2020년 5월31일 성령 강림 대축일
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제1독서
사도행전. 2,1-11
오순절이 되었을 때 사도들은 1 모두 한자리에 모여 있었다.
2 그런데 갑자기 하늘에서 거센 바람이 부는 듯한 소리가 나더니,
그들이 앉아 있는 온 집 안을 가득 채웠다.
3 그리고 불꽃 모양의 혀들이 나타나 갈라지면서 각 사람 위에 내려앉았다.
4 그러자 그들은 모두 성령으로 가득 차,
성령께서 표현의 능력을 주시는 대로 다른 언어들로 말하기 시작하였다.
5 그때에 예루살렘에는
세계 모든 나라에서 온 독실한 유다인들이 살고 있었는데,
6 그 말소리가 나자 무리를 지어 몰려왔다.
그리고 제자들이 말하는 것을
저마다 자기 지방 말로 듣고 어리둥절해하였다.
7 그들은 놀라워하고 신기하게 여기며 말하였다.
“지금 말하고 있는 저들은 모두 갈릴래아 사람들이 아닌가?
8 그런데 우리가 저마다 자기가 태어난 지방 말로 듣고 있으니 어찌 된 일인가?
9 파르티아 사람, 메디아 사람, 엘람 사람,
또 메소포타미아와 유다와 카파도키아와 폰토스와 아시아 주민,
10 프리기아와 팜필리아와 이집트 주민,
키레네 부근 리비아의 여러 지방 주민,
여기에 머무르는 로마인,
11 유다인과 유다교로 개종한 이들,
그리고 크레타 사람과 아라비아 사람인 우리가
저들이 하느님의 위업을 말하는 것을
저마다 자기 언어로 듣고 있지 않는가?”
제2독서
코린토 1서. 12,3ㄴ-7.12-13
형제 여러분,
3 성령에 힘입지 않고서는 아무도 “예수님은 주님이시다.” 할 수 없습니다.
4 은사는 여러 가지지만 성령은 같은 성령이십니다.
5 직분은 여러 가지지만 주님은 같은 주님이십니다.
6 활동은 여러 가지지만 모든 사람 안에서
모든 활동을 일으키시는 분은 같은 하느님이십니다.
7 하느님께서 각 사람에게 공동선을 위하여 성령을 드러내 보여 주십니다.
12 몸은 하나이지만 많은 지체를 가지고 있고
몸의 지체는 많지만 모두 한 몸인 것처럼,
그리스도께서도 그러하십니다.
13 우리는 유다인이든 그리스인이든 종이든 자유인이든
모두 한 성령 안에서 세례를 받아 한 몸이 되었습니다.
또 모두 한 성령을 받아 마셨습니다.
복음
요한. 20,19-23
19 그날 곧 주간 첫날 저녁이 되자,
제자들은 유다인들이 두려워 문을 모두 잠가 놓고 있었다.
그런데 예수님께서 오시어 가운데에 서시며,
“평화가 너희와 함께!” 하고 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
20 이렇게 말씀하시고 나서 당신의 두 손과 옆구리를 그들에게 보여 주셨다.
제자들은 주님을 뵙고 기뻐하였다.
21 예수님께서 다시 그들에게 이르셨다.
“평화가 너희와 함께!
아버지께서 나를 보내신 것처럼 나도 너희를 보낸다.”
22 이렇게 이르시고 나서 그들에게 숨을 불어넣으며 말씀하셨다.
“성령을 받아라.
23 너희가 누구의 죄든지 용서해 주면 그가 용서를 받을 것이고,
그대로 두면 그대로 남아 있을 것이다.”
May 31, 20120
Pentecost Sunday Mass
during the Day
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Acts 2:1-11
When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled,
they were all in one place together.
And suddenly there came from the sky
a noise like a strong driving wind,
and it filled the entire house in which they were.
Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem.
At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd,
but they were confused
because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
They were astounded, and in amazement they asked,
“Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans?
Then how does each of us hear them in his native language?
We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites,
inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,
Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia,
Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene,
as well as travelers from Rome,
both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs,
yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues
of the mighty acts of God.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (cf. 30) Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD, my God, you are great indeed!
How manifold are your works, O Lord!
the earth is full of your creatures;
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD be glad in his works!
Pleasing to him be my theme;
I will be glad in the LORD.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
If you take away their breath, they perish
and return to their dust.
When you send forth your spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Reading II
Brothers and sisters:
No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;
there are different forms of service but the same Lord;
there are different workings but the same God
who produces all of them in everyone.
To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit
is given for some benefit.
As a body is one though it has many parts,
and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body,
so also Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons,
and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.
