2022년 5월 19일 부활 제5주간 목요일
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제1독서
<내 판단으로는, 다른 민족들 가운데에서 하느님께 돌아선 이들에게 어려움을 주지 말아야 합니다.>
사도행전. 15,7-21
그 무렵 7 오랜 논란 끝에 베드로가 일어나 사도들과 원로들에게 말하였다.
“형제 여러분,
다른 민족들도 내 입을 통하여 복음의 말씀을 들어 믿게 하시려고
하느님께서 일찍이 여러분 가운데에서 나를 뽑으신 사실을
여러분은 알고 있습니다.
8 사람의 마음을 아시는 하느님께서는 우리에게 하신 것처럼
그들에게도 성령을 주시어 그들을 인정해 주셨습니다.
9 그리고 그들의 믿음으로 그들의 마음을 정화하시어,
우리와 그들 사이에 아무런 차별도 두지 않으셨습니다.
10 그런데 지금 여러분은 왜 우리 조상들도 우리도 다 감당할 수 없던 멍에를
형제들의 목에 씌워 하느님을 시험하는 것입니까?
11 우리는 그들과 마찬가지로
우리도 주 예수님의 은총으로 구원을 받는다고 믿습니다.”
12 그러자 온 회중이 잠잠해졌다.
그리고 바르나바와 바오로가 하느님께서 자기들을 통하여
다른 민족들 가운데에서 일으키신 표징과 이적들에 대하여
이야기하는 것을 들었다.
13 그들이 말을 마치자 야고보가 이렇게 말하였다.
“형제 여러분, 내 말을 들어 보십시오.
14 하느님께서 처음에 다른 민족들 가운데에서
당신의 이름을 위한 백성을 모으시려고 어떻게 배려하셨는지,
시몬이 이야기해 주었습니다.
15 이는 예언자들의 말과도 일치하는데,
성경에 이렇게 기록되어 있습니다.
16 ‘그 뒤에 나는 돌아와 무너진 다윗의 초막을 다시 지으리라.
그곳의 허물어진 것들을 다시 지어 그 초막을 바로 세우리라.
17 그리하여 나머지 다른 사람들도,
내 이름으로 불리는 다른 모든 민족들도 주님을 찾게 되리라.
주님이 이렇게 말하고 이 일들을 실행하니
18 예로부터 알려진 일들이다.’
19 그러므로 내 판단으로는,
다른 민족들 가운데에서 하느님께 돌아선 이들에게 어려움을 주지 말고,
20 다만 그들에게 편지를 보내어,
우상에게 바쳐 더러워진 음식과 불륜과
목 졸라 죽인 짐승의 고기와 피를 멀리하라고 해야 합니다.
21 사실 예로부터 각 고을에는, 안식일마다 회당에서
모세의 율법을 봉독하며 선포하는 이들이 있었습니다.”
복음
<너희 기쁨이 충만하도록 너희는 내 사랑 안에 머물러라.>
요한. 15,9-11
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
9 “아버지께서 나를 사랑하신 것처럼 나도 너희를 사랑하였다.
너희는 내 사랑 안에 머물러라.
10 내가 내 아버지의 계명을 지켜 그분의 사랑 안에 머무르는 것처럼,
너희도 내 계명을 지키면 내 사랑 안에 머무를 것이다.
11 내가 너희에게 이 말을 한 이유는,
내 기쁨이 너희 안에 있고 또 너희 기쁨이 충만하게 하려는 것이다.”
May 19, 2022
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Acts 15:7-21
After much debate had taken place,
Peter got up and said to the Apostles and the presbyters,
“My brothers, you are well aware that from early days
God made his choice among you that through my mouth
the Gentiles would hear the word of the Gospel and believe.
And God, who knows the heart,
bore witness by granting them the Holy Spirit
just as he did us.
He made no distinction between us and them,
for by faith he purified their hearts.
Why, then, are you now putting God to the test
by placing on the shoulders of the disciples
a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
On the contrary, we believe that we are saved
through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they.”
