2020년 12월 5일 대림 제1주간 토요일
제1독서
이사야서. 30,19-21.23-26
이스라엘의 거룩하신 주 하느님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.
19 “예루살렘에 사는 너희 시온 백성아
너희는 다시 울지 않아도 되리라.
네가 부르짖으면 그분께서 반드시 너희에게 자비를 베푸시고
들으시는 대로 너희에게 응답하시리라.
20 비록 주님께서 너희에게 곤경의 빵과 고난의 물을 주시지만
너의 스승이신 그분께서는 더 이상 숨어 계시지 않으리니
너희 눈이 너희의 스승을 뵙게 되리라.
21 그리고 너희가 오른쪽으로 돌거나 왼쪽으로 돌 때
뒤에서 ‘이것이 바른길이니 이리로 가거라.’ 하시는 말씀을
너희 귀로 듣게 되리라.
23 그분께서 너희가 밭에 뿌린 씨앗을 위하여 비를 내리시니
밭에서 나는 곡식이 여물고 기름지리라.
그날에 너희의 가축은 넓은 초원에서 풀을 뜯고
24 밭일을 하는 소와 나귀는 삽과 거름대로 까불러 간을 맞춘 사료를 먹으리라.
25 큰 살육이 일어나는 날, 탑들이 무너질 때
높은 산 위마다, 솟아오른 언덕 위마다, 물이 흐르는 도랑들이 생기리라.
26 또 주님께서 당신 백성의 상처를 싸매 주시고
당신의 매를 맞아 터진 곳을 낫게 해 주시는 날
달빛은 햇빛처럼 되고 햇빛은 일곱 배나 밝아져
이레 동안의 빛을 한데 모은 듯하리라.”
복음
마태오. 9,35ㅡ10,1.6-8
그때에 35 예수님께서는 모든 고을과 마을을 두루 다니시면서,
회당에서 가르치시고 하늘 나라의 복음을 선포하시며,
병자와 허약한 이들을 모두 고쳐 주셨다.
36 그분은 군중을 보시고 가엾은 마음이 드셨다.
그들이 목자 없는 양들처럼 시달리며 기가 꺾여 있었기 때문이다.
37 그래서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다. “수확할 것은 많은데 일꾼은 적다.
38 그러니 수확할 밭의 주인님께 일꾼들을 보내 주십사고 청하여라.”
10,1 예수님께서 열두 제자를 가까이 부르시고
그들에게 더러운 영들에 대한 권한을 주시어,
그것들을 쫓아내고 병자와 허약한 이들을 모두 고쳐 주게 하셨다.
5 예수님께서 이 열두 사람을 보내시며 이렇게 분부하셨다.
6 “이스라엘 집안의 길 잃은 양들에게 가라.
7 가서 ‘하늘 나라가 가까이 왔다.’ 하고 선포하여라.
8 앓는 이들을 고쳐 주고 죽은 이들을 일으켜 주어라.
나병 환자들을 깨끗하게 해 주고 마귀들을 쫓아내어라.
너희가 거저 받았으니 거저 주어라.”
December 5, 2020
Saturday of the First Week of Advent
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Is 30:19-21, 23-26
the Holy One of Israel:
O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem,
no more will you weep;
He will be gracious to you when you cry out,
as soon as he hears he will answer you.
The Lord will give you the bread you need
and the water for which you thirst.
No longer will your Teacher hide himself,
but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher,
While from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears:
"This is the way; walk in it,"
when you would turn to the right or to the left.
He will give rain for the seed
that you sow in the ground,
And the wheat that the soil produces
will be rich and abundant.
On that day your flock will be given pasture
and the lamb will graze in spacious meadows;
The oxen and the asses that till the ground
will eat silage tossed to them
with shovel and pitchfork.
Upon every high mountain and lofty hill
there will be streams of running water.
On the day of the great slaughter,
when the towers fall,
The light of the moon will be like that of the sun
and the light of the sun will be seven times greater
like the light of seven days.
On the day the LORD binds up the wounds of his people,
he will heal the bruises left by his blows.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Praise the LORD, for he is good;
sing praise to our God, for he is gracious;
it is fitting to praise him.
The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem;
the dispersed of Israel he gathers.
R. Blessed are all who wait for the Lord.
He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
He tells the number of the stars;
he calls each by name.
R. Blessed are all who wait for the Lord.
Great is our LORD and mighty in power:
to his wisdom there is no limit.
The LORD sustains the lowly;
the wicked he casts to the ground.
R. Blessed are all who wait for the Lord.
Gospel
Mt 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."
