April 8, 2022 Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent

2022년 4월 8일 사순 제5주간 금요일 

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제1독서

예레미야서. 20,10-13
10 군중이 수군대는 소리가 들립니다.
“저기 마고르 미싸빕이 지나간다! 그를 고발하여라. 우리도 그를 고발하겠다.”
가까운 친구들마저 모두 제가 쓰러지기만 기다리고 있습니다.
“그가 속아 넘어가고 우리가 그보다 우세하여
그에게 복수할 수 있을지도 모른다.”
11 그러나 주님께서 힘센 용사처럼 제 곁에 계시니
저를 박해하는 자들이 비틀거리고 우세하지 못하리이다.
그들은 성공하지 못하여 크게 부끄러운 일을 당하고
그들의 수치는 영원히 잊히지 않으리이다.
12 의로운 이를 시험하시고 마음과 속을 꿰뚫어 보시는 만군의 주님
당신께 제 송사를 맡겨 드렸으니
당신께서 저들에게 복수하시는 것을 보게 해 주소서.
13 주님께 노래 불러라! 주님을 찬양하여라!
그분께서 가난한 이들의 목숨을 악인들의 손에서 건지셨다. 

복음

요한. 10,31-42
그때에 31 유다인들이 돌을 집어 예수님께 던지려고 하였다.
32 예수님께서 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“나는 아버지의 분부에 따라 너희에게 좋은 일을 많이 보여 주었다.
그 가운데에서 어떤 일로 나에게 돌을 던지려고 하느냐?”
33 유다인들이 예수님께, “좋은 일을 하였기 때문이 아니라
하느님을 모독하였기 때문에 당신에게 돌을 던지려는 것이오.
당신은 사람이면서 하느님으로 자처하고 있소.” 하고 대답하자,
34 예수님께서 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“너희 율법에 ‘내가 이르건대 너희는 신이다.’라고 기록되어 있지 않으냐?
35 폐기될 수 없는 성경에서, 하느님의 말씀을 받은 이들을 신이라고 하였는데,
36 아버지께서 거룩하게 하시어
이 세상에 보내신 내가 ‘나는 하느님의 아들이다.’ 하였다 해서,
‘당신은 하느님을 모독하고 있소.’ 하고 말할 수 있느냐?
37 내가 내 아버지의 일들을 하고 있지 않다면 나를 믿지 않아도 좋다.
38 그러나 내가 그 일들을 하고 있다면, 나를 믿지 않더라도 그 일들은 믿어라.
그러면 아버지께서 내 안에 계시고
내가 아버지 안에 있다는 것을 너희가 깨달아 알게 될 것이다.”
39 그러자 유다인들이 다시 예수님을 잡으려고 하였지만,
예수님께서는 그들의 손을 벗어나셨다.
40 예수님께서는 다시 요르단 강 건너편,
요한이 전에 세례를 주던 곳으로 물러가시어 그곳에 머무르셨다.
41 그러자 많은 사람이 그분께 몰려와 서로 말하였다.
“요한은 표징을 하나도 일으키지 않았지만,
그가 저분에 관하여 한 말은 모두 사실이었다.”
42 그곳에서 많은 사람이 예수님을 믿었다. 

April 8, 2022

 Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent 

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Jer 20:10-13

I hear the whisperings of many:
"Terror on every side!
Denounce! let us denounce him!"
All those who were my friends
are on the watch for any misstep of mine.
"Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail,
and take our vengeance on him."
But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion:
my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph.
In their failure they will be put to utter shame,
to lasting, unforgettable confusion.
O LORD of hosts, you who test the just,
who probe mind and heart,
Let me witness the vengeance you take on them,
for to you I have entrusted my cause.
Sing to the LORD,
praise the LORD,
For he has rescued the life of the poor
from the power of the wicked! 

Responsorial Psalm 
Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7

R. (see 7) In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
I love you, O LORD, my strength,
O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
My God, my rock of refuge,
my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!
Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,
and I am safe from my enemies.
R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
The breakers of death surged round about me,
the destroying floods overwhelmed me;
The cords of the nether world enmeshed me,
the snares of death overtook me.
R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
In my distress I called upon the LORD
and cried out to my God;
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice. 

 

Gospel

Jn 10:31-42

The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father.
For which of these are you trying to stone me?"
The Jews answered him,
"We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy.
You, a man, are making yourself God."
Jesus answered them,
"Is it not written in your law, 'I said, 'You are gods?'"
If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came,
and Scripture cannot be set aside,
can you say that the one
whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world
blasphemes because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me;
but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me,
believe the works, so that you may realize and understand
that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."
Then they tried again to arrest him;
but he escaped from their power.

He went back across the Jordan
to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained.
Many came to him and said,
"John performed no sign, 

but everything John said about this man was true." 

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 The succor of friendship, loyalty, and fidelity is vital to our wellbeing.  We are often in a position of weakness, vulnerable to the slings and arrows of daily life.  Some projectiles come from the seemingly random effects of disorder in our world, like the impact of storms, accidents, or disease.  In some ways, these are expected.  We simply must deal with them.  People often bond together to help one another through these challenges, which can happen to anyone.  We know that our time for trouble may come, too. 

But other afflictions come from an unexpected source, as when we experience betrayal, attacks, and afflictions from those close to us.  We experience firsthand the distorting effects of sin and evil.  For people of faith, these experiences lead us to cry out to God to defend and deliver us.  Today’s Psalm shows us the depth of an ancient cry for help, bolstered by assurance that God is listening and already at work. God is good all the time, as that is His nature.  Human nature, not so much. 

