2022년 8월 6일 주님의 거룩한 변모 축일
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제1독서
다니엘 예언서 7,9-10.13-14<또는 2베드 1,16-19>
9 내가 보고 있는데
마침내 옥좌들이 놓이고 연로하신 분께서 자리에 앉으셨다.
그분의 옷은 눈처럼 희고 머리카락은 깨끗한 양털 같았다.
그분의 옥좌는 불꽃 같고 옥좌의 바퀴들은 타오르는 불 같았다.
10 불길이 강물처럼 뿜어 나왔다. 그분 앞에서 터져 나왔다.
그분을 시중드는 이가 백만이요
그분을 모시고 선 이가 억만이었다.
법정이 열리고 책들이 펴졌다.
13 내가 이렇게 밤의 환시 속에서 앞을 보고 있는데
사람의 아들 같은 이가 하늘의 구름을 타고 나타나 연로하신 분께 가자
그분 앞으로 인도되었다.
14 그에게 통치권과 영광과 나라가 주어져
모든 민족들과 나라들,
언어가 다른 모든 사람들이 그를 섬기게 되었다.
그의 통치는 영원한 통치로서 사라지지 않고
그의 나라는 멸망하지 않는다.
제 2독서
베드로 2서 1,16-19
6 우리가 여러분에게 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 권능과 재림을 알려 줄 때,
교묘하게 꾸며 낸 신화를 따라 한 것이 아닙니다.
그분의 위대함을 목격한 자로서 그리한 것입니다.
17 그분은 정녕 하느님 아버지에게서 영예와 영광을 받으셨습니다.
존귀한 영광의 하느님에게서,
“이는 내 아들, 내가 사랑하는 이, 내 마음에 드는 이다.” 하는 소리가
그분께 들려왔을 때의 일입니다.
18 우리도 그 거룩한 산에 그분과 함께 있으면서,
하늘에서 들려온 그 소리를 들었습니다.
19 이로써 우리에게는 예언자들의 말씀이 더욱 확실해졌습니다.
여러분의 마음속에서 날이 밝아 오고 샛별이 떠오를 때까지,
어둠 속에서 비치는 불빛을 바라보듯이
그 말씀에 주의를 기울이는 것이 좋습니다.
복음
루가 .9,28ㄴ-36
그때에 28 예수님께서베드로와 요한과 야고보를 데리고 기도하시러 산에 오르셨다.
29 예수님께서 기도하시는데, 그 얼굴 모습이 달라지고 의복은 하얗게 번쩍였다.
30 그리고 두 사람이 예수님과 이야기를 나누고 있었다.
그들은 모세와 엘리야였다.
31 영광에 싸여 나타난 그들은 예수님께서 예루살렘에서 이루실 일,
곧 세상을 떠나실 일을 말하고 있었다.
32 베드로와 그 동료들은 잠에 빠졌다가 깨어나 예수님의 영광을 보고,
그분과 함께 서 있는 두 사람도 보았다.
33 그 두 사람이 예수님에게서 떠나려고 할 때에 베드로가 예수님께 말하였다.
“스승님, 저희가 여기에서 지내면 좋겠습니다.
저희가 초막 셋을 지어 하나는 스승님께, 하나는 모세께,
또 하나는 엘리야께 드리겠습니다.”
베드로는 자기가 무슨 말을 하는지도 몰랐다.
34 베드로가 이렇게 말하는데 구름이 일더니 그들을 덮었다.
그들이 구름 속으로 들어가자 제자들은 그만 겁이 났다.
35 이어 구름 속에서
“이는 내가 선택한 아들이니 너희는 그의 말을 들어라.” 하는 소리가 났다.
36 이러한 소리가 울린 뒤에는 예수님만 보였다.
제자들은 침묵을 지켜, 자기들이 본 것을 그때에는 아무에게도 알리지 않았다.
August 6, 2022
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Reading 1
Dn 7:9-10, 13-14
As I watched:
Thrones were set up
and the Ancient One took his throne.
His clothing was bright as snow,
and the hair on his head as white as wool;
his throne was flames of fire,
with wheels of burning fire.
A surging stream of fire
flowed out from where he sat;
Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him,
and myriads upon myriads attended him.
