November 3, 2022Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

2022년 11월 3일 연중 제31주간 목요일 

 

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제1독서
필리피서.3,3-8ㄱ
.형제 여러분, 3 하느님의 영으로 예배하고 그리스도 예수님 안에서 자랑하며

육적인 것을 신뢰하지 않는 우리야말로 참된 할례를 받은 사람입니다.
4 하기야 나에게도 육적인 것을 신뢰할 수 있는 근거가 있기는 합니다.
다른 어떤 사람이 육적인 것을 신뢰할 수 있다고 생각한다면,
나는 더욱 그렇습니다.
5 여드레 만에 할례를 받은 나는 이스라엘 민족으로 벤야민 지파 출신이고,
히브리 사람에게서 태어난 히브리 사람이며, 율법으로 말하면 바리사이입니다.
6 열성으로 말하면 교회를 박해하던 사람이었고,
율법에 따른 의로움으로 말하면 흠잡을 데 없는 사람이었습니다.
7 그러나 나에게 이롭던 것들을,
나는 그리스도 때문에 모두 해로운 것으로 여기게 되었습니다.
8 그뿐만 아니라, 나의 주 그리스도 예수님을 아는 지식의 지고한 가치 때문에,
다른 모든 것을 해로운 것으로 여깁니다.

 

복음
루카 15,1-10
 그때에 1 세리들과 죄인들이 예수님의 말씀을 들으려고

가까이 모여들고 있었다.
2 그러자 바리사이들과 율법 학자들이, “저 사람은 죄인들을 받아들이고
또 그들과 함께 음식을 먹는군.” 하고 투덜거렸다.
3 예수님께서 그들에게 이 비유를 말씀하셨다.
4 “너희 가운데 어떤 사람이 양 백 마리를 가지고 있었는데
그 가운데에서 한 마리를 잃으면,
아흔아홉 마리를 광야에 놓아둔 채 잃은 양을 찾을 때까지 뒤쫓아 가지 않느냐?
5 그러다가 양을 찾으면 기뻐하며 어깨에 메고
6 집으로 가서 친구들과 이웃들을 불러,
‘나와 함께 기뻐해 주십시오. 잃었던 내 양을 찾았습니다.’ 하고 말한다.
7 내가 너희에게 말한다. 이와 같이 하늘에서는,
회개할 필요가 없는 의인 아흔아홉보다
회개하는 죄인 한 사람 때문에 더 기뻐할 것이다.
8 또 어떤 부인이 은전 열 닢을 가지고 있었는데 한 닢을 잃으면,
등불을 켜고 집 안을 쓸며 그것을 찾을 때까지 샅샅이 뒤지지 않느냐?
9 그러다가 그것을 찾으면 친구들과 이웃들을 불러,
‘나와 함께 기뻐해 주십시오. 잃었던 은전을 찾았습니다.’ 하고 말한다.
10 내가 너희에게 말한다.
이와 같이 회개하는 죄인 한 사람 때문에 하느님의 천사들이 기뻐한다.”

November 3, 2022

Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

 

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Reading 1

Phil 3:3-8a

Brothers and sisters:
We are the circumcision, 
we who worship through the Spirit of God,
who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh,
although I myself have grounds for confidence even in the flesh.

If anyone else thinks he can be confident in flesh, all the more can I. 
Circumcised on the eighth day,
of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin,
a Hebrew of Hebrew parentage,
in observance of the law a Pharisee,
in zeal I persecuted the Church,
in righteousness based on the law I was blameless.

But whatever gains I had,
these I have come to consider a loss because of Christ.
More than that, I even consider everything as a loss
because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

 

 

 

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

R. (3b) Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord.
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. Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord.
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. Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord.
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. Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.

 

 

 

Gospel

Lk 15:1-10

The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 
So Jesus addressed this parable to them.
“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them
would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
and go after the lost one until he finds it?
And when he does find it,
he sets it on his shoulders with great joy
and, upon his arrival home,
he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ 
I tell you, in just the same way
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of repentance.

