January 11, 2020 Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

2021년 1월 11일 연중 제1주간 월요일 

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제1독서
히브리서.1,1-6 

1 하느님께서 예전에는 예언자들을 통하여
여러 번에 걸쳐 여러 가지 방식으로 조상들에게 말씀하셨지만,
2 이 마지막 때에는 아드님을 통하여 우리에게 말씀하셨습니다.
하느님께서는 아드님을 만물의 상속자로 삼으셨을 뿐만 아니라,
그분을 통하여 온 세상을 만들기까지 하셨습니다.
3 아드님은 하느님 영광의 광채이시며 하느님 본질의 모상으로서,
만물을 당신의 강력한 말씀으로 지탱하십니다.
그분께서 죄를 깨끗이 없애신 다음,
하늘 높은 곳에 계신 존엄하신 분의 오른쪽에 앉으셨습니다.
4 그분께서는 천사들보다 뛰어난 이름을 상속받으시어,
그만큼 그들보다 위대하게 되셨습니다.
5 하느님께서 천사들 가운데 그 누구에게
“너는 내 아들. 내가 오늘 너를 낳았노라.” 하고 말씀하신 적이 있습니까?
또 “나는 그의 아버지가 되고 그는 나의 아들이 되리라.” 하고
말씀하신 적이 있습니까?
6 또 맏아드님을 저세상에 데리고 들어가실 때에는 이렇게 말씀하십니다.
“하느님의 천사들은 모두 그에게 경배하여라.”

복음
마르코. 1,14-20
14 요한이 잡힌 뒤에 예수님께서는 갈릴래아에 가시어,
하느님의 복음을 선포하시며 15 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
“때가 차서 하느님의 나라가 가까이 왔다. 회개하고 복음을 믿어라.”
16 예수님께서 갈릴래아 호숫가를 지나가시다가,
호수에 그물을 던지고 있는 시몬과 그의 동생 안드레아를 보셨다.
그들은 어부였다.
17 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“나를 따라오너라. 내가 너희를 사람 낚는 어부가 되게 하겠다.”
18 그러자 그들은 곧바로 그물을 버리고 예수님을 따랐다.
19 예수님께서 조금 더 가시다가,
배에서 그물을 손질하는 제베대오의 아들 야고보와 그의 동생 요한을 보시고,
20 곧바로 그들을 부르셨다.
그러자 그들은 아버지 제베대오를 삯꾼들과 함께 배에 버려두고
그분을 따라나섰다.

January 11, 2020
Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time 

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Heb 1:1-6

Brothers and sisters:
In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways 
to our ancestors through the prophets; 
in these last days, he spoke to us through the Son, 
whom he made heir of all things 
and through whom he created the universe,

who is the refulgence of his glory, 
the very imprint of his being,
and who sustains all things by his mighty word.
When he had accomplished purification from sins,
he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
as far superior to the angels
as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

For to which of the angels did God ever say:

You are my Son; this day I have begotten you?

Or again:

I will be a father to him, and he shall be a Son to me?

And again, when he leads the first born into the world, he says:

Let all the angels of God worship him.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 97:1 and 2b, 6 and 7c, 9

R. (see 7c) Let all his angels worship him.
The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many isles be glad.
Justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne. 
R. Let all his angels worship him.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
Let all his angels worship him.
R. Let all his angels worship him.
Because you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth,
exalted far above all gods.
R. Let all his angels worship him.

Gospel

Mk 1:14-20

After John had been arrested,
Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God:
“This is the time of fulfillment.
The Kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”

As he passed by the Sea of Galilee,
he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea;
they were fishermen.
Jesus said to them,
“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Then they left their nets and followed him.
He walked along a little farther
and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John.
They too were in a boat mending their nets.
Then he called them.
So they left their father Zebedee in the boat
along with the hired men and followed him.

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 This passage from Mark’s Gospel follows his presentation of John the Baptist, John's ministry, Christ's Baptism, and the time Christ spent in the desert discerning what it all meant – and all of this in his first 13 verses...

Christ’s beginning His ministry here is very different from the story of His attempting to begin it in Luke (2:41-52): there He was at the center of Judaism, the Temple, surrounded by priests and scribes but with no mention of the Father and the Holy Spirit.  After His mother’s rebuke He returned home for more obedience and a "quiet" life: growth in age, wisdom, and grace, and He learned the common touch, His ability to offer a concrete and forceful teaching to real people, not merely commenting on the Law for the Temple cadre.

