2022년 5월 22일 부활 제6주일
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제1독서
사도행전 .15,1-2.22-29
그 무렵 1 유다에서 어떤 사람들이 내려와,
“모세의 관습에 따라 할례를 받지 않으면
여러분은 구원을 받을 수 없습니다.” 하고 형제들을 가르쳤다.
2 그리하여 바오로와 바르나바 두 사람과
그들 사이에 적지 않은 분쟁과 논란이 일어나,
그 문제 때문에 바오로와 바르나바와 신자들 가운데
다른 몇 사람이 예루살렘에 있는 사도들과 원로들에게 올라가기로 하였다.
22 그때에 사도들과 원로들은 온 교회와 더불어, 자기들 가운데에서 사람들을 뽑아
바오로와 바르나바와 함께 안티오키아에 보내기로 결정하였다.
뽑힌 사람들은 형제들 가운데 지도자인 바르사빠스라고 하는
유다와 실라스였다. 23 그들 편에 이러한 편지를 보냈다.
“여러분의 형제인 사도들과 원로들이
안티오키아와 시리아와 킬리키아에 있는 다른 민족 출신 형제들에게 인사합니다.
24 우리 가운데 몇 사람이 우리에게서 지시를 받지도 않고 여러분에게 가서,
여러 가지 말로 여러분을 놀라게 하고
정신을 어지럽게 하였다는 말을 들었습니다.
25 그래서 우리는 사람들을 뽑아 우리가 사랑하는 바르나바와 바오로와 함께
여러분에게 보내기로 뜻을 모아 결정하였습니다.
26 바르나바와 바오로는 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 이름을 위하여
목숨을 내놓은 사람들입니다.
27 우리는 또 유다와 실라스를 보냅니다.
이들이 이 글의 내용을 말로도 전할 것입니다.
28 성령과 우리는 다음의 몇 가지 필수 사항 외에는
여러분에게 다른 짐을 지우지 않기로 결정하였습니다.
29 곧 우상에게 바쳤던 제물과 피와 목 졸라 죽인 짐승의 고기와
불륜을 멀리하라는 것입니다.
여러분이 이것들만 삼가면 올바로 사는 것입니다. 안녕히 계십시오.”
제2독서
요한 묵시록 .21,10-14.22-23<또는 22,12-14.16-17.20>
10 천사는 성령께 사로잡힌 나를 크고 높은 산 위로 데리고 가서는,
하늘로부터 하느님에게서 내려오는 거룩한 도성 예루살렘을 보여 주었습니다.
11 그 도성은 하느님의 영광으로 빛나고 있었습니다.
그 광채는 매우 값진 보석 같았고 수정처럼 맑은 벽옥 같았습니다.
12 그 도성에는 크고 높은 성벽과 열두 성문이 있었습니다.
그 열두 성문에는 열두 천사가 지키고 있는데,
이스라엘 자손들의 열두 지파 이름이 하나씩 적혀 있었습니다.
13 동쪽에 성문이 셋, 북쪽에 성문이 셋, 남쪽에 성문이 셋,
서쪽에 성문이 셋 있었습니다.
14 그 도성의 성벽에는 열두 초석이 있는데,
그 위에는 어린양의 열두 사도 이름이 하나씩 적혀 있었습니다.
22 나는 그곳에서 성전을 보지 못하였습니다.
전능하신 주 하느님과 어린양이 도성의 성전이시기 때문입니다.
23 그 도성은 해도 달도 비출 필요가 없습니다.
하느님의 영광이 그곳에 빛이 되어 주시고
어린양이 그곳의 등불이 되어 주시기 때문입니다.
복음
요한 .14,23-29<또는 17,20-26>
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
23 “누구든지 나를 사랑하면 내 말을 지킬 것이다.
그러면 내 아버지께서 그를 사랑하시고, 우리가 그에게 가서 그와 함께 살 것이다.
24 그러나 나를 사랑하지 않는 사람은 내 말을 지키지 않는다.
너희가 듣는 말은 내 말이 아니라 나를 보내신 아버지의 말씀이다.
25 나는 너희와 함께 있는 동안에 이것들을 이야기하였다.
26 보호자, 곧 아버지께서 내 이름으로 보내실 성령께서
너희에게 모든 것을 가르치시고
내가 너희에게 말한 모든 것을 기억하게 해 주실 것이다.
27 나는 너희에게 평화를 남기고 간다. 내 평화를 너희에게 준다.
내가 주는 평화는 세상이 주는 평화와 같지 않다.
너희 마음이 산란해지는 일도, 겁을 내는 일도 없도록 하여라.
28 ‘나는 갔다가 너희에게 돌아온다.’고 한 내 말을 너희는 들었다.
너희가 나를 사랑한다면 내가 아버지께 가는 것을 기뻐할 것이다.
아버지께서 나보다 위대하신 분이시기 때문이다.
29 나는 일이 일어나기 전에 너희에게 미리 말하였다.
일이 일어날 때에 너희가 믿게 하려는 것이다.”
May 22, 2022
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the brothers,
“Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice,
you cannot be saved.”