The court was convened and the books were opened.
As the visions during the night continued, I saw:
One like a Son of man coming,
on the clouds of heaven;
When he reached the Ancient One
and was presented before him,
The one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship;
all peoples, nations, and languages serve him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not be taken away,
his kingship shall not be destroyed.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1a and 9a) The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.
The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
Clouds and darkness are round about him,
justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
R. The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the LORD of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
R. The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.
Because you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth,
exalted far above all gods.
R. The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.
Reading II
Beloved:
We did not follow cleverly devised myths
when we made known to you
the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.
For he received honor and glory from God the Father
when that unique declaration came to him from the majestic glory,
“This is my Son, my beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”
We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven
while we were with him on the holy mountain.
Moreover, we possess the prophetic message that is altogether reliable.
You will do well to be attentive to it,
as to a lamp shining in a dark place,
until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Gospel
Lk 9:28b-36
Jesus took Peter, John, and James
and went up a mountain to pray.
While he was praying his face changed in appearance
and his clothing became dazzling white.
And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,
who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus
that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.
Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep,
but becoming fully awake,
they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.
As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus,
“Master, it is good that we are here;
let us make three tents,
one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
But he did not know what he was saying.
While he was still speaking,
a cloud came and cast a shadow over them,
and they became frightened when they entered the cloud.
Then from the cloud came a voice that said,
“This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”
After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone.
They fell silent and did not at that time
tell anyone what they had seen.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Today’s readings accompany the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord. Jesus’ three closest companions, Peter, James, and John, accompany him in climbing a mountain to find a place to pray. Peter, James, and John are “overcome by sleep,” dozing off until they awaken to wonders in their midst. This was no dream. Moses and Elijah are conversing with Jesus, each of them in a glorified state.
Peter awkwardly responds by offering to make three tents for them. That was not going to happen, as they are in a remote place without the proper materials and implements. Just as we sometimes do, Peter started talking before his brain had engaged, presumably to give himself time to think. Afterwards, he probably exclaimed “Doh!” or something similar in his language. A voice disrupts their collective stupor, saying “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” Peter fell silent in response, and he apparently stopped talking for a while afterwards. Listening is hard to do when you are talking, especially when you try them simultaneously.
This encounter with the divine mystery filled a reservoir of faith to nourish and encourage Peter, James, and John in the troubling days to come. One can imagine that our Lord was also encouraged and strengthened by conversing with Elijah and Moses about “his exodus that he [Jesus] was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.” Indeed, Jesus would also lead many to freedom from the bondage of our sins through his passion, another mystery which was yet to unfold in Jerusalem.
In the second reading, Peter relates his eyewitness account of our Lord’s transfiguration -- a real event and not some clever myth. But Peter also recognizes that the foundation for this reality extended beyond his own sensory perception at a particular point in time. His faith was nurtured by prophetic utterances and events of the past, which helped him to contextualize the mystery. Daniel’s prophetic mystery surely puzzled many throughout the ages, but Peter was privileged to see new insights on a particular day, and probably beyond as he reflected back upon the events he saw and experienced with our Lord.
Our faith depends on revelation of the divine mystery of God, who draws us into this mystery. The wonders of the created world testify to a Creator, kindling a desire to pay homage to the One who created, even though we do not yet know him. The light of truth is revealed little by little throughout a long history of encounters and events, revealing still more, until God himself comes to us through His Son.
Few of us are privileged to have firsthand experiences with miraculous events. But the faithful retelling of these events help to draw us deeper into the divine mystery, which continues to be revealed as we live out a relationship with God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – our father, our brother, and our helper – through the Church and with the help of the sacraments. As we continue to sojourn here, sustained by these good gifts, we also await the day when we become eyewitnesses ourselves, seeing our Lord face to face and beholding the goodness that God has prepared for those who love him. (See 1 Cor. 2:9).
Lord, draw us to yourself and sustain our faith, helping us to know that you have not left the Earth without witnesses to your glory, love, and mercy. We pray especially for those who have lost their way, who need a touch from you. Thanks be to God.
