April 5, 2021 Monday in the Octave of Easter

2021년 4월 5일 부활 팔일 축제 내 월요일 

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제1독서

<이 예수님을 하느님께서 다시 살리셨고 우리는 모두 그 증인입니다.>

사도행전. 2,14.22-33 

오순절에, 14 베드로가 열한 사도와 함께 일어나 목소리를 높여 말하였다.
“유다인들과 모든 예루살렘 주민 여러분, 여러분은 이 사실을 알아야 합니다.
내 말을 귀담아들으십시오.
22 이스라엘인 여러분, 이 말을 들으십시오. 여러분도 알다시피,
나자렛 사람 예수님은 하느님께서 여러 기적과 이적과 표징으로
여러분에게 확인해 주신 분이십니다.
하느님께서 그분을 통하여 여러분 가운데에서 그것들을 일으키셨습니다.
23 하느님께서 미리 정하신 계획과 예지에 따라 여러분에게 넘겨지신 그분을,
여러분은 무법자들의 손을 빌려 십자가에 못 박아 죽였습니다.
24 그러나 하느님께서는 그분을 죽음의 고통에서 풀어 다시 살리셨습니다.

그분께서는 죽음에 사로잡혀 계실 수가 없었던 것입니다.
25 그래서 다윗이 그분을 두고 이렇게 말합니다.
‘나 언제나 주님을 내 앞에 모시어
그분께서 내 오른쪽에 계시니 나는 흔들리지 않는다.
26 그러기에 내 마음은 기뻐하고 내 혀는 즐거워하였다.
내 육신마저 희망 속에 살리라.
27 당신께서 제 영혼을 저승에 버려두지 않으시고
당신의 거룩한 이에게 죽음의 나라를 아니 보게 하실 것이기 때문입니다.
28 당신은 저에게 생명의 길을 가르쳐 주신 분
당신 면전에서 저를 기쁨으로 가득 채우실 것입니다.’
29 형제 여러분, 나는 다윗 조상에 관하여
여러분에게 자신 있게 말할 수 있습니다.
그는 죽어 묻혔고 그의 무덤은 오늘날까지 우리 가운데에 남아 있습니다.
30 그는 예언자였고, 또 자기 몸의 소생 가운데에서 한 사람을
자기 왕좌에 앉혀 주시겠다고 하느님께서 맹세하신 사실을 알고 있었습니다.
31 그래서 그리스도의 부활을 예견하며 ‘그분은 저승에 버려지지 않으시고
그분의 육신은 죽음의 나라를 보지 않았다.’ 하고 말하였습니다.
32 이 예수님을 하느님께서 다시 살리셨고 우리는 모두 그 증인입니다.
33 하느님의 오른쪽으로 들어 올려지신 그분께서는
약속된 성령을 아버지에게서 받으신 다음,
여러분이 지금 보고 듣는 것처럼 그 성령을 부어 주셨습니다.” 

복음

<내 형제들에게 갈릴래아로 가라고 전하여라. 그들은 거기에서 나를 보게 될 것이다.>

마태오. 28,8-15

그때에 8 여자들은 두려워하면서도 크게 기뻐하며 서둘러 무덤을 떠나,
제자들에게 소식을 전하러 달려갔다.
9 그런데 갑자기 예수님께서 마주 오시면서
그 여자들에게 “평안하냐?” 하고 말씀하셨다.
그들은 다가가 엎드려 그분의 발을 붙잡고 절하였다.
10 그때에 예수님께서 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“두려워하지 마라. 가서 내 형제들에게 갈릴래아로 가라고 전하여라.
그들은 거기에서 나를 보게 될 것이다.”
11 여자들이 돌아가는 동안에 경비병 몇 사람이 도성 안으로 가서,
일어난 일을 모두 수석 사제들에게 알렸다.
12 수석 사제들은 원로들과 함께 모여 의논한 끝에
군사들에게 많은 돈을 주면서 13 말하였다.
“‘예수의 제자들이 밤중에 와서 우리가 잠든 사이에 시체를 훔쳐 갔다.’ 하여라.
14 이 소식이 총독의 귀에 들어가더라도,
우리가 그를 설득하여 너희가 걱정할 필요가 없게 해 주겠다.”
15 경비병들은 돈을 받고 시킨 대로 하였다.
그리하여 이 말이 오늘날까지도 유다인들 사이에 퍼져 있다. 

