2020년 9월 25일 연중 제25주간 금요일
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제1독서
코헬렛.3,1-11
1 하늘 아래 모든 것에는 시기가 있고 모든 일에는 때가 있다.
2 태어날 때가 있고 죽을 때가 있으며
심을 때가 있고 심긴 것을 뽑을 때가 있다.
3 죽일 때가 있고 고칠 때가 있으며 부술 때가 있고 지을 때가 있다.
4 울 때가 있고 웃을 때가 있으며 슬퍼할 때가 있고 기뻐 뛸 때가 있다.
5 돌을 던질 때가 있고 돌을 모을 때가 있으며
껴안을 때가 있고 떨어질 때가 있다.
6 찾을 때가 있고 잃을 때가 있으며 간직할 때가 있고 던져 버릴 때가 있다.
7 찢을 때가 있고 꿰맬 때가 있으며 침묵할 때가 있고 말할 때가 있다.
8 사랑할 때가 있고 미워할 때가 있으며 전쟁의 때가 있고 평화의 때가 있다.
9 그러니 일하는 사람에게 그 애쓴 보람이 무엇이겠는가?
10 나는 인간의 아들들이 고생하도록 하느님께서 마련하신 일을 보았다.
11 그분께서는 모든 것을 제때에 아름답도록 만드셨다.
또한 그들 마음속에 시간 의식도 심어 주셨다.
그러나 하느님께서 시작에서 종말까지 하시는 일을 인간은 깨닫지 못한다.
복음
루카 9,18-22
18 예수님께서 혼자 기도하실 때에 제자들도 함께 있었는데,
그분께서 “군중이 나를 누구라고 하느냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
19 제자들이 대답하였다. “세례자 요한이라고 합니다.
그러나 어떤 이들은 엘리야라 하고,
또 어떤 이들은 옛 예언자 한 분이 다시 살아나셨다고 합니다.”
20 예수님께서 다시, “그러면 너희는 나를 누구라고 하느냐?” 하시자,
베드로가 “하느님의 그리스도이십니다.” 하고 대답하였다.
21 그러자 예수님께서는 제자들에게,
그것을 아무에게도 말하지 말라고 엄중하게 분부하셨다.
22 예수님께서는 이어서 “사람의 아들은 반드시 많은 고난을 겪고
원로들과 수석 사제들과 율법 학자들에게 배척을 받아
죽임을 당하였다가 사흘 만에 되살아나야 한다.” 하고 이르셨다.
September 25, 2020
Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
There is an appointed time for everything,
and a time for every thing under the heavens.
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to tear down, and a time to build.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them;
a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away.
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
a time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time of war, and a time of peace.
What advantage has the worker from his toil?
I have considered the task that God has appointed
for the sons of men to be busied about.
He has made everything appropriate to its time,
and has put the timeless into their hearts,
without man's ever discovering,
from beginning to end, the work which God has done.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1) Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!
Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
my mercy and my fortress,
my stronghold, my deliverer,
My shield, in whom I trust.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!
LORD, what is man, that you notice him;
the son of man, that you take thought of him?
Man is like a breath;
his days, like a passing shadow.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!
Gospel
Once when Jesus was praying in solitude,
and the disciples were with him,
he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"
They said in reply, "John the Baptist; others, Elijah;
still others, 'One of the ancient prophets has arisen.'"
Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter said in reply, "The Christ of God."
He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone.
He said, "The Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised."
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Recently, I found myself thinking about family and friends who have died in the past couple of years. I remembered singular moments that made me smile…. a comment, a joke, a compliment, laughter, and even moments of tears. I realized I had never considered at any point that I might not see them again in this life. I childishly thought that I had unlimited time to know them and fully experience them. I got comfortable putting off the opportunity to tell them how much they meant to me. I squandered the time I could have told them how grateful I was for their presence in my life. Yes, I can always tell them in spirit through the whispers of my heart, but I struggle to remember their faces now, their voices, the way they walked, or even what I loved most about them. I am left with random singular moments that linger without context. And with time, those memories will also pass away because memories are only accessible through the generosity of time.
As human beings, we are acutely aware of time…...we are constantly checking our phones, watches, or calendars. We are constantly asking, “Are we there yet? .... Is it time yet? ......When will it be my turn?” We need things done at specific times, we want moments we love to last forever, and difficult times to pass quickly. We imagine that somehow, we have total control of our spiritual growth and journey by selecting specific ages when baptism should occur, or when we should receive our first communion, or get confirmed in the Church. I have friends who feel that they have failed if they do not get married by a specific age or finish their degree after a specific number of years. Some even say specific prayers for a special number of days with the hope that their requests will be answered at the end of those days…as if, we can make God do what we ask before it is time for such a request to manifest in our lives if it is meant to be so. Regardless of what we do to control our lives and our environment, everything happens when it is time. We will live, and we will die; we will have a lot, and we will lose a lot; we will be restrained, and we will be free. All in good time……all in God’s time.
What would it be like to stop watching our clocks, to stop waiting, and to stop desperately needing to get ahead of ourselves? What would it be like to just rest in the knowledge that because everything has its time, like the time chosen for Christ to suffer greatly for our sake, there will be a time for everything to be brought to light----a time when we will come to a realization that all that is meant to happen in our lives has its time and place. When we rest in that knowledge, we become free from our worry, and then we have time to relish and take pleasure in the timelessness of God’s love for us.
