2020년 10월 22일 연중 제29주간 목요일
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제1독서
에페소서.3,14-21
형제 여러분, 14 나는 아버지 앞에 무릎을 꿇습니다.
15 하늘과 땅에 있는 모든 종족이 아버지에게서 이름을 받습니다.
16 아버지께서 당신의 풍성한 영광에 따라 성령을 통하여
여러분의 내적 인간이 당신 힘으로 굳세어지게 하시고,
17 여러분의 믿음을 통하여 그리스도께서 여러분의 마음 안에 사시게 하시며,
여러분이 사랑에 뿌리를 내리고 그것을 기초로 삼게 하시기를 빕니다.
18 그리하여 여러분이 모든 성도와 함께
너비와 길이와 높이와 깊이가 어떠한지 깨닫는 능력을 지니고,
19 인간의 지각을 뛰어넘는 그리스도의 사랑을 알게 해 주시기를 빕니다.
이렇게 하여 여러분이 하느님의 온갖 충만하심으로 충만하게 되기를 빕니다.
20 우리 안에서 활동하시는 힘으로,
우리가 청하거나 생각하는 모든 것보다
훨씬 더 풍성히 이루어 주실 수 있는 분,
21 그분께 교회 안에서, 그리고 그리스도 예수님 안에서
세세 대대로 영원무궁토록 영광이 있기를 빕니다. 아멘.
복음
루카. 12,49-53
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
49 “나는 세상에 불을 지르러 왔다. 그 불이 이미 타올랐으면 얼마나 좋으랴?
50 내가 받아야 하는 세례가 있다.
이 일이 다 이루어질 때까지 내가 얼마나 짓눌릴 것인가?
51 내가 세상에 평화를 주러 왔다고 생각하느냐? 아니다.
내가 너희에게 말한다. 오히려 분열을 일으키러 왔다.
52 이제부터는 한 집안의 다섯 식구가 서로 갈라져,
세 사람이 두 사람에게 맞서고 두 사람이 세 사람에게 맞설 것이다.
53 아버지가 아들에게, 아들이 아버지에게, 어머니가 딸에게, 딸이 어머니에게
시어머니가 며느리에게, 며느리가 시어머니에게 맞서 갈라지게 될 것이다.”
October 22, 2022
Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Brothers and sisters:
I kneel before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory
to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self,
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith;
that you, rooted and grounded in love,
may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones
what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,
so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine,
by the power at work within us,
to him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus
to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (5b) The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Exult, you just, in the LORD;
praise from the upright is fitting.
Give thanks to the LORD on the harp;
with the ten?stringed lyre chant his praises.
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
For upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full.
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
But the plan of the LORD stands forever;
the design of his heart, through all generations.
Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
But see, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division.
From now on a household of five will be divided,
three against two and two against three;
a father will be divided against his son
and a son against his father,
a mother against her daughter
and a daughter against her mother,
a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
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As I reread today’s readings, they seemed to be polar opposites. The first reading from St. Paul and the responsorial psalm are about God’s love and goodness. St. Paul writes to the Ephesians: “…that you, rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength….and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Then, the response to today’s Psalm is encouraging and hopeful: “The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.”
Right when I am feeling the fullness of God’s goodness and love, I immediately come to Luke’s gospel where he quotes Jesus: “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” This abrupt change in direction and tone of the readings left me disconcerted and full of questions.
Nothing was coming to me as I pondered the pairing of today’s reading and I kept being distracted by this game/song we played with our children: “One of these things is not like the others.” The contrast in today’s readings is so glaring, nothing subtle about it.
Fortunately I remembered a term coined by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “creative maladjustment”. On September 1,1967, he included this paragraph as part of his speech to to the American Psychological Association:
But on the other hand, I am sure that we will recognize that there are some things in our society, some things in our world, to which we should never be adjusted…We must never adjust ourselves to racial discrimination and racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. We must never adjust ourselves to the madness of militarism, and the self-defeating effects of physical violence.”
Shortly after that, my husband Paul asked if I had seen the recent remarks given by the United Nations’ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: “We are locked in colossal global disfunction…our world is in peril – and paralyzed.”
And the reason for the extreme contrast in today’s readings became evident. While Jesus was all about love and inclusion, he was also about making our communities more equitable. He challenged the authorities in his time and I believe he would challenge today’s reality in America that 1% of the population has about the same amount of wealth as 90% of Americans.
Jesus did not want us to adjust and adapt ourselves to live in a world where one in six children are hungry; more than 100 million people are refugees; and climate change is so damaging our world and destroying people’s homes and way of life. I like to think that the Jesus in today’s Gospel is encouraging us to be “creatively maladjusted” to these realities.
Individually we cannot resolve any of these pressing problems. But we can do something and I think that is why Paul is reminding us to be ‘rooted and grounded in love’. Knowing and believing that, we can feel empowered to do something about these overwhelming issues. Being reminded of that will help us remain hopeful and give us the ability to see where and when we can make a difference.
It won’t be easy or quick or comfortable, but the division Jesus is calling us to is to help one another…to question why so many are refugees or why so many are hungry. So, maybe today we can all think of ways to become ‘creatively maladjusted’ so that: ..Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven….
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THE DESIRES OF THE HEART
“I have come to light a fire on the earth. How I wish the blaze were ignited!” —Luke 12:49
Jesus wants to light a fire on the earth. He wants to save and purify us by giving us a new nature (see Eph 4:24). He wants to be Lord of our lives, baptize us in the Spirit, and lead us to the Father. These are the desires of Jesus’ heart.