Here in Mark Christ is as far from the Temple as He can get, out in the desert with a weirdo who offers a non-official liturgical rite blessed by the presence of the Father and the Spirit, and Jesus then begins His work with a message which, as Mark reports it, is not that much different from the Baptist's.  The difference is that Jesus leaves the Jordan, doesn't baptize, and actively recruits people to help in his ministry. 

Today is the first day of “ordinary time” after Advent, the birth of Christ, and all the subsequent feasts, and with Christ we now enter the world of everyday.  Jesus here calls some men to accompany Him more closely, to eventually become His “disciples” (students) and even His “apostles” (envoys), and He similarly calls each and every one of us to be just those people, at least as His companions and hopefully as those who learn from Him as disciples.

And like the disciples, we are to follow Jesus and let Him (and His Spirit!) forge us into fishers of men as well – and this is not instead of who and what we have been but the same individuals with the difference of a new Spirit within.  We remain mothers and fathers, workers with white collars and blue collars, older and younger, of any color and race, but we become most radically true brothers and sisters, caring for each other with Christ’s love for us, a love that we share with them. 

Our daily reality becomes new for us in Christ, a place of meaning in place of the boredom, loneliness, and fundamental frustration that the pagan and worldly must cope with.  We already live in Christ’s new creation, with a depth that wasn't there before Christ called us, and we realize that we are not vessels of clay but of glory in what Christ asks us to bear in these transformed vessels.

God is very much here with us in our daily routines and the people we meet every day; let us pray that we accompany Christ faithfully as He Himself works with all of that.

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THE MEANING OF “COME”

“Come after Me; I will make you fishers of men.” —Mark 1:17

Jesus continues to say to each of us: “Come after Me.” If we are committed Christians, we tend to think we’ve already done that. Nevertheless, to come after Jesus can mean a new experience each day, as we enter into the mystery of God’s love.

Hundreds of millions of Christians do not realize that coming to Jesus means following the Church, her bishops, and her Pope. Some Christians try to follow Jesus without trying to know the Bible. Hundreds of millions of Christians don’t realize that to come after Jesus means to come to Holy Communion as often as possible and to center their lives on the Eucharist. Some Christians even continue a crossless Christianity or an isolated Christianity without community life.

When Jesus says: “Come after Me,” He means so much that we can spend a lifetime beginning to grasp the countless ramifications of coming to the crucified and risen God-Man.

Filled with the Holy Spirit of Christmas, on this first day of “ordinary time,” let us come after Jesus.

Prayer:  Father, I will come and adore Him, Christ the Lord.

Promise:  “How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good He has done for me? The cup of salvation I will take up, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.” —Ps 116:12-13

Praise:  When caring for her infirm husband, Lynn came to realize that when she served her husband, she served Jesus. She delights in ministering to both.

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 What is the Gospel of God which Jesus came to preach? The word "gospel" literally means "good news". When a king had good news to deliver to his subjects he sent messengers or heralds throughout the land to make a public announcement - such as the birth of a newborn king or the victory over an invading army or occupied force. God sent his prophets to announce the coming of God's anointed King and Messiah. After Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan and anointed by the Spirit he begins his ministry of preaching the Gospel - the good news that the kingdom of God was now at hand for all who were ready to receive it.

God rules over all
What is the kingdom of God? The word "kingdom" means something more than a territory or an area of land. It literally means "sovereignty" or "reign" and the power to "rule" and exercise authority. The prophets announced that God would establish a kingdom not just for one nation or people but for the whole world. The Scriptures tell us that God's throne is in heaven and his rule is over all (Psalm 103:19). His kingdom is bigger and more powerful than anything we can imagine because it is universal and everlasting (Daniel 4:3). His kingdom is full of glory, power, and splendor (Psalm 145:11-13).

In the Book of Daniel we are told that this kingdom is given to the Son of Man (Daniel 7:14,18,22,27). The Son of Man is a Messianic title for God's anointed King. The New Testament word for "Messiah" is "Christ" which literally means the "Anointed One" or the "Anointed King". God sent us his Son not to establish an earthly kingdom but to bring us into his heavenly kingdom - a kingdom ruled by truth, justice, peace, and holiness. The kingdom of God is the central theme of Jesus' mission. It's the core of his gospel message.

As soon as John the Baptist had finished his testimony, Jesus began his in Galilee, his home district. John's enemies had sought to silence him, but the gospel cannot be silenced. Jesus proclaimed that the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand. Jesus takes up John's message of repentance and calls disciples to believe in the gospel - the good news he has come to deliver. What is the good news which Jesus delivers? It is the good news of peace (restoration of relationship with God - Ephesians 6:15), of hope (the hope of heaven and everlasting life - Colossians 1:23 ), of truth (God's word is true and reliable - Colossians 1:5), of promise (he rewards those who seek him - Ephesians 3:6)), of immortality (God gives everlasting life - 2 Timothy 1:10), and the good news of salvation (liberty from sin and freedom to live as sons and daughters of God - Ephesians 1:13).

