2020년 11월 19일 연중 제33주간 목요일
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제1독서
요한 묵시록. 5,1-10
나 요한은 1 어좌에 앉아 계신 분의 오른손에,
안팎으로 글이 적힌 두루마리 하나가 들려 있는 것을 보았습니다.
그 두루마리는 일곱 번 봉인된 것이었습니다.
2 나는 또 큰 능력을 지닌 천사 하나가 큰 소리로,
“이 봉인을 뜯고 두루마리를 펴기에 합당한 자 누구인가?” 하고
외치는 것을 보았습니다.
3 그러나 하늘에도 땅 위에도 땅 아래에도
두루마리를 펴거나 그것을 들여다볼 수 있는 이가 하나도 없었습니다.
4 두루마리를 펴거나 그것을 들여다보기에 합당하다고 인정된 이가
아무도 없었기 때문에, 나는 슬피 울었습니다.
5 그런데 원로 가운데 하나가 나에게 말하였습니다.
“울지 마라. 보라, 유다 지파에서 난 사자, 곧 다윗의 뿌리가 승리하여
일곱 봉인을 뜯고 두루마리를 펼 수 있게 되었다.”
6 나는 또 어좌와 네 생물과 원로들 사이에,
살해된 것처럼 보이는 어린양이 서 계신 것을 보았습니다.
그 어린양은 뿔이 일곱이고 눈이 일곱이셨습니다.
그 일곱 눈은 온 땅에 파견된 하느님의 일곱 영이십니다.
7 그 어린양이 나오시어,
어좌에 앉아 계신 분의 오른손에서 두루마리를 받으셨습니다.
8 어린양이 두루마리를 받으시자,
네 생물과 스물네 원로가 그 앞에 엎드렸습니다.
그들은 저마다 수금과, 또 향이 가득 담긴 금 대접을 가지고 있었습니다.
향이 가득 담긴 금 대접들은 성도들의 기도입니다.
9 그들이 새 노래를 불렀습니다.
“주님께서는 두루마리를 받아 봉인을 뜯기에 합당하십니다.
주님께서 살해되시고
또 주님의 피로 모든 종족과 언어와 백성과 민족 가운데에서
사람들을 속량하시어 하느님께 바치셨기 때문입니다.
10 주님께서는 그들이 우리 하느님을 위하여
한 나라를 이루고 사제들이 되게 하셨으니
그들이 땅을 다스릴 것입니다.”
복음
루카. 19,41-44
그때에 41 예수님께서 예루살렘에 가까이 이르시어
그 도성을 보고 우시며 42 말씀하셨다.
“오늘 너도 평화를 가져다주는 것이 무엇인지 알았더라면 …… !
그러나 지금 네 눈에는 그것이 감추어져 있다.
43 그때가 너에게 닥쳐올 것이다.
그러면 너의 원수들이 네 둘레에 공격 축대를 쌓은 다음,
너를 에워싸고 사방에서 조여들 것이다.
44 그리하여 너와 네 안에 있는 자녀들을 땅바닥에 내동댕이치고,
네 안에 돌 하나도 다른 돌 위에 남아 있지 않게 만들어 버릴 것이다.
하느님께서 너를 찾아오신 때를 네가 알지 못하였기 때문이다.”
November 19, 2020
Thursday of the Thirty Third Week in Ordinary time
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Reading 1
I, John, saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sat on the throne.
It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
Then I saw a mighty angel who proclaimed in a loud voice,
“Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth
was able to open the scroll or to examine it.
I shed many tears because no one was found worthy
to open the scroll or to examine it.
One of the elders said to me, “Do not weep.
The lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has triumphed,
enabling him to open the scroll with its seven seals.”
Then I saw standing in the midst of the throne
and the four living creatures and the elders
a Lamb that seemed to have been slain.
He had seven horns and seven eyes;
these are the seven spirits of God sent out into the whole world.
He came and received the scroll from the right hand
of the one who sat on the throne.
When he took it,
the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders
fell down before the Lamb.
Each of the elders held a harp and gold bowls filled with incense,
which are the prayers of the holy ones.
They sang a new hymn:
“Worthy are you to receive the scroll
and break open its seals,
for you were slain and with your Blood you purchased for God
those from every tribe and tongue, people and nation.
You made them a kingdom and priests for our God,
and they will reign on earth.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (Rev. 5:10) The Lamb has made us a kingdom of priests to serve our God.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Sing to the LORD a new song
of praise in the assembly of the faithful.
