2022년 12월 4일 대림 제2주일(인권 주일)
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제1독서
이사야서. 11,1-10
그날 1 이사이의 그루터기에서 햇순이 돋아나고 그 뿌리에서 새싹이 움트리라.
2 그 위에 주님의 영이 머무르리니
지혜와 슬기의 영, 경륜과 용맹의 영, 지식의 영과 주님을 경외함이다.
3 그는 주님을 경외함으로 흐뭇해하리라.
그는 자기 눈에 보이는 대로 판결하지 않고
자기 귀에 들리는 대로 심판하지 않으리라.
4 힘없는 이들을 정의로 재판하고 이 땅의 가련한 이들을 정당하게 심판하리라.
그는 자기 입에서 나오는 막대로 무뢰배를 내리치고
자기 입술에서 나오는 바람으로 악인을 죽이리라.
5 정의가 그의 허리를 두르는 띠가 되고 신의가 그의 몸을 두르는 띠가 되리라.
6 늑대가 새끼 양과 함께 살고 표범이 새끼 염소와 함께 지내리라.
송아지가 새끼 사자와 더불어 살쪄 가고 어린아이가 그들을 몰고 다니리라.
7 암소와 곰이 나란히 풀을 뜯고 그 새끼들이 함께 지내리라.
사자가 소처럼 여물을 먹고 8 젖먹이가 독사 굴 위에서 장난하며
젖 떨어진 아이가 살무사 굴에 손을 디밀리라.
9 나의 거룩한 산 어디에서도 사람들은 악하게도 패덕하게도 행동하지 않으리니
바다를 덮는 물처럼 땅이 주님을 앎으로 가득할 것이기 때문이다.
10 그날에 이러한 일이 일어나리라.
이사이의 뿌리가 민족들의 깃발로 세워져
겨레들이 그에게 찾아들고 그의 거처는 영광스럽게 되리라.
제1독서
로마서. 15,4-9
형제 여러분, 4 성경에 미리 기록된 것은 우리를 가르치려고 기록된 것입니다.
그래서 우리는 성경에서 인내를 배우고 위로를 받아 희망을 간직하게 됩니다.
5 인내와 위로의 하느님께서
여러분이 그리스도 예수님의 뜻에 따라 서로 뜻을 같이하게 하시어,
6 한마음 한목소리로 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 아버지 하느님을
찬양하게 되기를 빕니다.
7 그러므로 그리스도께서 여러분을 기꺼이 받아들이신 것처럼,
여러분도 하느님의 영광을 위하여 서로 기꺼이 받아들이십시오.
8 나는 단언합니다.
그리스도께서는 하느님께서 진실하심을 드러내시려고
할례 받은 이들의 종이 되셨습니다.
그것은 조상들이 받은 약속을 확인하시고,
9 다른 민족들은 자비하신 하느님을 찬양하게 하시려는 것이었습니다.
이는 성경에 기록된 그대로입니다.
“그러기에 제가 민족들 가운데에서 당신을 찬송하고
당신 이름에 찬미 노래 바칩니다.”
복음
마태오. 3,1-12
1 그 무렵 세례자 요한이 나타나 유다 광야에서 이렇게 선포하였다.
2 “회개하여라. 하늘 나라가 가까이 왔다.”
3 요한은 이사야 예언자가 말한 바로 그 사람이다.
이사야는 이렇게 말하였다.
“광야에서 외치는 이의 소리.
‘너희는 주님의 길을 마련하여라. 그분의 길을 곧게 내어라.’”
4 요한은 낙타 털로 된 옷을 입고 허리에 가죽 띠를 둘렀다.
그의 음식은 메뚜기와 들꿀이었다.
5 그때에 예루살렘과 온 유다와 요르단 부근 지방의 모든 사람이 그에게 나아가,
6 자기 죄를 고백하며 요르단 강에서 그에게 세례를 받았다.
7 그러나 요한은 많은 바리사이와 사두가이가
자기에게 세례를 받으러 오는 것을 보고, 그들에게 말하였다.
“독사의 자식들아, 다가오는 진노를 피하라고 누가 너희에게 일러 주더냐?
8 회개에 합당한 열매를 맺어라.
9 그리고 ‘우리는 아브라함을 조상으로 모시고 있다.’고 말할 생각일랑 하지 마라.
내가 너희에게 말하는데,
하느님께서는 이 돌들로도 아브라함의 자녀들을 만드실 수 있다.
10 도끼가 이미 나무뿌리에 닿아 있다.
좋은 열매를 맺지 않는 나무는 모두 찍혀서 불 속에 던져진다.
11 나는 너희를 회개시키려고 물로 세례를 준다.
그러나 내 뒤에 오시는 분은 나보다 더 큰 능력을 지니신 분이시다.
나는 그분의 신발을 들고 다닐 자격조차 없다.
그분께서는 너희에게 성령과 불로 세례를 주실 것이다.
12 또 손에 키를 드시고 당신의 타작마당을 깨끗이 하시어,
알곡은 곳간에 모아들이시고 쭉정이는 꺼지지 않는 불에 태워 버리실 것이다.”
December 4, 2022
Second Sunday of Advent
Daily Readings — Audio
Daily Reflections — Video
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Reading 1
Is 11:1-10
On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse,
and from his roots a bud shall blossom.
