2021년 3월 19일 한국 교회의 공동 수호자 동정 마리아의 배필 성 요셉 대축일
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<주 하느님께서 예수님께 조상 다윗의 왕좌를 주시리라(루카 1,32 참조).>
제1독서
사무엘기 하. 7,4-5ㄴ.12-14ㄱ.16
그 무렵 4 주님의 말씀이 나탄에게 내렸다.
5 “나의 종 다윗에게 가서 말하여라. ‘주님이 이렇게 말한다.
12 너의 날수가 다 차서 조상들과 함께 잠들게 될 때,
네 몸에서 나와 네 뒤를 이을 후손을 내가 일으켜 세우고,
그의 나라를 튼튼하게 하겠다.
13 그는 나의 이름을 위하여 집을 짓고,
나는 그 나라의 왕좌를 영원히 튼튼하게 할 것이다.
14 나는 그의 아버지가 되고 그는 나의 아들이 될 것이다.
16 너의 집안과 나라가 네 앞에서 영원히 굳건해지고,
네 왕좌가 영원히 튼튼하게 될 것이다.’”
제2독서
<아브라함은 희망이 없어도 희망하였습니다.>
로마서. 4,13.16-18.22
형제 여러분, 13 세상의 상속자가 되리라는 약속은
율법을 통해서가 아니라 믿음으로 얻은 의로움을 통해서
아브라함과 그 후손들에게 주어졌습니다.
16 그러한 까닭에 약속은 믿음에 따라 이루어지고 은총으로 주어집니다.
이는 약속이 모든 후손에게, 곧 율법에 따라 사는 이들뿐만 아니라
아브라함이 보여 준 믿음에 따라 사는 이들에게도 보장되게 하려는 것입니다.
아브라함은 우리 모두의 조상입니다.
17 그것은 성경에
“내가 너를 많은 민족의 조상으로 만들었다.”라고 기록된 그대로입니다.
아브라함은 자기가 믿는 분, 곧 죽은 이들을 다시 살리시고
존재하지 않는 것을 존재하도록 불러내시는 하느님 앞에서
우리 모두의 조상이 되었습니다.
18 그는 희망이 없어도 희망하며,
“너의 후손들이 저렇게 많아질 것이다.” 하신 말씀에 따라
“많은 민족의 아버지”가 될 것을 믿었습니다.
22 바로 그 때문에 “하느님께서 그 믿음을 의로움으로 인정해 주신”것입니다.
복음
<요셉은 주님의 천사가 명령한 대로 하였다.>
마태오. 1,16.18-21.24ㄱ<또는 루카 2,41-51ㄱ>
16 야곱은 마리아의 남편 요셉을 낳았는데,
마리아에게서 그리스도라고 불리는 예수님께서 태어나셨다.
18 예수 그리스도께서는 이렇게 탄생하셨다.
그분의 어머니 마리아가 요셉과 약혼하였는데,
그들이 같이 살기 전에 마리아가 성령으로 말미암아 잉태한 사실이 드러났다.
19 마리아의 남편 요셉은 의로운 사람이었고
또 마리아의 일을 세상에 드러내고 싶지 않았으므로,
남모르게 마리아와 파혼하기로 작정하였다.
20 요셉이 그렇게 하기로 생각을 굳혔을 때,
꿈에 주님의 천사가 나타나 말하였다.
“다윗의 자손 요셉아, 두려워하지 말고 마리아를 아내로 맞아들여라.
그 몸에 잉태된 아기는 성령으로 말미암은 것이다.
21 마리아가 아들을 낳으리니 그 이름을 예수라고 하여라.
그분께서 당신 백성을 죄에서 구원하실 것이다.”
24 잠에서 깨어난 요셉은 주님의 천사가 명령한 대로 하였다.
March 19, 2021
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
"Go, tell my servant David,
'When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors,
I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins,
and I will make his kingdom firm.
It is he who shall build a house for my name.
And I will make his royal throne firm forever.
I will be a father to him,
and he shall be a son to me.
Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me;
your throne shall stand firm forever.'"
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29
The promises of the LORD I will sing forever;
through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness,
For you have said, "My kindness is established forever";
in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.
