2022년 11월 18일 연중 제33주간 금요일
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제1독서
요한 묵시록. 10,8-11
하늘에서 들려온 목소리가 나 요한에게 8 말하였습니다.
“가서 바다와 땅을 디디고 서 있는 그 천사의 손에 펼쳐진 두루마리를 받아라.”
9 그래서 내가 그 천사에게 가서 작은 두루마리를 달라고 하자,
그가 나에게 말하였습니다.
“이것을 받아 삼켜라.
이것이 네 배를 쓰리게 하겠지만 입에는 꿀같이 달 것이다.”
10 그래서 나는 그 천사의 손에서 작은 두루마리를 받아 삼켰습니다.
과연 그것이 입에는 꿀같이 달았지만 먹고 나니 배가 쓰렸습니다.
11 그때에, “너는 많은 백성과 민족과 언어와 임금들에 관하여
다시 예언해야 한다.” 하는 소리가 나에게 들려왔습니다.
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루카. 19,45-48
그때에 45 예수님께서 성전에 들어가시어
물건을 파는 이들을 쫓아내기 시작하시며,
46 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“‘나의 집은 기도의 집이 될 것이다.’라고 기록되어 있다.
그런데 너희는 이곳을 ‘강도들의 소굴’로 만들어 버렸다.”
47 예수님께서는 날마다 성전에서 가르치셨다.
수석 사제들과 율법 학자들과 백성의 지도자들은
예수님을 없앨 방법을 찾았다.
48 그러나 어떻게 해야 하는지 그 방도를 찾지 못하였다.
온 백성이 그분의 말씀을 듣느라고 곁을 떠나지 않았기 때문이다.
November 18, 2022
Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
I, John, heard a voice from heaven speak to me.
Then the voice spoke to me and said:
“Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel
who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
So I went up to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll.
He said to me, “Take and swallow it.
It will turn your stomach sour,
but in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey.”
I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and swallowed it.
In my mouth it was like sweet honey,
but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.
Then someone said to me, “You must prophesy again
about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131
R. (103a) How sweet to my taste is your promise!
In the way of your decrees I rejoice,
as much as in all riches.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
Yes, your decrees are my delight;
they are my counselors.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
The law of your mouth is to me more precious
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
How sweet to my palate are your promises,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
Your decrees are my inheritance forever;
the joy of my heart they are.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
I gasp with open mouth
in my yearning for your commands.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
Gospel
Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out
those who were selling things, saying to them,
“It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer,
but you have made it a den of thieves.”
And every day he was teaching in the temple area.
The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile,
were seeking to put him to death,
but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose
because all the people were hanging on his words.
Spellbound By Jesus
Jesus is having a hard time in the temple. First there are a lot of merchants and consumers doing business and a bunch of robbers on top of that. He was not having it and started throwing them out. Then he has the hierarchy giving him a hard time about his teaching. But alas, there is nothing they can do because it is hitting home with all the people present. They were spellbound!
When I think about the people being spellbound, it’s not surprising in the least. Jesus’ teaching is spellbinding. Some of what Jesus preaches is love, forgiveness, and compassion. Apply those three fundamental movements to today’s society. Imagine a place where love confronts the hate so prevalent in our country, where forgiveness allows us to reconcile with those we are at odds with, and where compassion becomes our way of approaching the excluded in our community, state, nation and world.
Then let’s apply these three movements to ourselves. How have I been lately loving and forgiving myself, and being just a bit more compassionate with myself?
—Tom Drexler is a graduate of Marquette University High School and Creighton University, and works in advancement with the Midwest Jesuits.
Prayer
Good and gracious God, you spoke to the crowds about love, forgiveness, and compassion, and it resonated with all who heard you. May your message enter our hearts today, so that we may take it in and live it out in our daily lives, both in those we encounter and in ourselves. Amen.
—Jesuit Prayer team
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A couple of weeks ago, on the Solemnity of All Saints, I attended noon Mass at a parish nearby my place of work. In the middle of what was a busy day (per usual) I was surprised and delighted at the day's gospel. It was from Matthew; the Beatitudes. I don't know about you, but I hang on these words of Jesus. Mind you, my execution of them can be downright awful, but these are in large part the 'heart of the matter' for me. Perhaps this is why I so related to the last sentence of today's gospel from Luke: The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put him to death, but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words.
As sweet as the Beatitudes are, there is - as John recounts today in Revelation - a sourness as well. The mourning may be comforted, but that of course implies sorrow. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness may be promised satisfaction, yet that implies a deep dissatisfaction will, first, be theirs. The persecuted may be blessed, but they will undergo suffering. This duality - sweetness and sourness - is recognized in the note on John's passage from today: The small scroll was sweet because it predicted the final victory of God’s people; it was sour because it also announced their sufferings.
