January 22, 2021 Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time

2021년 1월 22일 연중 제2주간 금요일  

제1독서

히브리서. 8,6-13
형제 여러분, 6 이제 그리스도께서는 더 훌륭한 직무를 맡으셨습니다.
더 나은 약속을 바탕으로 세워진 더 나은 계약의 중개자이시기 때문입니다.
7 저 첫째 계약에 결함이 없었다면, 다른 계약을 찾을 까닭이 없었을 것입니다.
8 그런데 하느님께서는 그들의 결함을 꾸짖으시며 이렇게 말씀하십니다.
“보라, 그날이 온다. ─ 주님께서 말씀하신다. ─
그때에 나는 이스라엘 집안과 유다 집안과 새 계약을 맺으리라.
9 그것은 내가 그 조상들의 손을 잡고 이집트 땅에서 이끌고 나올 때에
그들과 맺었던 계약과는 다르다.
그들이 내 계약을 지키지 않아 나도 그들을 돌보지 않았다.
─ 주님께서 말씀하신다. ─
10 그 시대가 지난 뒤에 내가 이스라엘 집안과 맺어 줄 계약은 이러하다.
─ 주님께서 말씀하신다. ─
나는 그들의 생각 속에 내 법을 넣어 주고 그들의 마음에 그 법을 새겨 주리라.
그리하여 나는 그들의 하느님이 되고 그들은 나의 백성이 되리라.
11 그때에는 아무도 자기 이웃에게,
아무도 제 형제에게 ‘주님을 알아라.’ 하고 가르치지 않으리라.
그들이 낮은 사람부터 높은 사람까지 모두 나를 알게 될 것이기 때문이다.
12 나는 그들의 불의를 너그럽게 보아주고 그들의 죄를 더 이상 기억하지 않으리라.”
13 하느님께서는 “새 계약”이라는 말씀을 하심으로써
첫째 계약을 낡은 것으로 만드셨습니다. 낡고 오래된 것은 곧 사라집니다.

 

복음

마르코. 3,13-19
그때에 13 예수님께서 산에 올라가시어,
당신께서 원하시는 이들을 가까이 부르시니 그들이 그분께 나아왔다.
14 그분께서는 열둘을 세우시고 그들을 사도라 이름하셨다.
그들을 당신과 함께 지내게 하시고, 그들을 파견하시어 복음을 선포하게 하시며,
15 마귀들을 쫓아내는 권한을 가지게 하시려는 것이었다.
16 이렇게 예수님께서 열둘을 세우셨는데, 그들은 베드로라는 이름을 붙여 주신 시몬,
17 ‘천둥의 아들들’이라는 뜻으로 보아네르게스라는 이름을 붙여 주신
제베대오의 아들 야고보와 그의 동생 요한,
18 그리고 안드레아, 필립보, 바르톨로메오, 마태오, 토마스, 알패오의 아들 야고보,
타대오, 열혈당원 시몬, 19 또 예수님을 팔아넘긴 유다 이스카리옷이다.

January 22, 2021

Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time

Daily Readings — Audio 

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Reading 1

Heb 8:6-13

Brothers and sisters:
Now our high priest has obtained so much more excellent a ministry
as he is mediator of a better covenant, 
enacted on better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, 
no place would have been sought for a second one.
But he finds fault with them and says:
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will conclude a new covenant with the house of 
Israel and the house of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers
the day I took them by the hand to lead 
them forth from the land of Egypt;
for they did not stand by my covenant
and I ignored them, says the Lord.
But this is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their minds
and I will write them upon their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
And they shall not teach, each one his fellow citizen and kin, saying,
“Know the Lord,”
for all shall know me, from least to greatest.
For I will forgive their evildoing
and remember their sins no more.

When he speaks of a “new” covenant, 
he declares the first one obsolete.
And what has become obsolete 
and has grown old is close to disappearing.

 

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 85:8 and 10, 11-12, 13-14

R. (11a) Kindness and truth shall meet.
Show us, O LORD, your mercy,
and grant us your salvation.
Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him,
glory dwelling in our land.
R. Kindness and truth shall meet.
Kindness and truth shall meet;
justice and peace shall kiss.
Truth shall spring out of the earth,
and justice shall look down from heaven.
R. Kindness and truth shall meet.
The LORD himself will give his benefits;
our land shall yield its increase.
Justice shall walk before him,
and salvation, along the way of his steps.
R. Kindness and truth shall meet.

