April 10, 2021Saturday in the Octave of Easter

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제1독서

<우리로서는 보고 들은 것을 말하지 않을 수 없습니다.>

사도행전. 4,13-21
그 무렵 유다 지도자들과 원로들과 율법 학자들은
13 베드로와 요한의 담대함을 보고
또 이들이 무식하고 평범한 사람임을 알아차리고 놀라워하였다.
그리고 이들이 예수님과 함께 다니던 사람들이라는 것도 알게 되었다.
14 그러나 병이 나은 사람이 사도들 곁에 서 있는 것을 보고는
아무 반박도 하지 못하였다.
15 그래서 그들은 사도들에게 최고 의회에서 나가라고 명령한 다음,
저희끼리 의논하며 16 말하였다. “저 사람들을 어떻게 하면 좋겠습니까?
저들을 통하여 명백한 표징이 일어났다는 사실이
예루살렘의 모든 주민에게 알려진 터이고,
우리도 그것을 부인할 수가 없습니다.
17 그러니 이 일이 더 이상 백성 가운데로 퍼져 나가지 않도록,
다시는 아무에게도 그 이름으로 말하지 말라고 엄중히 경고만 합시다.”
18 그리하여 그들은 사도들을 불러
예수님의 이름으로는 절대로 말하지도 말고 가르치지도 말라고 지시하였다.
19 그러자 베드로와 요한이 그들에게 대답하였다.
“하느님의 말씀을 듣는 것보다 여러분의 말을 듣는 것이
하느님 앞에 옳은 일인지 여러분 스스로 판단하십시오.
20 우리로서는 보고 들은 것을 말하지 않을 수 없습니다.”
21 그들은 백성 때문에 그들을 처벌할 방도를 찾지 못하고
거듭 위협만 하고 풀어 주었다.
그 일로 백성이 모두 하느님을 찬양하고 있었던 것이다. 

 

복음

<너희는 온 세상에 가서 복음을 선포하여라.>

마르코. 16,9-15”  

9 예수님께서는 주간 첫날 새벽에 부활하신 뒤,
마리아 막달레나에게 처음으로 나타나셨다.
그는 예수님께서 일곱 마귀를 쫓아 주신 여자였다.
10 그 여자는 예수님과 함께 지냈던 이들이 슬퍼하며 울고 있는 곳으로 가서,
그들에게 이 소식을 전하였다.
11 그러나 그들은 예수님께서 살아 계시며
그 여자에게 나타나셨다는 말을 듣고도 믿지 않았다.
12 그 뒤 그들 가운데 두 사람이 걸어서 시골로 가고 있을 때,
예수님께서 다른 모습으로 그들에게 나타나셨다.
13 그래서 그들이 돌아가 다른 제자들에게 알렸지만
제자들은 그들의 말도 믿지 않았다.
14 마침내, 열한 제자가 식탁에 앉아 있을 때에 예수님께서 나타나셨다.
그리고 그들의 불신과 완고한 마음을 꾸짖으셨다.
되살아난 당신을 본 이들의 말을 그들이 믿지 않았기 때문이다.
15 예수님께서는 이어서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“너희는 온 세상에 가서 모든 피조물에게 복음을 선포하여라.” 

April 10, 2021
Saturday in the Octave of Easter 

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Acts 4:13-21

Observing the boldness of Peter and John
and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men,
the leaders, elders, and scribes were amazed,
and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus.
Then when they saw the man who had been cured standing there with them,
they could say nothing in reply.
So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin,
and conferred with one another, saying,
“What are we to do with these men?
Everyone living in Jerusalem knows that a remarkable sign
was done through them, and we cannot deny it.
But so that it may not be spread any further among the people,
let us give them a stern warning
never again to speak to anyone in this name.”

So they called them back
and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
Peter and John, however, said to them in reply,
“Whether it is right in the sight of God
for us to obey you rather than God, you be the judges.
It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
After threatening them further,
they released them,
finding no way to punish them,
on account of the people who were all praising God
for what had happened.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 118:1 and 14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21 

R. (21a) I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
The joyful shout of victory
in the tents of the just.
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
“The right hand of the LORD is exalted;
the right hand of the LORD has struck with power.”
I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD.
Though the LORD has indeed chastised me,
yet he has not delivered me to death.
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Open to me the gates of justice;
I will enter them and give thanks to the LORD.
This is the gate of the LORD;
the just shall enter it.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and have been my savior.
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me.
or:
R. Alleluia.

 

Gospel

Mk 16:9-15 

When Jesus had risen, early on the first day of the week,
he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
out of whom he had driven seven demons.
She went and told his companions who were mourning and weeping.
When they heard that he was alive
and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

After this he appeared in another form
to two of them walking along on their way to the country.
They returned and told the others;
but they did not believe them either.

But later, as the Eleven were at table, he appeared to them
and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart
because they had not believed those
who saw him after he had been raised.
He said to them, “Go into the whole world
and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.”

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 The Gospel reading gives us an abbreviated account of three appearances of the Risen Lord. The first two show how the early church’s mission got off to a stumbling start. The risen Christ first appears to Mary Magdalene, but the guys don’t believe her. Then he appears to the couple on the country road, but again the other disciples don’t believe their report either. So when Jesus appears to the others, the eleven, he scolds them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, and then, now that they are convinced by first-hand experience, boldly sends them off “to preach the gospel to every creature.” Fortunately for us, they get up and do it.