 

“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one
would not light a lamp and sweep the house,
searching carefully until she finds it?
And when she does find it,
she calls together her friends and neighbors
and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’ 
In just the same way, I tell you,
there will be rejoicing among the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.”     

 

Loving One Another Enough

Jesus seeks to save all of creation, not just the righteous believers. He shows this by meeting the tax collectors and sinners where they are, in their element. He doesn’t shy away from the sickness of their sin, but rather loves them into wellness and ultimately saves their souls. 

Do we shy away from the misguided and lost we encounter in our friends, family and even strangers? Or do we follow the example of our savior and meet people where they are? In love, do we give of ourselves for the sake of our brothers and sisters? Let us remember that St. Ignatius uses the example of Mary, the woman who washed the feet of Jesus and anointed him with oil. She was considered the most repugnant of sinners by Judas Iscariot, yet Jesus loved her into spiritual wellness. Let us love one another enough to do the same.  

—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

Merciful God, you call us to love you and our brothers and sisters without limits. Let the misguided we encounter see you in us. Heal your people through us. Teach us to move out of your way so that you can have your way with the world through us. In your sacred and holy name we pray Jesus. Amen. 

—Terresa Ford

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Hide and Seek to Lost and Found

The gospel for today seems to me to pick up on themes from both the first reading from St. Paul and the psalm - all have themes of loss and ultimately gain, searching and finding, and ultimately rejoicing.

For Paul, “…I even consider everything as a  loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”

Psalm 105 gives us the response: “Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord” and “Look to the Lord in his strength; seek to serve him constantly.”

Finally, the wonderful pairing of two parables depicting hide and seek, lost and found, progressing from animals in a pasture to a human and her community.

Hide and Seek

The shepherd leaving his flock to search for one lost sheep led me to imagine myself as the sheep. I ask myself: what drew me away from the  flock, from Jesus? Perhaps I was tempted by what I thought was more tasty pasture? A desire to be on my own, away from the flock, the community? Denial of my need for the Shepherd, for Jesus?  I am unaware of the risk of being solitary – predators see the unsupported solo as a prime target. Perhaps I even became aware of being in a perilous spot, alone, and grew frightened.

And oh, how Jesus pursues us, won’t let us stray.  We could run farther and faster but I suspect Jesus would always find us. His love and concern seem to me to be his search beacon finding even the most well-hidden of us. There are so many ways for us to hide – anger at past abuse, disagreement about how the church is managed, feeling community is not necessary.

But we will be found. And then does Jesus beat us, reprove us, shame us? No, rather he lifts us gently to his shoulders and carries us back home. Maybe we realize that yes, this is a good place to be.  And there is rejoicing in heaven over us.

Lost and Found

The second parable gives us a woman searching for a lost coin – she is more attuned to the need for community because when she finds the coin she calls in her friends and neighbors to rejoice with her. A joy shared is a joy doubled, as the old saying goes.

I am immensely comforted knowing that Jesus is looking for us even more than we are searching for him. That really we are never truly alone, but always are in his searchlight.  

No matter how far we stray, there is always our loving Lord looking for us. And when we are found, there is rejoicing in heaven. And I am sure, in our hearts as well. 

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LOST AND FOUND

“Those things I used to consider gain I have now reappraised as loss in the light of Christ. I have come to rate all as loss in the light of the surpassing knowledge of my Lord Jesus Christ.” —Philippians 3:7-8

Philemon lost a slave named Onesimus (Phlm 11); when Onesimus ran away, it was a loss of an asset to Philemon. But then through the ministry of St. Paul, Philemon gained a brother in Christ (Phlm 16). Onesimus was lost as a slave and then was found as a brother (see Lk 15:32).

We lose our lives for Christ and, because of our surrender to Him, we consequently find our lives in Christ (Lk 9:24-25; Jn 12:25-26). For what does it profit us to gain the whole world and lose our lives? (Lk 9:24ff)

There is a strong link between loss of attachments, possessions, power, and status, and being “found” by Jesus, the Good Shepherd Who has come “to search out and save what was lost” (Lk 19:10; 15:4-5). We lose our old life and all that binds us to the world. In so doing, if we receive the Good Shepherd and allow Him to find us, we are “found”; we gain a new life.

