2020년 2월 25일 연중 제7주간 화요일
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제1독서
야고보서. 4,1-10
사랑하는 여러분,
1 여러분의 싸움은 어디에서 오며 여러분의 다툼은 어디에서 옵니까?
여러분의 지체들 안에서 분쟁을 일으키는 여러 가지 욕정에서 오는 것이 아닙니까?
2 여러분은 욕심을 부려도 얻지 못합니다.
살인까지 하며 시기를 해 보지만 얻어 내지 못합니다.
그래서 또 다투고 싸웁니다.
여러분이 가지지 못하는 것은 여러분이 청하지 않기 때문입니다.
3 여러분은 청하여도 얻지 못합니다.
여러분의 욕정을 채우는 데에 쓰려고 청하기 때문입니다.
4 절개 없는 자들이여, 세상과 우애를 쌓는 것이
하느님과 적의를 쌓는 것임을 모릅니까?
누구든지 세상의 친구가 되려는 자는 하느님의 적이 되는 것입니다.
5 아니면, “하느님께서는 우리 안에 살게 하신 영을 열렬히 갈망하신다.”는
성경 말씀이 빈말이라고 생각합니까?
6 그러나 하느님께서는 더 큰 은총을 베푸십니다.
그래서 성경은 이렇게 말합니다.
“하느님께서는 교만한 자들을 대적하시고 겸손한 이들에게는 은총을 베푸신다.”
7 그러므로 하느님께 복종하고 악마에게 대항하십시오.
그러면 악마가 여러분에게서 달아날 것입니다.
8 하느님께 가까이 가십시오.
그러면 하느님께서 여러분에게 가까이 오실 것입니다.
죄인들이여, 손을 깨끗이 하십시오.
두 마음을 품은 자들이여, 마음을 정결하게 하십시오.
9 탄식하고 슬퍼하며 우십시오.
여러분의 웃음을 슬픔으로 바꾸고 기쁨을 근심으로 바꾸십시오.
10 주님 앞에서 자신을 낮추십시오. 그러면 그분께서 여러분을 높여 주실 것입니다.
복음
마르코. 9,30-37
그때에 예수님과 제자들이 30 갈릴래아를 가로질러 갔는데,
예수님께서는 누구에게도 알려지는 것을 원하지 않으셨다.
31 그분께서 “사람의 아들은 사람들의 손에 넘겨져 그들 손에 죽을 것이다.
그러나 그는 죽임을 당하였다가 사흘 만에 다시 살아날 것이다.” 하시면서,
제자들을 가르치고 계셨기 때문이다.
32 그러나 제자들은 그 말씀을 알아듣지 못하였을 뿐만 아니라
그분께 묻는 것도 두려워하였다.
33 그들은 카파르나움에 이르렀다.
예수님께서는 집 안에 계실 때에 제자들에게,
“너희는 길에서 무슨 일로 논쟁하였느냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
34 그러나 그들은 입을 열지 않았다.
누가 가장 큰 사람이냐 하는 문제로 길에서 논쟁하였기 때문이다.
35 예수님께서는 자리에 앉으셔서 열두 제자를 불러 말씀하셨다.
“누구든지 첫째가 되려면,
모든 이의 꼴찌가 되고 모든 이의 종이 되어야 한다.”
36 그러고 나서 어린이 하나를 데려다가 그들 가운데에 세우신 다음,
그를 껴안으시며 그들에게 이르셨다.
37 “누구든지 이런 어린이 하나를 내 이름으로 받아들이면 나를 받아들이는 것이다.
그리고 나를 받아들이는 사람은
나를 받아들이는 것이 아니라 나를 보내신 분을 받아들이는 것이다.”
February 25, 2020
Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Jas 4:1-10
Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from?
Is it not from your passions that make war within your members?
You covet but do not possess.
You kill and envy but you cannot obtain;
you fight and wage war.
You do not possess because you do not ask.
You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly,
to spend it on your passions.
Adulterers!
Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God?
Therefore, whoever wants to be a lover of the world
makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you suppose that the Scripture speaks without meaning when it says,
The spirit that he has made to dwell in us tends toward jealousy?
But he bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says:
God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.
So submit yourselves to God.
Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands, you sinners,
and purify your hearts, you of two minds.
Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep.
Let your laughter be turned into mourning
and your joy into dejection.
Humble yourselves before the Lord
and he will exalt you.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 55:7-8, 9-10a, 10b-11a, 23
And I say, "Had I but wings like a dove,
I would fly away and be at rest.
Far away I would flee;
I would lodge in the wilderness."
R. Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.
"I would wait for him who saves me
from the violent storm and the tempest."
Engulf them, O Lord; divide their counsels.
R. Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.
In the city I see violence and strife,
day and night they prowl about upon its walls.
R. Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.
Cast your care upon the LORD,
and he will support you;
never will he permit the just man to be disturbed.
R. Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.
Gospel
Mk 9:30-37
but he did not wish anyone to know about it.
He was teaching his disciples and telling them,
"The Son of Man is to be handed over to men
and they will kill him,
and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise."
But they did not understand the saying,
and they were afraid to question him.
They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house,
he began to ask them,
"What were you arguing about on the way?"
But they remained silent.
For they had been discussing among themselves on the way
who was the greatest.
Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them,
"If anyone wishes to be first,
he shall be the last of all and the servant of all."
Taking a child, he placed it in their midst,
and putting his arms around it, he said to them,
"Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me;
and whoever receives me,
receives not me but the one who sent me."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«The Son of Man will be delivered into human hands»
Fr, Jordi PASCUAL i Bancells
(Salt, Girona, Spain)
Today, the Gospel teaches us two lessons of Jesus, that are closely linked together. on the one hand, He tells them that «they will kill him, but three days after He has been killed, He will rise» (Mk 9:31). The Father's purpose for His coming to this world, was precisely this: to set us free from sin's slavery and eternal death; thus, we shall become the sons of God. Jesus' greatest form of submission —His death on the cross— shows God's infinite love for humanity: a measureless Love, a Love that does not mind facing the madness and scandal of the Cross.
on the other hand, it is terrifying, to see the Apostles' reaction. They were just too busy thinking of themselves only and forgetting to learn from their Master: «The disciples, however, did not understand these words» (Mk 9:32), because they had been arguing on the way about who was the greatest, and they were afraid to ask Him anything, lest they could be scolded.
With delicate patience, Jesus adds: let him be last of all and servant of all. We have to look for the simple and small, because the Lord identified Himself with them. We have to receive Jesus in our life; thus, we shall be opening the doors to the very same God. It is like programming our life to keep on going.
This is how the holy Rector of Ars, John Baptist Mary Vianney explains it: «Each time we put the needs of others above our own, and provided this does not go against God's Law, we are achieving merits God only knows about». Jesus teaches with these words, but mostly He teaches with His deeds. Those Apostles, who were, in principle, supposed to understand him, but did not quite, after the Cross and Resurrection, will follow in the footsteps of their Lord and their God. And, accompanied by the Holy Virgin Mary, they will grow smaller and smaller every day to let Jesus grow in them and in the world.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Mardi Gras. Carnival. Fat Tuesday. Nothing exceeds like excess. Today indulging on treats and joining in high-spirited celebrations become expected behavior as tomorrow is the beginning of Lent. People ask “what are you giving up for Lent?” And common responses may include plans to abstain from chocolate, coffee, wine or desserts. While having a shared experience in community to engage in our spiritual practices can be helpful, today’s readings invite us to go much deeper.
The first line in the reading from James immediately framed what will be my Lenten journey Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? While wars among nations are devastating and heart wrenching, I am challenged to explore the patterns of “wars” in my daily life. How could I possibly know what can bring me closer to God until I examine the motivation of my “wars.”
James makes a compelling case that our focus cannot be on the secular world and also on God when he tells us whoever wants to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Of course we need to live in the world, but James asks us to examine where we place our priorities. How do we spend our time, attention and money? Are our actions for the greater glory of God or to glorify our own image?
Jesus in today’s gospel states that anyone who wishes to be first shall be the last of all and shall be a servant to all. And James gives us instructions on how we can refocus our lives by inviting us to humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. James reminds us that we are not on this journey alone and God invites us to a deeper relationship.
This Lenten season, I am inspired to examine my life to become aware of how my ego gets in the way of my relationship with God. I will explore times I am seduced by gossip or negative messages on social media and challenge myself to resist having my attention pulled in those directions. I will humbly ask for God’s forgiveness. And I will celebrate the moments I feel the abiding love of God.
