2022년 8월 31일 연중 제22주간 수요일
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제1독서
코린토 1서.3,1-9
1 형제 여러분, 여러분에게 이야기할 때,
나는 여러분을 영적이 아니라 육적인 사람,
곧 그리스도 안에서는 어린아이와 같은 사람으로 대할 수밖에 없었습니다.
2 나는 여러분에게 젖만 먹였을 뿐 단단한 음식은 먹이지 않았습니다.
여러분이 그것을 받아들일 수 없었기 때문입니다.
사실은 지금도 받아들이지 못합니다. 3 여러분은 아직도 육적인 사람입니다.
여러분 가운데에서 시기와 싸움이 일고 있는데,
여러분을 육적인 사람이 아니라고,
인간의 방식대로 살아가는 사람이 아니라고 할 수 있습니까?
4 어떤 이는 “나는 바오로 편이다.” 하고
어떤 이는 “나는 아폴로 편이다.” 하고 있으니,
여러분을 속된 사람이 아니라고 할 수 있습니까?
5 도대체 아폴로가 무엇입니까? 바오로가 무엇입니까?
아폴로와 나는 주님께서 우리 각자에게 정해 주신 대로,
여러분을 믿음으로 이끈 일꾼일 따름입니다.
6 나는 심고 아폴로는 물을 주었습니다.
그러나 자라게 하신 분은 하느님이십니다.
7 그러니 심는 이나 물을 주는 이는 아무것도 아닙니다.
오로지 자라게 하시는 하느님만이 중요합니다.
8 심는 이나 물을 주는 이나 같은 일을 하여,
저마다 수고한 만큼 자기 삯을 받을 뿐입니다.
9 우리는 하느님의 협력자고, 여러분은 하느님의 밭이며 하느님의 건물입니다.
복음
루카. 4,38-44
38 예수님께서는 회당을 떠나 시몬의 집으로 가셨다.
그때에 시몬의 장모가 심한 열에 시달리고 있어서,
사람들이 그를 위해 예수님께 청하였다.
39 예수님께서 그 부인에게 가까이 가시어
열을 꾸짖으시니 열이 가셨다.
그러자 부인은 즉시 일어나 그들의 시중을 들었다.
40 해 질 무렵에 사람들이 갖가지 질병을 앓는 이들을
있는 대로 모두 예수님께 데리고 왔다.
예수님께서는 한 사람 한 사람에게 손을 얹으시어 그들을 고쳐 주셨다.
41 마귀들도 많은 사람에게서 나가며,
“당신은 하느님의 아드님이십니다.” 하고 소리 질렀다.
그러나 예수님께서는 꾸짖으시며
그들이 말하는 것을 용납하지 않으셨다.
당신이 그리스도임을 그들이 알고 있었기 때문이다.
42 날이 새자 예수님께서는 밖으로 나가시어 외딴곳으로 가셨다.
군중은 예수님을 찾아다니다가 그분께서 계시는 곳까지 가서,
자기들을 떠나지 말아 주십사고 붙들었다.
43 그러나 예수님께서는 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“나는 하느님 나라의 기쁜 소식을 다른 고을에도 전해야 한다.
사실 나는 그 일을 하도록 파견된 것이다.”
44 그러고 나서 예수님께서는 유다의 여러 회당에서 복음을 선포하셨다.
August 31, 2022
Wednesday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Brothers and sisters,
I could not talk to you as spiritual people,
but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ.
I fed you milk, not solid food,
because you were unable to take it.
Indeed, you are still not able, even now,
for you are still of the flesh.
While there is jealousy and rivalry among you,
are you not of the flesh, and walking
according to the manner of man?
Whenever someone says, "I belong to Paul," and another,
"I belong to Apollos," are you not merely men?
What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul?
Ministers through whom you became believers,
just as the Lord assigned each one.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.
Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything,
but only God, who causes the growth.
He who plants and he who waters are one,
and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor.
