2020년 8월 15일 성모 승천 대축일
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제1독서
요한 묵시록 11,19ㄱ; 12,1-6ㄱ.10ㄱㄴ
19 하늘에 있는 하느님의 성전이 열리고
성전 안에 있는 하느님의 계약 궤가 나타났습니다.
12,1 그리고 하늘에 큰 표징이 나타났습니다.
태양을 입고 발밑에 달을 두고
머리에 열두 개 별로 된 관을 쓴 여인이 나타난 것입니다.
2 그 여인은 아기를 배고 있었는데,
해산의 진통과 괴로움으로 울부짖고 있었습니다.
3 또 다른 표징이 하늘에 나타났습니다.
크고 붉은 용인데, 머리가 일곱이고 뿔이 열이었으며
일곱 머리에는 모두 작은 관을 쓰고 있었습니다.
4 용의 꼬리가 하늘의 별 삼분의 일을 휩쓸어 땅으로 내던졌습니다.
그 용은 여인이 해산하기만 하면 아이를 삼켜 버리려고,
이제 막 해산하려는 그 여인 앞에 지켜 서 있었습니다.
5 이윽고 여인이 아들을 낳았습니다.
그 사내아이는 쇠지팡이로 모든 민족들을 다스릴 분입니다.
그런데 그 여인의 아이가 하느님께로, 그분의 어좌로 들어 올려졌습니다.
6 여인은 광야로 달아났습니다.
거기에는 하느님께서 마련해 주신 처소가 있었습니다.
10 그때에 나는 하늘에서 큰 목소리가 이렇게 말하는 것을 들었습니다.
“이제 우리 하느님의 구원과 권능과 나라와
그분께서 세우신 그리스도의 권세가 나타났다.”
제2독서
코린토 1서 . 15,20-27ㄱ
형제 여러분, 20 그리스도께서는 죽은 이들 가운데에서 되살아나셨습니다.
죽은 이들의 맏물이 되셨습니다.
21 죽음이 한 사람을 통하여 왔으므로 부활도 한 사람을 통하여 온 것입니다.
22 아담 안에서 모든 사람이 죽는 것과 같이
그리스도 안에서 모든 사람이 살아날 것입니다.
23 그러나 각각 차례가 있습니다. 맏물은 그리스도이십니다.
그다음은 그리스도께서 재림하실 때, 그분께 속한 이들입니다.
24 그러고는 종말입니다.
그때에 그리스도께서는 모든 권세와 모든 권력과 권능을 파멸시키시고 나서
나라를 하느님 아버지께 넘겨 드리실 것입니다.
25 하느님께서 모든 원수를 그리스도의 발아래 잡아다 놓으실 때까지는
그리스도께서 다스리셔야 합니다.
26 마지막으로 파멸되어야 하는 원수는 죽음입니다.
27 사실 “하느님께서는 모든 것을 그의 발아래 굴복시키셨습니다.”
복음
루카. 1,39-56
9 그 무렵 마리아는 길을 떠나, 서둘러 유다 산악 지방에 있는 한 고을로 갔다.
40 그리고 즈카르야의 집에 들어가 엘리사벳에게 인사하였다.
41 엘리사벳이 마리아의 인사말을 들을 때 그의 태 안에서 아기가 뛰놀았다.
엘리사벳은 성령으로 가득 차 42 큰 소리로 외쳤다.
“당신은 여인들 가운데에서 가장 복되시며 당신 태중의 아기도 복되십니다.
43 내 주님의 어머니께서 저에게 오시다니 어찌 된 일입니까?
44 보십시오, 당신의 인사말 소리가 제 귀에 들리자
저의 태 안에서 아기가 즐거워 뛰놀았습니다.
45 행복하십니다, 주님께서 하신 말씀이 이루어지리라고 믿으신 분!”
46 그러자 마리아가 말하였다. “내 영혼이 주님을 찬송하고
47 내 마음이 나의 구원자 하느님 안에서 기뻐 뛰니
48 그분께서 당신 종의 비천함을 굽어보셨기 때문입니다.
