2021년 5월 26일 연중 8주간 수요일
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제1독서
집회서 36,1-2.5-6.13-22 1 만물의 주 하느님, 저희에게 자비를 베푸시고2 모든 민족들 위에 당신에 대한 두려움을 펼치소서.
5 주님, 당신 말고는 어떤 신도 없다는 사실을
저희가 아는 것처럼 그들도 알게 해 주소서.
6 새로운 표징을 보여 주시고 다른 기적을 일으켜 주소서.
13 야곱의 모든 지파들을 모아들이시고
16ㄴ 처음처럼 그들 각자에게 상속 재산을 나누어 주소서.
17 주님, 당신 이름을 지닌 백성을 불쌍히 여기시고
맏아들로 대우해 주신 이스라엘을 불쌍히 여기소서.
18 당신의 성소가 있는 도성이요
당신의 안식처인 예루살렘에 자비를 보이소서.
19 당신 위업에 대한 찬미로 시온을 채우시고
당신 영광으로 당신의 성전을 채우소서.
20 당신께서 한처음에 창조하신 이들을 증언해 주시고
당신의 이름으로 선포된 예언들을 성취시켜 주소서.
21 당신을 기다리는 사람들에게 보답을 주시고
당신의 예언자들이 옳다는 것을 드러내 주소서.
22 주님, 당신 백성에 대한 호의로 당신 종들의 기도를 들어 주소서.
이 세상 만민이 당신께서 영원하신 주 하느님이심을 깨닫게 하소서.
복음
마르코 10,32-45그때에 제자들이 32 예루살렘으로 올라가는 길이었다.
예수님께서는 제자들 앞에 서서 가고 계셨다.
그들은 놀라워하고 또 뒤따르는 이들은 두려워하였다.
예수님께서 다시 열두 제자를 데리고 가시며,
당신께 닥칠 일들을 그들에게 말씀하기 시작하셨다.
33 “보다시피 우리는 예루살렘으로 올라가고 있다.
거기에서 사람의 아들은 수석 사제들과 율법 학자들에게 넘겨질 것이다.
그러면 그들은 사람의 아들에게 사형을 선고하고
그를 다른 민족 사람들에게 넘겨
34 조롱하고 침 뱉고 채찍질하고 나서 죽이게 할 것이다.
그러나 사람의 아들은 사흘 만에 다시 살아날 것이다.”
35 제베대오의 두 아들 야고보와 요한이 예수님께 다가와,
“스승님, 저희가 스승님께 청하는 대로
저희에게 해 주시기를 바랍니다.” 하고 말하였다.
36 예수님께서 그들에게
“내가 너희에게 무엇을 해 주기를 바라느냐?” 하고 물으시자,
37 그들이 “스승님께서 영광을 받으실 때에 저희를 하나는 스승님 오른쪽에,
하나는 왼쪽에 앉게 해 주십시오.” 하고 대답하였다.
38 예수님께서 그들에게 “너희는 너희가 무엇을 청하는지 알지도 못한다.
내가 마시는 잔을 너희가 마실 수 있으며,
내가 받는 세례를 너희가 받을 수 있느냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
39 그들이 “할 수 있습니다.” 하고 대답하자,
예수님께서 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“내가 마시는 잔을 너희도 마시고, 내가 받는 세례를 너희도 받을 것이다.
40 그러나 내 오른쪽이나 왼쪽에 앉는 것은 내가 허락할 일이 아니라,
정해진 이들에게 돌아가는 것이다.”
41 다른 열 제자가 이 말을 듣고 야고보와 요한을 불쾌하게 여기기 시작하였다.
42 예수님께서는 그들을 가까이 불러 이르셨다.
“너희도 알다시피 다른 민족들의 통치자라는 자들은 백성 위에 군림하고,
고관들은 백성에게 세도를 부린다.
43 그러나 너희는 그래서는 안 된다.
너희 가운데에서 높은 사람이 되려는 이는 너희를 섬기는 사람이 되어야 한다.
44 또한 너희 가운데에서 첫째가 되려는 이는 모든 이의 종이 되어야 한다.
45 사실 사람의 아들은 섬김을 받으러 온 것이 아니라 섬기러 왔고,
또 많은 이들의 몸값으로 자기 목숨을 바치러 왔다.”
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading I
look upon us, show us the light of your mercies,
and put all the nations in dread of you!
Thus they will know, as we know,
that there is no God but you, O Lord.
Give new signs and work new wonders.
Gather all the tribes of Jacob,
that they may inherit the land as of old,
Show mercy to the people called by your name;
Israel, whom you named your firstborn.
