2021년 11월 26일 연중 제34주간 금요일
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제1독서
<사람의 아들 같은 이가 하늘의 구름을 타고 나타났다.>
다니엘 예언서. 7,2ㄴ-14
나 다니엘이 2 밤의 환시 속에서 앞을 보고 있었는데,
하늘에서 불어오는 네 바람이 큰 바다를 휘저었다.
3 그러자 서로 모양이 다른 거대한 짐승 네 마리가 바다에서 올라왔다.
4 첫 번째 것은 사자 같은데 독수리의 날개를 달고 있었다.
내가 보고 있는데, 마침내 그것은 날개가 뽑히더니
땅에서 들어 올려져 사람처럼 두 발로 일으켜 세워진 다음,
그것에게 사람의 마음이 주어졌다.
5 그리고 다른 두 번째 짐승은 곰처럼 생겼다.
한쪽으로만 일으켜져 있던 이 짐승은
입속 이빨 사이에 갈비 세 개를 물고 있었는데,
그것에게 누군가 이렇게 말하였다. “일어나 고기를 많이 먹어라.”
6 그 뒤에 내가 다시 보니 표범처럼 생긴 또 다른 짐승이 나왔다.
그 짐승은 등에 새의 날개가 네 개 달려 있고 머리도 네 개였는데,
그것에게 통치권이 주어졌다.
7 그 뒤에 내가 계속 밤의 환시 속에서 앞을 보고 있었는데,
끔찍하고 무시무시하고 아주 튼튼한 네 번째 짐승이 나왔다.
커다란 쇠 이빨을 가진 그 짐승은
먹이를 먹고 으스러뜨리며 남은 것은 발로 짓밟았다.
그것은 또 앞의 모든 짐승과 다르게 생겼으며 뿔을 열 개나 달고 있었다.
8 내가 그 뿔들을 살펴보고 있는데,
그것들 사이에서 또 다른 자그마한 뿔이 올라왔다.
그리고 먼저 나온 뿔 가운데에서 세 개가 그것 앞에서 뽑혀 나갔다.
그 자그마한 뿔은 사람의 눈 같은 눈을 가지고 있었고,
입도 있어서 거만하게 떠들어 대고 있었다.
9 내가 보고 있는데 마침내 옥좌들이 놓이고 연로하신 분께서 자리에 앉으셨다.
그분의 옷은 눈처럼 희고 머리카락은 깨끗한 양털 같았다.
그분의 옥좌는 불꽃 같고 옥좌의 바퀴들은 타오르는 불 같았다.
10 불길이 강물처럼 뿜어 나왔다. 그분 앞에서 터져 나왔다.
그분을 시중드는 이가 백만이요 그분을 모시고 선 이가 억만이었다.
법정이 열리고 책들이 펴졌다.
11 그 뒤에 그 뿔이 떠들어 대는 거만한 말소리 때문에 나는 그쪽을 보았다.
내가 보고 있는데, 마침내 그 짐승이 살해되고 몸은 부서져 타는 불에 던져졌다.
12 그리고 나머지 짐승들은 통치권을 빼앗겼으나 생명은 얼마 동안 연장되었다.
13 내가 이렇게 밤의 환시 속에서 앞을 보고 있는데
사람의 아들 같은 이가 하늘의 구름을 타고 나타나
연로하신 분께 가자 그분 앞으로 인도되었다.
14 그에게 통치권과 영광과 나라가 주어져
모든 민족들과 나라들, 언어가 다른 모든 사람들이 그를 섬기게 되었다.
그의 통치는 영원한 통치로서 사라지지 않고 그의 나라는 멸망하지 않는다.
복음
<너희는 이러한 일들이 일어나는 것을 보거든 하느님의 나라가 가까이 온 줄 알아라.>
루카. 21,29-33
그때에 예수님께서는 제자들에게
29 비유 하나를 말씀하셨다.
“무화과나무와 다른 모든 나무를 보아라.
30 잎이 돋자마자,
너희는 그것을 보고 여름이 이미 가까이 온 줄을 저절로 알게 된다.
