2022년 3월 19일 한국 교회의 공동 수호자 동정 마리아의 배필 성 요셉 대축일
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<주 하느님께서 예수님께 조상 다윗의 왕좌를 주시리라(루카 1,32 참조).>
제1독서
사무엘기 하. 7,4-5ㄴ.12-14ㄱ.16
그 무렵 4 주님의 말씀이 나탄에게 내렸다.
5 “나의 종 다윗에게 가서 말하여라. ‘주님이 이렇게 말한다.
12 너의 날수가 다 차서 조상들과 함께 잠들게 될 때,
네 몸에서 나와 네 뒤를 이을 후손을 내가 일으켜 세우고,
그의 나라를 튼튼하게 하겠다.
13 그는 나의 이름을 위하여 집을 짓고,
나는 그 나라의 왕좌를 영원히 튼튼하게 할 것이다.
14 나는 그의 아버지가 되고 그는 나의 아들이 될 것이다.
16 너의 집안과 나라가 네 앞에서 영원히 굳건해지고,
네 왕좌가 영원히 튼튼하게 될 것이다.’”
제2독서
<아브라함은 희망이 없어도 희망하였습니다.>
로마서. 4,13.16-18.22
형제 여러분, 13 세상의 상속자가 되리라는 약속은
율법을 통해서가 아니라 믿음으로 얻은 의로움을 통해서
아브라함과 그 후손들에게 주어졌습니다.
16 그러한 까닭에 약속은 믿음에 따라 이루어지고 은총으로 주어집니다.
이는 약속이 모든 후손에게, 곧 율법에 따라 사는 이들뿐만 아니라
아브라함이 보여 준 믿음에 따라 사는 이들에게도 보장되게 하려는 것입니다.
아브라함은 우리 모두의 조상입니다.
17 그것은 성경에
“내가 너를 많은 민족의 조상으로 만들었다.”라고 기록된 그대로입니다.
아브라함은 자기가 믿는 분, 곧 죽은 이들을 다시 살리시고
존재하지 않는 것을 존재하도록 불러내시는 하느님 앞에서
우리 모두의 조상이 되었습니다.
18 그는 희망이 없어도 희망하며,
“너의 후손들이 저렇게 많아질 것이다.” 하신 말씀에 따라
“많은 민족의 아버지”가 될 것을 믿었습니다.
22 바로 그 때문에 “하느님께서 그 믿음을 의로움으로 인정해 주신”것입니다.
복음
<요셉은 주님의 천사가 명령한 대로 하였다.>
마태오. 1,16.18-21.24ㄱ<또는 루카 2,41-51ㄱ>
16 야곱은 마리아의 남편 요셉을 낳았는데,
마리아에게서 그리스도라고 불리는 예수님께서 태어나셨다.
18 예수 그리스도께서는 이렇게 탄생하셨다.
그분의 어머니 마리아가 요셉과 약혼하였는데,
그들이 같이 살기 전에 마리아가 성령으로 말미암아 잉태한 사실이 드러났다.
19 마리아의 남편 요셉은 의로운 사람이었고
또 마리아의 일을 세상에 드러내고 싶지 않았으므로,
남모르게 마리아와 파혼하기로 작정하였다.
20 요셉이 그렇게 하기로 생각을 굳혔을 때,
꿈에 주님의 천사가 나타나 말하였다.
“다윗의 자손 요셉아, 두려워하지 말고 마리아를 아내로 맞아들여라.
그 몸에 잉태된 아기는 성령으로 말미암은 것이다.
21 마리아가 아들을 낳으리니 그 이름을 예수라고 하여라.
그분께서 당신 백성을 죄에서 구원하실 것이다.”
24 잠에서 깨어난 요셉은 주님의 천사가 명령한 대로 하였다.
March 19, 2022
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Reading 1
2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
"Go, tell my servant David,
'When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors,
I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins,
and I will make his kingdom firm.
It is he who shall build a house for my name.
And I will make his royal throne firm forever.
I will be a father to him,
and he shall be a son to me.
Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me;
your throne shall stand firm forever.'"
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29
The promises 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. The son of David will live for ever.
"I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant:
Forever will I confirm your posterity
and establish your throne for all generations."
R. The son of David will live for ever.
"He shall say of me, 'You are my father,
my God, the Rock, my savior.'
Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him,
and my covenant with him stands firm."
R. The son of David will live for ever.
Reading 2
Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22
It was not through the law
that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants
that he would inherit the world,
but through the righteousness that comes from faith.
For this reason, it depends on faith,
so that it may be a gift,
and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants,
not to those who only adhere to the law
but to those who follow the faith of Abraham,
who is the father of all of us, as it is written,
I have made you father of many nations.
He is our father in the sight of God,
in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead
and calls into being what does not exist.
He believed, hoping against hope,
that he would become the father of many nations,
according to what was said, Thus shall your descendants be.
That is why it was credited to him as righteousness.
Gospel
Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a
Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.
Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.
When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
but before they lived together,
she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
"Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins."
When Joseph awoke,
he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him
and took his wife into his home.
Or
Lk 2:41-51a
and when he was twelve years old,
they went up according to festival custom.
After they had completed its days, as they were returning,
the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem,
but his parents did not know it.
Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day
and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
but not finding him,
they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions,
and all who heard him were astounded
at his understanding and his answers.
When his parents saw him,
they were astonished,
and his mother said to him,
"Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety."
And he said to them,
"Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
But they did not understand what he said to them.