Take pity on your holy city,
Jerusalem, your dwelling place.
Fill Zion with your majesty,
your temple with your glory.
Give evidence of your deeds of old;
fulfill the prophecies spoken in your name,
Reward those who have hoped in you,
and let your prophets be proved true.
Hear the prayer of your servants,
for you are ever gracious to your people;
and lead us in the way of justice.
Thus it will be known to the very ends of the earth
that you are the eternal God.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (Sirach 36:1b) Show us, O Lord, the light of your kindness.
Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;
may your compassion quickly come to us,
for we are brought very low.
R. Show us, O Lord, the light of your kindness.
Help us, O God our savior,
because of the glory of your name;
Deliver us and pardon our sins
for your name’s sake.
R. Show us, O Lord, the light of your kindness.
Let the prisoners’ sighing come before you;
with your great power free those doomed to death.
Then we, your people and the sheep of your pasture,
will give thanks to you forever;
through all generations we will declare your praise.
R. Show us, O Lord, the light of your kindness.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Son of Man came to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for many.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
The disciples were on the way, going up to Jerusalem,
and Jesus went ahead of them.
They were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.
Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them
what was going to happen to him.
“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man
will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes,
and they will condemn him to death
and hand him over to the Gentiles who will mock him,
spit upon him, scourge him, and put him to death,
but after three days he will rise.”
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
came to Jesus and said to him,
‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”
He replied, ‘What do you wish me to do for you?”
They answered him,
“Grant that in your glory
we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.”
Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I drink
or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
They said to him, ‘We can.”
Jesus said to them, “The chalice that I drink, you will drink,
and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;
but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John.
Jesus summoned them and said to them,
“You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles
lord it over them,
and their great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.
For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
In praying with today’s readings I felt moved, inspired, and enlivened. Yet, the more I sat with them, the more I recognized the impact that power and privilege have in my engagement of the text. In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ disciples, his closest friends, long for a life forever, beside Jesus in heaven in the place associated with power – the right and left hands of Christ. Jesus says this is not how we should approach this: “Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Taking on a servant’s spiritual posture makes sense to me. I look to countless exemplars to guide and ground me in this way. I also recognize my relationship to this passage is not directly informed by my or my family’s experiences of oppression. My family was not forcibly enslaved or displaced or harvested fields for next to nothing as many of my Black, Latinx, and Indigenous neighbors and their families have.
To stand alongside, to give generously, to know and love one’s neighbor is what I believe Jesus calls us to in this passage. In using our free choice to give of our gifts, time, talents, and resources in service of neighbors, particularly those most in need, ultimately returns to God the generous Love we receive. This call forth does not involve perpetuating or glorifying forced enslavement or servitude, rather it invites us to choose humble spiritual postures that are not focused on self and what I can attain, but on the needs and realities of my neighbor.
I find myself singing this prayer and invite you to listen to the song in the link below or pray with the lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-vgGu5Sye0
Servant Song by Richard Gillard
Will you let me be your servant.
Let me be as Christ to you.
Pray that I might have the grace
To let you be my servant, too.We are pilgrims on a journey.
We are brothers on the road.
We are here to help each other
Walk the mile and bear the load.I will hold the Christ-light for you
In the night time of your fear.
I will hold my hand out to you;
Speak the peace you long to hear.I will weep when you are weeping.
When you laugh, I'll laugh with you.
I will share your joy and sorrow
Till we've seen this journey through.When we sing to God in heaven,
We shall find such harmony
Born of all we've known together
Of Christ's love and agony.Will you let me be your servant.
Let me be as Christ to you.
Pray that I might have the grace
To let you be my servant, too.Amen.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
GLORY TO HIS RIGHT AND LEFT
“...one at Your right and the other at Your left, when You come into Your glory.” —Mark 10:37
Sts. James and John asked Jesus if they could be intimate sharers in His glory. They wanted to sit at Jesus’ right and left when He mounted His throne as He came into His glorious reign. James and John didn’t understand that Jesus’ kingly throne was His cross. When Jesus came into His glory on the cross of crucifixion, His inaugural banner read: “Jesus the Nazorean the King of the Jews” (Jn 19:19). Who received the honor of being at Jesus’ right and left when He entered into His kingly glory? Two crucified criminals were His courtiers, “one at His right and one at His left” (Mk 15:27).
Like the two crucified next to Jesus, we also are sinners. Yet Jesus likewise invites us to be intimate sharers of His kingly glory. He calls us to pick up our cross each day, be crucified to the world (Gal 6:14), and die to ourselves (Lk 9:23). We are crucified with Christ, and the life we live is not our own; King Jesus is living in us and sharing His glory with us (Gal 2:19-20). His glory so consumes us that we know nothing but King Jesus crucified (1 Cor 2:2, RNAB).
