2020년 6월 8일 연중 제10주간 월요일
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제1독서
열왕기 상.17,1-6
그 무렵 1 길앗의 티스베에 사는 티스베 사람 엘리야가 아합에게 말하였다.
“내가 섬기는, 살아 계신 주 이스라엘의 하느님을 두고 맹세합니다.
내 말이 있기 전에는 앞으로 몇 해 동안 이슬도 비도 내리지 않을 것입니다.”
2 주님의 말씀이 엘리야에게 내렸다.
3 “이곳을 떠나 동쪽으로 가, 요르단 강 동쪽에 있는 크릿 시내에서 숨어 지내라.
4 물은 그 시내에서 마셔라. 그리고 내가 까마귀들에게 명령하여
거기에서 너에게 먹을 것을 주도록 하겠다.”
5 엘리야는 주님의 말씀대로
요르단 강 동쪽에 있는 크릿 시내로 가서 머물렀다.
6 까마귀들이 그에게 아침에도 빵과 고기를 날라 왔고,
저녁에도 빵과 고기를 날라 왔다.
그리고 그는 시내에서 물을 마셨다.
복음
마태 5,1-12ㄴ
그때에 1 예수님께서는 군중을 보시고 산으로 오르셨다.
그분께서 자리에 앉으시자 제자들이 그분께 다가왔다.
2 예수님께서 입을 여시어 그들을 이렇게 가르치셨다.
3 “행복하여라, 마음이 가난한 사람들! 하늘 나라가 그들의 것이다.
4 행복하여라, 슬퍼하는 사람들! 그들은 위로를 받을 것이다.
5 행복하여라, 온유한 사람들! 그들은 땅을 차지할 것이다.
6 행복하여라, 의로움에 주리고 목마른 사람들! 그들은 흡족해질 것이다.
7 행복하여라, 자비로운 사람들! 그들은 자비를 입을 것이다.
8 행복하여라, 마음이 깨끗한 사람들! 그들은 하느님을 볼 것이다.
9 행복하여라, 평화를 이루는 사람들! 그들은 하느님의 자녀라 불릴 것이다.
10 행복하여라, 의로움 때문에 박해를 받는 사람들! 하늘 나라가 그들의 것이다.
11 사람들이 나 때문에 너희를 모욕하고 박해하며,
너희를 거슬러 거짓으로 온갖 사악한 말을 하면, 너희는 행복하다!
12 기뻐하고 즐거워하여라. 너희가 하늘에서 받을 상이 크다.
사실 너희에 앞서 예언자들도 그렇게 박해를 받았다.”
June 8, 2020
Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab:
“As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve,
during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.”
The LORD then said to Elijah:
“Leave here, go east
and hide in the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan.
You shall drink of the stream,
and I have commanded ravens to feed you there.”
So he left and did as the LORD had commanded.
He went and remained by the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan.
Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning,
and bread and meat in the evening,
and he drank from the stream.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (see 2) Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
I lift up my eyes toward the mountains;
whence shall help come to me?
My help is from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
R. Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
May he not suffer your foot to slip;
may he slumber not who guards you:
Indeed he neither slumbers nor sleeps,
the guardian of Israel.
R. Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
The LORD is your guardian; the LORD is your shade;
he is beside you at your right hand.
The sun shall not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
R. Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
The LORD will guard you from all evil;
he will guard your life.
The LORD will guard your coming and your going,
both now and forever.
R. Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Gospel
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,
and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
He began to teach them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you
and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven.
Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«Fortunate are those who are poor in spirit»
Fr. Àngel CALDAS i Bosch
(Salt, Girona, Spain)
Today, with the proclamation of the Beatitudes, Jesus helps us realize how forgetful we can be and how we tend to be like children, who usually forget their memories because of their plays. Jesus feared that the amount of his “good news” —his words, his gestures, his silences— would be diluted amidst our sins and worries. In the parable of the sower, do you remember the image of the thorns that sprang up with his seeds, and choked them? Well, this is why St. Mathew run the Beatitudes as fundamental principles, so that we do not never ever forget them. They are a compendium of the New Law presented by Jesus, basic points which help us living a Christian life.