He went down with them and came to Nazareth,
and was obedient to them.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
As parents, I suspect we have all experienced the same feeling Mary and Joseph did when they could not find their son.
It happened to my wife and me in a large department store. My wife was looking for a dress, and our then four-year-old daughter was right next to us one moment and gone the next. We were frantic. Security was about to lock down the store when our daughter poked her head out from under the circular dress rack we had been standing by. We were so relieved to have found her that there was no time to be mad at her for slipping away. For the rest of the trip one of us held her hand, for we did not want to repeat that terrifying experience.
Now just imagine what it must be like for God our Father, who is constantly watching over each and every one of us and seeing us, too, getting lost. Lost in how we live our lives as Catholics, lost in how we share the Gospel with others, lost in how share God’s love with others. What a source of worry we must be for God. Yet, like the parent who finds their missing child, the first words God speaks to us are not words of anger, but words of love and joy when we turn back to God in our thoughts, prayers and deeds.
So, as we continue our Lenten journey, let each of us vow not to get lost in the endless distractions that cloud our Christ-like focus, lost in the noise that interrupts our prayers, or lost in our commitment to serve others. But rather, like the children we are, reach out and keep our hand extended, knowing that God’s hand is there waiting to hold it and safely guide us.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
JOSEPH: AN UPWARDLY MOBILE MAN
“[Joseph] did as the angel of the Lord had directed him.” —Matthew 1:24
St. Joseph often found himself enmeshed in a series of unexpected circumstances. First, God became Lord of his marriage in a way no man could ever have imagined (Mt 1:18ff). Then, like a common refugee, Joseph was turned away from decent accommodations when he and Mary most needed them: at the moment of Jesus’ birth (Lk 2:7). Next, in the middle of the night, he had to fend off a government-led assassination plot against his infant Foster-Son (Mt 2:13). Three times he had to pack up and move his family on a moment’s notice. Finally, he and Mary had to search in sorrow for three days for Jesus (Lk 2:48).
For the task of safeguarding the Child Jesus, God chose a man who excelled in hearing and obeying: St. Joseph, the man of faith. Joseph must have spent a lot of time on his knees in fervent prayer for help. The circumstances of his life repeatedly taught him instant obedience (e.g. Mt 2:14), which sprang from his instantly hearing God’s commands, which flowed from his constant prayer.
With St. Joseph, let us be upwardly mobile. Let us cultivate the ability to instantly turn to God in prayer, hear His voice, and obey Him in faith. St. Joseph, pray for us.
Prayer: Father, I will trust in You with all my heart and rely not on my own intelligence (Prv 3:5).
Promise: “All depends on faith, everything is grace.” —Rm 4:16
Praise: St. Joseph’s faith and trust in God were blessed in ways unimaginable: He was chosen to be the spouse of the sinless Virgin Mary and the protector of the Son of God.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
How can you love someone who turns their back on you and still forgive them from the heart? The prophets remind us that God does not abandon us, even if we turn our backs on him (Micah 7:18). He calls us back to himself - over and over and over again. Jesus' story of the father and his two sons (sometimes called the parable of the prodigal son) is the longest parable in the Gospels.
What is the main point or focus of the story? Is it the contrast between an obedient and a disobedient son or is it between the warm reception given to a spendthrift son by his father and the cold reception given by the eldest son? Jesus contrasts the father's merciful love with the eldest son's somewhat harsh reaction to his errant brother and to the lavish party his joyful father throws for his repentant son. While the errant son had wasted his father's money, his father, nonetheless, maintained unbroken love for his son.
The son, while he was away, learned a lot about himself. And he realized that his father had given him love which he had not returned. He had yet to learn about the depth of his father's love for him. His deep humiliation at finding himself obliged to feed on the husks of pigs and his reflection on all he had lost, led to his repentance and decision to declare himself guilty before his father. While he hoped for reconciliation with his father, he could not have imagined a full restoration of relationship. The father did not need to speak words of forgiveness to his son; his actions spoke more loudly and clearly! The beautiful robe, the ring, and the festive banquet symbolize the new life - pure, worthy, and joyful - of anyone who returns to God.
The prodigal could not return to the garden of innocence, but he was welcomed and reinstated as a son. The errant son's dramatic change from grief and guilt to forgiveness and restoration express in picture-language the resurrection from the dead, a rebirth to new life from spiritual death. The parable also contrasts mercy and its opposite - unforgiveness. The father who had been wronged, was forgiving. But the eldest son, who had not been wronged, was unforgiving. His unforgiveness turns into contempt and pride. And his resentment leads to his isolation and estrangement from the community of forgiven sinners.
In this parable Jesus gives a vivid picture of God and what God is like. God is truly kinder than us. He does not lose hope or give up when we stray. He rejoices in finding the lost and in welcoming them home. Do you know the joy of repentance and the restoration of relationship as a son or daughter of your heavenly Father?
Lord Jesus, may I never doubt your love nor take for granted the mercy you have shown to me. Fill me with your transforming love that I may be merciful as you are merciful.
Psalm 103:1-4, 8-12
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Life through death, by Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"Did you make it possible for yourselves to merit God's mercy because you turned back to him? If you hadn't been called by God, what could you have done to turn back? Didn't the very One Who called you when you were opposed to Him make it possible for you to turn back? Don't claim your conversion as your own doing. Unless He had called you when you were running away from Him, you would not have been able to turn back." (Commentary on Psalm 84, 8)
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