What are the desires of your heart? Do you want what Jesus wants? Even if you have Jesus’ desires and priorities, how much do you want His will to be done and His kingdom to come? Do you feel anguish until all are saved? (Lk 12:50) Is your heart moved with pity at the sight of humanity? (Mt 9:36) Will you do anything to win to Jesus as many as possible? (1 Cor 9:19) Do you have a daily tension, an anxiety for all the churches? (2 Cor 11:28) Is your heart broken for the same reason as was Jesus’ heart? Is your prayer the same as His? Do you want what He wants as much as He wants it?
If you receive the desires of your heart, this will be a curse rather than a blessing unless the desires of your heart are the desires of Jesus’ heart.
Prayer: Jesus, may I love You so much that my desires become like Yours.
Promise: “To Him Whose power now at work in us can do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine — to Him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus.” —Eph 3:20-21
Praise: St. Paul of the Cross founded the “Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ.” They are commonly known as the Passionists.
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Do you want to be on fire for God? Jesus shocked his disciples when he declared that he would cast fire and cause division rather than peace upon the earth. What kind of fire did Jesus have in mind here?
The fire of God's purifying love and cleansing word
The image of fire in biblical times was often associated with God and with his action in the world and in the lives of his people. God sometimes manifested his presence by use of fire, such as God's revelation to Moses through the burning bush in the wilderness which was not consumed by the flames (Exodus 3:2). God assured the Hebrew people of his continual presence, guidance, and protection for them through the wilderness for forty years with the pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day (Exodus 13:21-22). The prophet Elijah called down fire from heaven to reveal God's presence and power and to purify the people of false idols (1 Kings 18:36-39). The image of fire was also used as a sign of God's glory (Ezekiel 1:4, 13) and holiness (Deuteronomy 4:24), his protective presence (2 Kings 6:17), and his righteous judgment (Zechariah 13:9) and holy wrath against sin (Isaiah 66:15-16).
Fire is also a sign and symbol of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist said that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Matthew 3:11-12 and Luke 3:16-17). When the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the disciples at Pentecost "tongues of fire" appeared above their heads (Acts 2:3). We can see from both the Old and New Testament Scriptures that God's fire purifies and cleanses to make us clean (sins washed away) and holy (fit to offer him acceptable praise and worship), and it inspires a reverent fear (awe in God's presence) and respect (obeying and giving God his due) for God and for his holy word.
Loyalty unites - division separates
Why did Jesus link fire from heaven with costly division on the earth? Did he expect his followers to take his statement of "father against son and son against father" and "mother against daughter and daughter against mother" literally? Or was he intentionally using a figure of speech to emphasize the choice and cost of following him above all else? Jesus used a typical Hebrew hyperbole (a figure of speech which uses strong language and exaggeration for emphasis) to drive home an important lesson. We often do the same when we want to emphasize something very strongly. Jesus' hyperbole, however, did contain a real warning that the Gospel message does have serious consequences for our lives.
When Jesus spoke about division within families he likely had in mind the prophecy of Micah: a man's enemies are the men of his own household (Micah 7:6). The essence of Christianity is loyalty to Jesus Christ - the Son of God and Savior of the world - a loyalty that takes precedence over every other relationship. The love of God compels us to choose who will be first in our lives. To place any relationship (or anything else) above God is a form of idolatry.
Who do you love first and foremost?
Jesus challenges his disciples to examine who they love first and foremost. A true disciple loves God above all else and is willing to forsake all for Jesus Christ. Jesus insists that his disciples give him the loyalty which is only due to God, a loyalty which is higher than spouse or kin. It is possible that family and friends can become our enemies if the thought of them keeps us from doing what we know God wants us to do. Does the love of Jesus Christ compel you to put God first in all you do (2 Corinthians 5:14)?
The Gospel message is good news for those who seek pardon, peace, and the abundant life which God offers us through his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus offers true freedom to those who believe in him - freedom from slavery to sin, Satan, and the oppressive forces of hatred and evil that can destroy body, mind, and spirit. Do you listen to the voice of your Savior and trust in his word? Commit your ways to him, obey his word, and you will find true peace, joy, and happiness in the Lord your God.
Lord Jesus, may the fire of your love consume me and transform my life that I may truly desire nothing more than life with you. Fill me with the power of your Holy Spirit that I may always seek to please you and do your will.
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: The fire of the Gospel and being baptized in the Holy Spirit, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"We affirm that the fire that Christ sent out is for humanity's salvation and profit. May God grant that all our hearts be full of this. The fire is the saving message of the Gospel and the power of its commandments. We were cold and dead because of sin and in ignorance of him who by nature is truly God. The gospel ignites all of us on earth to a life of piety and makes us fervent in spirit, according to the expression of blessed Paul (Romans 12:11). Besides this, we are also made partakers of the Holy Spirit, who is like fire within us. We have been baptized with fire and the Holy Spirit. We have learned the way from what Christ says to us. Listen to his words: 'Truly I say to you, that except a man be born of water and spirit, he cannot see the kingdom of God' (John 3:5). It is the divinely inspired Scripture's custom to give the name of fire sometimes to the divine and sacred words and to the efficacy and power which is by the Holy Spirit by which we are made fervent in spirit." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 94)
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October 22, 2020 Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
