2022년 10월 8일 연중 제27주간 토요일
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제1독서
갈라티아서.3,22-29
형제 여러분, 22 성경은 모든 것을 죄 아래 가두어 놓았습니다.
그리하여 예수 그리스도에 대한 믿음을 통하여,
믿는 이들이 약속을 받게 되었습니다.
23 믿음이 오기 전에는 우리가 율법 아래 갇혀,
믿음이 계시될 때까지 율법의 감시를 받아 왔습니다.
24 그리하여 율법은 우리가 믿음으로 의롭게 되도록,
그리스도께서 오실 때까지 우리의 감시자 노릇을 하였습니다.
25 그러나 믿음이 온 뒤로 우리는 더 이상 감시자 아래 있지 않습니다.
26 여러분은 모두 그리스도 예수님 안에서
믿음으로 하느님의 자녀가 되었습니다.
27 그리스도와 하나 되는 세례를 받은 여러분은 다 그리스도를 입었습니다.
28 그래서 유다인도 그리스인도 없고,
종도 자유인도 없으며, 남자도 여자도 없습니다.
여러분은 모두 그리스도 예수님 안에서 하나입니다.
29 여러분이 그리스도께 속한다면,
여러분이야말로 아브라함의 후손이며 약속에 따른 상속자입니다.
복음
루카. 11,27-28
예수님께서 군중에게 27 말씀을 하고 계실 때에
군중 속에서 어떤 여자가 목소리를 높여,
“선생님을 배었던 모태와 선생님께 젖을 먹인 가슴은 행복합니다.” 하고
예수님께 말하였다.
28 그러자 예수님께서 이르셨다.
“하느님의 말씀을 듣고 지키는 이들이 오히려 행복하다.”
October 8, 2022
Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Brothers and sisters:
Scripture confined all things under the power of sin,
that through faith in Jesus Christ
the promise might be given to those who believe.
Before faith came, we were held in custody under law,
confined for the faith that was to be revealed.
Consequently, the law was our disciplinarian for Christ,
that we might be justified by faith.
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a disciplinarian.
For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus.
For all of you who were baptized into Christ
have clothed yourselves with Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free person,
there is not male and female;
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants,
heirs according to the promise.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (8a) The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Sing to him, sing his praise,
proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
Glory in his holy name;
rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Look to the LORD in his strength;
seek to serve him constantly.
Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,
his portents, and the judgments he has uttered.
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Gospel
While Jesus was speaking,
a woman from the crowd called out and said to him,
“Blessed is the womb that carried you
and the breasts at which you nursed.”
He replied, “Rather, blessed are those
who hear the word of God and observe it.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
At first glance, today’s gospel reading might seem a rebuke of Jesus’ mother but as in Lk 8:21, that would be far from the truth. The real message in both these passages is that for the disciple, biological relationship to Jesus is not as important as believing in Jesus and his message and living it out (hear the word of God and observe it). Doing this places us among Jesus’ family.
Ironically however, Jesus’ central message is that we are already his family, we are all God’s children, loved and cherished by God. And we are invited to love one another with that same unconditional love. But, as we know from experience and from the realities that surround us, this is not easy. We struggle with relating to all others as also God’s children, as our own brothers and sisters. Even within our own biological families we might have difficulty relating to others who don’t share our ideological or political viewpoint.
Let us pray for God’s grace this day that our hearts might be transformed, that we might indeed hear the word of God and observe it in our thoughts and actions.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
COMPLETE CONNECTIONS
“A woman from the crowd called out, ‘Blest is the womb that bore You and the breasts that nursed You!’ ‘Rather,’ He replied, ‘blest are they who hear the word of God and keep it.’ ” —Luke 11:27-28
A woman called Jesus’ mother blest because Mary’s womb bore Jesus and her breasts nursed Him. Jesus corrected the woman by saying that Mary was blest because she heard the Word of God and kept it (Lk 11:27-28).
We likewise are blest not because of our connections with Jesus but because of our commitment to Him. We may be connected to Jesus through prayer, church involvement, religious practices, service to the poor, moral behavior, etc. We may even be associated with Jesus by prophesying, driving out demons, or working miracles (Mt 7:22). However, on Judgment Day, Jesus will gather those who are merely churchgoers, humanitarians, decent citizens, and even prophets, exorcists, and miracle-workers. He will call some of them “evildoers” and tell them to get out of His sight (Mt 7:23).
The Lord is calling us not to be merely connected with Him but totally committed to Him. Jesus died on the cross to save us, and He wants nothing less than everything we are and have. He is totally committed to us and calls us to be totally committed to Him.
Prayer: Jesus, I repent of giving 99% to You. I give up that one thing, habit, or sin that separates me from total commitment to You.
Promise: “All of you who have been baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Him.” —Gal 3:27
Praise: Evelyn, a non-Catholic, worked for a Catholic parish for years. Influenced by the faith of her co-workers, she chose to convert to the Catholic Faith.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Who do you seek to favor and bless? When an admirer wished to compliment Jesus by praising his mother, Jesus did not deny the truth of the blessing she pronounced. Her beatitude (which means "blessedness" or "happiness") recalls Mary's canticle: All generations will call me blessed (Luke 1:48). Jesus adds to her words by pointing to the source of all true blessedness or happiness - union with God in heart, mind, and will.
We can hear God's Word and believe it
Mary humbly submitted herself to the miraculous plan of God for the incarnation of his only begotten Son - the Word of God made flesh in her womb - by declaring: I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word (Luke 1:38). Mary heard the word spoken to her by the angel sent by God and she believed it.
On another occasion Jesus remarked that whoever does the will of God is a friend of God and a member of his family - his sons and daughters who have been ransomed by the precious blood of Christ (Luke 8:21). They are truly blessed because they know their God personally and they find joy in hearing and obeying his word.
Jesus unites us with our heavenly Father
Our goal in life, the very reason we were created in the first place, is for union with God. We were made for God and our hearts are restless until they rest in him. Lucian of Antioch (240-312), an early Christian theologian and martyr, once said that "a Christian's only relatives are the saints." Those who follow Jesus Christ and who seek the will of God enter into a new family, a family of "saints" here on earth and in heaven. Jesus changes the order of relationships and shows that true kinship is not just a matter of flesh and blood. Our adoption as sons and daughters of God transforms all our relationships and requires a new order of loyalty to God and his kingdom. Do you hunger for God and for his word?
Lord Jesus, my heart is restless until it rests in you. Help me to live in your presence and in the knowledge of your great love for me. May I seek to please you in all that I do, say, and think.
Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12
1 The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many coast lands be glad!
2 Clouds and thick darkness are round about him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness; and all the peoples behold his glory.
11 Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Blessings for hearing and keeping the Word, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"Mary was more blessed in accepting the faith of Christ than in conceiving the flesh of Christ. To someone who said, 'Blessed is the womb that bore you,' he replied, 'Rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.' Finally, for his brothers, his relatives according to the flesh who did not believe in him, of what advantage was that relationship? Even her maternal relationship would have done Mary no good unless she had borne Christ more happily in her heart than in her flesh." (excerpt from HOLY VIRGINITY 3.1)
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