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제1독서
<믿음은 들음에서 오고 들음은 그리스도의 말씀으로 이루어집니다.>
로마서. 10,9-18
형제 여러분, 9 예수님은 주님이시라고 입으로 고백하고
하느님께서 예수님을 죽은 이들 가운데에서 일으키셨다고
마음으로 믿으면 구원을 받을 것입니다.
10 곧 마음으로 믿어 의로움을 얻고, 입으로 고백하여 구원을 얻습니다.
11 성경도 “그를 믿는 이는 누구나
부끄러운 일을 당하지 않으리라.” 하고 말합니다.
12 유다인과 그리스인 사이에 차별이 없습니다.
같은 주님께서 모든 사람의 주님으로서,
당신을 받들어 부르는 모든 이에게 풍성한 은혜를 베푸십니다.
13 과연 “주님의 이름을 받들어 부르는 이는
모두 구원을 받을 것입니다.”
14 그런데 자기가 믿지 않는 분을 어떻게 받들어 부를 수 있겠습니까?
자기가 들은 적이 없는 분을 어떻게 믿을 수 있겠습니까?
선포하는 사람이 없으면 어떻게 들을 수 있겠습니까?
15 파견되지 않았으면 어떻게 선포할 수 있겠습니까?
이는 성경에 기록된 그대로입니다.
“기쁜 소식을 전하는 이들의 발이 얼마나 아름다운가!”
16 그러나 모든 사람이 복음에 순종한 것은 아닙니다.
사실 이사야도 “주님, 저희가 전한 말을 누가 믿었습니까?” 하고 말합니다.
17 그러므로 믿음은 들음에서 오고
들음은 그리스도의 말씀으로 이루어집니다.
18 그러나 나는 묻습니다.
그들이 들은 적이 없다는 것입니까?
물론 들었습니다.
“그들의 소리는 온 땅으로, 그들의 말은 누리 끝까지 퍼져 나갔다.”
복음
<그들은 곧바로 그물을 버리고 예수님을 따랐다.>
마태오. 4,18-22
그때에 18 예수님께서는 갈릴래아 호숫가를 지나가시다가
두 형제, 곧 베드로라는 시몬과 그의 동생 안드레아가
호수에 어망을 던지는 것을 보셨다.
그들은 어부였다.
19 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“나를 따라오너라. 내가 너희를 사람 낚는 어부로 만들겠다.”
20 그러자 그들은 곧바로 그물을 버리고 예수님을 따랐다.
21 거기에서 더 가시다가 예수님께서 다른 두 형제,
곧 제베대오의 아들 야고보와 그의 동생 요한이 배에서
아버지 제베대오와 함께 그물을 손질하는 것을 보시고 그들을 부르셨다.
22 그들은 곧바로 배와 아버지를 버려두고 그분을 따랐다.
November 30, 2022
Feast of Saint Andrew, apostle
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Reading 1
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved.
For one believes with the heart and so is justified,
and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.
The Scripture says,
No one who believes in him will be put to shame.
There is no distinction between Jew and Greek;
the same Lord is Lord of all,
enriching all who call upon him.
For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
But how can they call on him in whom they have not believed?
And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
And how can they hear without someone to preach?
And how can people preach unless they are sent?
As it is written,
How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news!
But not everyone has heeded the good news;
for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what was heard from us?
Thus faith comes from what is heard,
and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.
But I ask, did they not hear?
Certainly they did; for
Their voice has gone forth to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the world.
Responsorial Psalm
or:
R. (John 6:63) Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.
or:
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.
or:
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
The ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.
or:
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
Sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.
or:
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel
Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew,
casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.
He said to them,
"Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."
At once they left their nets and followed him.
He walked along from there and saw two other brothers,
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John.
They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets.
He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father
and followed him.
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Companions On the Journey
Isn’t it amazing how we find our closest friends, our spouses, our partners, or our chosen family. It feels almost perfectly scripted. I met one of my dearest friends because our parents worked together. Some 30 years later, he and I remain the best of friends.
St. Ignatius and his companions were providentially brought together in a similar way to how Matthew describes Jesus meeting his apostles. First, Jesus meets Andrew and his brother, Peter, then the gathering of apostles follows. Ignatius met his first companions in college, at the University of Paris: Peter Faber and Francis Xavier.
Our lives are not journeyed alone, we walk hand in hand with people who love us into existence. And the Holy Spirit guides each of us towards the other so that we may find Christ more intimately and more profoundly in our lives. Who has journeyed with you, helping you see Christ in your life?
—Damian Torres-Botello, SJ, is a Jesuit Scholastic of the Midwest Province studying theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry; he will be ordained a priest on June 10, 2023.
