2020년 11월 4일 연중 제30주간 수요일
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제1독서
필리피서.2,12-18
12 사랑하는 여러분, 여러분은 늘 순종하였습니다.
내가 함께 있을 때만이 아니라 지금처럼 떨어져 있을 때에는
더욱더 그러하였습니다.
그러므로 두렵고 떨리는 마음으로
여러분 자신의 구원을 위하여 힘쓰십시오.
13 하느님은 당신 호의에 따라 여러분 안에서 활동하시어,
의지를 일으키시고 그것을 실천하게도 하시는 분이십니다.
14 무슨 일이든 투덜거리거나 따지지 말고 하십시오.
15 그리하여 비뚤어지고 뒤틀린 이 세대에서
허물 없는 사람, 순결한 사람, 하느님의 흠 없는 자녀가 되어,
이 세상에서 별처럼 빛날 수 있도록 하십시오.
16 생명의 말씀을 굳게 지니십시오.
그러면 내가 헛되이 달음질하거나 헛되이 애쓴 것이 되지 않아,
그리스도의 날에 자랑할 수 있게 될 것입니다.
17 내가 설령 하느님께 올리는 포도주가 되어
여러분이 봉헌하는 믿음의 제물 위에 부어진다 하여도,
나는 기뻐할 것입니다.
여러분 모두와 함께 기뻐할 것입니다.
18 여러분도 마찬가지로 기뻐하십시오. 나와 함께 기뻐하십시오.
복음
루카 14,25-33
그때에 25 많은 군중이 예수님과 함께 길을 가는데,
예수님께서 그들에게 돌아서서 이르셨다.
26 “누구든지 나에게 오면서
자기 아버지와 어머니, 아내와 자녀, 형제와 자매,
심지어 자기 목숨까지 미워하지 않으면, 내 제자가 될 수 없다.
27 누구든지 제 십자가를 짊어지고 내 뒤를 따라오지 않는 사람은
내 제자가 될 수 없다.
28 너희 가운데 누가 탑을 세우려고 하면,
공사를 마칠 만한 경비가 있는지 먼저 앉아서 계산해 보지 않느냐?
29 그러지 않으면 기초만 놓은 채 마치지 못하여,
보는 이마다 그를 비웃기 시작하며,
30 ‘저 사람은 세우는 일을 시작만 해 놓고 마치지는 못하였군.’ 할 것이다.
31 또 어떤 임금이 다른 임금과 싸우러 가려면,
이만 명을 거느리고 자기에게 오는 그를 만 명으로 맞설 수 있는지
먼저 앉아서 헤아려 보지 않겠느냐?
32 맞설 수 없겠으면,
그 임금이 아직 멀리 있을 때에 사신을 보내어 평화 협정을 청할 것이다.
33 이와 같이 너희 가운데에서 누구든지 자기 소유를 다 버리지 않는 사람은
내 제자가 될 수 없다.”
November 4, 2020
Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
My beloved, obedient as you have always been,
not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent,
work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
For God is the one who, for his good purpose,
works in you both to desire and to work.
Do everything without grumbling or questioning,
that you may be blameless and innocent,
children of God without blemish
in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation,
among whom you shine like lights in the world,
as you hold on to the word of life,
so that my boast for the day of Christ may be
that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
But, even if I am poured out as a libation
upon the sacrificial service of your faith,
I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.
In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1a) The Lord is my light and my salvation.
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life’s refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?
R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
One thing I ask of the LORD;
this I seek:
To dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
That I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD
and contemplate his temple.
R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.
R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
Gospel
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple.
Which of you wishing to construct a tower
does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion?
Otherwise, after laying the foundation
and finding himself unable to finish the work
the onlookers should laugh at him and say,
‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’
Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down
and decide whether with ten thousand troops
he can successfully oppose another king
advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
But if not, while he is still far away,
he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.
In the same way,
everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple.”
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Work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work. ...
Do everything without grumbling or questioning. Philippians 2
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? Psalm 27
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion? Luke 14
These are marvelous readings for the times in which we find ourselves. Paul says it wonderfully. While we are about working out our salvation, it is God who works in us to desire and accomplish what we do. It is the right balance of grace working within us. We fail, if we try to do it all ourselves. It fails if we don't do our part.
The psalmist recognizes that with the Lord as my light and my salvation, fear is useless. In fact, fear is the reason I struggle to let God be light for my path to a salvation that is offered me.
Jesus wants us to be his disciples, closer to him than to anyone, to any thing else. He wants to be at the center of our hearts. He knows this will involve taking up crosses to follow him that completely. He isn't just talking about enduring crosses that come our way. We surely do that. He's talking about taking up a cross that has discipleship with him written all over it.