Two conditions for the kingdom - repent and believe
How do we enter the kingdom of God? In announcing the good news, Jesus gave two explicit things each of us must do to in order to receive the kingdom of God: repent and believe. When we submit to Christ's rule in our lives and believe the gospel message the Lord Jesus gives us the grace and power to live a new way of life as citizens of his kingdom. He gives us grace to renounce the kingdom of darkness ruled by sin and Satan, the father of lies (John 8:44) and the ruler of this present world (John 12:31). That is why repentance is the first step.

Repentance means to change - to change my way of thinking, my attitude, disposition, and life choices so that Christ can be the Lord and Master of my heart rather than sin, selfishness, and greed. If we are only sorry for the consequences of our sins, we will very likely keep repeating the sin that is mastering us. True repentance requires a contrite heart (Psalm 51:17) and sorrow for sin and a firm resolution to avoid it in the future. The Lord Jesus gives us grace to see sin for what it really is - a rejection of his love and wisdom for our lives and a refusal to do what is good and in accord with his will. His grace brings pardon and help for turning away from everything that would keep us from his love and truth.

To believe is to take Jesus at his word and to recognize that God loved us so much that he sent his only begotten Son to free us from bondage to sin and harmful desires. God made the supreme sacrifice of his Son on the cross to bring us back to a relationship of peace and friendship with himself. He is our Father and he wants us to live as his sons and daughters. God loved us first and he invites us in love to surrender our lives to him. Do you believe that the gospel -the good news of Jesus - has power to free you from bondage to sin and fear?

Like fishermen - we are called to gather in people for the kingdom of Christ
When Jesus preached the gospel message he called others to follow as his disciples and he gave them a mission - "to catch people for the kingdom of God." What kind of disciples did he choose? Smelly fishermen! In the choice of the first apostles we see a characteristic feature of Jesus' work: he chose very ordinary people. They were non-professionals, had no wealth or position. They were chosen from the common people who did ordinary things, had no special education, and no social advantages. Jesus wanted ordinary people who could take an assignment and do it extraordinarily well. He chose these individuals, not for what they were, but for what they would be capable of becoming under his direction and power.

When the Lord calls us to serve, we must not think we have nothing to offer. The Lord takes what ordinary people, like us, can offer and uses it for greatness in his kingdom. Do you believe that God wants to work in and through you for his glory?

Jesus speaks the same message to us today: we will "catch people" for the kingdom of God if we allow the light of Jesus Christ to shine through us. God wants others to see the light of Christ in us in the way we live, speak, and witness the joy of the gospel. Paul the Apostles says, But thanks be to God, who in Christ Jesus always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing (2 Corinthians 2:15). Do you witness to those around you the joy of the Gospel and do you pray for your neighbors, co-workers, and relatives that they may come to know the Lord Jesus Christ and grow in the knowledge of his love?

Lord Jesus, you have called me personally by name, just as you called your first disciples, Simon, Andrew, James, and John. Help me to believe your word and follow you faithfully. Fill me with the joy of the gospel that your light may shine through me to many others.

Psalm 116:12-19

12 What shall I render to the LORD for all his bounty to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD,
14 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
16 O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Common people on an uncommon mission, by Eusebius of Caesarea (260/263-340 AD)

"Reflect on the nature and grandeur of the one Almighty God who could associate himself with the poor of the lowly fisherman's class. To use them to carry out God's mission baffles all rationality. For having conceived the intention, which no one ever before had done, of spreading his own commands and teachings to all nations, and of revealing himself as the teacher of the religion of the one Almighty God to all humanity, he thought good to use the most unsophisticated and common people as ministers of his own design. Maybe God just wanted to work in the most unlikely way. For how could inarticulate folk be made able to teach, even if they were appointed teachers to only one person, much less to a multitude? How should those who were themselves without education instruct the nations?... When he had thus called them as his followers, he breathed into them his divine power, and filled them with strength and courage. As God himself he spoke God's true word to them in his own way, enabling them to do great wonders, and made them pursuers of rational and thinking souls, by empowering them to come after him, saying: 'Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for people' (Mark 1:17, Matthew 4:19). With this empowerment God sent them forth to be workers and teachers of holiness to all the nations, declaring them heralds of his own teaching." (excerpt from PROOF OF THE GOSPEL 3.7)

 

 

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