For we are God's co-workers;
you are God's field, God's building.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (12) Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
From heaven the LORD looks down;
he sees all mankind.
R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
From his fixed throne he beholds
all who dwell on the earth,
He who fashioned the heart of each,
he who knows all their works.
R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield,
For in him our hearts rejoice;
in his holy name we trust.
R. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Gospel
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.
Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,
and they interceded with him about her.
He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.
She got up immediately and waited on them.
At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases
brought them to him.
He laid his hands on each of them and cured them.
And demons also came out from many, shouting, "You are the Son of God."
But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak
because they knew that he was the Christ.
At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place.
The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him,
they tried to prevent him from leaving them.
But he said to them, "To the other towns also
I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God,
because for this purpose I have been sent."
And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.
Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything,
but only God, who causes the growth. 1 Corintians 3
She got up immediately and waited on them. Luke 4
Both these readings are very important. Paul writes to the faith community of Corinth and essentially calls them immature for their divisions. In our church today when we experience great divisions, we can find grace in Paul's admonition against saying "I'm loyal to Paul" or "I'm loyal to Apollos." Paul urges a unity, a coming together, which acknowledges that all genuine grace, and growth, comes from God alone. We can have disagreements, but it is only dialogue, compassion, and real charity which will keep us centered in our unity in Jesus and his gift of mercy and salvation.
It is beautiful to picture Jesus entering Simon home. At this point in Luke's gospel, Jesus hadn't yet called Simon Peter to be his lead apostle. It appears that Simon is just one of those who is conscious of Jesus' ministry. Perhaps he'd heard him preaching. He may have even seen him heal others. So, Simon asks Jesus to come and help his wife's mother, as she is suffering from a fever. We can imagine Jesus' entering the little house and seeing her there in bed. It is easy to picture his heart going out to her. Suffering impacted him powerfully. We can sense his response as he "rebuked the fever." "And, it left her." The woman must have been quite a strong character, or her healing must have been quite complete, because she gets up immediately and gets them all something to eat. Of course, people brought many people to Jesus for healing, including those troubled by demons, and Jesus rebukes those. It is easy to imagine that having seen Jesus' power and love that Simon left his nets and followed Jesus completely.
It is consoling to draw several graces from this gospel. We can all turn to Jesus for healing. Perhaps every physical illness can't be physically healed. It is the deep healing that Jesus offers that is most important. He can rebuke the "illnesses" that trouble us most. He can cause our doubts and fears, our angers and judgments, our habits and patterns, our lack of love and compassion - whatever is keeping us from being fully well and alive, in him - to leave us. He is the one we can turn to for freedom and life in him. We can also count on this grace to set our hearts on fire to respond with generous service. The fruit of a return to wholeness of spirit is deep gratitude and self-sacrificing love.
It is also consoling to think about how each of us can "intercede" with Jesus for others who are suffering. Suffering can cause lack of hope and even threaten one's faith. We can be the disciple who turns to Jesus on behalf of someone who is struggling. "Dear Jesus, please give Ann freedom and peace." "Dear Jesus, please free Matt from what is troubling him." "Dear Jesus, please come to show your love and accompanyment to Pat."
Let's let these readings comfort us all with a renewed sense of Jesus' love for us. He's the one we can turn to in our need and he alone can offer us a peace that no one else can give. And, let us let go of our divisions and turn to Jesus to heal us as a community, filling us with gratitude that will lead us to coming together to serve those in need, in his name.
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FIELD OF DREAMS?
“You are God’s field.” —1 Corinthians 3:9, RSV-CE
Jesus told a parable about a man who found a buried treasure in a field. The man rejoiced at finding the treasure. He “sold all he had and bought that field” (Mt 13:44). Jesus said that “the reign of God is like” buying such a field with buried treasure (Mt 13:44).
Jesus lived this parable. From heaven, the Lord looked “down; He [saw] all mankind” (Ps 33:13). When we look at people, we might see a “field” of twisted deceit and dysfunction (see Jer 17:9). We might find it difficult to see anything of value, much less any treasure. But the Lord sees buried treasure in human hearts.
