오늘의 복음

November 15, 2022 Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time

Margaret K 2022. 11. 15. 06:53

2022 11 15일 연중 제33주간 화요일 

 

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1독서
요한 묵시록. 3,1-6.14-22
 
나 요한은 주님께서 나에게 말씀하시는 것을 들었습니다.

1 “사르디스 교회의 천사에게 써 보내라.
‘하느님의 일곱 영과 일곱 별을 가진 이가 말한다.
나는 네가 한 일을 안다. 너는 살아 있다고 하지만 사실은 죽은 것이다.
2 깨어 있어라. 아직 남아 있지만 죽어 가는 것들을 튼튼하게 만들어라.
나는 네가 한 일들이 나의 하느님 앞에서 완전하다고 보지 않는다.
3 그러므로 네가 가르침을 어떻게 받아들이고 어떻게 들었는지 되새겨,
그것을 지키고 또 회개하여라.
네가 깨어나지 않으면 내가 도둑처럼 가겠다.
너는 내가 어느 때에 너에게 갈지 결코 알지 못할 것이다.
4 그러나 사르디스에는 자기 옷을 더럽히지 않은 사람이 몇 있다.
그들은 흰옷을 입고, 나와 함께 다닐 것이다. 그럴 자격이 있기 때문이다.
5 승리하는 사람은 이처럼 흰옷을 입을 것이다.
그리고 나는 생명의 책에서 그의 이름을 지우지 않을 것이고,

내 아버지와 그분의 천사들 앞에서 그의 이름을 안다고 증언할 것이다.
6 귀 있는 사람은 성령께서 여러 교회에 하시는 말씀을 들어라.’
14 라오디케이아 교회의 천사에게 써 보내라.
‘아멘 그 자체이고 성실하고 참된 증인이며 하느님 창조의 근원인 이가 말한다.
15 나는 네가 한 일을 안다. 너는 차지도 않고 뜨겁지도 않다.
네가 차든지 뜨겁든지 하면 좋으련만!
16 네가 이렇게 미지근하여 뜨겁지도 않고 차지도 않으니,
나는 너를 입에서 뱉어 버리겠다.
17 ′나는 부자로서 풍족하여 모자람이 없다.′하고 네가 말하지만,
사실은 비참하고 가련하고 가난하고 눈멀고 벌거벗은 것을 깨닫지 못한다.
18 내가 너에게 권한다.
나에게서 불로 정련된 금을 사서 부자가 되고,
흰옷을 사 입어 너의 수치스러운 알몸이 드러나지 않게 하고,
안약을 사서 눈에 발라 제대로 볼 수 있게 하여라.
19 내가 사랑하는 사람들을 나는 책망도 하고 징계도 한다.
그러므로 열성을 다하고 회개하여라.
20 보라, 내가 문 앞에 서서 문을 두드리고 있다.
누구든지 내 목소리를 듣고 문을 열면,
나는 그의 집에 들어가 그와 함께 먹고 그 사람도 나와 함께 먹을 것이다.
21 승리하는 사람은,
내가 승리한 뒤에 내 아버지의 어좌에 그분과 함께 앉은 것처럼,
내 어좌에 나와 함께 앉게 해 주겠다.
22 귀 있는 사람은 성령께서 여러 교회에 하시는 말씀을 들어라.’”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

복음
루카. 19,1-10
그때에 1 예수님께서 예리코에 들어가시어 거리를 지나가고 계셨다.
2 마침 거기에 자캐오라는 사람이 있었는데, 그는 세관장이고 또 부자였다.
3 그는 예수님께서 어떠한 분이신지 보려고 애썼지만
군중에 가려 볼 수가 없었다. 키가 작았기 때문이다.
4 그래서 앞질러 달려가 돌무화과나무로 올라갔다.
그곳을 지나시는 예수님을 보려는 것이었다.
5 예수님께서 거기에 이르러 위를 쳐다보시며 그에게 이르셨다.
“자캐오야, 얼른 내려오너라. 오늘은 내가 네 집에 머물러야 하겠다.”
6 자캐오는 얼른 내려와 예수님을 기쁘게 맞아들였다.
7 그것을 보고 사람들은 모두
“저이가 죄인의 집에 들어가 묵는군.” 하고 투덜거렸다.
8 그러나 자캐오는 일어서서 주님께 말하였다.
“보십시오, 주님! 제 재산의 반을 가난한 이들에게 주겠습니다.
그리고 제가 다른 사람 것을 횡령하였다면 네 곱절로 갚겠습니다.”
9 그러자 예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다.
“오늘 이 집에 구원이 내렸다. 이 사람도 아브라함의 자손이기 때문이다.
10 사람의 아들은 잃은 이들을 찾아 구원하러 왔다.”

 

November 15, 2022
 
Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time

 

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Reading 1

Rv 3:1-6, 14-22

I, John, heard the Lord saying to me:
“To the angel of the Church in Sardis, write this:

“‘The one who has the seven spirits of God
and the seven stars says this: “I know your works,
that you have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Be watchful and strengthen what is left, which is going to die,
for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.
Remember then how you accepted and heard; keep it, and repent.
If you are not watchful, I will come like a thief,
and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you.
However, you have a few people in Sardis
who have not soiled their garments;
they will walk with me dressed in white,
because they are worthy.