Embracing the sweetness is easy; the suffering, not so much. I flee from suffering. I resist suffering. But no matter how quickly I flee, it is quicker. No matter how hard I resist, it pushes back all the more. Jesus would sympathize (Let this cup pass from me...). But Jesus' resistance does not win out, and nor should ours. Better than any, Jesus knew the sweetness of the Father's promise, and just as he embraced the promise of the Father, he embraced his cross. So for me today (and every day), the question - the challenge - remains:
I can hang on Jesus' words. Can I hang on my cross as well?
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HANGING ON
Jesus “was teaching in the temple area from day to day. The chief priests and scribes meanwhile were looking for a way to destroy Him, as were the leaders of the people, but they had no idea how to achieve it, for indeed the entire populace was listening to Him and hanging on His words.” —Luke 19:47-48
Jesus was teaching in the temple area each day, even at the risk of His life (Lk 19:47). The people found His teaching sweet to their taste (see Rv 10:9-10). They were hanging on His words (Lk 19:48); to them, His words tasted sweeter than honey from the comb (Ps 119:103).
The fact that the people were hanging on Jesus’ words basically guaranteed that Jesus would likewise soon be hanging, nailed to a cross. If the people did not pay attention to Jesus’ teaching, the chief priests and scribes and the leaders of the people (Lk 19:47) would not have been jealous of Jesus and would possibly have left Him alone.
This is the consequence of the sweetness of the Word of God: it will turn sour in the stomach of those who proclaim it (Rv 10:9) — the sour taste of persecution that comes with being faithful to sharing the Word of God (Ez 3:1-4; Rv 10:9-10). Nevertheless, hang on to the promises of God. Feed God’s people by teaching them His Word (Jn 21:15-17).
Prayer: Father, I will consume the scroll of Your Word. Make me a servant of Your Word, no matter the cost.
Promise: “The law of Your mouth is to me more precious than thousands of gold and silver pieces.” —Ps 119:72
Praise: “The law of Your mouth is to me more precious than thousands of gold and silver pieces.” —Ps 119:72
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Why did Jesus drive out the money changers in the temple at Jerusalem? Was he upset with their greediness? This is the only incident in the Gospels where we see Jesus using physical force. Jesus went to Jerusalem, knowing he would meet certain death on the cross, but victory as well for our sake. His act of judgment in the temple is meant to be a prophetic sign and warning to the people that God takes our worship very seriously.
Jesus honors the Father's house of prayer by cleansing it of unholy practices
In this incident we see Jesus' startling and swift action in cleansing the temple of those who were using it to exploit the worshipers of God. The money changers took advantage of the poor and forced them to pay many times more than was right - in the house of God no less! Their robbery of the poor was not only dishonoring to God but unjust toward their neighbor.
The people were hungry for the word of God
In justification for his audacious action Jesus quotes from the prophets Isaiah (Isaiah 56:7) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 7:11). His act of judgment aims to purify the worship of God's people and to discipline their erring ways. Despite the objections of the religious leaders, no doubt because Jesus was usurping their authority in the house of God, the people who listened to Jesus teaching daily in the temple regarded him with great awe and respect. Luke tells us that "they hung upon Jesus' words"(Luke 19:48). How hungry are you for God's word?
The Lord wants to share his holiness with us
If we approach God's word with a humble attentive heart and with a willingness to be taught by the Lord, then we are in a good place to allow God's word to change and transform us in the likeness of Christ. The Lord wants to teach us his ways so that we may grow in holiness. The Lord both instructs and disciplines us in love to lead us from the error of our sinful ways to his truth and justice. "God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness" (Hebrews 12:10). The Lord calls us to be a holy people who worship him with reverence and gratitude for his great mercy and kindness towards us. Do you allow God's word to transform you in his way of love and holiness?
Lord Jesus, you open wide the door of your house and you bid us to enter confidently that we may worship you in spirit and truth. Help me to draw near to you with gratitude and joy for your great mercy. May I always revere your word and give you acceptable praise and worship.
Psalm 119:14,24,72,103,111,131
14 In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.
24 Your testimonies are my delight, they are my counselors.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
111 Your testimonies are my heritage for ever; yes, they are the joy of my heart.
131 With open mouth I pant, because I long for your commandments.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The home of sanctity, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"God does not want his temple to be a trader's lodge but the home of sanctity. He does not preserve the practice of the priestly ministry by the dishonest duty of religion but by voluntary obedience. Consider what the Lord's actions impose on you as an example of living... He taught in general that worldly transactions must be absent from the temple, but he drove out the money changers in particular. Who are the money changers, if not those who seek profit from the Lord's money and cannot distinguish between good and evil? Holy Scripture is the Lord's money." (excerpt from EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 9.17-18)
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