The whole assembly fell silent,
and they listened
while Paul and Barnabas described the signs and wonders
God had worked among the Gentiles through them.
After they had fallen silent, James responded,
“My brothers, listen to me.
Symeon has described how God first concerned himself
with acquiring from among the Gentiles a people for his name.
The words of the prophets agree with this, as is written:
After this I shall return
and rebuild the fallen hut of David;
from its ruins I shall rebuild it
and raise it up again,
so that the rest of humanity may seek out the Lord,
even all the Gentiles on whom my name is invoked.
Thus says the Lord who accomplishes these things,
known from of old.
It is my judgment, therefore,
that we ought to stop troubling the Gentiles who turn to God,
but tell them by letter to avoid pollution from idols,
unlawful marriage, the meat of strangled animals, and blood.
For Moses, for generations now,
has had those who proclaim him in every town,
as he has been read in the synagogues every sabbath.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (3) Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all you lands.
Sing to the LORD; bless his name.
R. Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Announce his salvation, day after day.
Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.
R. Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Say among the nations: The LORD is king.
He has made the world firm, not to be moved;
he governs the peoples with equity.
R. Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love.
“I have told you this so that
my joy might be in you and
your joy might be complete.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Proclaim God ’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
To whom? All you lands - the nations - all peoples - the nations - the peoples. Okay, I get it. We are to sing to the Lord a new song and bless his name. We minister to God. After that, we turn to all the nations and announce his salvation and tell his glory. We cannot minister to people until we have gazed upon the beauty and majesty of the Lord. Ministry to God precedes ministry to people.
But all people? Even Bill? I don’t remember his name, so I’ll just call him Bill. Before I became Catholic, I attended Mass most mornings before heading to my office. It was a small, quiet service with a few of the many parishioners. Then Bill appeared. He was homeless and lived in his truck with his German Shepherd. Bill was as welcome as I was but he was clearly different. First, he was loud. Perhaps it was because he had lived by himself for so long or it could have just come to him naturally. My oldest son recently came to live with us after being gone for many years. For most of that time he lived in a tent or a homeless shelter. He is loud. You can hearing him walking up the steps from a mile away. He talks loudly, too. Some of this he gets naturally (I won’t say who he got this from, ahem). But I have had to remind him that his mother and younger brother can’t take noise in the morning so we have to refrain from talking and try to walk the steps more slowly, so that we don’t wake them up.
Bill obviously had some mental challenges, too. At one Sunday Mass he received communion and then turned around and started directing traffic for those behind him in the communion line. You go that way - you go this way. Disruptive might be an under statement. The pastor felt the need to talk to him. He was a bit belligerent and pushed the pastor. Eventually the parishioners couldn’t take him any more and he was banished from the property. I only went to weekday Masses, so I heard about what had happened but wasn’t there enough to see what all had gone on. As the weeks came and went, I forgot about Bill.
Then one evening I attended an ecumenical prayer service. My father had taught me that, if you are not there 20 minutes early, you are late. However, that evening I arrived just before the service was to begin and found only one pew that I could squeeze into. As I sat down, I noticed the person who was directly behind me; it was Bill. This could get interesting, I thought. During the service we prayed, sang songs, and heard some brief reflections on the scriptures. I’m not sure that Bill heard a word of what was being said or sung. The whole time he was on his knees (thus, his face was close to the back of my head) and the whole night he kept saying simply, “O God, I’m so sorry - I’m so sorry. Forgive me Lord, I’m so sorry.”
I never saw Bill again. I do not know where he went or what eventually happened to him. But I felt like that Pharisee who prayed something like, “God, I am so glad that I am not like other men, especially men like Bill.” I feel fairly certain that Bill went home justified that night. I went home with a radically changed perspective.
Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all peoples. Even Bill? Yes, even Bill, especially Bill, although I came to think that I needed to hear God’s word more than Bill.
May God have mercy on us all.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
THE SECRET OF JOY
“All this I tell you, that My joy may be yours.” —John 15:11
Jesus promises us we can have His joy, the joy of God enthroned in heaven. We receive this joy by keeping God’s commandments as Jesus kept the Father’s commandments (Jn 15:10).