이제부터 과연 모든 세대가 나를 행복하다 하리니
49 전능하신 분께서 나에게 큰일을 하셨기 때문입니다.
그분의 이름은 거룩하고
50 그분의 자비는 대대로 당신을 경외하는 이들에게 미칩니다.
51 그분께서는 당신 팔로 권능을 떨치시어
마음속 생각이 교만한 자들을 흩으셨습니다.
52 통치자들을 왕좌에서 끌어내리시고 비천한 이들을 들어 높이셨으며
53 굶주린 이들을 좋은 것으로 배불리시고 부유한 자들을 빈손으로 내치셨습니다.
54 당신의 자비를 기억하시어 당신 종 이스라엘을 거두어 주셨으니
55 우리 조상들에게 말씀하신 대로
그 자비가 아브라함과 그 후손에게 영원히 미칠 것입니다.”
56 마리아는 석 달가량 엘리사벳과 함께 지내다가 자기 집으로 돌아갔다.
August 15, 2020
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mass during the Day
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
God’s temple in heaven was opened,
and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple.
A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet,
and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.
Then another sign appeared in the sky;
it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns,
and on its heads were seven diadems.
Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky
and hurled them down to the earth.
Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth,
to devour her child when she gave birth.
She gave birth to a son, a male child,
destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod.
Her child was caught up to God and his throne.
The woman herself fled into the desert
where she had a place prepared by God.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
“Now have salvation and power come,
and the Kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Anointed One.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (10bc) The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold of Ophir.
R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear,
forget your people and your father’s house.
R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
So shall the king desire your beauty;
for he is your lord.
R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
They are borne in with gladness and joy;
they enter the palace of the king.
R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
Reading 2
Brothers and sisters:
Christ has been raised from the dead,
the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
For since death came through man,
the resurrection of the dead came also through man.
For just as in Adam all die,
so too in Christ shall all be brought to life,
but each one in proper order:
Christ the firstfruits;
then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ;
then comes the end,
when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father,
when he has destroyed every sovereignty
and every authority and power.
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death,
for “he subjected everything under his feet.”
Gospel
Mary set out
and traveled to the hill country in haste
to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said,
“Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
And how does this happen to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled.”
And Mary said:
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
and has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children forever.”
Mary remained with her about three months
and then returned to her home.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Today is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Those who desire deeper insight may wish to consult Munificentissimus Deus (November 1, 1950). Here, Pope Pius XII declared and explained this dogma of the Church, described as a common belief reflected in “[v]arious testimonies, indications, and signs … evident from remote times down through the course of the centuries; and this same belief becomes more clearly manifest from day to day.” ¶ 13. We have a rich history of God at work in his creation, revealing his generous love, wisdom, and mercy toward us. That history points us to his only Son Jesus, who became one of us through his incarnation, and prepares the way for our own participation in divine life through his death, resurrection, and ascension into heaven. Mary’s key role in this history is evident in today’s scriptures, which call us to renew our faith. God is indeed great and good!
Revelation is full of enigmatic passages, but the first reading points us clearly to the indispensable role of a woman bearing a child in the unfolding story of our salvation. The context is dramatic, violent, and threatening. The woman endures pain and struggle to bring this child into a dangerous world with death at the door. But in the midst of danger, she gives birth to a son who brings “salvation and power” along with him. The dragon and his reign of death are no match for this new king.
St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians explains further that death is an enemy that has been, and will be, defeated. “For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order…” He elsewhere teaches that Christ is the head, and we are his body. Our resurrection is tied to Christ’s resurrection; Christ’s ascension to the Father prepares the way for us to follow to participate in the divine life of the Holy Trinity. (And I cannot help but think that this “proper order” would surely give priority to his mother.) But St. Paul also tells us that we live in a world of “not yet” – enemy operatives in this world have not yet been rendered powerless before God as king. We live with hope, and yet also within a tension that has not yet been resolved.
Luke’s gospel gives us further insights into Mary’s role as the bearer of our Lord. Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, testified not only to the truth of the incarnation, but to Mary’s faith: “Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” Mary’s response is filled with gratitude, joy, and understanding. Mary could not know the details that would unfold, but she knew God was great and good. She could say, “From this day all generations will call me blessed” because she understood God would somehow fulfill his promises through the child she would bring into the world.