It takes experience to move the mission forward.  And the reading from Acts gives us a great example of how powerfully that works. The previous chapter, Acts 3, tells about the wonderful sign of the resurrection the Lord works through the mediation of Spirit-filled Peter and John. A beggar at the temple gate, paralyzed from birth, begs for aid, and Peter gives aid beyond the beggar’s wildest dreams. Peter says, “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk!” Then he takes the man by the hand, hoists him up, and the man not only stands; he walks and starts leaping. Since the beggar was a familiar figure who had been begging there for some forty years, the by-standers were amazed. And the temple authorities were stunned. They thought they had quelled the popularity of Jesus and his teaching by having the Romans execute him. But here were two of his country-bumpkin followers, right there in the temple, performing a spectacular healing in the name of this executed man and causing even more of a stir than the Jesus they thought they had got rid of.

All that is behind today’s episode, where the Sanhedrin tries to intimidate Peter and John to get them to stop this talk about the dead teacher. But they discover that it is hopeless to stem the excitement around the healed paralytic, now leaping about in their temple precincts. They tell them to shut up about this Jesus; Peter and John say, pointedly, “Should we obey you--or God?”

Great story from the early church, you might say. But Luke wrote it, and the church continues to read it, not to have us reminisce about the amazing days of the early Church, but because Luke’s narrative tells about the people who follow Jesus after Easter and Pentecost—which of course includes us!

The community of faith to which we belong is still led by the risen Jesus and empowered by the gift of the Holy Spirit. If we find ourselves sometimes unbelieving and hard of heart, like the disciples who at first did not dare to believe the testimony of Mary Magdalene or the Emmaus couple, let’s listen once again to the testimony—the witness of the New Testament, plus that “cloud of witnesses” that populate the next two thousand years and the heroes we know who demonstrate the vitality of the faith we share with them—and even our own experience of love offered and prayers answered. It is the same post-Easter Church that we meet in the Acts of the Apostles. Let’s raise our expectations!

This reflection was written by Dennis Hamm, S.J. for these readings in 2010.

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IT DOESN’T ADD UP

Jesus “took them to task for their disbelief and their stubbornness, since they had put no faith in those who had seen Him after He had been raised.” —Mark 16:14

In the Gospel reading, the apostles who had been with Jesus did not believe in His Resurrection (Mk 16:11, 13). In the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles, after the descent of the Holy Spirit, those who had been with Jesus were those who did believe in Him (Acts 4:13). What was the difference that caused the apostles to believe? One major difference is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.

Without the Holy Spirit, the witness of the Resurrection made no sense. The first witness was a woman, Mary Magdalene. In that first-century culture, the apostles couldn’t grasp that the first witness would be a woman. Women had no legal standing at that time. Thus, when the apostles “heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it” (Mk 16:11). Later that day, Jesus appeared to two male disciples, but the apostles “put no more faith in them than in Mary Magdalene” (Mk 16:13).

Is the Bible confusing to you? The Resurrection, the Holy Spirit, and the Kingdom of God make no sense to the natural mind (see 1 Cor 2:9-10). Only in the Holy Spirit can these things be appraised.  Therefore, we must beg the Lord for the gift of the Holy Spirit (Lk 11:13). “Receive the Holy Spirit” (Jn 20:22) and receive the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16).

Prayer:  Lord, open our eyes that we may see what You are doing. Send Your Holy Spirit that we may always recognize You and believe in You.

Promise:  “I will give thanks to You, for You have answered me and have been my Savior.” —Ps 118:21

Praise:  Alleluia! The tomb is empty. Jesus is risen in glory. Praise You, Lord, forever.

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  Do you believe the Lord Jesus is truly alive and ready to make his presence known to everyone who believes in him? The first to see the risen Lord was not Peter or one of the apostles, but a woman noted for her demonized living! She had been forgiven much, and loved her Master greatly. She was first at the tomb to pay her respects. Unfortunately for the disciples, they would not believe her account of the Risen Master. Jesus had to scold his apostles because of their unbelief and stubborn hearts.

The Holy Spirit makes our faith in Jesus Christ come alive
Are you like the apostles or like Mary - slow to believe or quick to run to Jesus? Do you doubt because you do not see? The Lord makes his presence known to us through the work and power of the Holy Spirit. He gives us the gift of faith to know him personally and to understand the mystery of his death and rising. Do you believe his word and do you listen to his voice?

We are Christ's ambassadors and witnesses of his victory over sin and death
After his appearance to his beloved apostles, Jesus commissions them to go and preach the Gospel to the whole creation. Their task is to proclaim the good news of salvation, not only to the people of Israel but to all the nations. This is the great commission which the risen Christ gives to the whole church. All believers have been given a share in this task - to be heralds of the good news and ambassadors for Jesus Christ, the only savior of the world. We have not been left alone in this task, for the risen Lord works in and through us by the power of his Holy Spirit. Do you witness to others the joy of the Gospel and the hope of the resurrection?

Lord Jesus Christ, increase my faith and hope in the power of your resurrection. And give me joy and courage to be your witness to others and to boldly speak of what you have done to save us from sin and death.

Psalm 118;1, 14-21

1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever!
14 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
15 Hark, glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,
16 the right hand of the LORD is exalted, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!"
17 I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.
18 The LORD has chastened me sorely, but he has not given me over to death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
21 I thank you that you answered me and have become my salvation.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The Great Commission, by Augustine of Hippo, 430-543 A.D.

"The command to the apostles to be witnesses to him in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and even to the uttermost parts of the earth was not addressed exclusively to those to whom it was immediately spoken. They alone would not be the only ones who would carry such an enormous task to completion. Similarly he seems to be speaking to the apostles very personally when he says: "Behold I am with you even to the end of the world," yet who does not know that he made this promise to the universal church which will last from now even to the consummation of the world by successive births and deaths?" (excerpt from Letter 199, To Hesychius 49)

 

 

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