2022년 10월 27일 연중 제30주간 목요일
제1독서
에페소서. 6,10-20
형제 여러분, 10 주님 안에서 그분의 강한 힘을 받아 굳세어지십시오.
11 악마의 간계에 맞설 수 있도록 하느님의 무기로 완전히 무장하십시오.
12 우리의 전투 상대는 인간이 아니라,
권세와 권력들과 이 어두운 세계의 지배자들과 하늘에 있는 악령들입니다.
13 그러므로 악한 날에 그들에게 대항할 수 있도록,
그리고 모든 채비를 마치고서 그들에게 맞설 수 있도록,
하느님의 무기로 완전한 무장을 갖추십시오.
14 그리하여 진리로 허리에 띠를 두르고 의로움의 갑옷을 입고 굳건히 서십시오.
15 발에는 평화의 복음을 위한 준비의 신을 신으십시오.
16 무엇보다도 믿음의 방패를 잡으십시오.
여러분은 악한 자가 쏘는 불화살을 그 방패로 막아서 끌 수 있을 것입니다.
17 그리고 구원의 투구를 받아 쓰고 성령의 칼을 받아 쥐십시오.
성령의 칼은 하느님의 말씀입니다.
18 여러분은 늘 성령 안에서 온갖 기도와 간구를 올려 간청하십시오.
그렇게 할 수 있도록 인내를 다하고
모든 성도들을 위하여 간구하며 깨어 있으십시오.
19 그리고 내가 입을 열면 말씀이 주어져 복음의 신비를 담대히 알릴 수 있도록
나를 위해서도 간구해 주십시오.
20 이 복음을 전하는 사절인 내가 비록 사슬에 매여 있어도,
말을 해야 할 때에 이 복음에 힘입어 담대해질 수 있도록 말입니다.
복음
루카. 13,31-35
31 그때에 바리사이 몇 사람이 예수님께 다가와,
“어서 이곳을 떠나십시오.
헤로데가 선생님을 죽이려고 합니다.” 하고 말하였다.
32 그러자 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“가서 그 여우에게 이렇게 전하여라.
‘보라, 오늘과 내일은 내가 마귀들을 쫓아내며 병을 고쳐 주고,
사흘째 되는 날에는 내 일을 마친다.
33 그러나 오늘도 내일도 그다음 날도 내 길을 계속 가야 한다.
예언자는 예루살렘이 아닌 다른 곳에서 죽을 수 없기 때문이다.’
34 예루살렘아, 예루살렘아! 예언자들을 죽이고
자기에게 파견된 이들에게 돌을 던져 죽이기까지 하는 너!
암탉이 제 병아리들을 날개 밑으로 모으듯,
내가 몇 번이나 너의 자녀들을 모으려고 하였던가?
그러나 너희는 마다하였다.
35 보라, 너희 집은 버려질 것이다. 내가 너희에게 말한다.
너희가 ‘주님의 이름으로 오시는 분은 복되시어라.’ 하고 말할 날이 올 때까지,
정녕 나를 보지 못할 것이다.”
October 27, 2022
Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power.
Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm
against the tactics of the Devil.
For our struggle is not with flesh and blood
but with the principalities, with the powers,
with the world rulers of this present darkness,
with the evil spirits in the heavens.
Therefore, put on the armor of God,
that you may be able to resist on the evil day
and, having done everything, to hold your ground.
So stand fast with your loins girded in truth,
clothed with righteousness as a breastplate,
and your feet shod in readiness for the Gospel of peace.
In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield,
to quench all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God.
With all prayer and supplication,
pray at every opportunity in the Spirit.
To that end, be watchful with all perseverance and supplication
for all the holy ones and also for me,
that speech may be given me to open my mouth,
to make known with boldness the mystery of the Gospel
for which I am an ambassador in chains,
so that I may have the courage to speak as I must.
Responsorial Psalm
Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!
My mercy and my fortress,
my stronghold, my deliverer,
My shield, in whom I trust,
who subdues my people under me.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!
O God, I will sing a new song to you;
with a ten stringed lyre I will chant your praise,
You who give victory to kings,
and deliver David, your servant from the evil sword.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!
Gospel
Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said,
“Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.”
He replied, “Go and tell that fox,
‘Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow,
and on the third day I accomplish my purpose.
Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day,
for it is impossible that a prophet should die
outside of Jerusalem.’
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how many times I yearned to gather your children together
as a hen gathers her brood under her wings,
but you were unwilling!