“‘The victor will thus be dressed in white,
and I will never erase his name from the book of life
but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father
and of his angels.

“‘Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

“To the angel of the Church in Laodicea, write this:

“‘The Amen, the faithful and true witness,
the source of God’s creation, says this:
“I know your works;
I know that you are neither cold nor hot.
I wish you were either cold or hot.
So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold,
I will spit you out of my mouth.
For you say, ‘I am rich and affluent and have no need of anything,’
and yet do not realize that you are wretched,
pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich,
and white garments to put on
so that your shameful nakedness may not be exposed,
and buy ointment to smear on your eyes so that you may see.
Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise.
Be earnest, therefore, and repent.

“‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
then I will enter his house and dine with him,
and he with me.
I will give the victor the right to sit with me on my throne,
as I myself first won the victory
and sit with my Father on his throne.

“‘Whoever has ears ought to hear
what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

 

 

 

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5

R. (Rev. 3: 21) I will seat the victor beside me on my throne.
He who walks blamelessly and does justice;
who thinks the truth in his heart
and slanders not with his tongue.
R. I will seat the victor beside me on my throne.
Who harms not his fellow man,
nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
By whom the reprobate is despised,
while he honors those who fear the LORD.
R. I will seat the victor beside me on my throne.
Who lends not his money at usury
and accepts no bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
shall never be disturbed.
R. I will seat the victor beside me on my throne.

 

 

 

Gospel

Lk 19:1-10

 

At that time Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town.
Now a man there named Zacchaeus,
who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, 
was seeking to see who Jesus was;
but he could not see him because of the crowd,
for he was short in stature. 
So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus,
who was about to pass that way.
When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, 
“Zacchaeus, come down quickly,
for today I must stay at your house.” 
And he came down quickly and received him with joy. 
When they saw this, they began to grumble, saying, 
“He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.” 
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord,
“Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor,
and if I have extorted anything from anyone
I shall repay it four times over.”
And Jesus said to him,
“Today salvation has come to this house
because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. 
For the Son of Man has come to seek
and to save what was lost.”
         

 

 

How Do We Hear Jesus’ Knock?

Much of the Book of Revelation is difficult text, which cannot and should not be taken literally.  

Yet, interspersed in the text are verses which seem to leap off the page as living words from the mouth of Christ. 

We hear one today: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears and opens, I will come in and dine with them, and they with me.” 

Jesus is at the door. We need only open the door. Jesus will do the rest. 

As we approach the end of the liturgical year, we remember that everything in the Gospel, Scripture, and all of creation, is aimed at this one thing: to hear the voice of Jesus and, when we do, to stay with him.

Today, let us be attentive to the many forms that Jesus’s knock takes: in our hearts, in worship, and through the people right in front of us.

—Ryen Dwyer, SJ, is a Jesuit from the Midwest Province studying theology at Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California.

 

Prayer 

Jesus, I thank you for coming to the door of our hearts and asking our permission to enter. Please teach me how to listen for your knock, and please show me the door at which you are waiting. Let me not respond to you with fear, as can happen when an unexpected knock comes at the door, but let me be rooted in your post-resurrection words: “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid.”

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 I know today’s first reading is talking about the church. The church looks like it is alive, but if the people are not active and engaged, if they do not have the Holy Spirit, even if the church looks alive it is really dead. But I want to talk more personally about life and death today. I’ve talked here before about how I’ve taken care of my mother since she had a debilitating stroke several years ago, and she died last month.

After her stroke she was paralyzed on her right side and she couldn’t walk and, more frustrating, she couldn’t talk. The doctors said then that she would not live long since the stroke was so severe.  She was bedridden and housebound and she couldn’t really communicate. But she was not dead then. She was alive and knew everything and knew what she wanted, but she couldn’t express it. She lived for an amazing twelve years like that. Jesus says, “I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you.” Even after Mother went into home hospice, last year, and we thought it might be any time, it was ten months after that when she died. We do not know the hour, even when we think we do. I was very glad I had more time with my mother than expected. I am also glad she died peacefully in her sleep and now is no longer in pain and is whole again.

In the Gospel a short man called Zacchaeus wants to see Jesus, but he is too short to see over the crowd. I can relate to that. I too am short of stature and can never see the parade or the movie when there are tall people in front of me. Zacchaeus climbs a tree and gets the attention of Jesus who changes Zach’s life in this encounter. Jesus calls to him, and Zacchaeus answers the call. He welcomes Jesus into his home and more importantly into his heart. The churches need to answer the call and the people need to answer the call before it’s too late.

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JESUS SEEKS THE LOST

“The Son of Man has come to search out and save what was lost.” —Luke 19:10

Jesus has an extraordinary ability to point out sins, but He does so in such a way that people are happy to repent, do penance, restore damages, and then have fellowship with Him. Notorious sinners such as Matthew and Zacchaeus were happy to be with Jesus (see Mt 9:9-10; Lk 19:6). It’s still the same today (Heb 13:8).