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THE DEATH OF TIME
“He has made everything appropriate to its time, and has put the timeless into their hearts.” —Ecclesiastes 3:11
The writer of Ecclesiastes continues his bleak description of life by saying: “There is an appointed time for everything” (Eccl 3:1). In his view, everything is ruled by fate. Our dedication, creativity, and hard work mean nothing. They are negated by the tyranny of time. Things will happen when they are fated to happen, and we can’t do a thing about it. So why try? Is there any hope?
Jesus is the Hope of the world. His Resurrection has freed us from the tyranny of time. Baptized into Jesus and living for Him, we, in our daily activity, are making a difference rather than being deceived. Therefore, the most important thing in the world is to know and love our risen Lord and then to decide to live totally for Him and no longer for ourselves (2 Cor 5:14-15). When we decide to give our lives totally to Jesus, we lose our self-deceptions and chains and receive eternal life in the risen Christ.
How merciful the Lord has been to us! How privileged we are to live for Him and to have the exalted mission of telling the world about Him, “the Resurrection and the Life”! (Jn 11:25) Jesus became a Man and entered time so that we can escape from time’s tyranny. Jesus will come a final time, on the last day, and that will be the end of time. Come, Lord Jesus! Maranatha! (Rv 22:20)
Prayer: Father, day by day may I enter more deeply into eternal life.
Promise: “ ‘But you — who do you say that I am?’ He asked them. Peter said in reply, ‘The Messiah of God.’ ” —Lk 9:20
Praise: A close call with possible death brought Tom back to an active prayer life.
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Who is Jesus for you - and what difference does he make in your life? Many in Israel recognized Jesus as a mighty man of God, even comparing him with the greatest of the prophets. Peter, always quick to respond whenever Jesus spoke, professed that Jesus was truly the "Christ of God" - "the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16). No mortal being could have revealed this to Peter, but only God. Through the "eyes of faith" Peter discovered who Jesus truly was. Peter recognized that Jesus was much more than a great teacher, prophet, and miracle worker. Peter was the first apostle to publicly declare that Jesus was the Anointed One, consecrated by the Father and sent into the world to redeem a fallen human race enslaved to sin and cut off from eternal life with God (Luke 9:20, Acts 2:14-36). The word for "Christ" in Greek is a translation of the Hebrew word for "Messiah" - both words literally mean the Anointed One.
Jesus begins to explain the mission he was sent to accomplish
Why did Jesus command his disciples to be silent about his identity as the anointed Son of God? They were, after all, appointed to proclaim the good news to everyone. Jesus knew that they did not yet fully understand his mission and how he would accomplish it. Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD), an early church father, explains the reason for this silence:
There were things yet unfulfilled which must also be included in their preaching about him. They must also proclaim the cross, the passion, and the death in the flesh. They must preach the resurrection of the dead, that great and truly glorious sign by which testimony is borne him that the Emmanuel is truly God and by nature the Son of God the Father. He utterly abolished death and wiped out destruction. He robbed hell, and overthrew the tyranny of the enemy. He took away the sin of the world, opened the gates above to the dwellers upon earth, and united earth to heaven. These things proved him to be, as I said, in truth God. He commanded them, therefore, to guard the mystery by a seasonable silence until the whole plan of the dispensation should arrive at a suitable conclusion. (Commentary on Luke, Homily 49)
God's Anointed Son must suffer and die to atone for our sins
Jesus told his disciples that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and die in order that God's work of redemption might be accomplished. How startled the disciples were when they heard this word. How different are God's thoughts and ways from our thoughts and ways (Isaiah 55:8). It was through humiliation, suffering, and death on the cross that Jesus broke the powers of sin and death and won for us eternal life and freedom from the slavery of sin and from the oppression of our enemy, Satan, the father of lies and the deceiver of humankind.
We, too, have a share in the mission and victory of Jesus Christ
If we want to share in the victory of the Lord Jesus, then we must also take up our cross and follow where he leads us. What is the "cross" that you and I must take up each day? When my will crosses (does not align) with God's will, then his will must be done. To know Jesus Christ is to know the power of his victory on the cross where he defeated sin and conquered death through his resurrection. The Holy Spirit gives each of us the gifts and strength we need to live as sons and daughters of God. The Holy Spirit gives us faith to know the Lord Jesus personally as our Redeemer, and the power to live the Gospel faithfully, and the courage to witness to others the joy, truth, and freedom of the Gospel. Who do you say that Jesus is?
Lord Jesus, I believe and I profess that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Take my life, my will, and all that I have, that I may be wholly yours now and forever.
Psalm 43:1-5
1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from deceitful and unjust men deliver me!
2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Oh send out your light and your truth; let them lead me, let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Peter confesses that Jesus is God's Anointed Son and Savior of all, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"You see the skillfulness of the question. He [Jesus] did not at once say, 'Who do you say that I am?' He refers to the rumor of those that were outside their company. Then, having rejected it and shown it unsound, he might bring them back to the true opinion. It happened that way. When the disciples had said, 'Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, that some prophet of those in old time has risen up,' he said to them, 'But you, who do you say that I am?' Oh! how full of meaning is that word you! He separates them from all others, that they may also avoid the opinions of others. In this way, they will not conceive an unworthy idea about him or entertain confused and wavering thoughts. Then they will not also imagine that John had risen again, or one of the prophets. 'You,' he says, 'who have been chosen,' who by my decree have been called to the apostleship, who are the witnesses of my miracles. Who do you say that I am?'"(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 49)
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