And perhaps I will lean on the reminders provided by a Lenten fast from coffee or chocolate as these daily practices remind me of all of the constant temptations in the secular world and can support my focusing on what truly matters. Today’s psalm is a wonderful prayer to take into Lent: Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
WAR OF THE WORLDS | ||
| "Where do the conflicts and disputes among you originate? Is it not your inner cravings that make war within your members?" �James 4:1 | ||
We have soldiers, bombs, policemen, and lawyers to deal with conflicts and disputes. We spend a fortune on our symptoms but avoid dealing with the causes, that is, our inner cravings making war within our members. only the "Holy Spirit, Who is within" (1 Cor 6:19), can deal with the war within. "The flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh; the two are directly opposed" (Gal 5:17). "My point is that you should live in accord with the Spirit and you will not yield to the cravings of the flesh" (Gal 5:16). "If you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the evil deeds of the body, you will live" (Rm 8:13). The Spirit will convict us of sin, justice, and condemnation (Jn 16:8). He will take us to the cross and show us the connection between our sins and Jesus' suffering and death. After that, we will never be the same. We will be crucified to the world and the world to us (Gal 6:14). We will no longer make provision for the inner cravings of the flesh. We will put on the Lord Jesus Christ (Rm 13:14). We will have victory inside and victory outside. The war will be won in the power of the Spirit. | ||
| Prayer: Jesus, You won the war on Calvary. May I claim Your victory by the power of the Spirit. May I be more than a conqueror (Rm 8:37). | ||
| Promise: "Cast your care upon the Lord, and He will support you." —Ps 55:23 | ||
| Praise: Jane prayed for the grace to stop smoking. She experienced an immediate outpouring of the Holy Spirit and has not smoked since. |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
"Who is the greatest in God's kingdom?"
Whose glory do you seek? There can be no share in God's glory without the cross. When Jesus prophesied his own betrayal and crucifixion, it did not make any sense to his disciples because it did not fit their understanding of what the Messiah came to do. And they were afraid to ask further questions! Like a person who might receive a bad verdict from the doctor and then refuse to ask further questions, they, too, didn't want to know any more. How often do we reject what we do not wish to see? We have heard the good news of God's word and we know the consequences of accepting it or rejecting it. But do we give it our full allegiance and mold our lives according to it? Ask the Lord to fill you with his Holy Spirit and to inspire within you a reverence for his word and a readiness to obey it.
Do you compare yourself with others?
How ashamed the disciples must have been when Jesus overheard them arguing about who among them was the greatest! But aren't we like the disciples? We compare ourselves with others and desire their praise. The appetite for glory and greatness seems to be inbred in us. Who doesn't cherish the ambition to be "somebody" whom others admire rather than a "nobody"? Even the psalms speak about the glory God has destined for us. You have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor (Psalm 8:5).
Jesus made a dramatic gesture by embracing a child to show his disciples who really is the greatest in the kingdom of God. What can a little child possibly teach us about greatness? Children in the ancient world had no rights, position, or privileges of their own. They were socially at the "bottom of the rung" and at the service of their parents, much like the household staff and domestic servants.
Who is the greatest in God's kingdom?
What is the significance of Jesus' gesture? Jesus elevated a little child in the presence of his disciples by placing the child in a privileged position of honor. It is customary, even today, to seat the guest of honor at the right side of the host. Who is the greatest in God's kingdom? The one who is humble and lowly of heart - who instead of asserting their rights willingly empty themselves of pride and self-seeking glory by taking the lowly position of a servant or child.
Jesus, himself, is our model. He came not to be served, but to serve (Matthew 20:28). Paul the Apostle states that Jesus emptied himself and took the form of a servant (Philippians 2:7). Jesus lowered himself (he whose place is at the right hand of God the Father) and took on our lowly nature that he might raise us up and clothe us in his divine nature.
God wants to fill us with his own glory
God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble (James 4:6). If we want to be filled with God's life and power, then we need to empty ourselves of everything which stands in the way - pride, self-seeking glory, vanity, etc. God wants empty vessels so he can fill them with his own glory, power, and love (2 Corinthians 4:7). Are you ready to humble yourself and to serve as Jesus did?
"Lord Jesus, by your cross you have redeemed the world and revealed your glory and triumph over sin and death. May I never fail to see your glory and victory in the cross. Help me to conform my life to your will and to follow in your way of holiness."
Psalm 55:6–10, 22
6 And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
7 yes, I would wander afar, I would lodge in the wilderness, Selah
8 I would wait for him who saves me from the raging wind and tempest.”
9 Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around it on its walls; and mischief and trouble are within it,
22 Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Downward roots enable upward growth, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"Observe a tree, how it first tends downwards, that it may then shoot forth upwards. It fastens its root low in the ground, that it may send forth its top towards heaven. Is it not from humility that it endeavors to rise? But without humility it will not attain to higher things (Proverbs 18:12). You are wanting to grow up into the air without a root. Such is not growth, but a collapse." (excerpt from THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, SERMON 38.2
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