Jesus draws all people to Himself (Jn 12:32). Sinners throughout the ages have been so happy to receive the love and mercy of Jesus that they gladly repented and believed. Jesus does not ignore sin and sinners (Jn 8:11). Rather, He lifts them from the swamp of sin and raises them to the joys of new, risen life with Him.

Jesus intentionally seeks the lost and sinful people of this world (Lk 19:10). He is the Good Shepherd Who leaves the safety and comfort of the sheepfold to search for the lost and wounded (Lk 15:1ff). Jesus stands knocking at the door of our heart (Rv 3:20).

Jesus is not soft on sin. He is direct and challenging, but His touch makes a sinner welcome His intervention. Jesus is knocking on your door. “Be earnest about it, therefore. Repent!” (Rv 3:19)

Prayer:  Jesus, give me the grace to always open wide the door of my heart to Your knocking (2 Cor 6:13).

Promise:  “I know the reputation you have of being alive, when in fact you are dead! Wake up, and strengthen what remains before it dies.” —Rv 3:1-2

Praise:  St. Albert the Great is a Doctor of the Church and the patron of scientists. He was also a respected philosopher, theologian, and teacher. His star pupil was St. Thomas Aquinas.

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 What would you do if Jesus knocked on your door and said, "I must stay at your home today"? Would you be excited or embarrassed? Jesus often "dropped-in" at unexpected times and he often visited the "uninvited" - the poor, the lame, and even public sinners like Zacchaeus, the tax collector! Tax collectors were despised and treated as outcasts, no doubt because they over-charged people and accumulated great wealth at the expense of others.


Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector and was much hated by all the people. Why would Jesus single him out for the honor of staying at his home? Zacchaeus needed God's merciful love and forgiveness. In his encounter with Jesus he found more than he imagined possible. He shows the depth of his repentance by deciding to give half of his goods to the poor and to use the other half for making restitution for fraud. Zacchaeus' testimony included more than words. His change of heart resulted in a change of life, a change that the whole community could experience as genuine.

Faith welcomes Christ in our heart and home
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) urges us to climb the sycamore tree like Zacchaeus that we might see Jesus and embrace his cross for our lives:

Zacchaeus climbed away from the crowd and saw Jesus without the crowd getting in his way. The crowd laughs at the lowly, to people walking the way of humility, who leave the wrongs they suffer in God's hands and do not insist on getting back at their enemies. The crowd laughs at the lowly and says, 'You helpless, miserable clod, you cannot even stick up for yourself and get back what is your own.' The crowd gets in the way and prevents Jesus from being seen. The crowd boasts and crows when it is able to get back what it owns. It blocks the sight of the one who said as he hung on the cross, 'Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing... He ignored the crowd that was getting in his way. He instead climbed a sycamore tree, a tree of 'silly fruit.' As the apostle says, 'We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block indeed to the Jews, [now notice the sycamore] but folly to the Gentiles.' Finally, the wise people of this world laugh at us about the cross of Christ and say, 'What sort of minds do you people have, who worship a crucified God?' What sort of minds do we have? They are certainly not your kind of mind. 'The wisdom of this world is folly with God.' No, we do not have your kind of mind. You call our minds foolish. Say what you like, but for our part, let us climb the sycamore tree and see Jesus. The reason you cannot see Jesus is that you are ashamed to climb the sycamore tree.

Let Zacchaeus grasp the sycamore tree, and let the humble person climb the cross. That is little enough, merely to climb it. We must not be ashamed of the cross of Christ, but we must fix it on our foreheads, where the seat of shame is. Above where all our blushes show is the place we must firmly fix that for which we should never blush. As for you, I rather think you make fun of the sycamore, and yet that is what has enabled me to see Jesus. You make fun of the sycamore, because you are just a person, but 'the foolishness of God is wiser than men.'[Sermon 174.3.]

The Lord Jesus is always ready to make his home with each one of us. Do you make room for him in your heart and in every area of your life?

Lord Jesus, come and stay with me. Fill my life with your peace, my home with your presence, and my heart with your praise. Help me to show kindness, mercy, and goodness to all, even to those who cause me ill-will or harm.

Psalm 3:1-6

1 O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
2 many are saying of me, there is no help for him in God. [Selah]
3 But you, O LORD, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
4 I cry aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy hill. [Selah]
5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
6 I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me round about. 

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: To see Christ, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)

"Come and let us see what was the method of Zacchaeus's conversion. He desired to see Jesus and therefore climbed into a sycamore tree, and so a seed of salvation sprouted within him. Christ saw this with the eyes of deity. Looking up, he also saw Zacchaeus with the eyes of humanity, and since it was his purpose for all to be saved, he extends his gentleness to him. To encourage him, he says, 'Come down quickly.' Zacchaeus searched to see Christ, but the multitude prevented him, not so much that of the people but of his sins. He was short of stature, not merley in a bodily point of view but also spiritually. He could not see him unless he were raised up from the earth and climbed into the sycamore, by which Christ was about to pass. The story contains a puzzle. In no other way can a person see Christ and believe in him except by climbing up into the sycamore, by making foolish his earthly members of fornication, uncleanness, etc." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 127)

  

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