The Beatitudes are intended for everybody. The Master is not only teaching his disciples around him, nor does He exclude any kind of persons, but He delivers a Universal message. However, He emphasizes the disposition we must have and the moral behaviour He expects from us. While the definite salvation is not given in this world, but in the next, we must change, right now, while we are here, our mentality and our evaluation of things. It is necessary we get used to see the crying face of Christ, in those who mourn, in those poor of spirit, in the meek at heart, in those who yearn to become saints, in those who have taken a “determined determination”, as St. Therese of the Child Jesus liked to say, so that we can become Sowers of Peace and Joy.
The Beatitudes are the Lord's perfume participated in human history. But, also in yours and mine. The last two verses incorporate the presence of the Cross, as they invite us to rejoice when, because of him and of the Gospel, things go humanly wrong. For when the coherence of our Christian life is strong, we will then, most probably suffer persecution in a thousand different ways, amid unexpected difficulties and setbacks. St. Matthew's text is emphatic: so «Be glad and joyful, for a great reward is kept for you in God» (Mt 5,12).
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
These last few months, I have been working alongside some new “coworkers” as I navigate working from home and mothering three young children, all in the same space. I have found myself explaining more of my daily activities to my older children more than I normally would when I was at work on campus each day. These explanations are precipitated by numerous interruptions, questions and requests during the work day!
As I was praying with these readings, and thinking about this reflection, my almost seven-year-old daughter was asking me what I was working on. I had the readings of the day open to June 8 and a note pad nearby. Somehow, I immediately thought of a wise and creative Jesuit friend who once suggested the idea of re-writing the Beatitudes for our own context as a prayerful exercise. So, along with my daughter, I started thinking about the Beatitudes (from today’s Gospel from Matthew) from her context, and I attempted to give an explanation in language and terms she could understand.
Blessed are those who don’t always insist on their own way … even when arguing a point with their three-year old brother, or even when their parent asks you to do something they don’t want to do…
Blessed are those who remember God as they go throughout the activities of their day…
Blessed are those who do the right thing, even if it’s not the easy or popular thing to do….
Blessed are those who aren’t perfect and who make mistakes….
She added:
Blessed are those who aren’t always thinking about getting more toys….Blessed are those who take care of their baby brother before they do what they want to do….
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As I went throughout my day, this conversation with my daughter propelled me into a different but related perspective about how the Beatitudes apply to our world in this coronavirus pandemic.
Blessed are those who sacrifice their own comfort and security for others…
Blessed are those on the front lines during this pandemic….
Blessed are those who are sad and missing their loves ones and struggling with isolation…
Blessed are those who are dying alone…
Blessed are those who are working tirelessly for a vaccine…
Blessed are those on the margins, who feel the brunt of the pandemic in deep and acute ways…
Blessed are those who are turning to God for help in balancing the upheaval of their lives…
These experiences of struggle, of hurt, of pain and of vulnerability are ways where we are invited to see God. These are experiences where we are invited to know God’s intimate care and mercy for us. Which invitations are we accepting? Which invitations are we declining?
Where are the places in our lives where we have an opportunity to meet and to rely on our Loving God?
How would you rewrite the Beatitudes in language that intimately connects to your own context these days?
May we all be encouraged as we seek to grow closer to God and as we seek to be a model of Christian love, especially in these difficult times.
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WHAT ARE BLESSINGS?
“How blest are...” —Matthew 5:3
The Beatitudes are eight circumstances in which we receive exceptional blessings. The Beatitudes are keys to living a life of blessing and of being a blessing (see Gn 12:2). Consequently, we may surmise that people would strongly desire to live the Beatitudes. Yet this is not the case.
Part of the problem is that few people know how great blessings are, because they do not understand well the meaning of blessings. Many people think that blessings are prayers for good things to happen. No, blessings are not prayers from us to God, but blessings are from God to and through us. Therefore, we are to bless only those whom we have been authorized by God to bless at the time and circumstances God has authorized. As we sing in the hymn, “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow,” all blessings come from God. Blessings are creations by God, for when God speaks He creates (see Gn 1:3ff; cf Heb 11:3).