 

Gospel

Mk 3:13-19

Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted 
and they came to him.
He appointed Twelve, whom he also named Apostles,
that they might be with him
and he might send them forth to preach 
and to have authority to drive out demons:
He appointed the Twelve:
Simon, whom he named Peter; 
James, son of Zebedee, 
and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, 
that is, sons of thunder;
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; 
Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean,
and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

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 Because of historical developments, we easily associate a date with some important event, without needing to mention the year. Nine-eleven is deeply ingrained in our memory as the date of the terrorist attack on the twin towers of New York City, when more than 3,000 people were killed. December 7th reminds our nation of the attack on Pearl Harbor, when almost 2,500 people were killed. August 6th is for the Japanese nation a very painful reminder of the destruction of Hiroshima by the first atomic bomb that killed more than 160,00 people. Today, January 22nd, marks another event, the legalization of abortion, that has resulted in many more deaths of unborn children than the above-mentioned dates combined.

That decision has resulted also in the deepest polarization in the country, a polarization that has left almost no room for civic dialog. That decision confronts what is seen as the right of a human being with the right of another human being already conceived, even if not yet born. Within society, however, individual rights do not exist in isolation as absolutes regardless of their effect on others.

Obviously, from an unbeliever’s angle such a conflict would not exist, since the unbeliever would not consider an unborn child a human life, just “pregnancy tissue”. But we are believers and it is our faith that motivates us to focus our prayer at the celebration of the Eucharist. As long as that is the law of the country, it is not in our power to change it, at least not now. That is why our Church has instituted this Day of Prayer for the legal Protection of Unborn Children, even as we wait for conditions to change.

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DYING TO LIVE

“He named twelve as His companions whom He would send to preach the good news; they were likewise to have authority to expel demons.” —Mark 3:14-15

This week we are involved in a series of celebrations of those who suffered bloody martyrdoms for Jesus. Saints Fabian, Sebastian, Agnes, and Vincent followed in Jesus’ footsteps, choosing to be killed rather than kill. Today we also recall the most disastrous judicial decision in American history, the legalizing of abortion in the United States on January 22, 1973. At this moment, the Lord challenges us to choose life (Dt 30:19-20).
However, to choose life for others we must often choose death for ourselves. Jesus chose to die so that we, once His enemies, could live and become His friends (Jn 15:14, 15; cf Rm 5:10). We must choose to die to self so others can live, to be transformed from death-dealing to self-dying.
At least half the apostles were into violence, hatred, and murder. Peter attacked Malchus with a sword (Jn 18:10). John and James wanted to burn a city of Samaritans (Lk 9:54). Bartholomew (Nathanael) was a bigot (Jn 1:46). Matthew the tax collector possibly used extortion to help him collect taxes. Simon the Zealot was a member of a violent, revolutionary group. (Today we would call them terrorists.) Nonetheless, Jesus changed these violent people. He will change us, if we’re willing to die to ourselves and repent, so that others may live.

Prayer:  Father, use my life and death to save the lives of children in the womb.

Promise:  “He is Mediator of a better covenant.” —Heb 8:6

Praise:  Lord God, we give thanks and praise for the women who choose the option of adoption rather than abortion.

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 What is God's call on your life? When Jesus embarked on his mission he chose twelve men for the task of preaching the kingdom of God and healing the sick in the power of that kingdom. In the choice of the twelve, we see a characteristic feature of God's work: Jesus chose very ordinary people. They were non-professionals, who 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 men, not for what they were, but for what they would be capable of becoming under his direction and power.

Jesus calls you to serve him - will you say yes today and tomorrow?
When the Lord calls us to serve, we must not shrug back because we think that we have little or nothing to offer. The Lord takes what ordinary people, like us, can offer and uses it for greatness in his kingdom. Do you make your life an offering to the Lord and allow him to use you as he sees fit?

Lord Jesus, fill me with gratitude and generosity for all you have done for me. Take my life and all that I have as an offering of love for you, who are my All.

Psalm 85:8-13

8 Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
9.Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky.
12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The renaming of Matthew by Jesus, by Bede the Venerable, 672-735 A.D.

"We must not pass over the fact that Matthew had two names, for he was also called Levi, and that name too bears witness to the grace granted to him. Levi means 'added' (or 'a joining') or 'taken up,' signifying that he was 'taken up' through being chosen by the Lord, and 'added' to the number of the apostolic band. Mark and Luke generously chose to use this name alone, so as to not make glaringly conspicuous his former way of life, for he was now their companion in the work of the Gospel (Mark 2:14, Luke 5:27). In setting down the list of the twelve apostles, they simply called him Matthew, not mentioning Levi (Mark 3:18, Luke 6:15). Matthew himself, on the other hand (in accord with what is written, 'The just man is the first accuser of himself; his friend came and searched him out' - Proverbs 18:17), calls himself by his ordinary name when telling of being called from his tax-collector's place, but adds pointedly 'the publican' (Matthew 10:3) - 'Thomas,' he says, 'and Matthew the publican.' In this way he offers to publicans and sinners greater confidence in securing their salvation." (excerpt from HOMILIES ON THE GOSPELS 1.21)

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