And, Jesus talks about assessment and preparation. He advises us not to try to be his disciple without really choosing it and planning for it. I wouldn't try to be a best friend to someone, to enter into a marriage or to take on a big responsibility, without realizing it is going to take generosity, freedom and hard work to do it well. We've all heard people who have struggled with commitments, with the words, "I didn't know it would be this challenging." Jesus wants us to know what a relationship with him will involve. So he asks us to consider what else has possession of our hearts. He asks us to assess if we have what it takes. This is where the desire comes in. We know from our human experience that we really can do what we really want. The assessment is whether I'm desireing the right things. Re-alighning my priorities - the things I keep finding myself choosing, doing, wanting more of - that aren't part of my relationship with Jesus come to our attention. We may discover some things I treasure and value which are opposed to my relationship with Jesus. It takes real reflection and assessment to do this.
Jesus is helping us see that we can't simply say, "Of course, I want to be your follower," without really preparing for what that will mean. St. Ignatius helps us with this in the Spiritual Exercises when he invites us to desire a relationship with Jesus which is free from all attachments, and desires not only to be with him, but to be more like him. Knowing that we might not be there fully, Ignatius invites us to "ask for the desire to desire it." He suggests we more closer than we are. He suggests that it is in the asking that we name our desire and focus ourselves on desiring it more deeply. He's suggesting we open ourselves more completely to making a space in our hearts to recieve these new, deeper desires.
Dear Lord, Jesus. I so want to be your disciple. I am so very grateful for your love, your patience, your mercy, your accompanying me on my journey. I want to say "yes" more completely, with more commitment, but with more affection, more passion. I want to be prepared to take up whatever you ask of me, so that I can be closer to you, with you, in all I am and do, and to imitate you more completely. Help me, please, by renewing, refreshing, strengthening these desires in me. I want to know, with your help, that whatever sacrifice greater freedom requires, I will experience a peace and a joy that nothing else in the world can give. And, Lord, if it be your desire for me, let me be a witness and an example for others that your love can transform even a heart like mine. I ask this with a growing attraction to your way developing within me and a growing trust in your promises.
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CALCULATORS
“If a king is about to march on another king to do battle with him, will he not sit down first and consider whether, with ten thousand men, he can withstand an enemy coming against him with twenty thousand?” —Luke 14:31
We are building a new life in Christ (Lk 14:28) and fighting a battle against the evil one. Before we go any further, we must “sit down and calculate the outlay,” to see if we have enough strength to do the job (Lk 14:28).
Many people plan for the future financially, but few prepare spiritually. Many lives collapse because of failure to accept the grace necessary to persevere. Many marriages fall apart because the couple did not strengthen their relationship in preparation for future challenges. Parents often regret not having spent more time with their children because later they see their relationship with the children is not deep enough to weather the storms of adolescence. Even many Christians will not have the spiritual strength needed to survive the mass apostasy (2 Thes 2:3; Mt 24:10-12). They will fall away before Jesus’ final coming because they were not prepared (see Mt 25:1-13).
Let’s live today as if it were our last day. We must go deep and grow strong in our personal relationship with Jesus. May Jesus become so real to us that nothing will ever shake our faith. We must be prepared for anything by doing everything to deepen our relationship with Him.
Prayer: Father, may I face the realities of my weakness, life’s overwhelming demands, and Your saving grace.
Promise: “Work with anxious concern to achieve your salvation.” —Phil 2:12
Praise: St. Charles was the nephew of Pope Pius IV. He was instrumental in the Counter-Reformation of the Sixteenth Century. He is the patron saint of catechists, catechumens and seminarians.
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Why does the Lord Jesus say we must 'hate' our families and even ourselves (Luke 14:26)? In Biblical times the expression 'to hate' often meant to 'prefer less'. Jesus used strong language to make clear that nothing should take precedence or first place over God. God our heavenly Father created us in his image and likeness to be his beloved sons and daughters. He has put us first in his love and concern for our well-being and happiness. Our love for him is a response to his exceeding love and kindness towards us. True love is costly because it holds nothing back from the beloved - it is ready to give all and sacrifice all for the beloved. God the Father gave us his only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who freely offered up his life for us on the cross as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. His sacrificial death brought us pardon and healing, new life in the Spirit and peace with God.
