2020년 2월 20일 연중 제6주간 목요일
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제1독서
야고보서. 2,1-9
1 나의 형제 여러분, 영광스러우신 우리 주 예수 그리스도를 믿으면서,
사람을 차별해서는 안 됩니다.
2 가령 여러분의 모임에 금가락지를 끼고 화려한 옷을 입은 사람이 들어오고,
또 누추한 옷을 입은 가난한 사람이 들어온다고 합시다.
3 여러분이 화려한 옷을 걸친 사람을 쳐다보고서는
“선생님은 여기 좋은 자리에 앉으십시오.” 하고,
가난한 사람에게는 “당신은 저기 서 있으시오.” 하거나
“내 발판 밑에 앉으시오.”한다면,
4 여러분은 서로 차별하는 것이 아니겠습니까?
또 악한 생각을 가진 심판자가 된 것이 아니겠습니까?
5 나의 사랑하는 형제 여러분, 들으십시오.
하느님께서는 세상의 가난한 사람들을 골라 믿음의 부자가 되게 하시고,
당신을 사랑하는 이들에게 약속하신 나라의 상속자가 되게 하지 않으셨습니까?
6 그런데 여러분은 가난한 사람을 업신여겼습니다.
여러분을 억누르는 사람들이 바로 부자가 아닙니까?
여러분을 법정으로 끌고 가는 자들도 그들이 아닙니까?
7 여러분이 받드는 그 존귀한 이름을 모독하는 자들도 그들이 아닙니까?
8 여러분이 참으로 성경에 따라
“네 이웃을 너 자신처럼 사랑하여라.” 하신 지고한 법을 이행하면,
그것은 잘하는 일입니다.
9 그러나 사람을 차별하면 죄를 짓는 것으로,
여러분은 율법에 따라 범법자로 선고를 받습니다.
복음
마르코. 8,27-33
그때에 27 예수님께서 제자들과 함께
카이사리아 필리피 근처 마을을 향하여 길을 떠나셨다.
그리고 길에서 제자들에게, “사람들이 나를 누구라고 하느냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
28 제자들이 대답하였다. “세례자 요한이라고 합니다.
그러나 어떤 이들은 엘리야라 하고,
또 어떤 이들은 예언자 가운데 한 분이라고 합니다.”
29 예수님께서 다시, “그러면 너희는 나를 누구라고 하느냐?” 하고 물으시자,
베드로가 “스승님은 그리스도이십니다.” 하고 대답하였다.
30 그러자 예수님께서는 제자들에게,
당신에 관하여 아무에게도 말하지 말라고 엄중히 이르셨다.
31 예수님께서는 그 뒤에, 사람의 아들이 반드시 많은 고난을 겪으시고
원로들과 수석 사제들과 율법 학자들에게 배척을 받아 죽임을 당하셨다가
사흘 만에 다시 살아나셔야 한다는 것을 제자들에게 가르치기 시작하셨다.
32 예수님께서는 이 말씀을 명백히 하셨다.
그러자 베드로가 예수님을 꼭 붙들고 반박하기 시작하였다.
33 그러나 예수님께서는 돌아서서 제자들을 보신 다음 베드로에게,
“사탄아, 내게서 물러가라.
너는 하느님의 일은 생각하지 않고 사람의 일만 생각하는구나.” 하며
꾸짖으셨다.
February 20, 2020
Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Jas 2:1-9
as you adhere to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
For if a man with gold rings and fine clothes
comes into your assembly,
and a poor person with shabby clothes also comes in,
and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes
and say, "Sit here, please,"
while you say to the poor one, "Stand there," or "Sit at my feet,"
have you not made distinctions among yourselves
and become judges with evil designs?
Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters.
Did not God choose those who are poor in the world
to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom
that he promised to those who love him?
But you dishonored the poor.
Are not the rich oppressing you?
And do they themselves not haul you off to court?
Is it not they who blaspheme the noble name that was invoked over you?
However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture,
You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.
But if you show partiality, you commit sin,
and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
I will bless the LORD at all times;
his praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the LORD;
the lowly will hear me and be glad.
R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
Glorify the LORD with me,
let us together extol his name.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,
and your faces may not blush with shame.
When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from all his distress he saved him.
R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
Gospel
Mk 8:27-33
for the villages of Caesarea Philippi.