Gospel
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained.”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«Receive the Holy Spirit»
Mons. Josep Àngel SAIZ i Meneses Bishop of Terrassa
(Barcelona, Spain)
Today, the day of Pentecost, the fulfillment of the promise Christ made the Apostles is finally accomplished. The evening of that Easter day He breathed on them and said to them: «Receive the Holy Spirit» (Jn 20:22). The Holy Spirit's arrival on the Day of Pentecost renews and brings this gift to plenitude in a solemn way and with external manifestations. Thus culminates the paschal mystery.
Jesus conveys the Spirit into the disciples to create a new human condition while producing unity. When man's arrogance made him think he could defy God by building the Babel tower, God mixed their languages so they could not understand each other any more. With the Pentecost it just happens the contrary: on the grace of the Holy Spirit, people from the most varied origins and languages can understand the Apostles.
The Holy Spirit is the intimate and personal Master who guides the disciple towards the truth, who motivates him to do good, who consoles him in the pain, who transforms him intimately, while giving him a new strength and capacity.
The first day of the Pentecost of the Christian era, the Apostles were gathered around the Virgin Mary, while praying. The recollection, and the praying attitude, are necessary to receive the Spirit. «And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them» (Acts 2:2-3).
They remained full of the Holy Spirit and, bravely, they started to preach. Those fearful men had been transformed into courageous preachers unafraid of gaol, torture or martyrdom. Which should not surprise us, for the Holy Spirit’s strength dwelt within them.
The Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, is my soul's soul, the life of my life, the entity of my entity; it is my sanctifier, the guest in my deepest interior. To reach maturity in a life of faith our relation with Him must be, time and again, more conscientious, more personal. In this celebration of the Pentecost we must have the doors, deep down us, wide open.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
“Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,” is our profound and central prayer of remembering, honoring, and praising God. Today we celebrate the feast of Pentecost, a feast that explicitly acknowledges receiving the Holy Spirit as guide for our daily lives.
Pentecost gratefully honors God’s saving and desire-for-our holiness in our contemporary world. In his consoling address to the disciples as he was about to leave them, he promised that they would not be abandoned, but would receive the Spirit to continue the work of saving and making us holy.
Sometimes it is a struggle to discover the ways of the Holy Spirit, but the “gifts” of the Spirit are guides for their discovery. Whenever we experience love, joy, greatness of heart and realization of God’s presence, that is the Holy Spirit’s work in us. Their opposites do not come from God’s Spirit!
There are many images of the Spirit’s presence for us better to find God’s Spirit. The Spirit is the promised Advocate (on our side, pleading for us). The breath of the Spirit hovers over the chaos that ruled before creation. The spirit is the breath that animates the clay of earth that becomes Adam. Breath and fire dominate the expressions of who the Spirit is and how the Spirit presents his advocacy on our behalf: dove; tongues of fire; cloud, wind; flame; befriender and deifier.
Pentecost is the birth of the Church. After the tongues of fire rest above their heads, the disciples immediately preach to the people: Parthians, Medes, inhabitants of Mesopotamia and travelers from Rome. People from all over the known world who speak different tongues, yet each one hears and understands in their own language. The embodiment of the Holy Spirit’s primary role in our history begins at that moment and continues till now.
In our contemporary surroundings we are inheritors of the Spirit’s life and love and are blessed to discover the Spirit made manifest to our senses each. It is as if the Holy Spirit lusts to show us physically who he is and how he loves and cares for us, in our own language, our senses. Can I open myself to see, hear and touch the Spirit’s blessings? Can I be open to the call to notice and respond?
Lord, especially these days as we endure the violence of Covid19, send us your Spirit. Grace us with wisdom and discernment, courage to be strong of faith, and keenly aware of your care and comfort. Teach us to recognize you in these gifts of your Spirit and to accept gratefully your desire for our constant growth as your people.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
WOULD YOU DIE FOR PENTECOST?
"When the day of Pentecost came it found them gathered in one place." —Acts 2:1
Father Otto Rauschenbach, a Maryknoll missionary in South China, was killed by bandits on May 14, 1945. Because of the war, Father Otto had to hide in the mountains. He knew that if he came out of hiding, he was risking his life. Yet Father wanted to celebrate Pentecost with his people so he tried to return to his parish (cf Lk 22:15). However, he was murdered before he got to his parish and before he could celebrate Pentecost Mass.
Would you risk your life to celebrate Pentecost? Do you believe that a new Pentecost is so essential for your life that you would die for it? Pentecost is essential because, without the Holy Spirit of Pentecost, we:
- will not be united (see Gn 11:7ff; Acts 2:8ff) and the world will not believe in Jesus (Jn 17:21),
- will not prophesy, that is, we will not receive messages from God (Jl 3:1; Acts 2:17-18),
- will not pray as we ought (Rm 8:26),
- will not have the power to witness for Jesus (Acts 1:8),
- cannot say: "Jesus is Lord" (1 Cor 12:3),
- cannot please God (Rm 8:8), and
- will not have the Spirit's gifts or fruit (1 Cor 12:4ff; Gal 5:22ff).