R. The son of David will live for ever.
"I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant:
Forever will I confirm your posterity
and establish your throne for all generations."
R. The son of David will live for ever.
"He shall say of me, 'You are my father,
my God, the Rock, my savior.'
Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him,
and my covenant with him stands firm."
R. The son of David will live for ever.
Reading 2
Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22
It was not through the law
that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants
that he would inherit the world,
but through the righteousness that comes from faith.
For this reason, it depends on faith,
so that it may be a gift,
and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants,
not to those who only adhere to the law
but to those who follow the faith of Abraham,
who is the father of all of us, as it is written,
I have made you father of many nations.
He is our father in the sight of God,
in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead
and calls into being what does not exist.
He believed, hoping against hope,
that he would become the father of many nations,
according to what was said, Thus shall your descendants be.
That is why it was credited to him as righteousness.
Gospel
Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a
Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.
Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.
When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
but before they lived together,
she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
"Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins."
When Joseph awoke,
he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him
and took his wife into his home.
Or
Lk 2:41-51a
and when he was twelve years old,
they went up according to festival custom.
After they had completed its days, as they were returning,
the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem,
but his parents did not know it.
Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day
and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
but not finding him,
they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions,
and all who heard him were astounded
at his understanding and his answers.
When his parents saw him,
they were astonished,
and his mother said to him,
"Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety."
And he said to them,
"Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
But they did not understand what he said to them.
He went down with them and came to Nazareth,
and was obedient to them.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
This year, today’s Feast Day of St. Joseph takes on special meaning. Pope Francis has instituted the Year of St. Joseph from Dec. 8, 2020, to Dec. 8, 2021. The occasion is the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St. Joseph as patron of the Universal Church, declared by Pope Pius IX in 1870.
I highly recommend that you read Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter about St. Joseph, Patris Corde, which means With a Father’s Heart. The insights he provides about Joseph are profound.
When we think of Joseph, it is his faith, courage and, actually, his silence that we recall. We don’t hear/read his words, but we observe many of his actions, all of which are rooted in faith. Faith in God, faith in God’s promises, faith in his role as Jesus’ father, faith in his wife, faith in his son. We have no record of God communicating with Joseph other than through dreams, so when things became difficult for Joseph and the dreams seemed faded and far away, he undoubtedly had to dig deeper and rely on his faith, and let that faith feed his courage.
There are two Gospel readings offered today, both of which give us insights into this man who played an important role in salvation history. Pope Francis writes, “Joseph was the man chosen by God to guide the beginnings of the history of redemption. He was the true ‘miracle’ by which God saves the child and his mother. God acted by trusting in Joseph’s creative courage.”
In the Gospel of Matthew, we hear the everyday words describing Joseph as Mary’s husband and she as his wife. How simple and normal those words are, describing a relationship we are so familiar with. Yet an angel had appeared to Joseph in a dream, allaying his fears and his plans to divorce Mary, and he woke with new determination and most likely peace. And history would never be the same.
In the second Gospel, Luke’s, we get that glimpse into the Holy Family that makes the three members of that family so relatable to us. First, Joseph and Mary are called Jesus’ parents. To all those watching, that is what they are, simply parents, not saints or anyone special. As parents, they go from fear and anxiety over losing their son to being “astonished” by his actions.
In the past when I have read this account, I was drawn to Mary’s complaint to Jesus, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.” But this time, I noticed the words “your father.” She calls Joseph his father. That’s how she viewed him, and until that moment in time, that is probably how all three of them had viewed Joseph. Jesus is introducing a new paradigm by talking about his “Father.” That must have been a momentous and confusing time for Joseph.
Once again, Joseph must rely on his faith. Faith that he is doing the right thing by taking Jesus home and continuing to be a father to his son even though he knows things are changing. Joseph was a righteous person and as Paul says in the second reading, from Romans, “righteousness … comes from faith.”
I am not proud to say that I have too often overlooked Joseph, or only thought about him at Christmas and on March 19. I am inspired to follow Pope Francis’ lead and immerse myself this year in learning much more about this special man and to reflect on the meaning, example and courage his faith and fatherhood offer all of us.
