2021년 11월 1일 모든 성인 대축일
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제1독서
<내가 보니, 아무도 수를 셀 수 없을 만큼 큰 무리가 있었습니다. 그들은 모든 민족과 종족과 백성과 언어권에서 나온 사람들이었습니다.>
요한 묵시록. 7,2-4.9-14
나 요한은 2 다른 한 천사가 살아 계신 하느님의 인장을 가지고
해 돋는 쪽에서 올라오는 것을 보았습니다.
그가 땅과 바다를 해칠 권한을 받은 네 천사에게 큰 소리로 외쳤습니다.
3 “우리가 우리 하느님의 종들의 이마에 인장을 찍을 때까지
땅도 바다도 나무도 해치지 마라.”
4 나는 인장을 받은 이들의 수가 십사만 사천 명이라고 들었습니다.
인장을 받은 이들은
이스라엘 자손들의 모든 지파에서 나온 사람들이었습니다.
9 그다음에 내가 보니, 아무도 수를 셀 수 없을 만큼 큰 무리가 있었습니다.
모든 민족과 종족과 백성과 언어권에서 나온 그들은,
희고 긴 겉옷을 입고 손에는 야자나무 가지를 들고서
어좌 앞에 또 어린양 앞에 서 있었습니다.
10 그들이 큰 소리로 외쳤습니다.
“구원은 어좌에 앉아 계신 우리 하느님과 어린양의 것입니다.”
11 그러자 모든 천사가 어좌와 원로들과 네 생물 둘레에 서 있다가,
어좌 앞에 얼굴을 땅에 대고 엎드려 하느님께 경배하며 12 말하였습니다.
“아멘. 우리 하느님께 찬미와 영광과 지혜와 감사와 영예와 권능과 힘이
영원무궁하기를 빕니다. 아멘.”
13 그때에 원로 가운데 하나가,
“희고 긴 겉옷을 입은 저 사람들은 누구이며 어디에서 왔느냐?” 하고
나에게 물었습니다.
14 “원로님, 원로님께서 알고 계시지 않습니까?” 하고
내가 대답하였더니, 그가 나에게 말하였습니다.
“저 사람들은 큰 환난을 겪어 낸 사람들이다.
저들은 어린양의 피로 자기들의 긴 겉옷을 깨끗이 빨아 희게 하였다.”
제2독서
<우리는 하느님을 있는 그대로 뵙게 될 것입니다.>
요한 1서. 3,1-3
사랑하는 여러분,
1 아버지께서 우리에게 얼마나 큰 사랑을 주시어
우리가 하느님의 자녀라 불리게 되었는지 생각해 보십시오.
과연 우리는 그분의 자녀입니다.
세상이 우리를 알지 못하는 까닭은
세상이 그분을 알지 못하였기 때문입니다.
2 사랑하는 여러분, 이제 우리는 하느님의 자녀입니다.
우리가 어떻게 될지는 아직 드러나지 않았지만,
그분께서 나타나시면 우리도 그분처럼 되리라는 것은 알고 있습니다.
그분을 있는 그대로 뵙게 될 것이기 때문입니다.
3 그분께 이러한 희망을 두는 사람은 모두,
그리스도께서 순결하신 것처럼 자신도 순결하게 합니다.
복음
<기뻐하고 즐거워하여라. 너희가 하늘에서 받을 상이 크다.>
마태오. 5,1-12ㄴ
그때에 1 예수님께서는 군중을 보시고 산으로 오르셨다.
그분께서 자리에 앉으시자 제자들이 그분께 다가왔다.
2 예수님께서 입을 여시어 그들을 이렇게 가르치셨다.
3 “행복하여라, 마음이 가난한 사람들! 하늘 나라가 그들의 것이다.
4 행복하여라, 슬퍼하는 사람들! 그들은 위로를 받을 것이다.
5 행복하여라, 온유한 사람들! 그들은 땅을 차지할 것이다.
6 행복하여라, 의로움에 주리고 목마른 사람들! 그들은 흡족해질 것이다.
7 행복하여라, 자비로운 사람들! 그들은 자비를 입을 것이다.
8 행복하여라, 마음이 깨끗한 사람들! 그들은 하느님을 볼 것이다.
9 행복하여라, 평화를 이루는 사람들! 그들은 하느님의 자녀라 불릴 것이다.
10 행복하여라, 의로움 때문에 박해를 받는 사람들!
하늘 나라가 그들의 것이다.
11 사람들이 나 때문에 너희를 모욕하고 박해하며,
너희를 거슬러 거짓으로 온갖 사악한 말을 하면, 너희는 행복하다!
12 기뻐하고 즐거워하여라. 너희가 하늘에서 받을 상이 크다.”
November 1, 2021
Solemnity of All Saints
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Reading 1
I, John, saw another angel come up from the East,
holding the seal of the living God.
He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels
who were given power to damage the land and the sea,
“Do not damage the land or the sea or the trees
until we put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
I heard the number of those who had been marked with the seal,
one hundred and forty-four thousand marked
from every tribe of the children of Israel.
After this I had a vision of a great multitude,
which no one could count,
from every nation, race, people, and tongue.
They stood before the throne and before the Lamb,
wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
They cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation comes from our God, who is seated on the throne,
and from the Lamb.”
All the angels stood around the throne
and around the elders and the four living creatures.
They prostrated themselves before the throne,
worshiped God, and exclaimed:
“Amen. Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving,
honor, power, and might
be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me,
“Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?”
I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.”
He said to me,
“These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress;
they have washed their robes
and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (see 6) Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness;
the world and those who dwell in it.
For he founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD?
or who may stand in his holy place?
One whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean,
who desires not what is vain.