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BAPTISMAL GARMENT
“His clothes became dazzlingly white.” —Luke 9:29
At His Transfiguration, Jesus was clothed in dazzling white (Lk 9:29). His clothes became as radiant as light (Mt 17:2), “whiter than the work of any bleacher could make them” (Mk 9:3). At your Baptism, you were likewise clothed in a white garment, reminiscent of Jesus’ radiant clothing. Like the transfigured Jesus, your clothes became dazzling white, both physically in the gown, and spiritually as all stain of original sin was washed away. You were adopted into God’s family as a new creation.
God looked at you on the day of your Baptism and said, “See, I make all things new!” (Rv 21:5) Moses and Elijah rejoiced with Jesus at His Transfiguration (Lk 9:30); heaven rejoiced on the day you were baptized.
“Jesus’ Baptism proclaimed ‘the mystery of the first regeneration,’ namely, our Baptism; the Transfiguration ‘is the sacrament of the second regeneration’: our own Resurrection...The Transfiguration gives us a foretaste of Christ’s glorious coming, when He ‘will change our lowly body to be like His glorious body’ ” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 556).
You are baptized into Christ, the Head of the Body (Col 1:18). You have been baptized into the household of God. From heaven the Father commands us: “Listen to” Jesus (Lk 9:35). Therefore, study His words in the Scriptures. Listen to Him and learn “what kind of conduct befits a member of God’s household” (1 Tm 3:15).
Prayer: Father, may I daily accept the Baptismal grace You give me so as to live like Your royal child.
Promise: “We possess the prophetic message as something altogether reliable.” —2 Pt 1:19
Praise: “All of us, gazing on the Lord’s glory with unveiled faces, are being transformed from glory to glory into His very image by the Lord Who is the Spirit” (2 Cor 3:18). Praise God!
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What kind of faith does the Lord expect of us, especially when we meet set-backs and trials? Inevitably there are times when each of us disappoint others or disappoint ourselves when we suffer some kind of set-back or failure. In this Gospel incident the disciples of Jesus fail to heal an epileptic boy. Jesus' response seems stern; but it is really tempered with love and compassion. We see at once Jesus' dismay with the disciples' lack of faith and his concern to meet the need of this troubled boy and his father. With one word of command Jesus rebukes the evil spirit that has caused this boy's affliction and tells the spirit to "never enter him again".
Pray with expectant faith
Jesus tells his disciples that they can "remove mountains" if they have faith in God. The expression to "remove mountains" was a common Jewish phrase for removing difficulties. A wise teacher who could solve difficulties was called a "mountain remover". If we pray with expectant faith God will give us the means to overcome difficulties and obstacles. When you meet trials and disappointments how do you respond? With faith and trust in Jesus?
Lord Jesus, help my unbelief! Increase my faith and trust in your saving power. Give me confidence and perseverance, especially in prayer. And help me to bring your healing love and truth to those I meet
Psalm 98:1-3, 8-9
1 O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.
2 The LORD has made known his victory, he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God!
8 Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together
9 before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Faith as a grain of mustard seed, by Origen of Alexandria (185-254 AD)
"The mountains here spoken of, in my opinion, are the hostile powers that have their being in a flood of great wickedness, such as are settled down, so to speak, in some souls of various people. But when someone has total faith, such that he no longer disbelieves in anything found in holy Scripture and has faith like that of Abraham, who so believed in God to such a degree that his faith was reckoned to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6), then he has all faith like a grain of mustard seed. Then such a man will say to this mountain - I mean in this case the deaf and dumb spirit in him who is said to be epileptic - 'Move from here to another place.' It will move. This means it will move from the suffering person to the abyss. The apostle, taking this as his starting point, said with apostolic authority, 'If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains' (1 Corinthians 13:2). For he who has all faith - which is like a grain of mustard seed - moves not just one mountain but also more just like it. And nothing will be impossible for the person who has so much faith. Let us examine also this statement: 'This kind is not cast out except through prayer and fasting' (Mark 9:29). If at any time it is necessary that we should be engaged in the healing of one suffering from such a disorder, we are not to adjure nor put questions nor speak to the impure spirit as if it heard. But [by] devoting ourselves to prayer and fasting, we may be successful as we pray for the sufferer, and by our own fasting we may thrust out the unclean spirit from him." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 13.7.19)
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