2022년 6월 24일 금요일
지극히 거룩하신 예수 성심 대축일 (사제 성화의 날)
오늘의 복음 : http://info.catholic.or.kr/missa/default.asp
제1독서
에제키엘 34,11-16
11 주 하느님이 이렇게 말한다.
나 이제 내 양 떼를 찾아서 보살펴 주겠다.
12 자기 가축이 흩어진 양 떼 가운데에 있을 때,
목자가 그 가축을 보살피듯, 나도 내 양 떼를 보살피겠다.
캄캄한 구름의 날에, 흩어진 그 모든 곳에서 내 양 떼를 구해 내겠다.
13 그들을 민족들에게서 데려 내오고 여러 나라에서 모아다가,
그들의 땅으로 데려가겠다.
그런 다음 이스라엘의 산과 시냇가에서,
그리고 그 땅의 모든 거주지에서 그들을 먹이겠다.
14 좋은 풀밭에서 그들을 먹이고,
이스라엘의 높은 산들에 그들의 목장을 만들어 주겠다.
그들은 그곳 좋은 목장에서 누워 쉬고,
이스라엘 산악 지방의 기름진 풀밭에서 뜯어 먹을 것이다.
15 내가 몸소 내 양 떼를 먹이고, 내가 몸소 그들을 누워 쉬게 하겠다.
주 하느님의 말이다.
16 잃어버린 양은 찾아내고 흩어진 양은 도로 데려오며,
부러진 양은 싸매 주고 아픈 것은 원기를 북돋아 주겠다.
그러나 기름지고 힘센 양은 없애 버리겠다.
나는 이렇게 공정으로 양 떼를 먹이겠다.
제2독서
로마서 말씀입니다. 5,5ㄴ-11
형제 여러분,
5 우리가 받은 성령을 통하여
하느님의 사랑이 우리 마음에 부어졌습니다.
6 우리가 아직 나약하던 시절,
그리스도께서는 정해진 때에
불경한 자들을 위하여 돌아가셨습니다.
7 의로운 이를 위해서라도 죽을 사람은 거의 없습니다.
혹시 착한 사람을 위해서라면 누가 죽겠다고 나설지도 모릅니다.
8 그런데 우리가 아직 죄인이었을 때에
그리스도께서 우리를 위하여 돌아가심으로써,
하느님께서는 우리에 대한 당신의 사랑을 증명해 주셨습니다.
9 그러므로 이제 그분의 피로 의롭게 된 우리가 그분을 통하여
하느님의 진노에서 구원을 받게 되리라는 것은 더욱 분명합니다.
10 우리가 하느님의 원수였을 때에
그분 아드님의 죽음으로 그분과 화해하게 되었다면,
화해가 이루어진 지금 그 아드님의 생명으로
구원을 받게 되리라는 것은 더욱 분명합니다.
11 그뿐 아니라 우리는 또한
우리 주 예수 그리스도를 통하여 하느님을 자랑합니다.
이 그리스도를 통하여 이제 화해가 이루어진 것입니다.
복음
루카 15,3-7
그때에 예수님께서 바리사이들과 율법 학자들에게
3 이 비유를 말씀하셨다.
4 “너희 가운데 어떤 사람이 양 백 마리를 가지고 있었는데
그 가운데에서 한 마리를 잃으면, 아흔아홉 마리를 광야에 놓아둔 채
잃은 양을 찾을 때까지 뒤쫓아 가지 않느냐?
5 그러다가 양을 찾으면 기뻐하며 어깨에 메고
6 집으로 가서 친구들과 이웃들을 불러,
‘나와 함께 기뻐해 주십시오. 잃었던 내 양을 찾았습니다.’ 하고 말한다.
7 내가 너희에게 말한다.
이와 같이 하늘에서는, 회개할 필요가 없는 의인 아흔아홉보다
회개하는 죄인 한 사람 때문에 더 기뻐할 것이다.”
June 24, 2022
Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
I myself will look after and tend my sheep.
As a shepherd tends his flock
when he finds himself among his scattered sheep,
so will I tend my sheep.
I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered
when it was cloudy and dark.
I will lead them out from among the peoples
and gather them from the foreign lands;
I will bring them back to their own country
and pasture them upon the mountains of Israel
in the land's ravines and all its inhabited places.
In good pastures will I pasture them,
and on the mountain heights of Israel
shall be their grazing ground.
There they shall lie down on good grazing ground,
and in rich pastures shall they be pastured
on the mountains of Israel.
I myself will pasture my sheep;
I myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD.
The lost I will seek out,
the strayed I will bring back,
the injured I will bind up,
the sick I will heal,
but the sleek and the strong I will destroy,
shepherding them rightly.
Responsorial Psalm
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
beside restful waters he leads me;
he refreshes my soul.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
He guides me in right paths
for his name's sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side
with your rod and your staff
that give me courage.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Reading 2
The love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
For Christ, while we were still helpless,
died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person,
though perhaps for a good person
one might even find courage to die.
But God proves his love for us
in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood,
will we be saved through him from the wrath.
Indeed, if, while we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son,
how much more, once reconciled,
will we be saved by his life.
Not only that,
but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Gospel
"What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them
would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
and go after the lost one until he finds it?
And when he does find it,
he sets it on his shoulders with great joy
and, upon his arrival home,
he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them,
'Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.'
I tell you, in just the same way
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of repentance."
