2020년 9월 2일 연중 제22주간 수요일
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제1독서
코린토 1서.3,1-9
1 형제 여러분, 여러분에게 이야기할 때,
나는 여러분을 영적이 아니라 육적인 사람,
곧 그리스도 안에서는 어린아이와 같은 사람으로 대할 수밖에 없었습니다.
2 나는 여러분에게 젖만 먹였을 뿐 단단한 음식은 먹이지 않았습니다.
여러분이 그것을 받아들일 수 없었기 때문입니다.
사실은 지금도 받아들이지 못합니다. 3 여러분은 아직도 육적인 사람입니다.
여러분 가운데에서 시기와 싸움이 일고 있는데,
여러분을 육적인 사람이 아니라고,
인간의 방식대로 살아가는 사람이 아니라고 할 수 있습니까?
4 어떤 이는 “나는 바오로 편이다.” 하고
어떤 이는 “나는 아폴로 편이다.” 하고 있으니,
여러분을 속된 사람이 아니라고 할 수 있습니까?
5 도대체 아폴로가 무엇입니까? 바오로가 무엇입니까?
아폴로와 나는 주님께서 우리 각자에게 정해 주신 대로,
여러분을 믿음으로 이끈 일꾼일 따름입니다.
6 나는 심고 아폴로는 물을 주었습니다.
그러나 자라게 하신 분은 하느님이십니다.
7 그러니 심는 이나 물을 주는 이는 아무것도 아닙니다.
오로지 자라게 하시는 하느님만이 중요합니다.
8 심는 이나 물을 주는 이나 같은 일을 하여,
저마다 수고한 만큼 자기 삯을 받을 뿐입니다.
9 우리는 하느님의 협력자고, 여러분은 하느님의 밭이며 하느님의 건물입니다.
복음
루카. 4,38-44
38 예수님께서는 회당을 떠나 시몬의 집으로 가셨다.
그때에 시몬의 장모가 심한 열에 시달리고 있어서,
사람들이 그를 위해 예수님께 청하였다.
39 예수님께서 그 부인에게 가까이 가시어
열을 꾸짖으시니 열이 가셨다.
그러자 부인은 즉시 일어나 그들의 시중을 들었다.
40 해 질 무렵에 사람들이 갖가지 질병을 앓는 이들을
있는 대로 모두 예수님께 데리고 왔다.
예수님께서는 한 사람 한 사람에게 손을 얹으시어 그들을 고쳐 주셨다.
41 마귀들도 많은 사람에게서 나가며,
“당신은 하느님의 아드님이십니다.” 하고 소리 질렀다.
그러나 예수님께서는 꾸짖으시며
그들이 말하는 것을 용납하지 않으셨다.
당신이 그리스도임을 그들이 알고 있었기 때문이다.
42 날이 새자 예수님께서는 밖으로 나가시어 외딴곳으로 가셨다.
군중은 예수님을 찾아다니다가 그분께서 계시는 곳까지 가서,
자기들을 떠나지 말아 주십사고 붙들었다.
43 그러나 예수님께서는 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“나는 하느님 나라의 기쁜 소식을 다른 고을에도 전해야 한다.
사실 나는 그 일을 하도록 파견된 것이다.”
44 그러고 나서 예수님께서는 유다의 여러 회당에서 복음을 선포하셨다.
September 2, 2020
Wednesday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Brothers and sisters,
I could not talk to you as spiritual people,
but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ.
I fed you milk, not solid food,
because you were unable to take it.
Indeed, you are still not able, even now,
for you are still of the flesh.
While there is jealousy and rivalry among you,
are you not of the flesh, and walking
according to the manner of man?
Whenever someone says, "I belong to Paul," and another,
"I belong to Apollos," are you not merely men?
What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul?
Ministers through whom you became believers,
just as the Lord assigned each one.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.
Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything,
but only God, who causes the growth.
He who plants and he who waters are one,
and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor.
For we are God's co-workers;
you are God's field, God's building.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (12) Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
From heaven the LORD looks down;
he sees all mankind.
R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
From his fixed throne he beholds
all who dwell on the earth,
He who fashioned the heart of each,
he who knows all their works.
R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield,
For in him our hearts rejoice;
in his holy name we trust.
R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Gospel
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.
Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,
and they interceded with him about her.
He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.
She got up immediately and waited on them.
At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases
brought them to him.
He laid his hands on each of them and cured them.
And demons also came out from many, shouting, "You are the Son of God."
But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak
because they knew that he was the Christ.
At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place.
The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him,
they tried to prevent him from leaving them.
But he said to them, "To the other towns also
I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God,
because for this purpose I have been sent."
And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
I will be the first to admit it, and I dare say we have all done it. Sitting in church, collecting our thoughts while waiting for Mass to start and out of the corner of our eye we see the processional lining up. We glance up and notice that Fr. Tom and not Fr. Bob will be presider, and we breathe a sigh of relief. Fr. Bob’s homilies are too long and, well, boring; Fr. Tom’s homilies always have a few jokes, are shorter and easier to understand.
I can remember doing something similar in Los Angeles while traveling for Creighton in the 90s. I had a few hours to myself in Orange County, and I wanted to see the Crystal Cathedral where the famous Dr. Robert Schuller would preach to over 2,000 people in a single service. In the days before Google I could not find the address in the phone book, so I randomly called a church in Garden Grove and asked the pastor if he knew the address of Crystal Cathedral. To this day I remember his reply: “Have you ever been to our church? It has a wonderful congregation. Why don’t you stop by our church instead?”