Let Israel be glad in their maker,
let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.
R. The Lamb has made us a kingdom of priests to serve our God.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Let them praise his name in the festive dance,
let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp.
For the LORD loves his people,
and he adorns the lowly with victory.
R. The Lamb has made us a kingdom of priests to serve our God.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy upon their couches;
Let the high praises of God be in their throats.
This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia.
R. The Lamb has made us a kingdom of priests to serve our God.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Gospel
As Jesus drew near Jerusalem,
he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
“If this day you only knew what makes for peace?
but now it is hidden from your eyes.
For the days are coming upon you
when your enemies will raise a palisade against you;
they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides.
They will smash you to the ground and your children within you,
and they will not leave one stone upon another within you
because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Welcoming His Visitation
As we make our way through each day, we desire to see and experience the presence of the Lord with us in the midst of the day and its many activities. We know and believe that the Lord is always present; the challenge is to recognize the ways he is choosing to encounter us. For a variety of reasons, we can miss the signals, the signs of his presence. In the words of today’s gospel, we miss the “time of [our] visitation.”
Today’s passage from the Book of Revelation supplies one possible explanation for our difficulty in welcoming the Lord’s daily visitation.
The One found worthy to open the scroll is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. The allusion, from Genesis 49,9, recalls that the messiah was expected to show himself as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, a mighty warrior. Yet, the drama of the scene from Revelation points to the surprising truth that the Lion has become the Lamb, the Lamb slain, put to death, purchasing a people by his Blood.
Many people in Jesus’ day did not recognize the visitation of God in Jesus, because he did not come with a “roar,” destroying his enemies and creating a kingdom by brute force. Rather, he appeared in weakness and human frailty and then died in apparent helplessness. But he is the victorious Lamb, who created a kingdom in his Blood. St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 2, 8 alludes to this surprising appearance of the Savior and the blindness of those around him: “If they had known the mystery, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory.” The messiah, a crucified criminal??
Often enough we, too, do not see “the mystery” around us. The Lord of glory appears in humble circumstances, in the persons of the poor and defenseless around us, in our places of personal poverty, weakness and apparent failure. We often look for him in places of expected strength and power, according to the world’s standards, missing him where he chooses to show himself in true power.
Let us ask the Lion who became the Lamb to open our eyes, so that we do not miss the times of his visitation this day.
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“THE PATH TO PEACE” (LK 19:42)
“You failed to recognize the time of your visitation.” —Luke 19:44
King Jesus visited the people of Jerusalem. They refused to accept Him as King and wouldn’t rest until He was nailed to a cross. Refusing to accept Jesus as King had disastrous consequences. They could have had peace had they accepted Jesus (Lk 19:42). Instead, in 70 A.D., they were surrounded by their enemies, the Romans, and Jerusalem was completely destroyed (see Lk 19:43-44).
In today’s psalm, the people do recognize the visitation of their King, the Messiah. “The children of Zion rejoice in their King” (Ps 149:2). They praise Him and dance in festive celebration (Ps 149:3). Instead of being surrounded by their enemies, they bind their enemies in chains, wiping them out (Ps 149:6-9).
Our enemy is Satan and his kingdom of darkness (Eph 6:12). He has surrounded us with his culture of death. He has wreaked havoc upon us, wiping out many millions of babies in the womb, inundating us with rampant perversion and impurity, eliminating prayer from schools, workplaces, and often churches, etc. The psalmist proclaims that victory over our wicked enemy lies in openly welcoming Jesus as King. Are we in this predicament because we have failed to recognize Jesus as our King?
In three days, the Church celebrates the great feast of Christ the King. In five weeks, we celebrate Jesus’ Christmas coming. King Jesus is coming. What kind of reception will we give Him?
Prayer: Jesus, Lion of Judah, I ask You to roar through me.
Promise: “The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has won the right by His victory to open the scroll.” —Rv 5:5
Praise: Tom and Darlene display a plaque in their home that reads, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (see Jos 24:15).
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What enables us to live in peace and harmony with our families, neighbors, local communities, and the wider community of peoples and nations? The Father in heaven sent his only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to reconcile us with God and to unite us with one another in a bond of peace and mutual love.