Along the way he asked his disciples,
"Who do people say that I am?"
They said in reply,
"John the Baptist, others Elijah,
still others one of the prophets."
And he asked them,
"But who do you say that I am?"
Peter said to him in reply,
"You are the Christ."
Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
He began to teach them
that the Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed, and rise after three days.
He spoke this openly.
Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples,
rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«Who do people say I am?»
Fr. Joan Pere PULIDO i Gutiérrez
(Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain)
Today, with the help of saint Mark's Gospel, we continue listening to God's word. A Gospel with a very clear concern: to discover who this Jesus of Nazareth may be. Through his texts, Mark has been offering us other people's reactions to Jesus: the sick ones, the disciples, the scribes and Pharisees. And today, He is directly asking us: «But you, who do you say I am?» (Mk 8:29).
We, Christians, must discover our identity and prove our own faith through being good examples with our life. This duty is an urgent task to transmit a clear and understandable message to our brothers and sisters, who will find in Jesus that Word of Life bestowing meaning to what they may think, say or do. But, this witness must begin with us being totally conscious of our meeting with Jesus. John Paul II, in his apostolic letter Novo Millennio Ineunte wrote: «Our witness, however, would be hopelessly inadequate if we ourselves had not first contemplated his face».
Saint Mark, with this text, offers us the right way to contemplate Jesus. First, Jesus asks us who do people say He is; and we can answer, with the disciples: John the Baptist or Elijah, in other words an important, good and attractive person. Certainly, a good answer, but too far away from Jesus' Truth. Then, He goes on asking us: «But you, who do you say I am?». It is the question of faith, of our personal implication. And we shall only find the answer in the experience of silence and praying. It is the faith path Peter followed which we should follow also.
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Brothers and sisters in Christ, let us come to know through prayer the liberating presence of God's love, which is present in our life. He keeps on making alliances with us with clears signs of his presence, as that rainbow appearing through the clouds promised Noah.
The sin of partiality discussed in the First Reading is an interesting one. If one reads it quickly and does not take the time to reflect upon its true meaning it is pretty easy to come to the conclusion that James is saying woe be to the rich and famous for they are not worthy of Jesus Christ and praise to the poor in shabby clothes for theirs will be the Kingdom of God.
Maybe that very interpretation lead to Shakespeare’s great line, “All that glitters is not gold” in the Merchant of Venice. And the converse to his line is the idiom, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” which is attributed to a 1944 edition of the African Journal of American Speech.
To illustrate the point, last Saturday morning I attended the funeral of the mother of a friend of mine. I wore my black suit and even washed my black car for the service. After the funeral, I drove to the Omaha Executive Airport to pick up two friends who fly privately. After their NetJet landed, I drove my shiny black car onto the tarmac and parked right next to the plane. I greeted a couple in their late 80s, helped them into my car, and drove them to their home in Omaha.
To the uniformed, one might have assumed that dressed in black suit, I was the chauffer for an ultra-rich couple. But that could not be further from the truth. The couple, while wealthy, live in a very modest home in an unassuming neighborhood and more importantly, are in the process of giving away most of their wealth to a host of charities and worthy causes. For the real wealth this couple possess is their boundless generosity, their deep-seated desire to help others, and their faith in all mankind.
God calls us to follow his example and to form our conclusions about people based not on appearances, but on how they live their lives. He gave this very advice to Samuel when he said “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
As we go about our busy lives, let us practice looking beyond outward appearances and to try and discern if the Holy Spirit is dwelling within the people we meet, whether they be dressed in fine or shabby clothes. Let us look to their hearts and how they conduct themselves, just as God does. Trust me when I say it will require more time and attention on our part to make this sort of informed decision, but there might be an added benefit. In the process of looking more deeply at those we meet; we might also look more deeply at how we conduct our own lives and what fills our hearts. Hopefully, in the words of James we will be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him.
