2022년 10월 6일 연중 제27주간 목요일
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제1독서
갈라티아 3,1-5
1 아, 어리석은 갈라티아 사람들이여!
예수 그리스도께서 십자가에 못 박히신 모습으로
여러분 눈앞에 생생히 새겨져 있는데, 누가 여러분을 호렸단 말입니까?
2 나는 여러분에게서 이 한 가지만은 알고 싶습니다.
여러분은 율법에 따른 행위로 성령을 받았습니까?
아니면, 복음을 듣고 믿어서 성령을 받았습니까?
3 여러분은 그렇게도 어리석습니까?
성령으로 시작하고서는 육으로 마칠 셈입니까?
4 여러분의 그 많은 체험이 헛일이라는 말입니까?
참으로 헛일이라는 말입니까?
5 그렇다면 여러분에게 성령을 주시고
여러분 가운데에서 기적을 이루시는 분께서,
율법에 따른 여러분의 행위 때문에 그리하시는 것입니까?
아니면, 여러분이 복음을 듣고 믿기 때문에 그리하시는 것입니까?
복음
루카 11,5-13
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 5 이르셨다.
“너희 가운데 누가 벗이 있는데,
한밤중에 그 벗을 찾아가 이렇게 말하였다고 하자.
‘여보게, 빵 세 개만 꾸어 주게.
6 내 벗이 길을 가다가 나에게 들렀는데 내놓을 것이 없네.’
7 그러면 그 사람이 안에서,
‘나를 괴롭히지 말게. 벌써 문을 닫아걸고 아이들과 함께 잠자리에 들었네.
그러니 지금 일어나서 건네줄 수가 없네.’ 하고 대답할 것이다.
8 내가 너희에게 말한다.
그 사람이 벗이라는 이유 때문에 일어나서 빵을 주지는 않는다 하더라도,
그가 줄곧 졸라 대면 마침내 일어나서 그에게 필요한 만큼 다 줄 것이다.
9 내가 너희에게 말한다.
청하여라, 너희에게 주실 것이다.
찾아라, 너희가 얻을 것이다.
문을 두드려라, 너희에게 열릴 것이다.
10 누구든지 청하는 이는 받고, 찾는 이는 얻고,
문을 두드리는 이에게는 열릴 것이다.
11 너희 가운데 어느 아버지가 아들이 생선을 청하는데,
생선 대신에 뱀을 주겠느냐?
12 달걀을 청하는데 전갈을 주겠느냐?
13 너희가 악해도 자녀들에게는 좋은 것을 줄 줄 알거든,
하늘에 계신 아버지께서야 당신께 청하는 이들에게
성령을 얼마나 더 잘 주시겠느냐?”
October 6, 2022
Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Gal 3:1-5
O stupid Galatians!
Who has bewitched you,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
I want to learn only this from you:
did you receive the Spirit from works of the law,
or from faith in what you heard?
Are you so stupid?
After beginning with the Spirit,
are you now ending with the flesh?
Did you experience so many things in vain??
if indeed it was in vain.
Does, then, the one who supplies the Spirit to you
and works mighty deeds among you
do so from works of the law
or from faith in what you heard?
Responsorial Psalm
Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75
R. (68) Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.
R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant.
R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of our life.
R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; He has come to his people.
Gospel
Lk 11:5-13
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Suppose one of you has a friend
to whom he goes at midnight and says,
‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey
and I have nothing to offer him,’
and he says in reply from within,
‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked
and my children and I are already in bed.
I cannot get up to give you anything.’
I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves
because of their friendship,
he will get up to give him whatever he needs
because of his persistence.
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
What father among you would hand his son a snake
when he asks for a fish?
Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?
If you then, who are wicked,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask him?”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
The Apostle Paul does not mince words in today’s lesson from his letter to the Galatians: “O stupid Galatians!”; “Are you so stupid?” I have a friend who is fond of saying, “You can’t fix stupid”. But the Apostle Paul seems to believe that a fix of some kind is possible.
Often we look back and recognize our behavior was stupid, foolish, immature, and selfish. Time and distance, coupled with a little humility and wisdom gained from experience, often produces maturity and a measure of understanding greater than we might have been capable of beforehand. Gratitude may flow from that understanding as we take steps to repent and live in light of our newfound insights. We are works in progress.
For the Galatians, good experiences with the work of the Holy Spirit apparently did not produce any commitment to enduring principles, which would have allowed them to continue to live in conformity with the guidance of the Spirit. They had lost their way. Pride often makes us obtuse, closing our mind and soul to the truth that we need to guide us on our journey. The ordinary affairs of life can crowd out the truth, causing us to forget what is most important. Sadly, sometimes we also choose to forget because we wish to follow our own insights, which we hope will take us on another path that will suit us better. But following pride is perilous. We can become stupid on this journey, which gradually robs us of reality and causes us to seek meaning in the milieu of our own making. This is thin gruel indeed.