Behold, your house will be abandoned.
But I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say,
An Ever Expansive Love
Jesus had an unshakable sense of purpose, and he would not be deterred. Not even death at the hands of Herod could turn him around. To do the will of the one who sent him was his purpose. This means Jesus made a conscious decision every step of the way to save us from an eternity without him, with the threat of the cross ever present. That is love. He calls us to love those close to our hearts, as well as those with which we have fundamental differences, with the same kind of determination, but with an eternity with him ever present. This ever expansive love will lead us to salvation. In the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius states that we are meant for this, “Man has been created to this end: to praise the Lord his God and revere Him, and by serving Him be finally saved.”
—Terresa Ford, M.Div. is a Resident Spiritual Health Clinician (Chaplain) at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, GA and a Resident Spiritual Director in the Spiritual Direction Formation program at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center in Sandy Springs, GA.
Prayer
Loving and merciful God, lead us home to you through the love of you and one another. Strip away anything in our lives that would lead us away from you and replace it with a determination to do your will. Let all our thoughts, emotions, and actions be for your glory. In your sacred name, Jesus, we pray. Amen.
—Terresa Ford
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The messaging from Jesus in today’s Gospel from Luke gave me lots to think about and consider in my own life. As usual, it took me a couple of reads and turning my intellectual brain off to understand the message. But, like always, God was patient with me and provided the grace to see and hear.
I seems like I catch myself, lately, getting consumed by a lot of outside noise that demands my attention. The looming election is a big one. The more I try to inform myself by watching the news and reading articles, the more I feel myself becoming anxious and almost afraid. So, as I started to read Luke’s Gospel, the first few lines show the Pharisees afraid and trying to make Jesus afraid, too. This sounded strangely familiar to what today’s politicians and news reporters are doing as well. They seem to be anxious and afraid and I can feel it projecting onto me as I try to keep up with the daily happenings.
As the reading continues, I can picture Jesus’ calm reply. And, his messaging was exactly what I needed to hear – as it probably was for the Pharisees, too. He essentially says, “No worries…I am going to continue doing what I am doing because as long as I stay true to God, everything is going to work out okay.” (“… for it’s impossible that a prophet should die outside of Jerusalem” – with Jerusalem, in this case, being the Kingdom of God) The Gospel reading helps me to push aside all the negative political ads that are designed to increase anxiety and fear and to refocus on my true-self rather than the projected fears of others.
The messaging from Jesus doesn’t stop there, and, for me it gets better. He addresses them not by saying, “Hey all you people, listen to me.” Rather he addresses them as “Jerusalem, Jerusalem” so as to let them know they are already part of the Kingdom of God. In his words he asked them why they resist all the gifts that are sent to them. They “kill the prophets and stone those sent” to give them comfort. In other words, they are too preoccupied by anxiety and fear to recognize the good that God sends their way. It reminds me of what St. Augustine said, “God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hand are too full to receive them.” For me this makes great sense. I am many times too consumed by anxiety, fear, work, “to do lists,” and the general busy-ness of everyday life to recognize the good things. My hands are too full.
But, as Jesus says, if we abandon those things (fear, anxiety, busy-ness) and allow ourselves to be emptied we will then be able to see him – “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” It’s another great paradox – it isn’t until we let go, that we will gain.
At the beginning of the reading Jesus lets us know that he will do the heavy lifting (represented in his referral to the Triduum) so that we can let go of all that concerns us and recognize that the manifestation of God is all around us – the gifts! So, my hope is to let go of all the politics and worry about all that I carry in my hands – so that I can be in a position to receive.
Tom wrote this reflection on these readings in 2020.
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ATTACK OR BE ATTACKED!ATTACK OR BE ATTACKED!
“Blessed be the Lord, my Rock, Who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war.” —Psalm 144:1
Satan wants to keep Christians on the sidelines, to have Christians sit out the spiritual war. Thus, he can readily plunder much property from the Kingdom of God, end millions of lives in surgical and chemical abortions, ruin families and institutions, and gridlock nations without being opposed.
If Satan can’t keep Christians on the sidelines, then he’ll try to ensure that Christians keep playing defense. He does this by attacking and accusing (see Rv 12:10). To lure Christians into taking their eyes off Jesus, their Commander, Satan distracts them with pleasures (1 Jn 2:16), weakens them through sin and in-fighting (1 Cor 3:3-4), and puts them on the defensive. If you’re always defending, you can’t score, and you can’t win.