The daily cross is excruciating, but always remember what Jesus promised the one who was crucified next to Him: When you share My crucified glory for love of Me, “this day you will be with Me in paradise” (see Lk 23:43).
Prayer: King Jesus, as I share Your crucifixion each day, I pray: “remember me when You enter upon Your reign” (Lk 23:42).
Promise: “The Son of Man has not come to be served but to serve — to give His life in ransom for the many.” —Mk 10:45
Praise: St. Philip Neri was a priest who combined a humorous personality with a deep trust in Jesus. He was one of the main influential people in the Counter-Reformation.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Why did Jesus, the Messiah, have to suffer and die for us? Jesus called himself the "Son of Man" both to identify himself with our human condition, subjected to pain and death, and with his divine mission to restore the world to the glory God had intended from the beginning of creation. The 'Son of Man' is a prophetic title for the Messiah recorded in the prophecy of Daniel (see the Book of Daniel 7:13-14). In Jesus' time the Jewish people were looking for a Messiah who would set them free from the oppressive rule of Rome. Jesus came to set people free from the worst oppression of all - the tyranny of endless slavery to sin, Satan, and death. Jesus came to bring us into a new covenant relationship with God that would not end with death but lead to everlasting peace, joy, and abundant new life.
Why did the Messiah have to suffer rejection, condemnation, and death on a cross?
On no less than three different occasions the Gospel accounts record that Jesus predicted he would endure great suffering through betrayal, rejection, and condemnation to tortuous death. The Jews resorted to stoning and the Romans to crucifixion - the most painful and humiliating death they could devise for criminals they wanted to eliminate. No wonder the apostles were greatly distressed at such a prediction! If Jesus their Master were put to death, then they would likely receive the same treatment by their enemies.
Why did Jesus freely and willingly lay down his life for us? Did not God promise that his 'Anointed One' (the literal meaning of 'Messiah' and 'Christ' in Hebrew and Greek) would deliver his people from their oppression and establish a kingdom of peace and justice? The prophet Isaiah had foretold that it was God's will that the "Suffering Servant" make atonement for sins through his suffering and death (Isaiah 53:5-12). Jesus paid the price for our redemption with his own blood. The ransom Jesus paid sets us free from the worst tyranny possible - the tyranny of sin and the fear of death. Jesus' victory did not end with death but triumphed over the tomb when he rose again on the third day. Jesus defeated the powers of death through his resurrection. Do you want the greatest freedom possible, the freedom to live as God truly meant us to live as his sons and daughters?
Jesus weds authority with sacrificial love and service
Jesus did the unthinkable! He wedded authority with selfless service and with loving sacrifice. Authority without sacrificial love is brutish and self-serving. Jesus also used stark language to explain what kind of sacrifice he had in mind. His disciples must drink his cup if they expect to reign with him in his kingdom. The cup he had in mind was a bitter one involving crucifixion. What kind of cup does the Lord have in mind for us? For some disciples such a cup entails physical suffering and the painful struggle of martyrdom. But for many, it entails the long routine of the Christian life, with all its daily sacrifices, disappointments, set-backs, struggles, and temptations.
Through death to self we serve and reign with Christ our victorious Lord
A follower of Jesus must be ready to lay down his or her life in martyrdom and be ready to lay it down each and every day in the little and big sacrifices required. An early church father summed up Jesus' teaching with the expression: to serve is to reign with Christ. We share in God's reign by laying down our lives in humble service as Jesus did for our sake. Are you willing to lay down your life and to serve others as Jesus did?
Lord Jesus, your death brought life and freedom. Make me a servant of your love, that I may seek to serve rather than be served, and share in your victory over sin, suffering, and death.
Psalm 147:12-15,19-20
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
19 He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The way to glory and honor, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"Ponder how profound this is. They were conferring with him about glory. He intended to precede loftiness with humility and, only through humility, to ready the way for loftiness itself. For, of course, even those disciples who wanted to sit, the one on his right, the other on his left, were looking to glory (Matthew 20:20-23; Mark 10:35-40). They were on the lookout, but did not see by what way. In order that they might come to their homeland in due order, the Lord called them back to the narrow way. For the homeland is on high and the way to it is lowly. The homeland is life in Christ; the way is dying with Christ (Matthew 6:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 17-33). The way is suffering with Christ; the goal is abiding with him eternally. Why do you seek the homeland if you are not seeking the way to it?" (excerpt from TRACTATE ON JOHN 28.5.2.13)
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