2022년 7월 22일 성녀 마리아 막달레나 기념일
제1독서
아가3,1-4ㄴ<또는 2코린 5,14-17>
나는 잠자리에서 밤새도록 내가 사랑하는 이를 찾아다녔네.
그이를 찾으려 하였건만 찾아내지 못하였다네.
2 ‘나 일어나 성읍을 돌아다니리라.
거리와 광장마다 돌아다니며 내가 사랑하는 이를 찾으리라.’
그이를 찾으려 하였건만 찾아내지 못하였다네.
3 성읍을 돌아다니는 야경꾼들이 나를 보았네.
‘내가 사랑하는 이를 보셨나요?’
4 그들을 지나치자마자 나는 내가 사랑하는 이를 찾았네.”
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요한. 20,1-2.11-18
1 주간 첫날 이른 아침, 아직도 어두울 때에 마리아 막달레나가 무덤에 가서 보니,
무덤을 막았던 돌이 치워져 있었다.
2 그래서 그 여자는 시몬 베드로와
예수님께서 사랑하신 다른 제자에게 달려가서 말하였다.
“누가 주님을 무덤에서 꺼내 갔습니다. 어디에 모셨는지 모르겠습니다.”
11 마리아는 무덤 밖에 서서 울고 있었다.
그렇게 울면서 무덤 쪽으로 몸을 굽혀 12 들여다보니
하얀 옷을 입은 두 천사가 앉아 있었다.
한 천사는 예수님의 시신이 놓였던 자리 머리맡에,
다른 천사는 발치에 있었다.
13 그들이 마리아에게 “여인아, 왜 우느냐?” 하고 묻자,
마리아가 그들에게 대답하였다.
“누가 저의 주님을 꺼내 갔습니다. 어디에 모셨는지 모르겠습니다.”
14 이렇게 말하고 나서 뒤로 돌아선 마리아는 예수님께서 서 계신 것을 보았다.
그러나 예수님이신 줄은 몰랐다.
15 예수님께서 마리아에게 “여인아, 왜 우느냐? 누구를 찾느냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
마리아는 그분을 정원지기로 생각하고,
“선생님, 선생님께서 그분을 옮겨 가셨으면
어디에 모셨는지 저에게 말씀해 주십시오.
제가 모셔 가겠습니다.” 하고 말하였다.
16 예수님께서 “마리아야!” 하고 부르셨다.
마리아는 돌아서서 히브리 말로 “라뿌니!” 하고 불렀다.
이는 ‘스승님!’이라는 뜻이다.
17 예수님께서 마리아에게 말씀하셨다.
“내가 아직 아버지께 올라가지 않았으니 나를 더 이상 붙들지 마라.
내 형제들에게 가서,
‘나는 내 아버지시며 너희의 아버지신 분,
내 하느님이시며 너희의 하느님이신 분께 올라간다.’ 하고 전하여라.”
18 마리아 막달레나는 제자들에게 가서 “제가 주님을 뵈었습니다.” 하면서,
예수님께서 자기에게 하신 이 말씀을 전하였다.
July 22, 2022
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
On my bed at night I sought him
whom my heart loves–
I sought him but I did not find him.
I will rise then and go about the city;
in the streets and crossings I will seek
Him whom my heart loves.
I sought him but I did not find him.
The watchmen came upon me,
as they made their rounds of the city:
Have you seen him whom my heart loves?
I had hardly left them
when I found him whom my heart loves.
OR
Brothers and sisters:
The love of Christ impels us,
once we have come to the conviction that one died for all;
therefore, all have died.
He indeed died for all,
so that those who live might no longer live for themselves
but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh;
even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh,
yet now we know him so no longer.
So whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
the old things have passed away;
behold, new things have come.
Responsorial Psalm
O God, you are my God whom I seek;
for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts
like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary
to see your power and your glory,
For your kindness is a greater good than life;
my lips shall glorify you.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Thus will I bless you while I live;
lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name.
As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied,
and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
You are my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.
My soul clings fast to you;
your right hand upholds me.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Alleluia
Tell us, Mary, what did you see on the way?
I saw the glory of the risen Christ, I saw his empty tomb.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
On the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping.
And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb
and saw two angels in white sitting there,
one at the head and one at the feet
where the Body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them, “They have taken my Lord,
and I don’t know where they laid him.”
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there,
but did not know it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?
Whom are you looking for?”
She thought it was the gardener and said to him,
“Sir, if you carried him away,
tell me where you laid him,
and I will take him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned and said to him in Hebrew,
“Rabbouni,” which means Teacher.
Jesus said to her,
“Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
‘I am going to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.’”
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
“I have seen the Lord,”
and then reported what he told her.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
For nearly a year after my husband’s death, I used to visit his grave almost daily – in snow, rain, and warm weather, it was a strangely consoling experience to simply spend a few moments in prayer for him and for all those of my family who have preceded me into death. I found that it was a good place to pray for the graces I need to live into the death in this world that will serve as a passage to the fullness of the Kingdom, through God’s Mercy.
For Catholics, a cemetery with its consecrated ground, gravestones marking the places of human remains and multiple symbols of death and resurrection is an extension of a Church building. The dead who have gone before us are members of our faith family, still living in Christ through the gift of Baptism. They are witnesses to the Body of Christ.
