2021년 9월 10일 연중 제23주간 금요일
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제1독서
<나는 전에 그리스도를 모독하였으나 하느님께서는 나에게 자비를 베푸셨습니다.>
티모테오 1서. 1,1-2.12-14
1 우리의 구원자이신 하느님과 우리의 희망이신 그리스도 예수님의 명령에 따라
그리스도 예수님의 사도가 된 나 바오로가,
2 믿음으로 나의 착실한 아들이 된 티모테오에게 인사합니다.
하느님 아버지와 우리 주 그리스도 예수님에게서
은총과 자비와 평화가 내리기를 빕니다.
12 나를 굳세게 해 주신 우리 주 그리스도 예수님께 감사를 드립니다.
그분께서는 나를 성실한 사람으로 여기시어 나에게 직무를 맡기셨습니다.
13 나는 전에 그분을 모독하고 박해하고 학대하던 자였습니다.
그러나 내가 믿음이 없어서 모르고 한 일이기 때문에,
하느님께서는 나에게 자비를 베푸셨습니다.
14 그리스도 예수님 안에 있는 믿음과 사랑과 함께,
우리 주님의 은총이 넘쳐흘렀습니다.
복음
<눈먼 이가 눈먼 이를 인도할 수야 없지 않으냐?>
루카. 6,39-42
그때에 예수님께서 비유를 들어 제자들에게 39 이르셨다.
“눈먼 이가 눈먼 이를 인도할 수야 없지 않으냐?
둘 다 구덩이에 빠지지 않겠느냐?
40 제자는 스승보다 높지 않다.
그러나 누구든지 다 배우고 나면 스승처럼 될 것이다.
41 너는 어찌하여 형제의 눈 속에 있는 티는 보면서,
네 눈 속에 있는 들보는 깨닫지 못하느냐?
42 네 눈 속에 있는 들보는 보지 못하면서,
어떻게 형제에게 ‘아우야! 가만, 네 눈 속에 있는 티를 빼내 주겠다.’
하고 말할 수 있느냐?
위선자야, 먼저 네 눈에서 들보를 빼내어라.
그래야 네가 형제의 눈에 있는 티를 뚜렷이 보고 빼낼 수 있을 것이다.”
September 10, 2021
Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14
and of Christ Jesus our hope,
to Timothy, my true child in faith:
grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father
and Christ Jesus our Lord.
I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord,
because he considered me trustworthy
in appointing me to the ministry.
I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and an arrogant man,
but I have been mercifully treated
because I acted out of ignorance in my unbelief.
Indeed, the grace of our Lord has been abundant,
along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Responsorial Psalm
PS 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 11
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. You are my inheritance, O Lord.
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. You are my inheritance, O Lord.
You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.
R. You are my inheritance, O Lord.
Alleluia See
Jn 17:17b, 17a
R. Alleluia, alleluia.Your word, O Lord, is truth;
consecrate us in the truth.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Lk 6:39-42
“Can a blind person guide a blind person?
Will not both fall into a pit?
No disciple is superior to the teacher;
but when fully trained,
every disciple will be like his teacher.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?
How can you say to your brother,
‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’
when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye?
You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first;
then you will see clearly
to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Today’s Gospel is one that, to be honest, made me squirm a bit. And I think that is just what Jesus intended. I know I am prone to judge others. I measure myself by what I see in others; often, I do it to make myself feel better. Well, I tell myself, at least I’m not like that person. Well, I tell myself, at least I know better than that. I am standing tall in my own righteousness and judgment. Yes, I may not be the best, but – waving a hand in the direction of others – at least, I’m better than they are. We all do it. But is that moment of satisfaction really satisfactory? By looking at others, do I stop looking inward at myself? In his parable, Jesus is blunt: “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?”
What am I not seeing in myself and others because of that wooden beam in my own eye? How can I remove that beam (ouch) and really see people? That person who is loud and annoying? Maybe she is lonely. I’ve been lonely. That person who is grumpy? Maybe he is carrying a burden that has become too heavy. That person who seems to have everything and makes me feel small? Maybe she is hiding a deep sorrow.
What my squirming has made me feel: I am always grateful for the grace of God to forgive me and to love me as I am. I pray today that I really see God in all things and all people, even and especially, the annoying and the grumpy. I pray that people can see God in me.
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“WE ARE NOT WORTHY”
“I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, Who has strengthened me, that He has made me His servant and judged me faithful.” —1 Timothy 1:12
It has now been nearly nineteen years since Fr. Al Lauer, the long-time author of One Bread, One Body, passed away. When the task of continuing this ministry fell to me, I was filled with an acute awareness of my own unworthiness. Nonetheless, when the Lord calls someone to a ministry or task, He provides special “graces of state that accompany the exercise of the responsibilities of the Christian life and of the ministries within the Church” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2004). Our unworthiness is no excuse to avoid serving Him, for His grace is sufficient (2 Cor 12:9).
No one is worthy to serve Almighty God. Yet He Who calls us to serve Him has judged us worthy (1 Tm 1:12). So, if God is for us, no one can be against us (Rm 8:31). We cannot be against ourselves either. We can no longer use the excuse that we are too weak, sinful, or limited to serve Him. Such a claim insults the power of God’s grace and His ability to choose His servants. In His unique wisdom, God delights in calling those who are seemingly unqualified (1 Cor 1:26ff) and “of no standing” (Acts 4:13).
