2020년 11월 23일 연중 34주일 월요일
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제1독서
요한 묵시록. 14,1-3.4ㄴ-5
나 요한이 1 보니 어린양이 시온산 위에 서 계셨습니다.
그와 함께 십사만 사천 명이 서 있는데,
그들의 이마에는 어린양의 이름과 그 아버지의 이름이 적혀 있었습니다.
2 그리고 큰 물소리 같기도 하고 요란한 천둥소리 같기도 한 목소리가
하늘에서 울려오는 것을 들었습니다.
내가 들은 그 목소리는 또 수금을 타며 노래하는 이들의 목소리 같았습니다.
3 그들은 어좌와 네 생물과 원로들 앞에서 새 노래를 부르고 있었습니다.
그 노래는 땅으로부터 속량된 십사만 사천 명 말고는
아무도 배울 수 없었습니다.
4 그들은 어린양이 가는 곳이면 어디든지 따라가는 이들입니다.
그들은 하느님과 어린양을 위한 맏물로
사람들 가운데에서 속량되었습니다.
5 그들의 입에서는 거짓을 찾아볼 수가 없었습니다.
그들은 흠 없는 사람들입니다.
복음
루카. 21,1-4
그때에 1 예수님께서 눈을 들어
헌금함에 예물을 넣는 부자들을 보고 계셨다.
2 그러다가 어떤 빈곤한 과부가
렙톤 두 닢을 거기에 넣는 것을 보시고 3 이르셨다.
“내가 참으로 너희에게 말한다.
저 가난한 과부가 다른 모든 사람보다 더 많이 넣었다.
4 저들은 모두 풍족한 데에서 얼마씩을 예물로 넣었지만,
저 과부는 궁핍한 가운데에서 가지고 있던 생활비를 다 넣었기 때문이다.”
November 23, 2020
Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
rv 14:1-3, 4b-5
and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand
who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
I heard a sound from heaven
like the sound of rushing water or a loud peal of thunder.
The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.
They were singing what seemed to be a new hymn before the throne,
before the four living creatures and the elders.
No one could learn this hymn except the hundred and forty-four thousand
who had been ransomed from the earth.
These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes.
They have been ransomed as the first fruits
of the human race for God and the Lamb.
On their lips no deceit has been found; they are unblemished.
Responsorial Psalm
ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness;
the world and those who dwell in it.
For he founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD?
or who may stand in his holy place?
He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean,
who desires not what is vain.
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
a reward from God his savior.
Such is the race that seeks for him,
that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
Gospel
lk 21:1-4
putting their offerings into the treasury
and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins.
He said, “I tell you truly,
this poor widow put in more than all the rest;
for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth,
but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
“..and he noticed a poor widow putting in two coins” How did Jesus know she was a widow? Was she one of the many unnamed “followers of Jesus” mentioned in the gospels? As a follower, I imagine her sitting with Jesus, pouring out her brokenness. He hears her anguish and sees the toll her emotional distress is causing her body. The death of her husband, her lover, companion, and protector for life, has left her a “poor widow.” I imagine she tells Jesus about everything that died with her husband. I see her sobbing as she talks about her fears for the future. She might ask, “What will happen to me?” I imagine, after listening to her story, Jesus the Counselor asks, “What do you want?” After she answers, I imagine Jesus the Healer tells her a story of hope and consolation. Perhaps something like what I hear in Psalm 24:6, “Whoever seeks God and longs to see God’s face will be blessed by God.” Then he suggests she visit the temple and place an offering into the treasury as an expression of faith and trust in God’s love for her. The widow freely chooses to take an offering of two coins. What do the two coins represent? Observing the temple scene, Jesus notes, “but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.” What is the meaning of “poverty” and “whole livelihood?” Is poverty only a lack of money and possessions? Does livelihood include what gives meaning and purpose to life, such as family, community, and thoughts of a hope-filled future? What is the widow’s prayer as she drops the two coins in the treasury? Does she ask God to accept the gift of her whole livelihood as a symbol of her desire to release everything to God, her Father? One coin symbolizing her grief for everything that is lost. The second coin her fears for the future or the darkness in her soul. How does the widow feel as she walks away from the temple? Is she relieved? Has a new space opened within her soul – a place where she welcomes God to dwell? 2020 has challenged everything we thought was “a normal part of life as we know it.” We have missed all sorts of celebrations. We have experienced cancelations or adjustments to sacred rituals and family traditions “out of an abundance of caution.” All of these losses tug at our hearts as we mourn what was and grieve what else we might lose. 2020 also invites us to strip away what no longer serves our greatest good, our relationship with God. What are the two coins I am willing to drop in the treasury? What part of my whole livelihood do I want to re-imagine? If Jesus asks, “What do you want?” can I freely respond, “Lord, (I am one of your children) that longs to see your face?” |
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MONEY TALKS
“She from her want has given what she could not afford — every penny she had to live on.” —Luke 21:4
Jesus commended the widow who put two copper coins into the temple treasury because in so doing she gave her whole life. This is the exact translation of Luke 21:4. The widow’s two coins were not just all her money but a true symbol of her whole life. The widow’s offering was a statement concerning her total love for God.