This may come as a surprise to many because we think joy depends on doing our own thing rather than God’s thing. However, let the facts speak for themselves. Possibly never before has a culture been so preoccupied with feeling good, pleasure-seeking, and selfish pursuits. Yet we are very discontent. Alienated youth, depression, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, and apathy are telltale signs that something is very wrong. We’ve tried to gain our lives but, just as Jesus said, we’ve lost them (Lk 9:24).
If we refuse to learn by believing, maybe we can learn by failing. Let’s try God’s way, the way of self-denial (Lk 9:23), the way of the cross. Jesus’ way is the only way to happiness, contentment, and joy. Jesus is the Way (Jn 14:6). Sin and disobedience rob us of our joy. Repentance and obedience restore it. Rejoice in the Lord! (Phil 4:4)
Prayer: Jesus, may I meet You risen and be delivered from selfishness.
Promise: “God, Who reads the hearts of men, showed His approval by granting the Holy Spirit to them.” —Acts 15:8
Praise: Julia overcame her depression by reading and praying the Psalms.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Do you know the love that no earthly power nor death itself can destroy? The love of God the Father and his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ is a creative, life-giving love that produces immeasurable joy and lasting friendship for all who accept it. God loves the world so much because he created it to reflect his glory. And he created each one of us in his own image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-27). He wants us to be united with himself in an inseparable bond of unity, peace, and joy that endures for all eternity. That is why the Father sent his Son, the Lord Jesus, into the world, not to condemn it, but to redeem it from the curse of sin and death (John 3:16-17). Paul the Apostle tells us that we can abound in joy and hope because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the gift of the Holy Spirit who has been given to us (Romans 5:5).
Through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, God offers pardon for all of our sins and failings, and he calls us to lay aside everything that might hold us back from loving him above all else. We owe him a debt of gratitude and love in return. We can never outmatch God because he has loved us first and has given himself to us without measure. Our love for him is a response to his exceeding mercy and kindness towards us. In God's love alone can we find the fulness of abundant life, peace, and joy.
A new commandment of love
The Lord Jesus gives his disciples a new commandment - a new way of love that goes beyond giving only what is required or what we think others might deserve. What is the essence of Jesus' new commandment of love? It is love to the death - a purifying love that overcomes selfishness, fear, and pride. It is a total giving of oneself for the sake of others - a selfless and self-giving love that is oriented towards putting the welfare of others ahead of myself.
There is no greater proof in love than the sacrifice of one's life for the sake of another. Jesus proved his love by giving his life for us on the cross of Calvary. Through the shedding of his blood for our sake, our sins are not only washed clean, but new life is poured out for us through the gift of the Holy Spirit. We prove our love for God and for one another when we embrace the way of the cross. What is the cross in my life? When my will crosses with God's will, then God's will must be done. Do you know the peace and joy of a life fully surrendered to God and consumed with his love?
Lord Jesus, may I always grow in the joy and hope which your promises give me. Inflame my heart with love for you and your ways and with charity and compassion for my neighbor. May there be nothing in my life which keeps me from your love.
Psalm 96:1-3,10
1 O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!
2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
10 Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established, it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Joy in rejoicing over us, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"And what else is Christ's joy in us except that he is pleased to rejoice over us? And what is this joy of ours that he says is to be made full, but our having fellowship with him?... His joy, therefore, in us is the grace he has bestowed on us, and that is also our joy. But he rejoiced over this joy even from eternity when he chose us before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). Nor can we rightly say that his joy was not full. For God's joy was never at any time imperfect. But that joy of his was not in us. For we, in whom that joy could exist, had as yet no existence. And even when our existence commenced, it began not to be in him. But in him it always was, who in the infallible truth of his own foreknowledge rejoiced that we should yet be his own. Accordingly, he had a joy over us that was already full when he rejoiced in foreknowing and foreordaining us. And there could hardly be any fear intermingling in that joy of his that might imply a possible failure in what he foreknew would be done by himself." (excerpt from TRACTATES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 83.1)
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