April 29, 2021 Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter

2021년 4월 29일 부활 제4주간 목요일  

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제1독서

<하느님께서는 다윗의 후손 가운데에서 예수님을 구원자로 보내셨습니다.>

사도행전. 13,13-25
13 바오로 일행은 파포스에서 배를 타고 팜필리아의 페르게로 가고,
요한은 그들과 헤어져 예루살렘으로 돌아갔다.
14 그들은 페르게에서 더 나아가 피시디아의 안티오키아에 이르러,
안식일에 회당에 들어가 앉았다.

15 율법과 예언서 봉독이 끝나자 회당장들이 그들에게 사람을 보내어,
“형제들이여, 백성을 격려할 말씀이 있으면 해 주십시오.” 하고 말하였다.
16 그러자 바오로가 일어나 조용히 하라고 손짓한 다음 이렇게 말하였다.
“이스라엘인 여러분,
그리고 하느님을 경외하는 여러분, 내 말을 들어 보십시오.
17 이 이스라엘 백성의 하느님께서는 우리 조상들을 선택하시고,
이집트 땅에서 나그네살이할 때에 그들을 큰 백성으로 키워 주셨으며,
권능의 팔로 그들을 거기에서 데리고 나오셨습니다.
18 그리고 약 사십 년 동안 광야에서 그들의 소행을 참아 주시고,
19 가나안 땅에서 일곱 민족을 멸하시어
그 땅을 그들의 상속 재산으로 주셨는데,
20 그때까지 약 사백오십 년이 걸렸습니다.
그 뒤에 사무엘 예언자 때까지 판관들을 세워 주시고,
21 그다음에 그들이 임금을 요구하자,
하느님께서는 벤야민 지파 사람으로서 키스의 아들인 사울을
그들에게 사십 년 동안 임금으로 세워 주셨습니다.
22 그러고 나서 그를 물리치시고
그들에게 다윗을 임금으로 세우셨습니다.
그에 대해서는 ‘내가 이사이의 아들 다윗을 찾아냈으니,
그는 내 마음에 드는 사람으로 나의 뜻을 모두 실천할 것이다.’ 하고
증언해 주셨습니다.
23 이 다윗의 후손 가운데에서,
하느님께서는 약속하신 대로 예수님을 구원자로 이스라엘에 보내셨습니다.
24 이분께서 오시기 전에 요한이
이스라엘 온 백성에게 회개의 세례를 미리 선포하였습니다.
25 요한은 사명을 다 마칠 무렵 이렇게 말하였습니다.
‘너희는 내가 누구라고 생각하느냐?
나는 그분이 아니다.
그분께서는 내 뒤에 오시는데,
나는 그분의 신발 끈을 풀어 드리기에도 합당하지 않다.’” 

 

복음

<내가 보내는 이를 맞아들이는 사람은 나를 맞아들이는 것이다.>

요한. 13,16-20
예수님께서 제자들의 발을 씻어 주신 다음 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
16 “내가 진실로 진실로 너희에게 말한다.
종은 주인보다 높지 않고, 파견된 이는 파견한 이보다 높지 않다.
17 이것을 알고 그대로 실천하면 너희는 행복하다.
18 내가 너희를 모두 가리켜 말하는 것은 아니다. 내가 뽑은 이들을 나는 안다.
그러나 ‘제 빵을 먹던 그가 발꿈치를 치켜들며 저에게 대들었습니다.’라는
성경 말씀이 이루어져야 한다.
19 일이 일어나기 전에 내가 미리 너희에게 말해 둔다.
일이 일어날 때에 내가 나임을 너희가 믿게 하려는 것이다.
20 내가 진실로 진실로 너희에게 말한다.
내가 보내는 이를 맞아들이는 사람은 나를 맞아들이는 것이고,
나를 맞아들이는 사람은 나를 보내신 분을 맞아들이는 것이다.” 