Prayer
Good and gracious God, who has blessed me with sincere and deep relationships, help me to always recognize your face in the love and support that surrounds me; never let me take for granted the people who impact my life. In all that we do may the glory be to you; in Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
—Damian Torres-Botello, SJ
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Faith Comes from What is Heard
Although the Feast of the Apostle Andrew seems to break abruptly into our first week of Advent, even today we hear today a bit of Scripture that puts us in mind of the season: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news!” And in commenting on that familiar line, St. Paul adds: “Faith comes from what is heard.”
In the context of today’s feast, St. Paul helps us picture Andrew and the other apostles having been sent to proclaim the good news of Jesus to the world of their time. Without forgetting that the love expressed by the earliest believers disposed many hearts to believe, the actual preaching, proclaiming of the gospel, of the good news, planted seeds of faith in the hearts of many.
I’m sure many of us have read a passage of scripture in prayer or heard someone preaching and experienced what we might have called a “resting in the heart.” Perhaps we would describe it as “being struck,” or being convicted or being moved. In all these and other similar experiences, it is the power of the word at work, that is, the Holy Spirit who helps us hear the word and, as a result, brings us to greater faith.
But have we ever considered how, in less formal ways, our words might be vehicles of the Holy Spirit for growing faith in others?? A parent teaching a child to pray, a word of encouragement spoken to a co-worker that infuses faith into a difficult situation, a word of correction gently given, showing someone a new and better way to speak or act—are not all these situations at least potentially times when faith can be grown in others?
Perhaps in our prayer today we might ask the Lord to help us be more mindful of times and circumstances when we have or might be able to help others grow in faith by what we say and by what they hear.
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APOSTLES OF LOVE
“Through all the earth their voice resounds, and to the ends of the world, their message.” —Psalm 19:5
Christians are living in love (Jn 15:9-10) with God Who is Love (1 Jn 4:8, 16). Impelled by love (2 Cor 5:14), we publicly “confess with [our] lips that Jesus is Lord” and Love (Rm 10:9). We are not ashamed of the Good News of God’s love, although it is crucified love (Rm 1:16). Love is to be expressed and shared — no matter what the consequences in a hateful world (see Prv 27:5). In God’s love, we are bound to overturn this culture of death and replace it with “a civilization of love,” as Pope St. Paul VI prophesied in 1970.
In love, let us be witnesses for Jesus (Acts 1:8) and make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:19). Let us speak boldly, freely, and openly of Christ’s love (see Eph 6:19-20). Let us be like St. Andrew, who immediately after becoming Jesus’ disciple invited his brother, Simon, to do the same (Jn 1:41). Let us be like St. Andrew, who proclaimed God’s love to the nations and was crucified in imitation of Jesus’ crucified love.
Our beginning and our end is Love. Our mission and our message is Love. Our life and our death is Love. Abide in Love; abide in God (1 Jn 4:16).
Prayer: Father, may I “grasp fully, with all the holy ones, the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ’s love, and experience this love” (Eph 3:18-19).
Promise: Jesus “called them, and immediately they abandoned boat and father to follow Him.” —Mt 4:22
Praise: “One of the two who had followed Him after hearing John was Simon Peter’s brother Andrew. The first thing he did was seek out his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah!’ ” (Jn 1:40-41)
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How does God bring his kingdom to us? Jesus remarked that many prophets and kings before him longed to see and understand God's plan for establishing his kingdom. When King David's throne was overthrown and vacant for centuries, God promised, nonetheless, to raise up a new king from the stump of Jesse, the father of David. This messianic king would rule forever because the Spirit of God would rest upon him and remain with him (Isaiah 11:1).
The Messiah King is anointed with divine wisdom and gifts of the Spirit
Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would be equipped with the gifts of the Spirit - with wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, and fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:2 - for an explanation of the gifts see this helpful article). This king would establish the kingdom of God, not by force of human will and military power, but by offering his life as the atoning sacrifice for the sin of the world. Through his death on the cross, Jesus, the true Messiah King, would defeat Satan, overcome death, and win pardon and reconciliation for sinners. God's plan of redemption included not only the Jewish people but all the nations of the earth as well. Through his death and resurrection Jesus makes us citizens of heaven and friends of God. The Lord Jesus wants us to live in joyful hope and confident expectation that he will come again to fully establish his kingdom of righteousness and peace.
What does Jesus' prayer (Luke 10:21-22) tell us about God and about ourselves? First, it tells us that God is both Father and Lord of earth as well as heaven. He is both Creator and Author of all that he has made, the first origin of everything and transcendent authority, and at the same time, goodness and loving care for all his children. All fatherhood and motherhood are derived from him (Ephesians 3:14-15). Jesus' prayer also contains a warning that pride can keep us from the love and knowledge of God.