31 이와 같이 너희도 이러한 일들이 일어나는 것을 보거든,
하느님의 나라가 가까이 온 줄 알아라.
32 내가 진실로 너희에게 말한다.
이 세대가 지나기 전에 모든 일이 일어날 것이다.
33 하늘과 땅은 사라질지라도 내 말은 결코 사라지지 않을 것이다.”
November 26, 2021
Friday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Dn 7:2-14
the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea,
from which emerged four immense beasts,
each different from the others.
The first was like a lion, but with eagle's wings.
While I watched, the wings were plucked;
it was raised from the ground to stand on two feet
like a man, and given a human mind.
The second was like a bear; it was raised up on one side,
and among the teeth in its mouth were three tusks.
It was given the order, "Up, devour much flesh."
After this I looked and saw another beast, like a leopard;
on its back were four wings like those of a bird,
and it had four heads.
To this beast dominion was given.
After this, in the visions of the night I saw the fourth beast,
different from all the others,
terrifying, horrible, and of extraordinary strength;
it had great iron teeth with which it devoured and crushed,
and what was left it trampled with its feet.
I was considering the ten horns it had,
when suddenly another, a little horn, sprang out of their midst,
and three of the previous horns were torn away to make room for it.
This horn had eyes like a man,
and a mouth that spoke arrogantly.
As I watched,
Thrones were set up
and the Ancient One took his throne.
His clothing was snow bright,
and the hair on his head as white as wool;
His throne was flames of fire,
with wheels of burning fire.
A surging stream of fire
flowed out from where he sat;
Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him,
and myriads upon myriads attended him.
The court was convened, and the books were opened.
I watched, then, from the first of the arrogant words
which the horn spoke, until the beast was slain
and its body thrown into the fire to be burnt up.
The other beasts, which also lost their dominion,
were granted a prolongation of life for a time and a season.
As the visions during the night continued, I saw
One like a son of man coming,
on the clouds of heaven;
When he reached the Ancient One
and was presented before him,
He received dominion, glory, and kingship;
nations and peoples of every language serve him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not be taken away,
his kingship shall not be destroyed.
Responsorial Psalm
Daniel 3:75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81
"Mountains and hills, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him!
"Everything growing from the earth, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him!
"You springs, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him!
"Seas and rivers, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him!
"You dolphins and all water creatures, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him!
"All you birds of the air, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him!
"All you beasts, wild and tame, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him!
Gospel
Lk 21:29-33
"Consider the fig tree and all the other trees.
When their buds burst open,
you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near;
in the same way, when you see these things happening,
know that the Kingdom of God is near.
Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away
until all these things have taken place.
Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass away."
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Yesterday in the United States of America, we celebrated Thanksgiving Day. The Readings for that liturgy replaced the Readings for that Thursday in Ordinary Time. They are horrific! Luke 21, verses 21 to 28 are frightening, full of promises of destruction, fear and death. Jerusalem, the very place of the presence of God, will be taken over by foreign armies and the inhabitants are to flee. We are glad these Readings were replaced for yesterday.
Thomas Edison once wrote, “When you have exhausted all possibilities, you haven’t.” Tomorrow is the last liturgical-day of the year. Sunday we begin Advent with all its prayers and Readings of promise and hope. When we think that God has exhausted all possibilities, well, at times we cannot imagine anything new or different. God’s possibilities are never exhausted.
Today’s Gospel follows the terrible predictions of the verses sited above. Jesus points out a fig tree and comments that when buds appear, summer is near. In our section of the country, leaves have fallen and the limbs are fruitless, naked, empty. This is an image Jesus has of Jerusalem and its religious practices. Jesus predicts that the Kingdom of God is near when the kingdom of death has collapsed. There are new possibilities which will become realities as will the autumn trees and bushes come to life again. The things of creation will go and come, but God’s fidelity remains.