These texts lead us to pause and wonder. God chose to share his salvation plan with two women. Neither was recognized for her power or influence. An angel delivered the news to Mary, but Elizabeth received a more subtle message. Through faith, both enthusiastically embraced something wonderous. I am sure they had a lot to talk about over the three months they would spend together.
Other stories are unfolding in this world of imperfection and tension, including our own stories. We will struggle in many conflicts that tend to discourage and weaken us. But we have an even greater repository of truth than Mary had – testimony coming from the gospels and from those who would encounter Jesus and witness his resurrection and ascension into heaven – that forms an even stronger foundation for faith. Can we follow these examples of faith, knowing that God is both great and good, that his promises are sure?
On this holy day, let us pause for awe and wonder and remind one another of these truths. And let us ask St. Michael to defend us in battle, so that we do not fear any dragons that may be about. Thanks be to God.
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THE BEST DESTINY
“A special place had been prepared for her by God.”—Revelation 12:6
Why is the assumption of Mary’s body in heaven so important as to warrant a Holy Day of Obligation in the Catholic Church? One reason is because of what it says about her perfection and what it means for our perfection. ”The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son’s Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 966).
By her Immaculate Conception, Mary was freed from the burden and penalty of original sin. Mary already has in her body the glory of the Resurrection. She is thus a prophetess of what our redeemed destiny will be — the joy of having glorified flesh and seeing God face-to-face in heaven (1 Cor 15:42-49; 1 Jn 3:2). Mary goes before us to intercede that we might share her destiny.
Mary brought the Child Jesus into the world. Assumed into heaven, she intercedes with her Son that we too will receive glorified bodies and see God on His holy throne in heaven. Thank You, Lord, for listening to Mary and hearing her prayers (see Jn 2:3ff). Like Mary, trust God completely with your body.
Prayer: Father, thank You for assuming Mary into heaven. Do with me whatever You must in order to do through me whatever You will.
Promise: “Christ must reign until God has put all enemies under His feet.” —1 Cor 15:25
Praise: Through her purity and obedience, Mary was the perfect disciple. She is both virgin and mother, a model for all believers. In her Assumption, God took Mary body and soul into heavenly glory.
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Do you seek to help others draw near to the Lord?
The parents who brought their children to Jesus wanted Jesus to lay his hands upon them. They knew of the healing power, both physical and spiritual, which came from Jesus' touch. Jesus, in turn, rebuked his disciples for hindering the children from coming. The disciples may have wanted to shield Jesus from the nuisance of noisy children. But Jesus delighted in the children and demonstrated that God's love has ample room for everyone, including children.
Pray for the young to grow strong in faith
No one is unimportant to God. He comes to each person individually and uniquely that he might touch them with his healing love and power. Do you show kindness to the youth you encounter in your neighborhood, home, and church? And do you pray for them that they may grow in the knowledge and wisdom of Jesus Christ?
Lord Jesus, may we never hinder our youth from coming to you to receive your blessing, instruction, and healing power. Make our youth strong in faith and in character that they may follow you zealously. And as we grow with age, may we never lose that child-like simplicity and humility which draws us into your loving presence.
Psalm 16:1-2,5-8,11
1 Preserve me, O God, for in you take refuge.
2 I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you."
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage.
7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
11 You show me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy, in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: To such belongs the Kingdom, by Epiphanius the Latin (late 5th century)
"Why did the disciples keep the children back? Not because of the children's wickedness but because it was not the right time. They did not want the Lord to be tired by the great crowd. To them he said, 'Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.' For children are ignorant of wickedness. They do not know how to return evil for evil or how to do someone an injury. They do not know how to be lustful or to fornicate or to rob. What they hear, they believe. They love their parents with complete affection. Therefore, beloved, the Lord instructs us that what they are by the gift of nature, we should become by the fear of God, a holy way of life and love of the heavenly kingdom - for unless we are alien to all sin just like children, we cannot come to the Savior." (excerpt from INTERPRETATION OF THE GOSPELS 25)
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