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ZONED PARTIALLY RESIDENTIAL | ||
| "Your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not allow of favoritism." �James 2:1 | ||
Many Christians do not show partiality, prejudice, or racism by their words. They know this is wrong; so they don't do it. However, many Christians still show partiality in subtle ways. For example, many Christians choose to live apart from the poor. They may not have asked the Lord about their places of residence. They just assumed that the Lord wanted them to live in the so-called better neighborhoods if they could afford it or even if they couldn't afford it. These decisions have many ramifications. Those who don't live near the poor don't talk, eat, worship, and shop with the poor. Someone once said that in the USA the most segregated hours of the week are Sunday from 10 AM to 12 Noon, when whites go to white churches and blacks to black churches. Our subtle partiality has turned into segregation, a lack of solidarity, and a denial of catholicity. Let us examine our consciences about our residences. By faith in Jesus, let us root out partiality (see Gal 3:28). Otherwise, it will alter our faith. Let Jesus be Lord of our residences and lives. | ||
| Prayer: Father, send the Holy Spirit to use me to break down the division between the rich and the poor. | ||
| Promise: "You are the Messiah!" —Mk 8:29 | ||
| Praise: David's parish welcomes worshippers of all colors, and is growing steadily in attendance. |
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"Who do you say that Jesus is?"
Who is Jesus for you - and what difference does he make in your life? Many in Israel recognized Jesus as a mighty man of God, even comparing him with the greatest of the prophets. Peter, always quick to respond whenever Jesus spoke, professed that Jesus was truly the "Christ of God" - "the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16). No mortal being could have revealed this to Peter, but only God. Through the "eyes of faith" Peter discovered who Jesus truly was. Peter recognized that Jesus was much more than a great teacher, prophet, and miracle worker. Peter was the first apostle to publicly declare that Jesus was the Anointed one, consecrated by the Father and sent into the world to redeem a fallen human race enslaved to sin and cut off from eternal life with God (Luke 9:20, Acts 2:14-36). The word for "Christ" in Greek is a translation of the Hebrew word for "Messiah" - both words literally mean the Anointed one.
Jesus begins to explain the mission he was sent to accomplish
Why did Jesus command his disciples to be silent about his identity as the anointed Son of God? They were, after all, appointed to proclaim the good news to everyone. Jesus knew that they did not yet fully understand his mission and how he would accomplish it. Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD), an early church father, explains the reason for this silence:
God's Anointed Son must suffer and die to atone for our sins
Jesus told his disciples that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and die in order that God's work of redemption might be accomplished. How startled the disciples were when they heard this word. How different are God's thoughts and ways from our thoughts and ways (Isaiah 55:8). It was through humiliation, suffering, and death on the cross that Jesus broke the powers of sin and death and won for us eternal life and freedom from the slavery of sin and from the oppression of our enemy, Satan, the father of lies and the deceiver of humankind.
We, too, have a share in the mission and victory of Jesus Christ
If we want to share in the victory of the Lord Jesus, then we must also take up our cross and follow where he leads us. What is the "cross" that you and I must take up each day? When my will crosses (does not align) with God's will, then his will must be done. To know Jesus Christ is to know the power of his victory on the cross where he defeated sin and conquered death through his resurrection. The Holy Spirit gives each of us the gifts and strength we need to live as sons and daughters of God. The Holy Spirit gives us faith to know the Lord Jesus personally as our Redeemer, and the power to live the Gospel faithfully, and the courage to witness to others the joy, truth, and freedom of the Gospel. Who do you say that Jesus is?
"Lord Jesus, I believe and I profess that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Take my life, my will, and all that I have, that I may be wholly yours now and forever."
Psalm 102:15-22,28
15 The nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
16 For the LORD will build up Zion, he will appear in his glory;
17 he will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their supplication.
18 Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD:
19 that he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die;
21 that men may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise,
22 when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.
28 The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their posterity shall be established before you.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Peter confesses that Jesus is God's Anointed Son and Savior of all, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"You see the skillfulness of the question. He [Jesus] did not at once say, 'Who do you say that I am?' He refers to the rumor of those that were outside their company. Then, having rejected it and shown it unsound, he might bring them back to the true opinion. It happened that way. When the disciples had said, 'Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, that some prophet of those in old time has risen up,' he said to them, 'But you, who do you say that I am?' Oh! how full of meaning is that word you! He separates them from all others, that they may also avoid the opinions of others. In this way, they will not conceive an unworthy idea about him or entertain confused and wavering thoughts. Then they will not also imagine that John had risen again, or one of the prophets. 'You,' he says, 'who have been chosen,' who by my decree have been called to the apostleship, who are the witnesses of my miracles. Who do you say that I am?'" (excerpt from COMMENTARY on LUKE, HOMILY 49)
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