People in the world use their money to make the statement that money is important and so are they. Do you give money to make the statement that money is of little importance (Lk 16:10) and God is of extreme importance? When you give alms, what kind of statement are you making? When you give from your surplus, are you saying God deserves only the leftovers? Do you give sacrificially, even totally? Only this kind of giving truly makes the statement that Jesus is Savior, Lord, and God.
“Money talks,” or, more precisely, we talk through the use of our money. Money speaks louder than words, that is, the use of our money more than the words we say gives others accurate information about what we believe. “Wherever your treasure lies, there your heart will be” (Lk 12:34). Your money is telling all your secrets, for “the love of money is the root of all evil” (1 Tm 6:10). You can’t keep your money from shouting. So give your life to Jesus. Then your money will shout: “Jesus is Lord!”
Prayer: Father, may my finances be so much in Your will that others will laugh at me but later repent (see Lk 16:14).
Promise: “They are pure and follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been ransomed as the first fruit of mankind for God and the Lamb. On their lips no deceit has been found; they are indeed without flaw.” —Rv 14:4-5
Praise: St. Columban is the greatest of Irish missionaries. He traveled to Europe and helped revive a lethargic spirituality.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Do you know the joy of selfless giving and generous love for others? True love doesn't calculate - it spends lavishly! Jesus drove this point home to his disciples while sitting in the temple and observing people offering their tithes. Jesus praised a poor widow who gave the smallest of coins in contrast with the rich who gave greater sums. How can someone in poverty give more than someone who has ample means? Jesus' answer is very simple - love is more precious than gold or wealth!
Love grows with gratitude and generous giving
Jesus taught that real giving must come from the heart. A gift that is given with a grudge or for display loses its value. But a gift given out of love, with a spirit of generosity and sacrifice, is precious. The amount or size of the gift doesn't matter as much as the cost to the giver. The poor widow could have kept one of her coins, but instead she recklessly gave away all she had! Jesus praised someone who gave barely a penny - how insignificant a sum - because it was everything she had, her whole living.
Nothing given in love is worthless
What we have to offer may look very small and not worth much, but if we put all we have at the Lord's disposal, no matter how insignificant it may seem, then God can do with it and with us what is beyond our reckoning. Do you give out of love and gratitude for what God has already given to you?
Lord Jesus, your love knows no bounds and you give without measure. All that I have comes from you. May I give freely and generously in gratitude for all that you have given to me. Take my life and all that I possess - my gifts, talents, time and resources - and use them as you see fit for your glory.
Psalm 24:1-6
1 The earth is the LORD's and the fulness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein;
2 for he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.
3 Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false, and does not swear deceitfully.
5 He will receive blessing from the LORD, and vindication from the God of his salvation.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. [Selah]
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Mercy and compassion are never worthless, by Leo the Great, 400-461 A.D.
"Although the spite of some people does not grow gentle with any kindness, nevertheless the works of mercy are not fruitless, and kindness never loses what is offered to the ungrateful. May no one, dearly beloved, make themselves strangers to good works. Let no one claim that his poverty scarcely sufficed for himself and could not help another. What is offered from a little is great, and in the scale of divine justice, the quantity of gifts is not measured but the steadfastness of souls. The "widow" in the Gospel put two coins into the "treasury," and this surpassed the gifts of all the rich. No mercy is worthless before God. No compassion is fruitless. He has given different resources to human beings, but he does not ask different affections." (excerpt from Sermon 20.3.1)
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