2020년 12월 13일 대림 제3주일(자선 주일)
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제1독서
이사야서. 61,1-2ㄱ.10-11
1 주님께서 나에게 기름을 부어 주시니 주 하느님의 영이 내 위에 내리셨다.
주님께서 나를 보내시어 가난한 이들에게 기쁜 소식을 전하고
마음이 부서진 이들을 싸매어 주며
잡혀간 이들에게 해방을, 갇힌 이들에게 석방을 선포하게 하셨다.
2 주님의 은혜의 해를 선포하게 하셨다.
10 나는 주님 안에서 크게 기뻐하고
내 영혼은 나의 하느님 안에서 즐거워하리니
신랑이 관을 쓰듯 신부가 패물로 단장하듯
그분께서 나에게 구원의 옷을 입히시고 의로움의 겉옷을 둘러 주셨기 때문이다.
11 땅이 새순을 돋아나게 하고 정원이 싹을 솟아나게 하듯
주 하느님께서는 모든 민족들 앞에 의로움과 찬미가 솟아나게 하시리라.
제2독서
테살로니카 1서. 5,16-24
17 끊임없이 기도하십시오. 18 모든 일에 감사하십시오.
이것이 그리스도 예수님 안에서 살아가는 여러분에게 바라시는 하느님의 뜻입니다.
19 성령의 불을 끄지 마십시오. 20 예언을 업신여기지 마십시오.
21 모든 것을 분별하여, 좋은 것은 간직하고
22 악한 것은 무엇이든 멀리하십시오.
23 평화의 하느님께서 친히 여러분을 완전히 거룩하게 해 주시기를 빕니다.
또 우리 주 예수 그리스도께서 재림하실 때까지
여러분의 영과 혼과 몸을 온전하고 흠 없이 지켜 주시기를 빕니다.
24 여러분을 부르시는 분은 성실하신 분이십니다.
그러니 그렇게 해 주실 것입니다.
복음
요한. 1,6-8.19-28
6 하느님께서 보내신 사람이 있었는데 그의 이름은 요한이었다.
7 그는 증언하러 왔다.
빛을 증언하여 자기를 통해 모든 사람이 믿게 하려는 것이었다.
8 그 사람은 빛이 아니었다. 빛을 증언하러 왔을 따름이다.
19 요한의 증언은 이러하다.
유다인들이 예루살렘에서 사제들과 레위인들을 요한에게 보내어,
“당신은 누구요?” 하고 물었을 때, 20 요한은 서슴지 않고 고백하였다.
“나는 그리스도가 아니다.” 하고 고백한 것이다.
21 그들이 “그러면 누구란 말이오? 엘리야요?” 하고 묻자,
요한은 “아니다.” 하고 대답하였다.
“그러면 그 예언자요?” 하고 물어도 다시 “아니다.” 하고 대답하였다.
22 그래서 그들이 물었다.
“당신은 누구요? 우리를 보낸 이들에게 우리가 대답을 해야 하오.
당신은 자신을 무엇이라고 말하는 것이오?”
23 요한이 말하였다.
“나는 이사야 예언자가 말한 대로 ‘너희는 주님의 길을 곧게 내어라.’ 하고
광야에서 외치는 이의 소리다.”
24 그들은 바리사이들이 보낸 사람들이었다. 25 이들이 요한에게 물었다.
“당신이 그리스도도 아니고 엘리야도 아니고 그 예언자도 아니라면,
세례는 왜 주는 것이오?”
26 그러자 요한이 그들에게 대답하였다. “나는 물로 세례를 준다.
그런데 너희 가운데에는 너희가 모르는 분이 서 계신다.
27 내 뒤에 오시는 분이신데,
나는 그분의 신발 끈을 풀어 드리기에도 합당하지 않다.”
28 이는 요한이 세례를 주던 요르단 강 건너편 베타니아에서 일어난 일이다.
December 13, 2020
Third Sunday of Advent
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
is 61:1-2a, 10-11
because the LORD has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor,
to heal the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to the prisoners,
to announce a year of favor from the LORD
and a day of vindication by our God.
I rejoice heartily in the LORD,
in my God is the joy of my soul;
for he has clothed me with a robe of salvation
and wrapped me in a mantle of justice,
like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
like a bride bedecked with her jewels.