April 29, 2021

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter 

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Acts 13:13-25
From Paphos, Paul and his companions
set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia. 
But John left them and returned to Jerusalem. 
They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. 
On the sabbath they entered into the synagogue and took their seats. 
After the reading of the law and the prophets,
the synagogue officials sent word to them,
“My brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortation
for the people, please speak.”

So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said,
“Fellow children of Israel and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors
and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt. 
With uplifted arm he led them out,
and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.
When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan,
he gave them their land as an inheritance
at the end of about four hundred and fifty years.
After these things he provided judges up to Samuel the prophet. 
Then they asked for a king.
God gave them Saul, son of Kish,
a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 
Then he removed him and raised up David as their king;
of him he testified,
I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;
he will carry out my every wish. 
From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise,
has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. 
John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance
to all the people of Israel;
and as John was completing his course, he would say,
‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he.
Behold, one is coming after me;
I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’“

 

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25 and 27

R. (2) For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The favors 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. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
“I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him,
That my hand may be always with him,
and that my arm may make him strong.”
R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
“My faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him,
and through my name shall his horn be exalted.
He shall say of me, ‘You are my father,
my God, the Rock, my savior.’”
R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.

 

Gospel

Jn 13:16-20 

When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said to them:
“Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master
nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.
If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
I am not speaking of all of you.
I know those whom I have chosen.
But so that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
The one who ate my food has raised his heel against me. 
From now on I am telling you before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe that I AM. 
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” 

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 The four verses of today’s Gospel, lie between Jesus’ washing the feet of all twelve disciples and Judas’ washing his hands of the whole business and his heading out to betray Jesus.. Jesus has invited them all to reflect or incarnate Him as those who will be sent as He has been. Judas is not sent, but desires no part of washing feet or his being sent.

Could we propose that this “washing” is a symbol for us of Baptism by which the Disciples enter into more than a company, but into a Body. This Body of Jesus is taking new life, a new form. As Jesus is the One Who is Sent, so those who have had their feet washed, now are meant to be sent as Jesus. Whoever then is sent and received, receives Jesus and also receives the One Who sent Him. In John’s Gospel the word “sent” emphasizes the image of Jesus as a gift and dramatically as a “Servant” who washes creation as a gesture of God’s creational love.

In this time of Baptism we consider pointedly what Jesus is telling His newly-forming Body. I offer my contemplative offering of His last words to, now, the eleven.
“I have washed your feet, because I want you to know Who I am for you. I want you to know also who you are for Me.  Now pay attention.  These are my sacramental words. You are now, not your own any more. You are now ours. I have washed your feet, because they walk on the earth as I have and I have been “ours” since the shepherds and kings came for me. I have been so since the sick, blind and needy came. The One Who sent Me, did so to claim and bless all that belongs to the Sender and constantly calls to be, not the Owner, but the Creating Sender.

Jesus continues, “I have washed you from your being dominated by your being your own, your own property, your own destiny. As I am sent to you, I am sending Myself with you to constantly bring creation to awareness of who and what it all is. I do know that Judas was too much of himself to become “ours” and he is rejecting his identity and his true dignity. You too will all be tempted, but I will always be finding, washing and re-sending you. You are now My Body, taken, blessed, broken and distributed in the wonderful act of Love Who is the One Who sent Me and sends you.”

To His words, perhaps the Disciples may have said, “Me, ha?” In last-Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus claimed us all as close to Him as the sheep are close to the shepherd. Next Sunday we will hear that we are as close as the branch is to the vine. We, His followers may find it easier to believe in Him and the One who sent Him, than all that He says about us in words images and actions. As we believers walk into church to receive the liturgy of the Eucharist, we need to be aware of what we are doing as we dip our fingers into the, yup, baptismal font and all that this washing is and means. We belong to His Body, we belong to each other and we belong to His creative mission of loving this world and all who belong as well. Even me?