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“FATHER-FOREVER” (SEE IS 9:5)
“I will be a Father to Him, and He shall be a Son to Me.” -2 Samuel 7:14
Both the title of this teaching and the above Scripture refer to the Lord and not to St. Joseph. However, both are aptly applied to Joseph. Joseph’s entire identity derived from his unique relationship to Jesus as the foster-father of the Son of God.
Most men find their identity in their own prowess rather than from their subordinate relationship to another person. Yet Joseph is identified in Scripture as “the husband of Mary” (Mt 1:16), perhaps the only man in the entire Bible identified this way. On the surface, it might seem from this description that Joseph was a second-class man. But Joseph took his identity from his relationship with Jesus, and Mary was undeniably the mother of Jesus. Joseph was linked to Jesus through Mary; hence, he is described as Mary’s husband to spotlight his unique relationship to Jesus.
I’m certain that St. Joseph is rejoicing in heaven whenever people refer to him because of his link to Jesus rather than for his own sake. Joseph found the meaning of life when Jesus entered his world (see Phil 1:21). With great faith (Rm 4:16), Joseph subordinated his life to Jesus, serving Him with love. In giving up his life for Jesus, Joseph found out who he was (Mt 10:39).
With Joseph, let us live no longer for ourselves, but for Jesus (2 Cor 5:15). Live by faith in Jesus (Gal 2:20).
Prayer: Jesus, immerse me in You, surround me with You, consume me in Your love (Heb 12:29).
Promise: “All depends on faith, everything is grace.” —Rm 4:16
Praise: “When a man walks in integrity and justice, happy are his children after him!” (Prv 20:7). St. Joseph, pray for us!
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What can hold us back from doing the will of God? Fear, especially the fear of death and the fear of losing the approval of others, can easily rob us of courage and the will to do what we know is right. Jesus met opposition and the threat of death with grace and determination to accomplish his Father's will. Jesus knew that his mission, his purpose in life, would entail sacrifice and suffering and culminate with death on the cross. But that would not be the end. His "hour" would crush defeat with victory over sin and Satan, condemnation with pardon and freedom, and death with glory and everlasting life.
Jesus offered up his life for us to restore us to friendship with God
He willingly suffered for our sake and embraced the cross to redeem us from sin and to restore us to new life and friendship with God our Father.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) wrote:
"Our Lord had the power to lay down his life and to take it up again. But we cannot choose how long we shall live, and death comes to us even against our will. Christ, by dying, has already overcome death. Our freedom from death comes only through his death. To save us Christ had no need of us. Yet without him we can do nothing. He gave himself to us as the vine to the branches; apart from him we cannot live."
No one can be indifferent with Jesus for very long. What he said and did - his miraculous signs and wonders - he did in the name of God. Jesus not only claimed to be the Messiah, God's Anointed One - he claimed to be in a unique relationship of sonship with God the Father and to know him as no one else did. To the Jews this was utter blasphemy. The religious authorities did all they could to put a stop to Jesus because they could not accept his claims and the demands he made.
Jesus alone can set us free from the power of sinful pride, rebellion, and fear
We cannot be indifferent to the claims which Jesus makes on us. We are either for him or against him. There is no middle ground. We can try to mold the Lord Jesus to our own ideas and way of thinking or we can allow his word of truth to free us from our own sinful blindness, stubborn pride, and ignorance. Do you accept all that Jesus has taught and done for you with faith and reverence or with disbelief and contempt? The consequences are enormous, both in this life and in eternity.
Eternal God, who are the light of the minds that know you, the joy of the hearts that love you, and the strength of the wills that serve you; grant us so to know you, that we may truly love you, and so to love you that we may fully serve you, whom to serve is perfect freedom, in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalm 34:17-22
17 When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked; and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Christ our physician, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"As Christians, our task is to make daily progress toward God. Our pilgrimage on earth is a school in which God is the only teacher, and it demands good students, not ones who play truant. In this school we learn something every day. We learn something from commandments, something from examples, and something from sacraments. These things are remedies for our wounds and materials for study." (excerpt from Sermon 218c,1)
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