Because there arose no little dissension and debate
by Paul and Barnabas with them,
it was decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some of the others
should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders
about this question.
The apostles and elders, in agreement with the whole church,
decided to choose representatives
and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.
The ones chosen were Judas, who was called Barsabbas,
and Silas, leaders among the brothers.
This is the letter delivered by them:
“The apostles and the elders, your brothers,
to the brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia
of Gentile origin: greetings.
Since we have heard that some of our number
who went out without any mandate from us
have upset you with their teachings
and disturbed your peace of mind,
we have with one accord decided to choose representatives
and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So we are sending Judas and Silas
who will also convey this same message by word of mouth:
‘It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us
not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities,
namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols,
from blood, from meats of strangled animals,
and from unlawful marriage.
If you keep free of these,
you will be doing what is right. Farewell.’”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (4) O God, let all the nations praise you!
or:
R. Alleluia.
May God have pity on us and bless us;
may he let his face shine upon us.
So may your way be known upon earth;
among all nations, your salvation.
R. O God, let all the nations praise you!
or:
R. Alleluia.
May the nations be glad and exult
because you rule the peoples in equity;
the nations on the earth you guide.
R. O God, let all the nations praise you!
or:
R. Alleluia.
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you!
May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth fear him!
R. O God, let all the nations praise you!
or:
R. Alleluia.
Reading 2
The angel took me in spirit to a great, high mountain
and showed me the holy city Jerusalem
coming down out of heaven from God.
It gleamed with the splendor of God.
Its radiance was like that of a precious stone,
like jasper, clear as crystal.
It had a massive, high wall,
with twelve gates where twelve angels were stationed
and on which names were inscribed,
the names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites.
There were three gates facing east,
three north, three south, and three west.
The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation,
on which were inscribed the twelve names
of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
I saw no temple in the city
for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb.
The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it,
for the glory of God gave it light,
and its lamp was the Lamb.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Whoever loves me will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.
Whoever does not love me does not keep my words;
yet the word you hear is not mine
but that of the Father who sent me.
“I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I told you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
You heard me tell you,
‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’
If you loved me,
you would rejoice that I am going to the Father;
for the Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you this before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
We’ve been on this Easter walk awhile now. We may even have forgotten it’s still Easter! As we near the end of the season, we approach another transition for Christ: not from death to life, but from earthly presence in his Resurrected Body to presence in his Body, the Church, led by the Spirit. This Sunday, we hear of the struggles of the early Church and the call for all nations to praise God. We hear the accounts of a glorious vision of the new Jerusalem and Jesus’ words to his disciples as he prepares them for his absence, or new presence, in the Gospel of John. These readings ask the questions: where does God dwell? And, what is essential to get there?
The first disciples knew from Jewish tradition that God dwelt in the arc of the covenant, and then in the temple. God was present in the midst of the people in these ways: not just up on a mountain, but on the journey through the desert, and in the holy city. In the second reading, John reframes the tradition in light of Christ: the city no longer needs a temple, because Christ the Lamb is present in the whole city. His description of the new Jerusalem shows the transparent walls letting the light shine out and the gates welcoming all the people of Israel from every direction. However, in the first reading from Acts, the early Church is learning how to welcome Gentiles, those outside the tribes of Israel. Rather than a city defended by walls (even transparent ones), the community that follows Christ becomes the place where God dwells. Jesus makes it even more personal in the Gospel: God makes a dwelling with the ones who love him.
As he prepares his disciples to recognize his presence in a new way, Jesus outlines what it means to love him. I read his words less like a rulebook and more like a statement of the obvious: this is how it looks to love Christ and that is not. Those who love Christ want to be close to him, to dwell with him. Because they want to be close to him, they follow him, listen to him, and remember what he taught them. In that desire for closeness, the Holy Spirit continues to teach them and work in their memory. The Holy Spirit was working in the early Church as they discerned how to welcome in those who wanted to follow Christ from outside of Jewish tradition and attempted to define the expanded community’s embodied practice of walking close with God. John, or the community he taught, wrote from the perspective of having witnessed the presence of Christ and the Holy Spirit after Pentecost. The Spirit had been praying and reflecting in them for 60-90 years after the Resurrection, revealing more in the teachings they had heard and the practices they engaged. They had witnessed God dwelling ever-closer with them. How has the Holy Spirit been praying in us and teaching us? What is essential for me to follow Christ? How do I live out my love for Christ and dwell with God?
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
TWO MORE WEEKS
“It is the decision of the Holy Spirit, and ours too.” —Acts 15:28
Two more weeks and we reach one of the most important events in our lives, Pentecost. Jesus continues to say: “This much have I told you while I was still with you; the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit Whom the Father will send in My name, will instruct you in everything, and remind you of all that I told you” (Jn 14:25-26).