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EXTEMPORANEOUS

“ ‘Brothers, if you have any exhortation to address to the people, please speak up.’ So Paul arose, motioned to them for silence, and began.” —Acts 13:15-16

Imagine visiting a church. You’re a total stranger. After the reading of the Scriptures, everyone sits down. Suddenly the priest or minister looks at you and asks if you would give the sermon. What would you do?

This happened to St. Paul when he visited the synagogue of Antioch in Pisidia. When Paul was put on the spot, he was ready. He even gave the assembly a tour through the history of the chosen people (Acts 13:16ff). Later, Paul was ready to witness to the jailer during a jailbreak (Acts 16:29ff). He witnessed about Jesus even after he suffered shipwreck and was bitten by a snake (Acts 27:43—28:4ff). Even Peter, who froze when a servant girl asked him about Jesus, changed dramatically and later could write: “Should anyone ask you the reason for this hope of yours, be ever ready to reply” (1 Pt 3:15).

When we make the act of faith and open our mouths, the Spirit puts courage in our hearts, revelations into our minds, and words on our lips. Jesus promised: “When they hand you over, do not worry about what you will say or how you will say it. When the hour comes, you will be given what you are to say. You yourselves will not be the speakers; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you” (Mt 10:19-20).

Prayer:  Jesus, in the next forty-eight hours, may I break new ground and talk about You to a person I never could before.

Promise:  “I solemnly assure you, no slave is greater than his master.” —Jn 13:16

Praise:  In Catherine’s short life of 33 years, she made clear her deep devotion to Christ. In 1970, Pope St. Paul VI named her a Doctor of the Church. Three priests were assigned to keep up with those she led to repent.

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 How do you treat those who cause you grief or harm, especially those who are close to you in some way? In his last supper discourse, Jesus addressed the issue of fidelity and disloyalty in relationships. Jesus knew beforehand that one of his own disciples would betray him. Such knowledge could have easily led Jesus to distance himself from such a person and to protect himself from harm's way. Instead, Jesus expresses his love, affection, and loyalty to those who were his own, even to the one he knew would "stab him in the back" when he got the opportunity. Jesus used a quotation from Psalm 4:9 which describes an act of treachery by one's closest friend. In the culture of Jesus' day, to eat bread with someone was a gesture of friendship and trust. Jesus extends such friendship to Judas right at the moment when Judas is conspiring to betray his master. The expression lift his heel against me reinforces the brute nature of this act of violent rejection.

Love and loyalty that endure to the end
Jesus loved his disciples to the end and proved his faithfulness to them even to death on the cross. Through his death and resurrection Jesus opened a new way of relationship and friendship with God. Jesus tells his disciples that if they accept him they also accept the Father who sent him. This principle extends to all who belong to Christ and who speak in his name. To accept the Lord's messenger is to accept Jesus himself. The great honor and the great responsibility a Christian has is to stand in the world for Jesus Christ. As his disciples and ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20), we are called to speak for him and to act on his behalf. Are you ready to stand for Jesus at the cross of humiliation, rejection, opposition, and suffering?

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 our Lord. (Prayer of Saint Augustine)

Psalm 89:2-3,21-27

2 For your steadfast love was established for ever, your faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
3 20 I have found my servant David; with my holy oil I have anointed him;
21 my hand shall always remain with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him; and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!'
27 I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The Master wants his servants to reach their potential, by Origen, 185-254 A.D.

"The Savior, who is Lord, does something that surpasses all other lords, who have no desire to see their servants rise up to their level. He is such a Son of the Father's goodness and love that, although he was Lord, he produced servants who could become like him, their Lord, not having the spirit of bondage, which comes from fear, but the spirit of adoption in which they too cry, 'Abba, Father.' So then, before becoming like their teacher and lord, they need to have their feet washed because they are still deficient disciples who possess the spirit of bondage to fear. But when they attain the stature of master and lord... then they will be able to imitate their master and wash the disciple's feet as the teacher. (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 32.120-22)

 

 

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