Lose everything for Jesus. Let Him be your gain (Phil 3:8).

Prayer:  Father, may I come to “know Christ and the power flowing from His resurrection” (Phil 3:10).

Promise:  “He, the Lord, is our God; throughout the earth His judgments prevail.” —Ps 105:7

Praise:  St. Martin de Porres was the son of a Spanish nobleman and a former Panamanian slave. He is the patron saint for those of multi-cultural heritage, barbers, and health care workers.

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Do you ever feel resentful or get upset when someone else gets treated better than you think they deserve? The scribes and Pharisees took great offense at Jesus because he went out of his way to meet with sinners and he treated them like they were his friends. The Pharisees had strict regulations about how they were to keep away from sinners, lest they incur ritual defilement. They were not to entrust money to sinners or have any business dealings with them, nor trust them with a secret, nor entrust orphans to their care, nor accompany them on a journey, nor give their daughter in marriage to any of their sons, nor invite them as guests or be their guests.

Do you judge others with mercy or disdain - with kindness or harshness?
The Pharisees were shocked when they saw Jesus freely meeting with sinners and even going to their homes to eat with them. Many sinners and outcasts of society were drawn to Jesus to hear him speak about the mercy of God and the offer of new life and friendship in the kingdom of God. When the Pharisees began to question Jesus' motive and practice of associating with sinners and outcasts, Jesus responded by giving them two parables about a lost sheep and a lost coin to challenge their way of judging sinners and shunning contact with them.

Finding and restoring what has been lost
What is the point of Jesus' story about a lost sheep and a lost coin? In Jesus' time shepherds normally counted their sheep at the end of the day to make sure all were accounted for. Since sheep by their very nature are very social, an isolated sheep can quickly become bewildered and even neurotic. The shepherd's grief and anxiety is turned to joy when he finds the lost sheep and restores it to the fold.

The housewife who lost a coin faced something of an economic disaster, since the value of the coin would be equivalent to her husband's daily wage. What would she say to her husband when he returned home from work? They were poor and would suffer greatly because of the loss. Her grief and anxiety turn to joy when she finds the coin.

Bringing the lost to the community of faith
Both the shepherd and the housewife "search until what they have lost is found." Their persistence pays off. They both instinctively share their joy with the whole community. The poor are particularly good at sharing in one another's sorrows and joys. What was new in Jesus' teaching was the insistence that sinners must be sought out and not merely mourned for. God does not rejoice in the loss of anyone, but desires that all be saved and restored to fellowship with him. That is why the whole community of heaven rejoices when one sinner is found and restored to friendship with God. Seekers of the lost are much needed today. Do you persistently pray and seek after those you know who have lost their way to God?

Lord Jesus, let your light dispel the darkness that what is lost may be found and restored. Let your light shine through me that others may see your love and truth and find hope and peace in you. May I never doubt your love nor take for granted the mercy you have shown to me. Fill me with your transforming love that I may be merciful as you are merciful.

Psalm 27:1,4,13-14

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!
14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the LORD!

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Joy over the fallen sinner restored in God's image, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)

"This second parable compares what was lost to a drachma (Luke 15:8-9). It is as one out of ten, a perfect number and of a sum complete in the accounting. The number ten also is perfect, being the close of the series from the unit upwards. This parable clearly shows that we are in the royal likeness and image, even that of God over all. I suppose the drachma is the denarius on which is stamped the royal likeness. We, who had fallen and had been lost, have been found by Christ and transformed by holiness and righteousness into his image... A search was made for that which had fallen, so the woman lighted a lamp... By the light, what was lost is saved, and there is joy for the powers above. They rejoice even in one sinner that repents, as he who knows all things has taught us. They keep a festival over one who is saved, united with the divine purpose, and never cease to praise the Savior's gentleness. What great joy must fill them when all beneath heaven is saved and Christ calls them by faith to acknowledge the truth? They put off the pollution of sin and freed their necks from the bonds of death. They have escaped from the blame of their wandering and fall! We gain all these things in Christ."(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 106) 

  

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