Jesus' earthly ministry centers and culminates in Jerusalem, which Scripture describes as the holy city, the throne of the Lord (Jeremiah 3:17);and the place which God chose for his name to dwell there (1 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 21:4; 2 Kings 23:27); and the holy mountain upon which God has set his king (Psalm 2:6). Jerusalem derives its name from the word "salem" which mean "peace". The temple in Jerusalem was a constant reminder to the people of God's presence with them.
Tears of mourning and sorrow over sin and refusal to believe in God
When Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the multitude of homes surrounding the holy temple, he wept over it because it inhabitants did not "know the things that make for peace" (Luke 19:42). As he poured out his heart to the Father in heaven, Jesus shed tears of sorrow, grief, and mourning for his people.He knew that he would soon pour out his blood for the people of Jerusalem and for the whole world as well.
Why does Jesus weep and lament over the city of Jerusalem? Throughout its history, many of the rulers and inhabitants - because of their pride and unbelief - had rejected the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Now they refuse to listen to Jesus who comes as their Messiah - whom God has anointed to be their Savior and Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6).
Jesus is our only hope - the only one who can save us and the world
Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem was a gracious visitation of God's anointed Son and King to his holy city. Jerusalem's lack of faith and rejection of the Messiah, however, leads to its eventual downfall and destruction by the Romans in 70 A.D. Jesus' lamentation and prophecy echoes the lamentation of Jeremiah who prophesied the first destruction of Jerusalem and its temple. Jeremiah's prayer of lamentation offered a prophetic word of hope, deliverance, and restoration:
"But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies are new every morning ...For the Lord will not cast off for ever, but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love for he does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men" (Lamentations 3:21-22, 31-32).
Jesus is the hope of the world because he is the only one who can truly reconcile us with God and with one another. Through his death and resurrection Jesus breaks down the walls of hostility and division by reconciling us with God. He gives us his Holy Spirit both to purify us and restore us as a holy people of God. Through Jesus Christ we become living temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). God has visited his people in the past and he continues to visit us through the gift and working of his Holy Spirit. Do you recognize God's gracious visitation of healing and restoration today?
God judges, pardons, heals, and restores us to new life
When God visits his people he comes to establish peace and justice by rooting out our enemies - the world (which stands in opposition to God), the flesh (our own sinful cravings and inordinate desires), and the devil (who is Satan, the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning - John 8:44) who enslave us to fear and pride, rebellion and hatred, envy and covetousness, strife and violence, and every form of evil and wrong-doing. That is why God both judges and purifies his people - to lead us from our sinful ways to his way of justice, peace, love, and holiness. God actively works among his people to teach us his ways and to save us from the destruction of our own pride and sin and from Satan's snares and lies.
Are God's judgments unjust or unloving? Scripture tells us that "when God's judgments are revealed in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness" (Isaiah 26:9). To pronounce judgment on sin is much less harsh than what will happen if those who sin are not warned to repent. The Lord in his mercy gives us grace and time to turn away from sin, but that time is right now. If we delay, even for a moment, we may discover that grace has passed us by and our time is up. Do you accept the grace to turn away from sin and to walk in God's way of peace and holiness?
Lord Jesus, you have visited and redeemed your people. May I not miss the grace of your visitation today as you move to bring your people into greater righteousness and holiness of life. Purify my heart and mind that I may I understand your ways and conform my life more fully to your will.
Psalm 50:1-2,5-6, 23
1 The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
5 "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
6 The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge!
14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High;
15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Jesus fulfills the beatitude for those who weep, by Origen of Alexandria (185-254 AD)
"When our Lord and Savior approached Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept... By his example, Jesus confirms all the Beatitudes that he speaks in the Gospel. By his own witness, he confirms what he teaches. 'Blessed are the meek,' he says. He says something similar to this of himself: 'Learn from me, for I am meek.' 'Blessed are the peacemakers.' What other man brought as much peace as my Lord Jesus, who 'is our peace,' who 'dissolves hostility' and 'destroys it in his own flesh' (Ephesians 2:14-15). 'Blessed are those who suffer persecution because of justice.'
"No one suffered such persecution because of justice as did the Lord Jesus, who was crucified for our sins. The Lord therefore exhibited all the Beatitudes in himself. For the sake of this likeness, he wept, because of what he said, 'Blessed are those who weep,' to lay the foundations for this beatitude as well. He wept for Jerusalem and said,'If only you had known on that day what meant peace for you! But now it is hidden from your eyes,' and the rest, to the point where he says, 'Because you did not know the time of your visitation'" (excerpt from HOMILY ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 38.1-2)
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