So blessings (beatitudes) are very important. The blessings at the end of Mass and in the other sacraments have the potential to re-create the world. Parents deprive their children of new life if they would fail to bless them daily. For those who understand blessing, benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is recognized as God creating.
Blessings are creations of God. Live the Beatitudes.
Prayer: Father, teach me the basics of life in You.
Promise: “Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the stream.”—1 Kgs 17:6
Praise: Even when still materially poor, the Gomez family knew the blessings of being spiritually poor
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"Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven"
What is the good life which God intends for us? And how is it related with the ultimate end or purpose of life? Is it not our desire and longing for true happiness, which is none other than the complete good, the sum of all goods, leaving nothing more to be desired? Jesus addresses this question in his sermon on the mount. The heart of Jesus' message is that we can live a very happy life. The call to holiness, to be saints who joyfully pursue God's will for their lives, can be found in these eight beatitudes. Jesus' beatitudes sum up our calling or vocation - to live a life of the beatitudes. The word beatitude literally means "happiness" or "blessedness".
God gives us everything that leads to true happiness
What is the significance of Jesus' beatitudes, and why are they so central to his teaching? The beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness that God has placed in every heart. They teach us the final end to which God calls us, namely the coming of God's kingdom (Matthew 4:17), the vision of God (Matthew 5:8; 1 John 2;1), entering into the joy of the Lord (Matthew 25:21-23) and into his rest (Hebrews 4:7-11). Jesus' beatitudes also confront us with decisive choices concerning the life we pursue here on earth and the use we make of the goods he puts at our disposal.
Jesus' tells us that God alone can satisfy the deepest need and longing of our heart. Teresa of Avila's (1515-1582) prayer book contained a bookmark on which she wrote: Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things pass - God never changes. Patience achieves all it strives for. Whoever has God lacks nothing -God alone suffices.
Is God enough for you? God offers us the greatest good possible - abundant life in Jesus Christ (John 10:10) and the promise of unending joy and happiness with God forever. Do you seek the highest good, the total good, which is above all else?
The beatitudes are a sign of contradiction to the world's way of happiness
The beatitudes which Jesus offers us are a sign of contradiction to the world's understanding of happiness and joy. How can one possibly find happiness in poverty, hunger, mourning, and persecution? Poverty of spirit finds ample room and joy in possessing God as the greatest treasure possible. Hunger of the spirit seeks nourishment and strength in God's word and Spirit. Sorrow and mourning over wasted life and sin leads to joyful freedom from the burden of guilt and spiritual oppression.
God reveals to the humble of heart the true source of abundant life and happiness. Jesus promises his disciples that the joys of heaven will more than compensate for the troubles and hardships they can expect in this world. Thomas Aquinas said: "No one can live without joy. That is why a person deprived of spiritual joy goes after carnal pleasures." Do you know the happiness of hungering and thirsting for God alone?
"Lord Jesus, increase my hunger for you and show me the way that leads to everlasting peace and happiness. May I desire you above all else and find perfect joy in doing your will."
Psalm 24:1-6
1 The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein;
2 for he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.
3 Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false, and does not swear deceitfully.
5 He will receive blessing from the LORD, and vindication from the God of his salvation.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. [Selah]
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Perfect blessedness is humility of spirit, by Hilary of Poitiers (315-367 AD)
"'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.' The Lord taught by way of example that the glory of human ambition must be left behind when he said, 'The Lord your God shall you adore and him only shall you serve' (Matthew 4:10). And when he announced through the prophets that he would choose a people humble and in awe of his words [Isaiah 66:2], he introduced the perfect Beatitude as humility of spirit. Therefore he defines those who are inspired as people aware that they are in possession of the heavenly kingdom... Nothing belongs to anyone as being properly one's own, but all have the same things by the gift of a single parent. They have been given the first things needed to come into life and have been supplied with the means to use them."(excerpt from commentary ON MATTHEW 4.2)
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