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제1독서
필리피서. 2,1-4
형제 여러분,
1 여러분이 그리스도 안에서 격려를 받고
사랑에 찬 위로를 받으며
성령 안에서 친교를 나누고 애정과 동정을 나눈다면,
2 뜻을 같이하고 같은 사랑을 지니고
같은 마음 같은 생각을 이루어,
나의 기쁨을 완전하게 해 주십시오.
3 무슨 일이든 이기심이나 허영심으로 하지 마십시오.
오히려 겸손한 마음으로 서로 남을 자기보다 낫게 여기십시오.
4 저마다 자기 것만 돌보지 말고 남의 것도 돌보아 주십시오
복음
루카. 14,12-14
그때에 예수님께서
당신을 초대한 바리사이들의 한 지도자에게 12 말씀하셨다.
“네가 점심이나 저녁 식사를 베풀 때,
네 친구나 형제나 친척이나 부유한 이웃을 부르지 마라.
그러면 그들도 다시 너를 초대하여
네가 보답을 받게 된다.
13 네가 잔치를 베풀 때에는 오히려 가난한 이들,
장애인들, 다리저는 이들, 눈먼 이들을 초대하여라.
14 그들이 너에게 보답할 수 없기 때문에
너는 행복할 것이다.
의인들이 부활할 때에 네가 보답을 받을 것이다.”
Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
If there is any encouragement in Christ,
any solace in love,
any participation in the Spirit,
any compassion and mercy,
complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love,
united in heart, thinking one thing.
Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory;
rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,
each looking out not for his own interests,
but also everyone for those of others.
Responsorial Psalm
O LORD, my heart is not proud,
nor are my eyes haughty;
I busy not myself with great things,
nor with things too sublime for me.
R. In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted
my soul like a weaned child.
Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap,
so is my soul within me.
R. In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
O Israel, hope in the LORD,
both now and forever.
R. In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
Gospel
at the home of one of the leading Pharisees.
He said to the host who invited him,
“When you hold a lunch or a dinner,
do not invite your friends or your brothers or sisters
or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors,
in case they may invite you back and you have repayment.
Rather, when you hold a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.
For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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In St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises retreatants are sometimes asked to identify their core sins. What sin leads to their other sins? Often, the retreatant names pride or jealousy as their core sin. I recall a Jesuit once wrote that the path to all sin starts when we believe ourselves to be better than others. Once we think we’re better than others, then we can justify anything, including sin. We start to believe that the rules don’t apply to us because we’re better than others, than the rest of humanity. And so, we can do anything:
If you want to drive recklessly, then go for it. You’re more important than anyone else on
the road and getting to your destination on time takes priority over the safety of others. If
you want to cheat on an exam, then do so. You’re already smarter than everyone in the
class so why waste your time by studying? If you want to steal from the poor, go for it.
They’re poor so they’re obviously inferior and you deserve to have the little they own.
Anything goes when you think you’re superior to others.
In today’s first reading, St. Paul provides a corrective to this attitude of superiority, reminding us to “humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also everyone for those of others.” And Jesus shows us how to place this corrective into action, encouraging us to “invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind” to our tables. The very people society looks down upon are those we are called to welcome. Jesus ate with the outcasts, sinners, and tax collectors. Jesus, the Son of God, did not believe himself to be better than others. Neither should we.
As the United States approaches the midterm elections, today’s readings raise important questions. Does our own attitude of superiority prevent us from seeking the common good? How do we welcome the poor, outcasts, immigrants, and marginalized to our tables? Do we support public servants who think they’re better than others, especially those they are charged to serve? Can we work for a society in which we all recognize our need for God’s mercy and love?
Transforming Our Relationships
One possible reflection to draw from today’s readings is the clear connection to the Jesuit educational objective of forming “men and women for others.” The correlation to the closing lines of the first reading from Paul’s epistle to the Philippians is obvious:
“...humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,
each looking out not for his own interests,
but also everyone for those of others.”
When coupled with today’s Gospel (Lk 14:12-14), though, much deeper insight is possible.
Due to its highly structured nature, school life can easily be reduced to a daily series of transactions between students and adults. Bells ring. Attendance is taken. New work is turned in and old work is returned. Penance Halls (detentions) are issued, lunches are served, and pleasantries are exchanged in passing.