Then he summoned his Twelve disciples
and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out
and to cure every disease and every illness.
Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus,
"Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Cure the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse lepers, drive out demons.
Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
This Advent season is a unique one as we find ourselves enduring the ongoing onslaught of this global pandemic. As we “fall” away from the sun and into the dark time of winter, here in the northern hemisphere, the days, weeks and months feel as if they are dragging on. Compound this with a toxic divisiveness in this country and around the world; natural disasters that show up in the form of wind, water and fire; economies stretched to their limits; and record numbers of our sisters and brothers being forced to flee their homelands due to environmental, political and/or economic tensions.
Our world is wounded.
We are wounded.
I am wounded.
In praying with today’s readings and considering this Advent time, let us consider how our waiting in woundedness might be filled with hope for healing.
I live in a county that has seen its highest numbers of positivity rates for COVID which, not surprisingly, has led to increased hospitalizations and deaths. After spending a few days around our general election on November 3rd looking at maps of the US painted in reds and blues, I now look at a COVID “heat map” of our country and see only red. Our microcosm of Creighton University has had its share of faculty, staff and students who have dealt with loss in their lives. Loss related to COVID, but also related to any number of other illnesses or tragedies. All of this loss is compounded yet again by the reality that people cannot visit loved ones as freely in hospitals or even be at their bedsides when they pass into eternal life. We are all facing the loss of not being able to gather as safely around holidays as we would typically be doing this time of year.
Waiting in woundedness...
In today’s Gospel, we find Jesus visiting the sick in various towns and villages. “At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned.” (MT 9:36) The woundedness and loss we experience in our world is troubling. At times, it leads to a sense of hopelessness and paralysis. At other times it leads to spiritual and emotional agony, causing us to cry out to God. Even when we retreat to prayer or contemplation, we might find ourselves unable to escape a sense of trouble or abandonment. As Thomas Merton writes in New Seeds of Contemplation, “Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude of the contemplative experience awakens a tragic anguish and opens many questions in the depths of the heart like wounds that cannot stop bleeding.”
...filled with hope for healing.
Into this very human place we find ourselves (in some ways, the only place where we can be), God arrives. “O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem, no more will you weep; He will be gracious to you when you cry out, as soon as he hears he will answer you.” (Is. 30:19) As difficult and painful as it is, Advent is a reminder that we wait in the darkness hoping for the light to return. This is a time to explore the wounds. What, if anything, might they teach us? As Louis Armstrong croons, “I see skies of blue, and clouds of white, the bright blessed day, the dark sacred night.” What is sacred about this dark night of the soul?
One thing about which we can be certain, and from which we might draw hope, is that God is a healer. Both Isaiah and the Psalmist reiterate this. “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (Ps. 147:3) Jesus understands this on a deep level from his own experience of the woundedness he endured. This is why the image of the Sacred Heart, Caravaggio’s painting The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, and any number of depictions of the crucifixion, are so resonant. They all remind us that Jesus is the wounded healer.
Jesus, out of his compassion for the suffering he witnessed, expanded the reach of his healing touch by commissioning those closest to him to “Go to the lost sheep...cure the sick.” (Mt. 10:8) The mystical Body of Christ that is our global family is a wounded healer too. We are surrounded by health care workers who have been serving tirelessly on the front lines for months, mental health professionals who are guiding more and more people back to a place of wholeness, scientists striving to keep us safe while using modern medicine to protect us, ministers offering blessings, rituals, and accompaniment, and loved ones or friends who heal our loneliness, isolation and fear by their presence alone. Jesus comes to us in all of them and whispers (sometimes shouts), “The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Mt.10:7)
As we wait for the Lord this Advent season while also waiting for an end to this pandemic, may we all find solace in knowing that Christ meets us in and through our woundedness. In our waiting and hoping I trust that “from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears: ‘This is the way; walk in it.’” (Is. 30:21)
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
CHRISTMAS HELP
“At the sight of the crowds, His heart was moved with pity.” —Matthew 9:36
The Lord is planning a wonderful Christmas. He promises: “No more will you weep” (Is 30:19). Our prayers will be answered immediately (Is 30:19). We will no longer be confused but know exactly which way to go (Is 30:21). Our lives will be fruitful and life-giving (see Is 30:23-25). We will walk in the light as never before and also see the Lord healing His people (Is 30:26).
These are just a few of Jesus’ plans for Christmas. So much needs to be done to accomplish all these Christmas plans. The Lord has decided not to do it all Himself, but to send out workers to love, console, teach, lead, empower, enlighten, and heal (Mt 9:38).