I didn’t have the heart to tell him no, so I said, “That sounds like a good idea, and I will try to do that the next time I am out this way.” In the end, I found the Crystal Cathedral (now the Cathedral for the Archdiocese of Orange County), spent 15 minutes there, and left underwhelmed.
How do these two stories tie into today’s readings?
In 1st Corinthians, Paul reminds us that it is not who is presiding at the service, be it Apollos or Paul, nor how brilliant the homily, nor how beautiful the church; but rather, our willingness to let God enter our hearts and minds, that is what nourishes and grows our faith.
How do we let the goodness of God grow inside us? How do we deepen our prayer so we can find God in all things?
For some, following the guideposts set by St. Ignatius might be helpful. Ignatius wanted people participating in the Spiritual Exercises to be more open to the love of God and with this greater understanding they could let God – who causes the growth – be central in their lives.
For many who participated in the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius opened the door for them to become more contemplative. He encouraged them to use all their senses to animate the readings on which they were focused, as if they were personally there with Jesus and the disciples. The long-term benefit of contemplative prayer is that the passage we focus on remains with us long after we have set aside the Daily Reflection readings.
This continued presence is not just God growing in us but more importantly, is God speaking to us throughout the day, engaging our hearts and minds to become more Christ-like in our thoughts, words and deeds.
For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
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SPIRITUAL ANOREXIA
“I could not talk to you as spiritual men but only as men of flesh, as infants in Christ.” —1 Corinthians 3:1
Many times God’s people are sick, “in the grip of a severe fever,” and unable to serve God and His people (Lk 4:38-39). We become sick and non-functional when the body of Christ is dislocated and divided. Our debilitating divisions are partially due to our immaturity. Our immaturity and spiritual retardation are partly due to our lack of spiritual nourishment (see 1 Cor 3:2ff). Our lack of spiritual nourishment is partly due to spiritual anorexia. We have lost our appetite for the things of God because we have stuffed ourselves with the things of the flesh. “The flesh lusts against the Spirit” (Gal 5:17), and “lust indulged starves the soul” (Prv 13:19).
We must let the Spirit lust against the flesh (Gal 5:17) and crucify our “flesh with its passions and desires” (Gal 5:24). Then we will not only “be as eager for milk as newborn babies — pure milk of the Spirit” (1 Pt 2:2), but we will also be hungry for the bread (Mt 4:4) and solid food (Heb 5:14) of God’s Word. Then, when we are nourished spiritually, we will be mature, be united and healthy, and be able to serve the Lord and His people in power. Let the Holy Spirit crucify your flesh, heal your soul, and change the world.
Prayer: Father, may I be more hungry for Your word than for my favorite food (see Ps 119:103).
Promise: “To other towns I must announce the good news of the reign of God, because that is why I was sent.” —Lk 4:43
Praise: Sister Norma spoke kindly to a woman who was browsing New Age books in a bookstore. Sister bought her a Catholic book and give it to her as she left the store. The woman read the book, accepted Jesus into her heart, and joined the Catholic Church.
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Who do you take your troubles to? Jesus' disciples freely brought their troubles to him because they found him ready and able to deal with any difficulty, affliction, or sickness which they encountered. When Simon Peter brought Jesus to his home for the Sabbath meal (right after Jesus preached in the synagogue in Capernaum), his mother-in-law was instantly healed because Jesus heard Simon's prayer. Jesus could not avoid drawing a crowd wherever he went.
Jesus wants to set us free today
No one who asked Jesus for help was left disappointed. Jesus' numerous healings and exorcisms demonstrated the power and authority of his word, the "good news of the kingdom of God." When he rebuked the fever, it immediately left. When he rebuked the demons, they left as well. Why did the demons shudder at Jesus' presence? They recognized that he was the Christ, the Son of God and that he had power to destroy their kingdom by releasing those bound by it. Jesus came to set us free from bondage to sin and evil. Do you seek freedom in Christ and trust in his power to set you free?
When Jesus and the disciples sought a lonely place to regroup and rest, they found instead a crowd waiting for them! Did they resent this intrusion on their hard-earned need for privacy and refreshment? Jesus certainly didn't but welcomed them with open-arms. Jesus put human need ahead of everything else. His compassion showed the depths of God's love and concern for all who are truly needy. Jesus gave the people the word of God and he healed them physically as well as spiritually.
Jesus never tires of hearing and answering our pleas
We can never intrude upon God nor exhaust his generosity and kindness. He is ever ready to give to those who earnestly seek him out. Do you allow Jesus to be the Lord and Healer in your personal life, family, and community? Approach him with expectant faith. God's healing power restores us not only to health but to active service and care of others. There is no trouble he does not want to help us with and there is no bondage he can't set us free from. Do you take your troubles to him with expectant faith that he will help you?
Lord Jesus Christ, you have all power to heal and to deliver. There is no trouble nor bondage you cannot overcome. Set me free to serve you joyfully and to love and serve others generously. May nothing hinder me from giving myself wholly to you and to your service.
Psalm 52:8-9
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will thank you for ever, because you have done it. I will proclaim your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Jesus the Chief Physician, by Jerome (347-420 AD)
"'Now Simon's mother-in-law was kept in her bed sick with a fever.' May Christ come to our house and enter in and by his command cure the fever of our sins. Each one of us is sick with a fever. Whenever I give way to anger, I have a fever. There are as many fevers as there are faults and vices. Let us beg the apostles to intercede for us with Jesus, that he may come to us and touch our hand. If he does so, at once our fever is gone. He is an excellent physician and truly the chief Physician. Moses is a physician. Isaiah is a physician. All the saints are physicians, but he is the chief Physician." (excerpt from HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MARK 75.1)
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