April 5, 2021

 Monday in the Octave of Easter 

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Acts 2:14, 22-33
On the day of Pentecost, Peter stood up with the Eleven,
raised his voice, and proclaimed:
“You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem.
Let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

“You who are children of Israel, hear these words.
Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God
with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs,
which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know.
This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God,
you killed, using lawless men to crucify him.
But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death,
because it was impossible for him to be held by it.
For David says of him:

I saw the Lord ever before me,
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted;
my flesh, too, will dwell in hope, 
because you will not abandon my soul to the nether world,
nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption.
You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.

My brothers, one can confidently say to you
about the patriarch David that he died and was buried,
and his tomb is in our midst to this day.
But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him
that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne,
he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ,
that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld
nor did his flesh see corruption.
God raised this Jesus;
of this we are all witnesses.
Exalted at the right hand of God,
he poured forth the promise of the Holy Spirit 
that he received from the Father, as you both see and hear.”

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11

R. (1) Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.”
O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
R. Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
R. Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence;
Because you will not abandon my soul to the nether world,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
R. Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.
R. Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Gospel

Mt 28:8-15

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb,
fearful yet overjoyed,
and ran to announce the news to his disciples.
And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them.
They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.
Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid.
Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, 
and there they will see me.”

While they were going, some of the guard went into the city
and told the chief priests all that had happened.
The chief priests assembled with the elders and took counsel;
then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
telling them, “You are to say,
‘His disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.’
And if this gets to the ears of the governor,
we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
The soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. 

And this story has circulated among the Jews to the present day

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, are racing from the tomb.  What they have just encountered has shaken them to their core.  They are carrying a message from an angel who rolled away the large stone at the tomb’s entrance.  The angel explained to them that Jesus had risen from the tomb and they are to tell his disciples to meet him in Galilee.  As they run, they are driven by fear and joy.  The angel’s words tumble through their thoughts:   Do not be afraid.  They wonder, even with such joyous news, how can they not feel fearful?

Suddenly they encounter Jesus himself.  They fall to his feet breathless, elated, and shocked.  Just a few days before, they had witnessed his unspeakable suffering and death.  And now he stands before them witnessing the truth of the message they carry, as he gently echoes the angel’s words:  Do not be afraid.  Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me. These two women, the first evangelizers of our resurrected Jesus, have just had a transformative encounter with him and they are forever changed.  Their fear has vanished.

This year, Easter and the days which follow will be different throughout the Christian world. It will be different because the world is different.  We are forever changed.   After a year of tremendous suffering, loss, fear and sorrow due to the pandemic, Jesus invites us to receive the gifts of his Resurrection in a new way.  We are invited to take slow, courageous steps to emerge from our suffering and walk toward the light.

Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection, extends comfort, solace, and peace to us in a new way.  Although some of us are not yet attending Mass in churches, Easter invites all of us to allow the light,  candles, flowers, alleluias, joyful music, and the exhilaration of the Resurrection into our hearts in a more pure and concentrated fashion than in the past because like the two women, we are changed.

We notice things now that we may not have noticed before.  We appreciate aspects of our lives we may not have appreciated.  We carry deep sorrow for lives lost and hardships endured because we have suffered ourselves and/or looked into the eyes of others who suffer.  Their pain has become our pain and our pain theirs.   

Easter and our slow emergence from the pandemic invite us to push away the stones that have blocked us in the past from fully hearing and embracing the Easter message or for fully living our lives.  Jesus offers to help us roll away the stones in our hearts.  Stones that have stopped us from extending forgiveness, mercy, compassion, and love. 