Today’s Feast of Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles, reminds us of the gift of prayer at a gravesite. Mary needed consolation in her terrible and immediate grief over the cruel death of her dearest friend. Like the other Mary’s she was concerned that his body be reverently cared for according to Jewish law and custom and the timing of his death had not made that possible. The group of women friends thus determined to attend to those needs that early Sunday morning.
But at the tomb a stunning surprise awaited her – her worry about the rock in front of the tomb being too heavy to move was suspended as she arrived to see the open grave with no body wrapped in a shroud to be found. The intensity of her grief over the possible further abuse of Jesus’s dignity led her to beg the unrecognized “gardener” to give her his broken body and allow her to properly care for it.
St. Ignatius would challenge us who contemplate this moment in gospel time to establish a “composition of place”, that is to see in our heart’s eye (through our imagination) the place of the tomb, to notice the coolness or the warmth of the day, to feel the early morning breeze, to smell the mixture of scents of nature (soil, flowers, and greenery) with the scent of a recently placed dead body and to see the early morning light as it transforms from the greyness of pre- dawn to the golden moments of sunrise.
Remember moments of your own grief for the loss of someone you really cared for and feel Mary’s piercing anguish. Then hear the voice of the “gardener” call her name – literally announcing her salvation.
Mary (or Eileen, Sarah, Anne, Janice . . . your name).
He speaks your name, and you know He is alive.
He speaks Mary’s name, my name, your name, and we are alive with new life, with the power to witness to others the Good News of his eternal mercy.
One invitation of today’s liturgy is to take time to hear him call your name. Go to a sacred space for you – a place of memory and hope – and allow Jesus to speak to your heart, to invite you to the labor of apostolic witness for the salvation of all the others we are sent to. Remember that the tomb is a place of hope. A place not of ghosts and hauntings but a place of call and invitation. Today, a few years after my husband’s death, I visit his grave at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery and see my own gravestone next to his. I go there both to anticipate the call to the fullness of life and to be close to those who have gone before and wait to welcome me home. May you find such consolation on this feast of renewed and renewing friendship with God.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
DOING YOUR OWN THING?
“He died for all so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for Him Who for their sakes died and was raised up.” —2 Corinthians 5:15
Many people think that living for themselves, doing their own thing, getting their way is the goal of life. However, after they try this for a while, they feel empty. At first, they think that the cause of their emptiness is failing to get their own way in everything. So they try to do their own thing even more, but this makes matters even worse. Finally, they begin to suspect that the constant, self-centering brainwashing they’ve received over the years was a big lie. Then these people hear about or remember when they heard about Jesus, the cross, dying to self (Lk 9:23), and following Jesus. Could it be that Jesus crucified is the Truth, the Way to happiness, and the Meaning of life? (see Jn 14:6)
Mary Magdalene found out that there’s no such thing as doing your own thing. When she thought she was doing her own thing, she was being manipulated and enslaved into doing the devil’s things. She was possessed by seven devils (Lk 8:2). Finally, she met Jesus and decided to do His thing — even if it meant weeping at the foot of His cross (Jn 19:25) and at His grave (Jn 20:11). Through, with, and in Jesus, she discovered the meaning of life. She met Jesus, Who is Life (Jn 14:6), when He rose from the dead. Like Mary Magdalene, live in the love of Jesus (Jn 15:9).
Prayer: Father, may I live a life of love, not of self.
Promise: “I had hardly left them when I found Him Whom my heart loves.” —Sg 3:4
Praise: “Jesus rose from the dead early on the first day of the week. He first appeared to Mary Magdalene” (Mk 16:9). Father, You choose the repentant to be first in Your kingdom.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
How good are you at listening, especially for the word of God? God is ever ready to speak to each of us and to give us understanding of his word. This parable of Jesus is a warning to those who hear and who preach the word of God. What makes us ineffective and unresponsive to God's word? Preoccupation with other things can distract us from what is truly important and worthwhile. And letting our hearts and minds be consumed with material things can easily weigh us down and draw us away from the treasure that lasts for eternity.
Allowing God's word to take root in our heart
God's word can only take root in a receptive heart which is docile and ready to hear what God has to say. One lesson is clear: the harvest is sure.While some seed will fall by the wayside and some fall on shallow ground and never come to maturity, and some be choked to death by the thorns; nonetheless a harvest will come. The seed that falls on good soil, on the heart that is receptive, will reap abundant fruit. Are you teachable and eager to learn God's truth? And do you allow anything to keep you from submitting to God's word with joy and trusting obedience?
Lord Jesus, help me to guard the word you have planted in my heart that no doubt or temptation may keep me from believing and obeying you. May I be fruitful in your service and may I never fear to speak of you to others and to share with them the good news of the Gospel.
Psalm 19:8-11
8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: God's word is like good seed sown in the heart, by Jerome (347-420 AD)
"'And the one sown upon good ground is he who hears the word, understands it and bears fruit.' Even as on bad ground there were three diverse situations (by the path, upon rocky ground and among thorns), so too on good ground the diversity is of three types: fruit of one hundredfold, sixtyfold and thirtyfold. Both in one and the other there is a change that takes place in the will, not in the nature itself. In both the unbelievers and believers it is the heart that receives the seed. 'The wicked one comes,' he says, 'and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.' In the second and third cases, he says, 'That is he who hears the word.' In the explanation of the good ground, he is the one who hears the word. First we must listen, then understand; after understanding, we must bear the fruits of good teaching and yield fruit either one hundredfold, sixtyfold or thirtyfold." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 2.13.23)
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