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Today we see Jesus as the good shepherd, guiding us, caring for us, protecting us. Like in the Fr. Bob Dufford song, “Like a shepherd he feeds his flock and gathers the lambs in his arms, holding them carefully close to his heart, leading them home.” If I were singing Mass I would sing that.
Jesus cares for all his people like a shepherd cares for all his sheep. If even one would stray, he would search out and find that one. No one is left behind. He isn’t ignoring the rest, they are safe in the pasture, but the one who strayed is in danger now and needs the attention and needs the rescue. A shepherd with a big herd who found one of his sheep missing would search for that one sheep, even though he had 99 more, and rejoice at finding that lost sheep. It’s the shepherd’s job to keep track of the sheep and keep them safe. Even if the shepherd might not feel the loss of one sheep out of a hundred, what would happen to the sheep that went astray? It would be in danger, out of the protection of its community. The shepherd has a responsibility to protect all the flock. The shepherd who finds and regains the lost sheep not only feels joy at regaining his property that might be lost but also relief in knowing that the sheep is now safe with the others.
God rejoices in the return of one of his own who was thought to be lost but is returned. But it’s not only because God wants a bigger following, but because he realizes that we, like sheep, out of our community are lost and in danger. Returned to the fold we can be safe in his protection in the Kingdom of Heaven.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
EMBRACE HIS HEART
“Who among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wasteland and follow the lost one until he finds it?” —Luke 15:4
Jesus thinks of salvation in terms of individual people. His heart literally bleeds for lost, hurting people in need of a Savior. This reveals the love within the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He cannot hold Himself back from saving us. He greatly desires to save us (see 1 Tm 2:4). He must pursue us (see Lk 15:4), just like a parent who pursues his or her little child to rescue them from danger.
Jesus gives us His gentle, humble heart (Mt 11:29). In some images of the Sacred Heart, Jesus is holding His heart outside His body, offering it to us. He allowed His Sacred Heart to be pierced by a lance for us (Jn 19:34ff).
Jesus exposes His heart to us, all the while knowing we might reject or ignore His love. But on the chance that we might return His love, Jesus takes this risk. So “the love of God has been poured out in our hearts” from His Sacred Heart (Rm 5:5). What wondrous love is this!
Give Jesus what He thirsts for (Jn 19:28) — your heart of love for Him.
Prayer: “Sacred Heart of Jesus, we Thee implore, make us love Thee more and more.”
Promise: “This hope will not leave us disappointed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us.” —Rm 5:5
Praise: “Take My yoke upon your shoulders and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest” (Mt 11:29). Lord Jesus, Your Sacred Heart is my sanctuary.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
What might hold us back from approaching the Lord Jesus with expectant faith and confidence that he can change us and make us holy - perhaps fear, pride, and the risk of losing one's reputation or friends? Jesus did something which was both remarkable and unthinkable at the same time. He approached the unapproachables - he touched the untouchables. Lepers were outcasts of society. Their physical condition was terrible as they slowly lost the use of their limbs and withered away with open sores over their entire bodies. They were not only shunned but regarded as "already dead" even by their relatives. The Jewish law forbade anyone from touching or approaching a leper, lest ritual defilement occur.
Approaching the Lord Jesus with expectant faith
The leper who came to Jesus did something quite remarkable. He approached Jesus confidently and humbly, expecting that Jesus could and would heal him. Normally a leper would be stoned or at least warded off if he tried to come near a rabbi. Jesus not only grants the man his request, but he demonstrates the personal love, compassion, and tenderness of God in his physical touch. The medical knowledge of his day would have regarded such contact as grave risk for incurring infection. Jesus met the man's misery with compassion and tender kindness. He communicated the love and mercy of God in a sign that spoke more eloquently than words. He touched the man and made him clean - not only physically but spiritually as well.
Some twelve centuries later, a man named Francis (1181-1226 AD) met a leper on the road as he journeyed towards Assisi. A contemporary of Francis wrote, "Though the leper caused him no small disgust and horror, he nonetheless, got off the horse and prepared to kiss the leper. But when the leper put out his hand as though to receive something, he received money along with a kiss" (from the Life of St. Francis by Thomas of Celano). Francis did what seemed humanly impossible because he was filled with the love and compassion of Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit inflames our hearts with the fire of Christ's love that we may reach out to others with compassionate care and kindness, especially to those who have been rejected, mistreated, and left utterly alone. Do you allow the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with the love and compassion of Jesus Christ for others?
May the power of your love, Lord Christ, fiery and sweet as honey, so absorb our hearts as to withdraw them from all that is under heaven. Grant that we may be ready to die for love of your love, as you died for love of our love. (Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi,1181-1226 AD)
Psalm 137:1-6
1 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows there we hung up our lyres.
3 For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!
6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The authority to heal and make clean belongs to Christ, by John Chrysostom (347-407 AD)
"With great fervor before Jesus' knees, the leper pleaded with him (Mark 1:40) with sincere faith. He discerned who Jesus was. He did not state conditionally, 'If you request it of God' or 'If you pray for me.' Rather, he said simply, 'If you will, you can make me clean.' He did not pray, 'Lord, cleanse me.' Rather, he leaves everything to the Lord and makes his own recovery depend entirely on him. Thus he testified that all authority belongs to him. One might ask, 'What if the leper had been mistaken in this assumption?' If he had been mistaken, wouldn't it have been fitting for the Lord to reprove him and set him straight? But did he do this? No. Quite to the contrary, Jesus established and confirmed exactly what he had said." (excerpt from THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 25.1)
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