We need the Holy Spirit. Otherwise, what Jesus has told us will not become real in our lives. We will then become “distressed or fearful” (Jn 14:27). Without the Spirit, we will “make a pretense of religion but negate its power” (2 Tm 3:5), foster doubt rather than faith, and promote disunity in the Body of Christ. We receive the Spirit or stay locked by fear in the upper room (Jn 20:19, 26). We receive the Spirit or see our life’s work amount to nothing, for “flesh begets flesh, Spirit begets spirit” (Jn 3:6).
The word “spirit” also means “breath.” We need the Holy Spirit as much or even more than we need our life’s breath. Begin to wait and pray (Acts 1:4), to pray and thirst (Lk 11:13), to thirst and believe (Jn 7:37), to believe and obey (Acts 5:32). Jesus “breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’ ” (Jn 20:22).
Prayer: Father, renew my Confirmation. Fill me with the Spirit in a way beyond anything I have ever imagined (Eph 3:20).
Promise: The angel “carried me away in spirit to the top of a very high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.” —Rv 21:10
Praise: “It is the will of Him Who sent Me that I should lose nothing of what He has given Me; rather, that I should raise it up on the last day” (Jn 6:39). Risen Jesus, thank You for Your mercy.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Do you know the love that surpasses all, that is stronger than death itself (Song of Songs 8:6)? In Jesus' last supper discourse he speaks of the love he has for his disciples and of his Father's love. He prepares his disciples for his imminent departure to return to his Father by exhorting them to prove their love for him through their loyalty and obedience to his word. He promises them the abiding instruction and consolation of the Holy Spirit.
God unites us to himself in a bond of love and peace
Saint Augustine says the Lord loves each of us as if there were only one of us to love. God's love for each of us is as real and tangible as the love of a mother for her child and the love of a lover who gives all for his beloved. God made us in love for love - to know him personally and to grow in the knowledge of his great love for us and to love him in return.
How can we know and be assured of the love of God? The Holy Spirit helps us to grow in the knowledge of God and his great love. The Spirit enables us to experience the love of God and to be assured of the Lord's abiding presence with us (see Romans 8:35-39). The Holy Spirit also opens our ears to hear and understand the word of God. Do you listen attentively to God's word and believe it? Ask the Holy Spirit to inflame your heart with the love of God and his word.
The true nature of peace
Do you know the peace which surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7)? In his farewell discourse Jesus grants peace as his gift to his disciples. What kind of peace does he offer? The peace of Christ is more than the absence of trouble. It includes everything which makes for our highest good. The world's approach to peace is avoidance of trouble and a refusal to face unpleasant things. Jesus offers the peace which conquers our fears and anxieties. Nothing can take us from the peace and joy of Jesus Christ. No sorrow or grief, no danger, no suffering can make it less.
How can we attain the peace which the Lord Jesus offers his followers? Through the gift and work of the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, the Lord Jesus shows us how to yield our passions of anger, fear, and pride to him so we can receive his gift of peace. The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness and strengthens us with his gifts and supernatural virtues which enable us to live as wise and holy disciples of Christ.
Caesarius of Arles (470-542 AD), an early church bishop in Gaul who was noted for his godly wisdom and preaching of Scripture, linked peace with the character of Christ and the Christlike virtues which help us to grow as disciples of Jesus Christ. Caesarius describes some of the key character traits (virtues) which form us into true people of peace:
"Peace, indeed, is serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, simplicity of heart, the bond of love, the fellowship of charity. It removes hatred, settles wars, restrains wrath, tramples on pride, loves the humble, pacifies the discordant and makes enemies agree. For it is pleasing to everyone. It does not seek what belongs to another or consider anything as its own. It teaches people to love because it does not know how to get angry, or to extol itself or become inflated with pride. It is meek and humble to everyone, possessing rest and tranquility within itself. When the peace of Christ is exercised by a Christian, it is brought to perfection by Christ. If anyone loves it, he will be an heir of God, while anyone who despises it rebels against Christ.
"When our Lord Jesus Christ was returning to the Father, he left his peace to his followers as their inherited good, teaching them and saying, 'My peace I give to you, my peace I leave with you.' Anyone who has received this peace should keep it, and one who has destroyed it should look for it, while anyone who has lost it should seek it. For if anyone is not found with it, he will be disinherited by the Father and deprived of his inheritance." (Sermon 174.1)
Lord Jesus, in love you created me and you drew me to yourself. May I never lose sight of you nor forget your steadfast love and faithfulness. And may I daily dwell upon your word and give you praise in the sanctuary of my heart, You who are my All.
Psalm 67:1-7
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, [Selah]
2 that your way may be known upon earth, your saving power among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. [Selah]
5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
6 The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us.
7 God has blessed us; let all the ends of the earth fear him!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: God is pleased to dwell in us, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"God is not too grand to come, he is not too fussy or shy, he is not too proud - on the contrary he is pleased to come if you do not displease him. Listen to the promise he makes. Listen to him indeed promising with pleasure, not threatening in displeasure, "We shall come to him," he says, "I and the Father." To the one he had earlier called his friend, the one who obeys his precepts, the keeper of his commandment, the lover of God, the lover of his neighbor, he says, "We shall come to him and make our abode with him." (excerpt from Sermon 23,6)
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