In today’s gospel, our Lord speaks rather frankly about the importance of persistence. Persistence requires humility. If we are so important, we could simply bark out a command. If we are so winsome, surely our persuasive words will carry the day. But instead, we come as needy persons, who cannot command or persuade. We are the needy ones, who depend upon you, Lord, to help us. We are to persist in prayer in this posture. Keep asking, seeking, knocking. Indeed, you will find what you were seeking after, but perhaps not exactly what you thought you wanted. The rest of the teaching reminds us that the Father will give good gifts to His children when they ask. But the gift the Father has for you may be unexpectedly better than what you thought you needed – if indeed you are open to see it.
Lord, teach us to pray persistently. Let us not lose heart when things do not go our way. Give us the humility to keep asking you for what we need, as well as to learn from our past to conform the desires we have to the good that you want for us. Let us know the power of your love to guide us when we feel lost, and even when we think we know the way ourselves. Thanks be to God.
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WILL YOU DIE IN THE SPIRIT?
“God lavishes the Spirit on you and works wonders in your midst.” —Galatians 3:5
When we were baptized, we began a new life in the Holy Spirit. “After beginning in the Spirit” (Gal 3:3), will we grow in the Spirit and end in the Spirit? Or will we begin in the Spirit but later quench the Spirit (1 Thes 5:19) and even “end in the flesh”? (Gal 3:3)
We will end in the Spirit if we:
- repent of our sins (see Acts 2:38),
- overcome the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil (see Mt 4:1ff),
- live our Baptisms by faith (see Acts 2:38),
- witness in the Spirit for the risen Christ (see Acts 1:8),
- become holy in every aspect of our conduct (1 Pt 1:15),
- love the Church (Eph 5:25) and submit to her authority (see Acts 15:2), and
- love God, our neighbors, and our enemies.
Obviously, it is humanly impossible to persevere in the Holy Spirit, as it is humanly impossible even to begin in the Spirit. Nevertheless, “nothing is impossible with God,” the Holy Spirit (Lk 1:37). He will complete what He has begun in us (Phil 1:6). All we need do is to cooperate with His grace. Live and die in the Holy Spirit. Come, Holy Spirit! Remain, Holy Spirit!
Prayer: Father, may I crucify my “flesh with its passions and desires” (Gal 5:24) so that I don’t stifle the Holy Spirit.
Promise: “If you, with all your sins, know how to give your children good things, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.” —Lk 11:13
Praise: Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher, a native of Canada, was recruited by her bishop to help start a religious order, the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
What can we expect from God, especially when we recognize that he doesn't owe us anything and that we don't deserve his grace and favor? Jesus used the illustration of a late-night traveler to teach his listeners an important lesson about how God treats us in contrast to the kind of treatment we might expect from our neighbors.
The rule of hospitality in biblical times required the cooperation of the entire community in entertaining an unexpected or late-night guest. Whether the guest was hungry or not, a meal would be served. In a small village it would be easy to know who had baked bread that day. Bread was essential for a meal because it served as a utensil for dipping and eating from the common dishes. Asking for bread from one's neighbor was both a common occurrence and an expected favor. To refuse to give bread would bring shame and dishonor because it was a sign of in-hospitality - showing a lack of friendship and generosity.
God awakens us from sleep that we may ask and receive
If a neighbor can be imposed upon and coerced into giving bread in the middle of the night, how much more hospitable is God, who, no matter what the circumstances, is generous and ready to give us what we need. Augustine of Hippo reminds us that "God, who does not sleep and who awakens us from sleep that we may ask, gives much more graciously."
Ask, seek, knock - and it will be given
When you are in need who do you turn to for help? Jesus tells us that God is always ready to answer those who seek him and call upon him with expectant trust in his mercy and kindness. Jesus states very clearly and simply what we must do: Ask, seek, knock. God our heavenly Father waits upon us. Like a table waiter or friend who comes in the middle of the night, he is always ready to hear our plea and to give us what we need. Do you ask the Father with expectant faith and confident trust in his goodness? Do you seek his guidance and help in your time of need? Do you knock with persistence at his door of mercy and favor? If we treat our heavenly Father with indifference or neglect to ask with confident trust, we may miss the opportunity we have been given to receive his grace and favor and merciful help.
God gives more than we can ask or expect
In conclusion Jesus makes a startling claim: How much more will the heavenly Father give! The Lord is ever ready to give us not only what we need, but more than we can expect. He gives freely of his Holy Spirit that we may share in his abundant life and joy. Do you approach your heavenly Father with confident trust in his mercy and kindness?
Heavenly Father, you are merciful, gracious and kind. May I never doubt your mercy and love nor hesitate to seek you with confident trust in order to obtain the gifts, graces, and daily provision I need to live as your beloved child and constant friend.
Psalm 1:1-6
1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Ask by praying, seek by proper living, knock by persevering, by Bede the Venerable, 672-735 A.D.
"Desiring that we arrive at the joys of the heavenly kingdom, our Lord and Savior taught us to ask these joys of him and promised that he would give them to us if we asked for them. 'Ask,' he said, 'and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.' Dearly beloved..., we earnestly and with our whole heart must ponder these words of our Lord. He bears witness that the kingdom of heaven is not given to, found by and opened to those who are idle and unoccupied but to those who ask for it, seek after it and knock at its gates. The gate of the kingdom must be asked for by praying. It must be sought after by living properly. It must be knocked at by persevering." (excerpt from HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 2.51.20)
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