The Lord opposes the proud but gives wisdom and understanding to the humble
Pride closes the mind to God's truth and wisdom for our lives. Jesus contrasts pride with child-like simplicity and humility. The simple of heart are like "babes" in the sense that they see purely without pretense and acknowledge their dependence and trust in God who is the source of all wisdom and strength. They seek one thing - the "summum bonum" or "greatest good" which is God himself.
Simplicity of heart is wedded with humility, the queen of virtues, because humility inclines the heart towards grace and truth. Just as pride is the root of every sin and evil we can conceive, so humility is the only soil in which the grace of God can take root. It alone takes the right attitude before God and allows him as God to do all. "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (Prov. 3:34, James 4:6). The grace of Christ-like humility inclines us towards God and disposes us to receive God's wisdom, grace, and help. Nothing can give us greater joy than the knowledge that we are God's beloved and that our names are written in heaven (Luke 10:20). Do you seek God's wisdom and grace with humility and trust?
Through Christ we can personally know the Father and be united with him
Jesus makes a claim which no one would have dared to make: He is the perfect revelation of God. Our knowledge of God is not simply limited to knowing something about God - who he is and what he is like. We can know God personally and be united with him in a relationship of love, trust, and friendship. Jesus makes it possible for each of us to personally know God as our Father. To see Jesus is to see what God is like. In Jesus we see the perfect love of God - a God who cares intensely and who yearns over men and women, loving them to the point of laying down his life for them upon the cross. Do you pray to your Father in heaven with joy and confidence in his love and care for you?
Lord Jesus, give me the child-like simplicity and purity of faith to gaze upon your face with joy and confidence in your all-merciful love. Remove every doubt, fear, and proud thought which would hinder me from receiving your word with trust and humble submission.
Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
1 Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!
2 May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
3 Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor!
5 May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!
6 May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!
7 In his days may righteousness flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
12 For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy.
17 May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May men bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The Seven Gifts of the Spirit, by Ambrose of Milan, 339-397 A.D.
"So, then, the Holy Spirit is the river, and the abundant river, which according to the Hebrews flowed from Jesus in the lands, as we have received it prophesied by the mouth of Isaiah (Isaiah 66:12). This is the great river that flows always and never fails. And not only a river, but also one of copious stream and overflowing greatness, as also David said: 'The stream of the river makes glad the city of God' (Psalm 46:4). For neither is that city, the heavenly Jerusalem, watered by the channel of any earthly river, but that Holy Spirit, proceeding from the fount of life, by a short draught of whom we are satiated, seems to flow more abundantly among those celestial thrones, dominions and powers, angels and archangels, rushing in the full course of the seven virtues of the Spirit. For if a river rising above its banks overflows, how much more does the Spirit, rising above every creature, when he touches the low-lying fields of our minds, as it were, make glad that heavenly nature of the creatures with the larger fertility of his sanctification.
And let it not trouble you that either here it is said 'rivers' (John 7:38) or elsewhere 'seven Spirits,' (Revelation 5:6) for by the sanctification of these seven gifts of the Spirit, as Isaiah said, is signified the fullness of all virtue; the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and godliness, and the Spirit of the fear of God. One, then is the river, but many the channels of the gifts of the Spirit. This river, then, goes forth from the fount of life." (excerpt from ON THE HOLY SPIRIT 1.16)
Wednesday - First Week of Advent
There is no distinction between Jew and Greed; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.(Rom 10: 9-18)
In chapters nine to 11 of his Letter to the Romans, Paul addressed the painful question of why the majority of Jewish people failed to accept Christ.
These were Paul's own people and he was personally hurt by this. He was proud of his Jewish heritage and wanted all his people to be saved. The question of what will happen to Jews who don't believe in Jesus caused Paul a great deal of grief and anxiety.
Today's reading reminds me that God has come into this world to save all people -and that includes me. My salvation comes through faith in what Jesus accomplished by his life, death, and resurrection.
The Advent season is all about this good news for me and for my family and for everyone in the world.
Spend some quiet time
with the Lord.
Advent calendars begin to appear in the mid-1800s in Germany and were originally a Protestant practice.
Different methods were used to count down the days to Christmas, e. go. lighting a candle or painting a chalk stroke on a door each day leading up to Christmas.
The first printed Advent calendar appeared in Germany in 1908, produced by Gerhard Lang(1881-1974), the son of a Swabian pastor. When he was a child, Lang's mother attached candy to a sheet of cardboard. Each day until Christmas, Gerhard took one piece of candy from the calendar.
During World War II, the Advent calendar was discontinued in Germany because cardboard was rationed.
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President Dwight Eisenhower is often credited with helping the tradition of Advent calendars grow in the United States, after a newspaper article showed a picture of the president's grandchildren with an Advent calendar.
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