Will you work in His Christmas harvest? “The harvest is good but laborers are scarce” (Mt 9:37). The Lord will give you sufficient power to minister to the wounded and broken-hearted. He’ll give you wonderful gifts, and all you have to do is pass it on (see Mt 10:8).
Will you work for the Lord this Advent? Do you love the Lord and His people enough to put aside your plans and reach out in Jesus’ name to the sick, suffering, and lost? Jesus needs helpers, but “everyone is busy seeking his own interests rather than those of Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:21). Deny yourself (see Lk 9:23) and work with Jesus this Advent and forever.
Prayer: Father, may I consider it a privilege to work for You, Your Son, and the Spirit. May I put in a good day’s work for You today and every day.
Promise: “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” —Ps 147:3
Praise: Tom and Barb organize a “Giving Tree” at their parish every Advent, so that the poor, needy and elderly will have a blessed Christmas present.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Who doesn't want a life of good health, peace, and well-being? Isaiah foretold that God's kingdom would overcome sorrow and adversity and bring true peace and prosperity to God's people. Jesus understood his mission to bring the kingdom in all its fulness to us. The core of the Gospel message is quite simple: the kingdom or reign of God is imminent!
The kingdom of God is imminent
What is the kingdom of God? It's the power of God at work in that society of men and women who trust in God and who honor him as their King and Lord. In the Lord's prayer we dare to ask God to reign fully in our lives and in our world: "May your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 5:10 ). Jesus' preaching of God's kingdom was accompanied by signs and wonders. People were healed not only spiritually, but physically as well. Do you believe in the power of God's kingdom for your life? Let his word transform your mind and heart that he may reign supreme in every area of your life.
Jesus commissioned his disciples to carry on the works which he did - to speak God's word and to bring his healing power to the weary and oppressed. Jesus said to his disciples: Freely you have received, freely give (Matthew 10:8). What they had received from Jesus (all free of charge) they must now pass on to others without expecting any kind of payment or reward. They must show by their attitude that their first interest is God, not material gain.
The kingdom of heaven comes to those who receive Christ with faith
Jesus' words are just as relevant today. The kingdom of heaven is available to those who are ready to receive it. We cannot buy heaven; but if we accept the love and mercy of Jesus we already possess heaven in our hearts! The Lord brings his kingdom or heavenly reign to those who receive him with faith and obedience. When the Lord returns in his glory he will fully restore his kingdom of everlasting peace and justice. Do you pray and watch with confident hope for God's kingdom to come in all its fullness?
Lord Jesus, rouse my spirit from complacency and stir my faith to see you act today. Give me boldness to live and proclaim the message of the kingdom of heaven and to be a prophetic sign of that kingdom to this generation.
Psalm 147:1-6
1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.
2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: In remembrance of heavenly life, by Bede the Venerable, 672-735 A.D.
"Why should the lunar reckoning be calculated from the noontide hours, seeing that the moon had not yet been placed in the heavens or gone forth over the earth? On the contrary, none of the feast days of the law began and ended at noon or in the afternoon, but all did so in the evening. Or else perchance it is because sinful Adam was reproached by the Lord 'in the cool of the afternoon' (Genesis 3:8) and thrust out from the joys of Paradise. In remembrance of that heavenly life which we changed for the tribulation of this world, the change of the moon, which imitates our toil by its everlasting waxing and waning, ought specifically to be observed at the hour in which we began our exile. In this way every day we may be reminded by the hour of the moon's changing of that verse, 'a fool changes as the moon' (Sirach 27:11) while the wise man 'shall live as long as the sun' (Psalm 72:5), and that we may sigh more ardently for that life, supremely blessed in eternal peace, when 'the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days.' Indeed, because (as it is written) 'from the moon is the sign of the feast day' (Sirach 43:7), and just as the first light of the moon was shed upon the world at eventide, so in the law it is compulsory that every feast day begin in the evening and end in the evening (see Exodus 12:18). (excerpt from THE RECKONING OF TIME 3.43)
More Homilies
'오늘의 복음' 카테고리의 다른 글
| December 7, 2020 Memorial of St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (0) | 2020.12.06 |
|---|---|
| December 6, 2020 Second Sunday of Advent (0) | 2020.12.05 |
| December 4, 2020Friday of the First Week of Advent (0) | 2020.12.03 |
| December 3, 2020 Memorial of St. Francis Xavier, Priest (0) | 2020.12.02 |
| December 2, 2020 Wednesday of the First Week of Advent (0) | 2020.12.01 |