As the earth brings forth its plants,
and a garden makes its growth spring up,
so will the Lord GOD make justice and praise
spring up before all the nations.
Responsorial Psalm
lk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked upon his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
R/ My soul rejoices in my God.
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
R/ My soul rejoices in my God.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
R/ My soul rejoices in my God.
Reading 2
1 thes 5:16-24
Brothers and sisters:Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing.
In all circumstances give thanks,
for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not despise prophetic utterances.
Test everything; retain what is good.
Refrain from every kind of evil.
May the God of peace make you perfectly holy
and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body,
be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The one who calls you is faithful,
and he will also accomplish it.
Alleluia
Is 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)
R. Alleluia, alleluia.The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
jn 1:6-8, 19-28
He came for testimony, to testify to the light,
so that all might believe through him.
He was not the light,
but came to testify to the light.
And this is the testimony of John.
When the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests
and Levites to him
to ask him, “Who are you?”
He admitted and did not deny it,
but admitted, “I am not the Christ.”
So they asked him,
“What are you then? Are you Elijah?”
And he said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
So they said to him,
“Who are you, so we can give an answer to those who sent us?
What do you have to say for yourself?”
He said:
“I am the voice of one crying out in the desert,
‘make straight the way of the Lord,’”
as Isaiah the prophet said.”
Some Pharisees were also sent.
They asked him,
“Why then do you baptize
if you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet?”
John answered them,
“I baptize with water;
but there is one among you whom you do not recognize,
the one who is coming after me,
whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”
This happened in Bethany across the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Rejoice! What wonderful, joyful readings we have today! On the day we light the Joy candle, our first three readings remind us – Paul even commands us – to rejoice. Be filled with joy in our God. So rejoice!
There are elements in the Gospel reading that also point to joy, albeit in less explicit ways. First, the hopeful questions from the priests, Levites, and Pharisees demonstrate their belief that the promised Messiah would come. We can rejoice because our Messiah did come. God kept – and continues to keep – promises. Rejoice!
It is understandable that the Jewish leaders might wonder if the strangely dressed, charismatic, prophet-like figure – who after all was the son of a devout priest from the Jerusalem temple – was a candidate for the exalted role. What we know, though, is that many of these same folks failed to recognize the Christ when He was right in front of them. Jesus did not match their preconceptions of who a Messiah would be.
It occurs to me that the priests, Levites, and Pharisees were looking for a new version of Israel’s great prophets and kings of days gone by, but they were thinking too small. We often do the same. Over a half century ago, J. B. Phillips, in his book Your God Is Too Small, challenges Christians (and skeptics) to stop defining God in ways that make our Creator comprehensible to us and realize that God is greater than we can envision. At a time when we wonder how the world will get through the pandemic or get past deep political and racial divisions, know that God can handle this. Rejoice!
I also take comfort from how John answered the men who came to him. John’s response indicates he knew God’s purpose for him. I envy his awareness. I know that God has a purpose for me, but I lack John’s clarity and confidence. God has a plan for each of us, including you. If no one has told you that before, let me be the first. Rejoice! God, who made you and loves you, has a purpose for you.
Like Isaiah, rejoice heartily in the Lord. Like Mary, let your soul proclaim the greatness of the Lord; let you spirit rejoice in God our Savior. Like Paul, rejoice always! May you be filled daily with joy in our God.
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THE TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me.” —Isaiah 61:1
The Holy Spirit wants to bring Good News to the poor, heal the broken-hearted, and set captives free (Is 61:1). Only the Holy Spirit can renew the face of the earth (Ps 104:30). However, we stifle, quench (1 Thes 5:19), sadden, and grieve the Spirit (Eph 4:30). Then the poor stay depressed and oppressed; the broken-hearted are shattered; the captives are chained with even more chains; and the face of the earth becomes more defaced.
One of the greatest tragedies in life is to stifle the Holy Spirit. This is the tragedy which causes so many other tragedies to continue or grow worse. Before the Lord commanded us not to stifle the Spirit, He ordered us to always rejoice, pray, and thank (1 Thes 5:16-18). If we accept God’s grace to always do these three things, we will not stifle the Spirit.