In today’s Gospel, during dinner at the home of a Pharisee, Christ teaches about the importance of showing hospitality and caring for people who are unable to repay you. Paul and Christ challenge us to go beyond the quid pro quo that too often characterizes our day-to-day lives. Rather than go through the motions and move on to the next transaction, we are called to engage in transformational interactions and relationships.
When I interact with colleagues or students, am I more concerned about what I will get back in return? Or am I willing to focus on what I can give? Being mindful of this can lead to transformative Christ-centered relationships which are rooted in serving others.
—Mike Scicchitano is the principal of Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida.
Prayer
Dear Lord,
Following you is not always easy.
Loving others can be hard.
And being called to put others first can feel like too much of an imposition.
But with your grace, Lord, I can do it.
Thank you for your example of selflessness.
May I keep your witness forever in my heart as I go about my day, so that through my actions,
others might come to know you.
I ask this in Jesus’ name.
Amen
—Jesuit Prayer team
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WHAT IF JESUS IS RIGHT AGAIN?
“When you have a reception, invite beggars and the crippled, the lame and the blind.” —Luke 14:13
The welfare system is not working. Thank God it’s keeping people alive. However, it’s not setting them free. It may even be enslaving and conditioning people in a generational cycle.
The nuclear family is under attack. Thank God for marital faithfulness in a society of broken promises, broken families, and broken hearts. Yet the nuclear family is not thriving. It is struggling merely to survive.
What if the nuclear family became an extended family — even a Christian community? What if welfare was not a government program? What if family hospitality took the place of welfare? What if Jesus intends today’s Gospel reading to be taken seriously? What if Jesus is right again about loving the poor, offering hospitality, being family, and living life?
Are you trying to share meals with “beggars and the crippled, the lame and the blind”? (Lk 14:13) Are you caring for the poor in a hands-on way? Are you caring for your brothers and sisters in Christ in a practical way?
If we lived in Christian community as described in Acts of the Apostles, maybe we would do the acts of the apostles in feeding and freeing the poor. Jesus is right.
Prayer: Father, may my love for the poor open me to living in practical Christian community.
Promise: “Hope in the Lord, both now and forever.” —Ps 131:3
Praise: Clarence took in a fellow Christian when he became homeless until he found a job again.
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Who do you honor at your table? The Lord is always ready to receive us at his table. As far as we can tell from the Gospel accounts, Jesus never refused a dinner invitation! Why, in this particular instance, does Jesus lecture his host on whom he should or shouldn't invite to dinner? Did his host expect some favor or reward from Jesus? Did he want to impress his neighbors with the honor of hosting the "miracle worker" from Galilee?
Generous giving doesn't impoverish - but enriches the heart
Jesus probes our hearts as well. Do you only show favor and generosity to those who will repay you in kind? What about those who do not have the means to repay you - the poor, the sick, and the disadvantaged? Generosity demands a measure of self-sacrifice. However, it doesn't impoverish, but rather enriches the soul of the giver. True generosity springs from a heart full of mercy and compassion. God has loved us first, and our love for him is a response of gratitude for the great mercy and kindness he has shown to each one of us. No one can outmatch God in his generous love and kindness towards us. Do you give freely as Jesus gives without seeking personal gain or reward?
Lord Jesus, your love never fails and your mercies abound. You offer us the best of gifts - peace, pardon and everlasting friendship with you at your banquet table. Fill me with gratitude for your great mercy and kindness towards me. And may I never fail to show kindness and mercy towards all I meet so that they may know the mercy and goodness you offer them as well.
Psalm 69:16,29-30,32-36
16 Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain; let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!
30 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
32 Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
33 For the LORD hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.
35 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;
36 the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: First and last at the banquet table, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"'When,' he says, 'a man more honorable than you comes, he that invited you and him will say, 'Give this man place.' Oh, what great shame is there in having to do this! It is like a theft, so to speak, and the restitution of the stolen goods. He must restore what he has seized because he had no right to take it. The modest and praiseworthy person, who without fear of blame might have claimed the dignity of sitting among the foremost, does not seek it. He yields to others what might be called his own, that he may not even seem to be overcome by empty pride. Such a one shall receive honor as his due. He says, 'He shall hear him who invited him say, 'Come up here.' ...If any one among you wants to be set above others, let him win it by the decree of heaven and be crowned by those honors that God bestows. Let him surpass the many by having the testimony of glorious virtues. The rule of virtue is a lowly mind that does not love boasting. It is humility. The blessed Paul also counted this worthy of all esteem. He writes to those who eagerly desire saintly pursuits, 'Love humility.'"(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 101)
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