Jeremiah’s prophetic discourse also shows the distorting effects of evil upon the human heart.  Sin darkens our minds and disorders our senses, even causing us to draw a kind of satisfaction from finding flaws and errors in otherwise good people.  Blotting out the true, the good, and the beautiful seemingly removes the light, restoring the darkness that evil prefers.  But as it is written in John’s gospel, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”   (John 1:5).

John’s gospel for today shows Jesus in the midst of a conflict with his own people – those he had been sent to deliver the good news of redemption.  They could experience good from our Lord’s presence and his miraculous works performed among them, but they could not embrace the light he offered.  Indeed, they seem not to want to know about the light.  Instead of discourse, they chose a violent path, which our Lord somehow escaped this time.  He retreated to a wilderness.  But note that others still drew near to him, drawn by his witness of the light. 

During this Lenten journey, we have been challenged to pursue metanoia – repentance and the change of heart that opens us to embrace the works of God in our lives.  God is inviting us to choose His light.  He shows his depth of commitment to us, as our Lord left a world in which friendship, loyalty, and faithfulness were perfect and undiminished in order to join us in our world in which he would experience the sting of treachery and abandonment.  How much that must have cost our Lord to bring light to us!  Can this understanding help us embrace metanoia more deeply?  May these events be in our hearts as we approach Holy Week.  Thanks be to God.

 http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp

The succor of friendship, loyalty, and fidelity is vital to our wellbeing.  We are often in a position of weakness, vulnerable to the slings and arrows of daily life.  Some projectiles come from the seemingly random effects of disorder in our world, like the impact of storms, accidents, or disease.  In some ways, these are expected.  We simply must deal with them.  People often bond together to help one another through these challenges, which can happen to anyone.  We know that our time for trouble may come, too. 

But other afflictions come from an unexpected source, as when we experience betrayal, attacks, and afflictions from those close to us.  We experience firsthand the distorting effects of sin and evil.  For people of faith, these experiences lead us to cry out to God to defend and deliver us.  Today’s Psalm shows us the depth of an ancient cry for help, bolstered by assurance that God is listening and already at work. God is good all the time, as that is His nature.  Human nature, not so much. 

Jeremiah’s prophetic discourse also shows the distorting effects of evil upon the human heart.  Sin darkens our minds and disorders our senses, even causing us to draw a kind of satisfaction from finding flaws and errors in otherwise good people.  Blotting out the true, the good, and the beautiful seemingly removes the light, restoring the darkness that evil prefers.  But as it is written in John’s gospel, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”   (John 1:5).

John’s gospel for today shows Jesus in the midst of a conflict with his own people – those he had been sent to deliver the good news of redemption.  They could experience good from our Lord’s presence and his miraculous works performed among them, but they could not embrace the light he offered.  Indeed, they seem not to want to know about the light.  Instead of discourse, they chose a violent path, which our Lord somehow escaped this time.  He retreated to a wilderness.  But note that others still drew near to him, drawn by his witness of the light. 

During this Lenten journey, we have been challenged to pursue metanoia – repentance and the change of heart that opens us to embrace the works of God in our lives.  God is inviting us to choose His light.  He shows his depth of commitment to us, as our Lord left a world in which friendship, loyalty, and faithfulness were perfect and undiminished in order to join us in our world in which he would experience the sting of treachery and abandonment.  How much that must have cost our Lord to bring light to us!  Can this understanding help us embrace metanoia more deeply?  May these events be in our hearts as we approach Holy Week.  Thanks be to God.

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Why were the religious leaders so upset with Jesus that they wanted to kill him? They charged him with blasphemy because he claimed to be the Son of God and he made himself equal with God. The law of Moses laid down the death penalty for such a crime: "He who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him" (Leviticus 24:16). As they were picking up stones to hurl at Jesus, he met their attack with three arguments. The many good works that he did, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, and feeding the hungry, demonstrated that his power and marvelous deeds obviously came from God.

I am the Son of God
Jesus then defended his right to call himself the Son of God with a quote from Psalm 82:6 ("I say, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you"). Jesus argued that if Scripture can speak like that of humans, why should he not speak of himself like that? Jesus then made two claims: He was consecrated by the Father for a special task and he was sent into the world to carry out his Father's mission (John 10:36). The scriptural understanding of consecration is to make holy for God - to be given over as a free-will offering and sacrifice for God.

Consecrated and sent to do the Father's works
Jesus made himself a sin-offering for us, to ransom us from condemnation and slavery to sin. He spoke of his Father consecrating him for this mission of salvation (John 10:36). Jesus challenged his opponents to accept his works if they could not accept his words. One can argue with words, but deeds are beyond argument. Jesus is the perfect teacher in that he does not base his claims on what he says but on what he does. The word of God is life and power for those who believe and accept it as God's word for us. Jesus shows us the way to walk the path of truth and holiness. And he anoints us with his power to live the Gospel with joy and to be his witnesses in the world. Are you a doer of God's word, or a forgetful hearer only?

Write upon my heart, O Lord, the lessons of your holy word, and grant that I may be a doer of your word, and not a forgetful hearer only.

Psalm 18:2-6

2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
4 The cords of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;
5 the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The sacrifice of Christ, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.

"Even though the man Christ Jesus, in the form of God together with the Father with whom He is one God, accepts our sacrifice, nonetheless He has chosen in the form of a servant to be the sacrifice rather than to accept it. Therefore, He is the priest Himself Who presents the offering, and He Himself is what is offered." (excerpt from City of God, 10,20) 

  

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