Satan prefers to attack. He wants us to play defense all our lives. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil (1 Jn 3:8). Jesus came to heal us so we could play offense against Satan and the kingdom of darkness, and reclaim what Satan has stolen from the kingdom of God (2 Cor 10:4). Satan fears pure, holy, fearless, humble, obedient, suffering, trusting Christians who fix their eyes on Jesus (Heb 3:1), spend their time on the offense, and attack the gates of hell (Mt 16:18). Repent!
Prayer: Father, purify me so that I will be a zealous, healed, faithful soldier for Your Son Jesus, my Captain.
Promise: “Draw your strength from the Lord and His mighty power.” —Eph 6:10
Praise: Joseph led a weekly neighborhood Bible study for over ten years.
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When your security is threatened and danger strikes do you flee or stand your ground? When King Herod, the ruler of Galilee, heard that thousands of people were coming to Jesus, he decided it was time to eliminate this threat to his influence and power. That is why some of the Pharisees warned Jesus to flee from the wrath of Herod. Jesus, in turn, warned them that they were in greater spiritual danger of losing both soul and body to hell (Matthew 10:28) if they refused to listen to God and to his messengers the prophets (Luke 13:34). Like John the Baptist and all the prophets who preceded him, Jesus posed a threat to the ruling authorities of his day.
Do not fear those who oppose God
Jesus went so far as to call Herod afox. What did he mean by such an expression? The fox was regarded as the slyest of all animals and one of the most destructive as well. Any farmer will tell you how difficult it is to get rid of foxes who under the cover of night steal and destroy. The fox became a symbol of what was worthless, insignificant, and destructive. It takes great courage to stand up and openly oppose a tyrant. Jesus knew that he would suffer the same fate as the prophets who came before him. He not only willingly exposed himself to such danger, but he prayed for his persecutors and for those who rejected the prophets who spoke in God's name. Do you pray for your enemies and for those who oppose the Gospel message today?
Jesus came to set people free from sin and to give them new life
Jesus contrasts his desire for Jerusalem - the holy city and temple of God - with Jerusalem's lack of desire for him as their long-expected Messiah. Jesus compares his longing for Jerusalem with a mother hen gathering her chicks under her protective wings. Psalm 91 speaks of God's protection in such terms: He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge (Psalm 91:4). Jesus willingly set his face toward Jerusalem, knowing that he would meet certain betrayal, rejection, and death on a cross. His death on the cross, however, brought about victory and salvation, not only for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but for all - both Jew and Gentile - who would accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Open the door of your heart to the Lord Jesus
Jesus' prophecy is a two-edged sword, pointing to his victory over sin and death and foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem and the dire consequences for all who would reject him and his saving message. While the destruction of Jerusalem's temple was determined - it was razed by the Romans in 70 A.D. - there remained for its inhabitants a narrow open door leading to deliverance. Jesus says: I am the door; whoever enters by me will be saved (John 10:9).
The Lord Jesus opens the way for each of us to have direct access to God who adopts us as his children and who makes his home with us. Do you make room for the Lord in your life? The Lord is knocking at the door of your heart (Revelations 3:20) and he wishes to enter into a close personal relationship with you. Receive him who is the giver of expectant faith, unwavering hope, and undying love. And long for the true home which God has prepared for you in his heavenly city, Jerusalem (Revelations 21:2-4).
Lord Jesus, I place all my trust and hope in you. Come make your home with me and take possession of my heart and will that I may wholly desire what is pleasing to you. Fill my heart with love and mercy for others that I may boldly witness to the truth and joy of the gospel through word and example, both to those who accept it and to those who oppose it.
Psalm 109: 21-22, 26-27,10
21 But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
26 Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love!
27 Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it!
30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn him to death.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Jesus foreshadows his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"'And I tell you,' he says, 'you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.' What does this mean? The Lord withdrew from Jerusalem and left as unworthy of his presence those who said, 'Get away from here.' And after he had walked about Judea and saved many and performed miracles which no words can adequately describe, he returned again to Jerusalem. It was then that he sat upon a colt of a donkey, while vast multitudes and young children, holding up branches of palm trees, went before him, praising him and saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord' (Matthew 21:9). Having left them, therefore, as being unworthy, he says that when the time of his passion has arrived, he will then barely be seen by them. Then again he went up to Jerusalem and entered amidst praises, and at that very time endured his saving passion in our behalf, that by suffering he might save and renew to incorruption the inhabitants of the earth. God the Father has saved us by Christ."(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 100)
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