Servants of God, focus not on yourselves but on Jesus (Heb 3:1). “Whatever you do” for Him, “work at it with your whole being” (Col 3:23). “Do not grow slack but be fervent in spirit; He Whom you serve is the Lord” (Rm 12:11).
Prayer: Father, You choose me to be Your servant! (Jn 15:16) I give You my life. May I bear much fruit for You.
Promise: “You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in Your presence, the delights at Your right hand forever.” —Ps 16:11
Praise: Praise Jesus for working through Presentation Ministries to reach the world with the good news.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Are you clear-sighted, especially in your perception of sin and the need for each of one of us to see ourselves correctly as God sees us - with our faults,weaknesses, and strengths? Jesus' two parables about poor vision allude to the proverb: Without vision the people perish! (Proverbs 29:18) What can we learn from the illustration of a blind guide and a bad eye (the log in the eye)? A bad eye left untreated and a blind guide can cause a lot of trouble that will only end in misery and disaster for us! We can only help and teach others what we have learned and received from wise teachers and guides. And how can we help others overcome their faults if we are blinded by our own faults and misperceptions? We are all in need of a physician who can help us overcome the blind spots and failing of own sins, weaknesses, and ignorance.
Overcoming blind spots in our own lives
The Gospel of Luke was written by a disciple who was trained as a physician. Luke, with keen insight, portrays Jesus as the good physician and shepherd of souls who seeks out those who desire healing, pardon, and restoration of body, mind, and spirit. Jesus came to free us from the worst oppression possible - slavery to sin, fear, and condemnation. Like a gentle and skillful doctor, the Lord Jesus exposes the cancer of sin, evil, and oppression in our lives so we can be set free and restored to wholeness. A key step to healing and restoration requires that we first submit to the physician who can heal us. The Lord Jesus is our great Physician because he heals the whole person - soul and body, mind and heart - and restores us to abundant life both now and for the age to come in his everlasting kingdom.
Thinking the best of others
The Lord Jesus wants to heal and restore us to wholeness, not only for our own sake alone. He also wants us to be his instruments of healing, pardon, and restoration for others as well. What can hinder us from helping others draw near to Jesus the divine Physician? The Rabbis taught: "He who judges his neighbor favorably will be judged favorably by God." How easy it is to misjudge others and how difficult it is to be impartial in giving good judgment. Our judgment of others is usually "off the mark" because we can't see inside the other person, or we don't have access to all the facts, or we are swayed by instinct and unreasoning reactions to people. It is easier to find fault in others than in oneself. A critical and judgmental spirit crushes rather than heals, oppresses rather than restores, repels rather than attracts. "Thinking the best of other people" is necessary if we wish to grow in love. And kindliness in judgment is nothing less that a sacred duty.
What you give to others will return to you
Jesus states a heavenly principle we can stake our lives on: what you give to others (and how you treat others) will return to you (Mark 4:24). The Lord knows our faults and he sees all, even the imperfections and sins of the heart which we cannot recognize in ourselves. Like a gentle father and a skillful doctor he patiently draws us to his seat of mercy and removes the cancer of sin which inhabits our hearts. Do you trust in God's mercy and grace? Ask the Lord to flood your heart with his loving-kindness and mercy that you may only have room for charity, forbearance, and kindness towards your neighbor.
O Father, give us the humility which realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its need, welcomes advice, accepts rebuke. Help us always to praise rather than to criticize, to sympathize rather than to discourage, to build rather than to destroy, and to think of people at their best rather than at their worst. This we ask for thy name's sake. (Prayer of William Barclay, 20th century)
Psalm 84:1-12
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! [Selah]
5 Blessed are the men whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! [Selah]
9 Behold our shield, O God; look upon the face of your anointed!
10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Seeing the speck in anothers eye, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"The word hypocrite is aptly employed here (Luke 6:42, Matthew 7:5), since the denouncing of evils is best viewed as a matter only for upright persons of goodwill. When the wicked engage in it, they are like impersonators, masqueraders, hiding their real selves behind a mask, while they portray anothers character through the mask. The word hypocrites in fact signifies pretenders. Hence we ought especially to avoid that meddlesome class of pretenders who under the pretense of seeking advice undertake the censure of all kinds of vices. They are often moved by hatred and malice. Rather, whenever necessity compels one to reprove or rebuke another, we ought to proceed with godly discernment and caution. First of all, let us consider whether the other fault is such as we ourselves have never had or whether it is one that we have overcome. Then, if we have never had such a fault, let us remember that we are human and could have had it. But if we have had it and are rid of it now, let us remember our common frailty, in order that mercy, not hatred, may lead us to the giving of correction and admonition. In this way, whether the admonition occasions the amendment or the worsening of the one for whose sake we are offering it (for the result cannot be foreseen), we ourselves shall be made safe through singleness of eye. But if on reflection we find that we ourselves have the same fault as the one we are about to reprove, let us neither correct nor rebuke that one. Rather, let us bemoan the fault ourselves and induce that person to a similar concern, without asking him to submit to our correction."(excerpt from Sermon on the Mount 2.19.64)
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