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary raced from the tomb where the angel had rolled away the stone.  Both the angel and Jesus told them not to be afraid.  As we push away the stones in our lives, may this message of Easter fill us with joy as we go forward without fear and become forever changed.

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BELIEVE AND WITNESS

“This is the Jesus God has raised up, and we are His witnesses.” —Acts 2:32

Jesus once made the statement that even if a person should rise from the dead, some will not be convinced (Lk 16:31). He was referring to those who would not believe the Scriptures. The soldiers who took the money knew well Jesus had risen from the dead; they knew no one could have stolen the body. They also had been paralyzed with fear at the appearance of the angels. Even the chief priests knew the disciples had not stolen Jesus’ body; they simply chose to hide a truth which didn’t fit into their plans.

Perhaps this is why Jesus did not appear to everyone, but only to those who believed in Him. He appeared to those who would faithfully witness to Him.

God’s plan is to spread the Good News through faithful and faith-filled, obedient witnesses. That is to say, God plans to spread the Good News through each of us. So, the question is, and has always been, “Do you believe in the risen Jesus? And will you change your life to live according to the truth, so that the world will believe in Jesus risen?” (see Jn 17:21)

“We are His witnesses” (Acts 2:32). People are watching you for evidence of the Resurrection. Will they believe in the risen Jesus by what they see in your lifestyle?

Prayer:  Father, change anything in my life in any way so that everyone who thinks of me will believe in You.

Promise:  “Exalted at God’s right hand, He first received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father, then poured this Spirit out upon us.” —Acts 2:33

Praise:  Alleluia! Jesus is risen! For now and for always, He is with us. Alleluia!

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 Are you prepared to meet the Risen Lord? The disciples of Jesus were as unprepared for his resurrection as they were for his death. The empty tomb made them fearful and joyful at the same time. "Where did they put the body or did he really rise just as he predicted?" Even though Jesus had spoken to them before of his death and rising, they could not believe until they saw the empty tomb and met the risen Lord. Aren't we the same? We want to see with our own eyes before we believe! The guards brought their testimony to the chief priests and elders who met the news with denial. They were resolved to not believe that Jesus had risen and they bribed the guards in the hope of keeping others from believing.

We live in the joy and hope of the resurrection to new life with Christ
What is the basis of our faith in the resurrection? The Scriptures tell us that "faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen"(Hebrews 11:1). Faith is an entirely free gift that God makes to us. Our faith is a free assent to the whole truth which God reveals to us through his word. Faith is certain because it is based on the very word of God who cannot lie. Faith also seeks understanding. That is why God enlightens the "eyes of our hearts" that we may know what is the hope to which he has called us (Ephesians 1:18). Peter the Apostle says we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (1 Peter 1:3).

Through the gift of faith, the Lord reveals himself to those who believe in his word and he fills them with "new life in his Holy Spirit". Do you live in the joy and hope of the resurrection? And do you recognize the presence of the Risen Lord in his word, in the "breaking of the bread", and in his church, the body of Christ?

Lord Jesus, may we always live in the joy and hope of the resurrection and never lose sight of its truth for our lives.

Psalm 16:1-2,5,7-11

1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you."
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also dwells secure.
10 For you do not give me up to Sheol, or let your godly one see the Pit.
11 You show me the path of life; in your presence there is fulness of joy, in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The Easter Alleluia, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.

"Our thoughts in this present life should turn on the praise of God, because it is in praising God that we shall rejoice for ever in the life to come; and no one can be ready for the next life unless he trains himself for it now. So we praise God during our earthly life, and at the same time we make our petitions to him. Our praise is expressed with joy, our petitions with yearning. We have been promised something we do not yet possess, and because the promise was made by one who keeps his word, we trust him and are glad; but insofar as possession is delayed, we can only long and yearn for it. It is good for us to persevere in longing until we receive what was promised, and yearning is over; then praise alone will remain." (excerpt from commentary on Psalm 148, 1-2)

 

 

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