What do you see when you look at your own life? You may only see brokenness and a mess beyond repair. You may be “little in your own esteem” (1 Sm 15:17), but the Lord Jesus sees a buried treasure in the field of your life. Do you know your value in the sight of God? You belong to Him; “you are God’s field” (1 Cor 3:9, RSV-CE). Jesus gave all He had, His divine life, in order to pay the purchase price (1 Cor 6:20) and buy you for His own. He has dreams of great fruitfulness, even a “hundredfold” harvest from the field of your life (Mk 4:20).
Therefore, give your life to Him Who has already purchased you. Change your lifestyle; store up heavenly treasure in order to be rich in what matters to God (Lk 12:21). Be good soil as God’s field. Bear abundant fruit for Him (Jn 15:4-5, 8).
Prayer: Father, give me the grace to imitate Jesus by seeing the hidden treasure in the lives of those You have placed in my path. Help me to lay down my life for them as Jesus did (1 Jn 3:16).
Promise: “Happy the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen for His own inheritance.” —Ps 33:12
Praise: Each year, Fr. Anthony instructs and baptizes several Muslim converts to the faith. He delights in teaching them about the mercy and love of Jesus.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Who do you take your troubles to? Jesus' disciples freely brought their troubles to him because they found him ready and able to deal with any difficulty, affliction, or sickness which they encountered. When Simon Peter brought Jesus to his home for the Sabbath meal (right after Jesus preached in the synagogue in Capernaum), his mother-in-law was instantly healed because Jesus heard Simon's prayer. Jesus could not avoid drawing a crowd wherever he went.
Jesus wants to set us free today
No one who asked Jesus for help was left disappointed. Jesus' numerous healings and exorcisms demonstrated the power and authority of his word, the "good news of the kingdom of God." When he rebuked the fever, it immediately left. When he rebuked the demons, they left as well. Why did the demons shudder at Jesus' presence? They recognized that he was the Christ, the Son of God and that he had power to destroy their kingdom by releasing those bound by it. Jesus came to set us free from bondage to sin and evil. Do you seek freedom in Christ and trust in his power to set you free?
When Jesus and the disciples sought a lonely place to regroup and rest, they found instead a crowd waiting for them! Did they resent this intrusion on their hard-earned need for privacy and refreshment? Jesus certainly didn't but welcomed them with open-arms. Jesus put human need ahead of everything else. His compassion showed the depths of God's love and concern for all who are truly needy. Jesus gave the people the word of God and he healed them physically as well as spiritually.
Jesus never tires of hearing and answering our pleas
We can never intrude upon God nor exhaust his generosity and kindness. He is ever ready to give to those who earnestly seek him out. Do you allow Jesus to be the Lord and Healer in your personal life, family, and community? Approach him with expectant faith. God's healing power restores us not only to health but to active service and care of others. There is no trouble he does not want to help us with and there is no bondage he can't set us free from. Do you take your troubles to him with expectant faith that he will help you?
Lord Jesus Christ, you have all power to heal and to deliver. There is no trouble nor bondage you cannot overcome. Set me free to serve you joyfully and to love and serve others generously. May nothing hinder me from giving myself wholly to you and to your service.
Psalm 52:8-9
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will thank you for ever, because you have done it. I will proclaim your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Jesus the Chief Physician, by Jerome (347-420 AD)
"'Now Simon's mother-in-law was kept in her bed sick with a fever.' May Christ come to our house and enter in and by his command cure the fever of our sins. Each one of us is sick with a fever. Whenever I give way to anger, I have a fever. There are as many fevers as there are faults and vices. Let us beg the apostles to intercede for us with Jesus, that he may come to us and touch our hand. If he does so, at once our fever is gone. He is an excellent physician and truly the chief Physician. Moses is a physician. Isaiah is a physician. All the saints are physicians, but he is the chief Physician." (excerpt from HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MARK 75.1)
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