We need Pentecost and we need a new Pentecost now. "Receive the Holy Spirit" (Jn 20:22).
Prayer: "Come, Holy Spirit, come! And from Your celestial home shed a ray of light divine! Come, Father of the poor! Come, Source of all our store! Come, within our bosoms shine!" (Pentecost sequence)
Promise: "All of us have been given to drink of the one Spirit." —1 Cor 12:13
Praise: Praise You, Holy Spirit, for renewing the face of the earth! (Ps 104:30)
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
"They were all filled with the Holy Spirit!"
Do you know and experience in your own life the gift and power of the Holy Spirit? After his death and resurrection Jesus promised to give his disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit. He said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit! (John 20:22) Jesus knew that his disciples would need the power of the Holy Spirit to carry out the mission entrusted to them. The gift of the Holy Spirit was conditional upon the ascension of Jesus to the right hand of the Father. That is why Jesus instructed the apostles to wait in Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high (Luke 24:49). Why did they need power from on high? The Gospels tell us that Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit when he was baptized at the Jordan River:
"And John bore witness, 'I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him... this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit'" (John 1:32,33; Mark 1:8; Matthew 3:11).
"And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness... and Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee" (Luke 4:1,14).
Just as Jesus was anointed with the Spirit at the beginning of his ministry, so the disciples needed the anointing of the Holy Spirit to carry out the mission entrusted to them by Jesus. The Holy Spirit is given to all who are baptized into Jesus Christ to enable us to live a new way of life - a life of love, peace, joy, and righteousness (Romans 14:17). The Holy Spirit fills our hearts with the love of God (Romans 5:7), and he gives us the strength and courage we need in order to live as faith-filled disciples of the Lord Jesus. The Spirit helps us in our weakness (Romans 8:26), and enables us to grow in spiritual freedom - freedom from doubt, fear, and from slavery to our unruly desires (2 Corinthians 3:17; Romans 8:21). The Spirit instructs us in the ways of God, and guides us in living according to God's will. The Spirit is the source and giver of all holiness. Isaiah foretold the seven-fold gifts that the Spirit would give: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:2).
The gift of Pentecost - the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the spiritual gifts and blessings of God - are made possible through the death, resurrection, and ascension of the Lord Jesus. After his resurrection Jesus "breathed" on his disciples and gave them the Holy Spirit. Just as God breathed life into Adam, so the gift of the Holy Spirit is an impartation of "new life" for his people. With the gift of the Holy Spirit a new creation begins. God recreates us for his glory. Jesus' gift of peace to his disciples was more than an absence of trouble. His peace included the forgiveness of sins and the fullness of everything good. Do you want power to live a faith-filled life as a disciple of Jesus? Ask the Father to fill you with the power of his Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13).
Basil the Great (329-379 AD), an early church father, explains the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives:
"The Spirit restores paradise to us and the way to heaven and adoption as children of God; he instills confidence that we may call God truly Father and grants us the grace of Christ to be children of the light and to enjoy eternal glory. In a word, he bestows the fullness of blessings in this world and the next; for we may contemplate now in the mirror of faith the promised things we shall someday enjoy. If this is the foretaste, what must the reality be? If these are the first fruits, what must be the harvest?" (From the treatise by Basil on The Holy Spirit)
The Lord Jesus offers each one of us the gift and power of his Holy Spirit. He wants to make our faith strong, give us hope that endures, and a love that never grows cold. He never refuses to give his Spirit to those who ask with expectant faith. Jesus instructed his disciples to ask confidently for the gift of the Spirit: "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" (Luke 11:13). Do you thirst for God and for the abundant life he offers through the gift of his Spirit?
"Lord Jesus, I thank you for the gift of Pentecost and for the new life you offer in the Holy Spirit. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and set my heart ablaze with the fire of your love that I may serve you in joy and freedom."
Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with honor and majesty
24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30 When you send forth your Spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the LORD endure for ever, may the LORD rejoice in his works.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The Holy Spirit at Pentecost, by Leo the Great, 400-461 A.D.
"To the Hebrew people, now freed from Egypt, the law was given on Mount Sinai fifty days after the immolation of the paschal lamb. Similarly, after the passion of Christ in which the true Lamb of God was killed, just fifty days after his resurrection, the Holy Spirit fell upon the apostles and the whole group of believers. Thus the earnest Christian may easily perceive that the beginnings of the Old Covenant were at the service of the beginnings of the gospel and that the same Spirit who instituted the first established the Second Covenant." (excerpt from Sermon 75.1)
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