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
a reward from God his savior.
Such is the race that seeks him,
that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
Reading 2
Beloved:
See what love the Father has bestowed on us
that we may be called the children of God.
Yet so we are.
The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now;
what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is.
Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure,
as he is pure.
Gospel
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,
and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
He began to teach them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you
and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
One of the Jesuits with whom I co-presided at the popular Tuesday night 10pm mass at Marquette University was Fr. Kent Beausoleil who is now a member of the Creighton Jesuit community. Fr. Beausoleil would always greet each student with the salutation “Hello saint.” I jokingly thought that this was a good strategy not to have to remember the names of students. I subsequently learned that Fr. Beausoleil was imitating Fr. Al Bischoff at Xavier University who used to use this salutation to greet everybody.
On a serious note, Fr. Beausoleil’s (and Fr. Bischoff’s) greeting echoes Pope Francis’ reminder to us that each one of us is called to that same holiness that the saints displayed and what they are recognized for as role models. In other words, each of us is called to be a saint. The church places before us the beatitudes in Matthew’s gospel as a path to the holiness that we are called to as disciples of Jesus.
During his visit to Sweden in 2016, Pope Francis in his homily on All Saints Day said that the beatitudes are our identity card and call us as followers of Jesus to confront the anxieties and challenges of our times with the spirit and love of Jesus.
During this homily, Pope Francis added six more beatitudes which he felt had relevance today:
◦ Blessed are those who remain faithful while enduring evils inflicted on them by others, and forgive them from their heart.
◦ Blessed are those who look into the eyes of the abandoned and marginalized, and show them their closeness.
◦ Blessed are those who see God in every person, and strive to make others also discover him.
◦ Blessed are those who protect and care for our common home.
◦ Blessed are those who renounce their own comfort in order to help others.
◦ Blessed are those who pray and work for full communion between Christians.
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WHITEWASHED
“These are the ones who have survived the great period of trial; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” —Revelation 7:14
Some saints led very sinful lives. When they encountered the Lord, they realized the Lord’s holiness and their own sinfulness. They confessed their sins, repented deeply, and changed their lives permanently.
Some saints were called to the ultimate witness: laying down their lives for Jesus in martyrdom. “They were stoned, sawed in two, put to death at sword’s point” (Heb 11:37). “All of these died in faith” (Heb 11:13) because “they were searching for a better, a heavenly home” (Heb 11:16).
Some saints lived obscure lives of faithfulness and holiness. They died to themselves, picked up their cross, and followed daily in the footsteps of Jesus. As disciples of Jesus, they rose early to pray (Mk 1:35) and prayed long into the night (Lk 6:12). Their intercession and redemptive suffering stopped wars, brought healing and reconciliation, and built up the kingdom of God.
Some saints are still under construction. Some saints are those of you reading this page. You endure periods of trial (Rv 7:14), but live lives of “hope based on” Jesus (1 Jn 3:3). You have given your lives to Jesus and have been washed clean in the waters of Baptism and in “the blood of the Lamb” (Rv 7:14). Saints alive, praise Jesus now and forever with the communion of saints!
Prayer: Father, may my life result in many thousands of people praising You forever in heaven.
Promise: “Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is great in heaven.” —Mt 5:12
Praise: Today we salute the canonized, the beatified, and the venerable. Each honored God through heroic virtue and charity. All holy men and women, pray for us!
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Who do you honor at your table? The Lord is always ready to receive us at his table. As far as we can tell from the Gospel accounts, Jesus never refused a dinner invitation! Why, in this particular instance, does Jesus lecture his host on whom he should or shouldn't invite to dinner? Did his host expect some favor or reward from Jesus? Did he want to impress his neighbors with the honor of hosting the "miracle worker" from Galilee?
Generous giving doesn't impoverish - but enriches the heart
Jesus probes our hearts as well. Do you only show favor and generosity to those who will repay you in kind? What about those who do not have the means to repay you - the poor, the sick, and the disadvantaged? Generosity demands a measure of self-sacrifice. However, it doesn't impoverish, but rather enriches the soul of the giver. True generosity springs from a heart full of mercy and compassion. God has loved us first, and our love for him is a response of gratitude for the great mercy and kindness he has shown to each one of us. No one can outmatch God in his generous love and kindness towards us. Do you give freely as Jesus gives without seeking personal gain or reward?
Lord Jesus, your love never fails and your mercies abound. You offer us the best of gifts - peace, pardon and everlasting friendship with you at your banquet table. Fill me with gratitude for your great mercy and kindness towards me. And may I never fail to show kindness and mercy towards all I meet so that they may know the mercy and goodness you offer them as well.
Psalm 69:16,29-30,32-36
16 Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain; let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!
30 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
32 Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
33 For the LORD hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.
35 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;
36 the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: First and last at the banquet table, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"'When,' he says, 'a man more honorable than you comes, he that invited you and him will say, 'Give this man place.' Oh, what great shame is there in having to do this! It is like a theft, so to speak, and the restitution of the stolen goods. He must restore what he has seized because he had no right to take it. The modest and praiseworthy person, who without fear of blame might have claimed the dignity of sitting among the foremost, does not seek it. He yields to others what might be called his own, that he may not even seem to be overcome by empty pride. Such a one shall receive honor as his due. He says, 'He shall hear him who invited him say, 'Come up here.' ...If any one among you wants to be set above others, let him win it by the decree of heaven and be crowned by those honors that God bestows. Let him surpass the many by having the testimony of glorious virtues. The rule of virtue is a lowly mind that does not love boasting. It is humility. The blessed Paul also counted this worthy of all esteem. He writes to those who eagerly desire saintly pursuits, 'Love humility.'"(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 101)
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