Therefore, when you’re about to stifle the Spirit by using your tongue for gossip rather than for evangelization; rejoice, pray, and thank. The Spirit will be stirred into flame in your life (2 Tm 1:6-7) and not stifled. When you’re senselessly staring at your TV or handheld electronic device, turn it off and persevere in joy, prayer, and thanks. You will have turned it off before it turned off the Spirit in your life.
Rejoice in the Lord always (Phil 4:4). Pray always (Lk 18:1; Rm 12:12). Dedicate yourself to thankfulness (Col 3:15). Live in the Spirit.
Prayer: “Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, and in our hearts take up Thy rest.”
Promise: “There is One among you Whom you do not recognize — the One Who is to come after me.” —Jn 1:26-27
Praise: “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and praise!” (Rv 5:12) Lord Jesus, You have conquered death! Alleluia!
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Do you know the favor of the Lord? Every 50 years the people of Israel were commanded to celebrate a Year of Jubilee - a year of favor by the Lord (Leviticus 25:10-12). God did not want his people to forget all the blessings and favors he had shown them over the years. Isaiah prophesied in a year of Jubilee that God would send his anointed one to bring his people back from their time of exile (Isaiah 61). The anointed one would bring good news (the same word as "gospel") - news of freedom for those who were oppressed by sin, darkness, despair, and brokenness (Isaiah 61:1-2).
John humbly recognized that his calling came from God and not from man
When John the Baptist announced the imminent coming of God's Anointed One, the Messiah, the religious leaders questioned his authority to speak so boldly in God's name. They asked him bluntly, "Who are you?" and "What do you say about yourself?" They wanted to know if he was really sent by God. Did he claim to be the Messiah or one of the great prophets who was expected to return and announce the Messiah's arrival (see Malachi 4:5, Deuteronomy 18:15)? John had no doubt and no mistaken identity about his call and mission. In all humility and sincerity he said he was only a voice bidding people to get ready for the arrival of the greatest Ruler of all, God's anointed King and Messiah.
John's identity and our identity is derived from God's Son - Jesus Christ
John the Baptist bridges the Old and New Testaments. He is the last of the Old Testament prophets who points the way to the Messiah. He is the first of the New Testament witnesses and martyrs. He is the herald who prepares the way for Jesus and who announces his mission to the people: Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world! (John 1:29). John saw from a distance what the Messiah would come to accomplish - our redemption from slavery to sin and our adoption as sons and daughters of God, our heavenly Father. Do you recognize who you are in Christ? The Lord Jesus has come to restore us to friendship with God and he has made us citizens of heaven - his everlasting kingdom of peace and justice.
Do you point others to Jesus Christ - the one true Lord and Savior of the world?
John was the greatest of the prophets, yet he lived as a humble and faithful servant of God. He pointed others to Jesus, the true Messiah and Savior of the world. The Christian church from the earliest of times has given John many titles which signify his mission: Witness of the Lord, Trumpet of Heaven, Herald of Christ, Voice of the Word, Precursor of Truth, Friend of the Bridegroom, Crown of the Prophets, Forerunner of the Redeemer, Preparer of Salvation, Light of the Martyrs, and Servant of the Word. Do you point others to Jesus Christ by the example and witness of your life?
Lord Jesus, make me a herald of your word of truth and grace. Help me to be a faithful witness of the joy of the Gospel and to point others to you as John did through his testimony.
Psalm 98:1-4
1 O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.
2 The LORD has made known his victory, he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
4 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
5 Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The time of reckoning is the first advent of Christ, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"Being God by nature, the Only Begotten [Jesus Christ the Son of the Father] is the Holy of Holies, and he sanctifies all creation and so originates from the Holy Father with the Holy Spirit proceeding from him and sending in the power from above to those on earth who recognize him. How was he sanctified? For he is God and man equally; he gives the Spirit to creation but receives the Spirit on account of being human...
"'Acceptable' is that year in which we were received, when we took kinship with him, having our sins washed away through holy baptism and becoming partakers of the divine nature through the sharing of the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:4). Or 'acceptable' is the year in which he revealed his glory through the divine miracle attesting the message. We received the time for salvation gladly... the day of reckoning is none other than the time of his dwelling among us in which the reckoning has been given by him to those believing in him through the promise in hope... For the Savior himself said, 'Now is the judgment of this world, now is the prince of the world cast out' (John 12:31). The time of reckoning, then, is in this manner, when Christ illuminated the world." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 5.5.61.1-3)
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