This present pandemic is oppressive of spirit and life, but there still lives the “dearest freshness, deep-down thing.” Some have taken the occurrence of the virus as a punishment and others as an invitation to trust God’s possibilities for life. I would propose that endurance is one of many human possibilities as is grumbling, as well as depression and withdrawal from God. I myself have sipped from such tempting cups. Jesus is always offering the possibility of hope that invites us not just to survive, but to triumph over darkness and self-despair. The most amazing, surprising and life-giving possibility, more than any vaccine, is coming again. We need merely to allow our souls to be Christianated these prayerful days of Advent. Watch for the signs and personal invitations to receive the Shots.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
Yesterday in the United States of America, we celebrated Thanksgiving Day. The Readings for that liturgy replaced the Readings for that Thursday in Ordinary Time. They are horrific! Luke 21, verses 21 to 28 are frightening, full of promises of destruction, fear and death. Jerusalem, the very place of the presence of God, will be taken over by foreign armies and the inhabitants are to flee. We are glad these Readings were replaced for yesterday.
Thomas Edison once wrote, “When you have exhausted all possibilities, you haven’t.” Tomorrow is the last liturgical-day of the year. Sunday we begin Advent with all its prayers and Readings of promise and hope. When we think that God has exhausted all possibilities, well, at times we cannot imagine anything new or different. God’s possibilities are never exhausted.
Today’s Gospel follows the terrible predictions of the verses sited above. Jesus points out a fig tree and comments that when buds appear, summer is near. In our section of the country, leaves have fallen and the limbs are fruitless, naked, empty. This is an image Jesus has of Jerusalem and its religious practices. Jesus predicts that the Kingdom of God is near when the kingdom of death has collapsed. There are new possibilities which will become realities as will the autumn trees and bushes come to life again. The things of creation will go and come, but God’s fidelity remains.
This present pandemic is oppressive of spirit and life, but there still lives the “dearest freshness, deep-down thing.” Some have taken the occurrence of the virus as a punishment and others as an invitation to trust God’s possibilities for life. I would propose that endurance is one of many human possibilities as is grumbling, as well as depression and withdrawal from God. I myself have sipped from such tempting cups. Jesus is always offering the possibility of hope that invites us not just to survive, but to triumph over darkness and self-despair. The most amazing, surprising and life-giving possibility, more than any vaccine, is coming again. We need merely to allow our souls to be Christianated these prayerful days of Advent. Watch for the signs and personal invitations to receive the Shots.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Yesterday in the United States of America, we celebrated Thanksgiving Day. The Readings for that liturgy replaced the Readings for that Thursday in Ordinary Time. They are horrific! Luke 21, verses 21 to 28 are frightening, full of promises of destruction, fear and death. Jerusalem, the very place of the presence of God, will be taken over by foreign armies and the inhabitants are to flee. We are glad these Readings were replaced for yesterday.
Thomas Edison once wrote, “When you have exhausted all possibilities, you haven’t.” Tomorrow is the last liturgical-day of the year. Sunday we begin Advent with all its prayers and Readings of promise and hope. When we think that God has exhausted all possibilities, well, at times we cannot imagine anything new or different. God’s possibilities are never exhausted.
Today’s Gospel follows the terrible predictions of the verses sited above. Jesus points out a fig tree and comments that when buds appear, summer is near. In our section of the country, leaves have fallen and the limbs are fruitless, naked, empty. This is an image Jesus has of Jerusalem and its religious practices. Jesus predicts that the Kingdom of God is near when the kingdom of death has collapsed. There are new possibilities which will become realities as will the autumn trees and bushes come to life again. The things of creation will go and come, but God’s fidelity remains.
This present pandemic is oppressive of spirit and life, but there still lives the “dearest freshness, deep-down thing.” Some have taken the occurrence of the virus as a punishment and others as an invitation to trust God’s possibilities for life. I would propose that endurance is one of many human possibilities as is grumbling, as well as depression and withdrawal from God. I myself have sipped from such tempting cups. Jesus is always offering the possibility of hope that invites us not just to survive, but to triumph over darkness and self-despair. The most amazing, surprising and life-giving possibility, more than any vaccine, is coming again. We need merely to allow our souls to be Christianated these prayerful days of Advent. Watch for the signs and personal invitations to receive the Shots.
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November 29, 2019 Friday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
