sin and wilfulness and conform my life more fully to your will. May I always find joy in knowing, loving, and serving You who are My All."
Psalm 110:1-4 1 The LORD says to my lord: "Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool."
2 The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes!
3 Your people will offer themselves freely on the day you lead your host upon the holy mountains. From the womb of the morning like dew your youth will come to you.
4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek."
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The presence of the Bridegroom, by Bede the Venerable, 672-735 A.D.
"From the time that the incarnation of our Savior was first promised to the patriarchs, it was always awaited by many upright souls with tears and mourning - until he came. From that time when, after his resurrection, he ascended to heaven, all the hope of the saints hangs upon his return. It was at the time when he was keeping company with humanity that his presence was to be celebrated. Then it would have been unfitting to weep and mourn. For like the bride, she had him with her bodily whom she loved spiritually. Therefore the bridegroom is Christ, the bride is the church, and the friends of the bridegroom (Matthew 9:15, Luke 5:34) and of the marriage are each and every one of his faithful companions. The time of his marriage is that time when, through the mystery of the incarnation, he is joining the holy church to himself (Revelation 19:7). Thus it was not by chance, but for the sake of a certain mystical meaning that he came to a marriage ceremony on earth in the customary fleshly way (John 2:1-12), since he descended from heaven to earth in order to wed the church to himself in spiritual love. His nuptial chamber was the womb of his virgin mother. There God was conjoined with human nature. From there he came forth like a bridegroom to join the church to himself." (excerpt from HOMILIES on THE GOSPELS 1.14)
More Homilies
January 15, 2018 Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
January 18, 2016 Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
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