The cost of following Jesus as his disciples
Jesus willingly embraced the cross, not only out of obedience to his Father's will, but out of a merciful love for each one of us in order to set us free from slavery to sin, Satan, and everything that would keep us from his love, truth, and goodness. Jesus knew that the cross was the Father's way for him to achieve victory over sin and death - and glory for our sake as well. He counted the cost and said 'yes' to his Father's will. If we want to share in his glory and victory, then we, too, must 'count the cost' and say 'yes" to his call to "take up our cross and follow him" as our Lord and Savior.
What is the 'way of the cross' for you and me? It means that when my will crosses with God's will, then his will must be done. The way of the cross involves sacrifice, the sacrifice of laying down my life each and every day for Jesus' sake. What makes such sacrifice possible and "sweet" for us is the love of God poured out for us in the blood of Christ who cleanses us and makes us a new creation in him. Paul the Apostle tells us that "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us" (Romans 5:5). We can never outmatch God in his merciful love and kindness towards us. He always gives us more than we can expect or imagine. Do you allow the Holy Spirit to fill your heart and transform your life with the overflowing love and mercy of God?
The wise plan ahead to avert failure and shame
What do the twin parables of the tower builder and a ruler on a war campaign have in common (Luke 14:28-32)? Both the tower builder and the ruler risked serious loss if they did not carefully plan ahead to to make sure they could finish what they had begun. In a shame and honor culture people want at all costs to avoid being mocked by their community for failing to complete a task which they had begun in earnest. This double set of parables echoes the instruction given in the Old Testament Book of Proverbs: "By wisdom a house is built" and "by wise guidance you can wage a war" to ensure victory (Proverbs 24:3-6).
In Jesus' time every landowner who could afford it built a wall around his orchard or vineyard as a protection from intruders who might steal or destroy his produce. A tower was usually built in a corner of the wall and a guard posted especially during harvest time when thieves would likely try to make off with the goods. Starting a building-project, like a watchtower, and leaving it unfinished because of poor planning or insufficient funds would invite the scorn of the whole village. Likewise a king who decided to wage a war against an opponent who was much stronger, would be considered foolish if he did not come up with a plan that had a decent chance of success. Counting the cost and investing wisely are necessary conditions for securing a good return on the investment.
The great exchange
If you prize something of great value and want to possess it, it's natural to ask what it will cost you before you make a commitment to invest in it. Jesus was utterly honest and spared no words to tell his disciples that it would cost them dearly to be his disciples - it would cost them their whole lives and all they possessed in exchange for the new life and treasure of God's kingdom. The Lord Jesus leaves no room for compromise or concession. We either give our lives over to him entirely or we keep them for ourselves. Paul the Apostle reminds us, "We are not our own. We were bought with a price" ( 1 Corinthians 6:19b,20). We were once slaves to sin and a kingdom of darkness and oppression, but we have now been purchased with the precious blood of Jesus Christ who has ransomed us from a life of darkness and destruction so we could enter his kingdom of light and truth. Christ has set us free to choose whom we will serve in this present life as well as in the age to come - God's kingdom of light, truth, and goodness or Satan's kingdom of darkness, lies, and deception. There are no neutral parties - we are either for God's kingdom or against it.
Who do you love first - above all else?
The love of God compels us to choose who or what will be first in our lives. To place any relationship or any possession above God is a form of idolatry - worshiping the creature in place of the Creator and Ruler over all he has made. Jesus challenges his disciples to examine who and what they love first and foremost. We can be ruled and mastered by many different things - money, drugs, success, power or fame. Only one Master, the Lord Jesus Christ, can truly set us free from the power of sin, greed, and destruction. The choice is ours - who will we serve and follow - the path and destiny the Lord Jesus offers us or the path we choose in opposition to God's will and purpose for our lives. It boils down to choosing between life and death, truth and falsehood, goodness and evil. If we choose for the Lord Jesus and put our trust in him, he will show us the path that leads to true joy and happiness with our Father in heaven.
Lord Jesus, your are my Treasure, my Life, and my All. There is nothing in this life that can outweigh the joy of knowing, loving, and serving you all the days of my life. Take my life and all that I have and make it yours for your glory now and forever.
Psalm 90:1-6,12-14,16-17
1 LORD, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You turn man back to the dust, and say, "Turn back, O children of men!"
4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
5 You sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning:
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
16 Let your work be manifest to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us, yes, establish the work of our hands.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Jesus permits us to love family but not more than God, by Cyril of Alexandria, 375-444 A.D.
"He says, 'He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me' (Matthew 10:37). By adding 'more than me,' it is plain that he permits us to love, but not more than we love him. He demands our highest affection for himself and that very correctly. The love of God in those who are perfect in mind has something in it superior both to the honor due to parents and to the natural affection felt for children." (excerpt fromCOMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 105)
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