The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him:
a spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
a spirit of counsel and of strength,
a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD,
and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD.
Not by appearance shall he judge,
nor by hearsay shall he decide,
but he shall judge the poor with justice,
and decide aright for the land’s afflicted.
He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
Justice shall be the band around his waist,
and faithfulness a belt upon his hips.
Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
the calf and the young lion shall browse together,
with a little child to guide them.
The cow and the bear shall be neighbors,
together their young shall rest;
the lion shall eat hay like the ox.
The baby shall play by the cobra’s den,
and the child lay his hand on the adder’s lair.
There shall be no harm or ruin on all my holy mountain;
for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the LORD,
as water covers the sea.
On that day, the root of Jesse,
set up as a signal for the nations,
the Gentiles shall seek out,
for his dwelling shall be glorious.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17.
R. (cf. 7)Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
O God, with your judgment endow the king,
and with your justice, the king’s son;
he shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out,
and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.
He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor;
the lives of the poor he shall save.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
May his name be blessed forever;
as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed;
all the nations shall proclaim his happiness.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
Reading 2
Rom 15:4-9
Brothers and sisters:
Whatever was written previously was written for our instruction,
that by endurance and by the encouragement of the Scriptures
we might have hope.
May the God of endurance and encouragement
grant you to think in harmony with one another,
in keeping with Christ Jesus,
that with one accord you may with one voice
glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed you,
for the glory of God.
For I say that Christ became a minister of the circumcised
to show God’s truthfulness,
to confirm the promises to the patriarchs,
but so that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.
As it is written:
Therefore, I will praise you among the Gentiles
and sing praises to your name.
Gospel
Mt 3:1-12
John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
It was of him that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said:
A voice of one crying out in the desert,
Prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight his paths.
John wore clothing made of camel’s hair
and had a leather belt around his waist.
His food was locusts and wild honey.
At that time Jerusalem, all Judea,
and the whole region around the Jordan
were going out to him
and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River
as they acknowledged their sins.
When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees
coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers!
Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance.
And do not presume to say to yourselves,
‘We have Abraham as our father.’
For I tell you,
God can raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees.
Therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit
will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
I am baptizing you with water, for repentance,
but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I.
I am not worthy to carry his sandals.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
His winnowing fan is in his hand.
He will clear his threshing floor
and gather his wheat into his barn,
but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
It’s Not Christmas Yet
“You brood of vipers!” Now that’s an insult! But, wait, isn’t Advent just our way of saying Christmas is almost here? Where’s the joy? Where’re the lights and the tree and Frosty singing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear? Maybe John the Baptist didn’t get the message. Or, just maybe, we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves. Our Gospel reminds us that while Advent is a time of anticipation, it is also a time of repentance. We are called to examine ourselves during this season and prepare ourselves interiorly to receive the Word made flesh. Christmas is coming, rest assured, but we’re not there yet. How am I preparing myself during this season to receive Christ in a new way at Christmas? Is there a spiritual practice that I could add to my routine that might help me to deepen my reflection during Advent?
—Fr. Louis Hotop, SJ, serves in ministry to migrants in the Brownsville (Texas) Diocese on the U.S.-Mexico border. He is a member of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province.
Prayer
Dear Lord, I want to stay present to you in this season of Advent. Give me the strength to stay faithful to reflection and prayer, and, as we draw closer to the coming of your light into the world, help me to prune away all that is holding me back from fully embracing you, so that together we may bear fruit that will last. Amen.
—Fr. Louie Hotop, SJ
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During this time of the year, every television commercial, every department store, and even most of our conversations focus our attention on Christmas plans. We begin to turn our attention to whom to invite over for dinner and what gifts to give family and friends. For some, Christmas represents loneliness, loss, and unbearable anxiety. For them, Advent becomes a painful waiting period before the reopening of a wound, and a reminder of their aloneness in this world. Sometimes we forget to stay in the moment of Advent a bit longer and more intentionally, even though it might seem easier to just look ahead.
I, just like most people, enjoy preparing my home with festive decorations, planning delicious meals and family time, as I anticipate Christmas. So, I have often found myself either rushing through Advent or looking right over it to Christmas. As the glitz, excitement, and maybe even a little anxiety of Christmas grabs our attention, John the Baptist also grabs our attention and prompts us to prepare in a deeper way. John the Baptist, a man who lived what he preached, did not hold back when he informed everyone present for baptism that their task was to announce Christ by the way they lived; it was not enough to say that they were baptized. This is a prompt I sit with quite often because my excuse for not being very intentional with Advent has been that I work in Church and do ministry every day, so I have convinced myself that I have done enough. However, I find myself becoming complacent and overly comfortable with the flow of the Church calendar. So much so that I move right through each week to the next thing or season. I find that preparing my heart to be a welcoming place for Jesus becomes an afterthought in the rushing around. I have found myself increasingly more uncomfortable with Advent because it feels like just another period of waiting, which mirrors most of my life. I become tired of preparing myself to wait and find myself creating numerous lists for future tasks. In the process, I miss Advent, which is the announcement of love that is and love to come.
So, today I am quite drawn to the prompt of John the Baptist to prepare in a deeper way to experience God and to do God’s work, to repent, forgive, and bear good fruit. As we prepare our hearts, we prepare a way for God to enliven and transform us. Preparing a way for God, preparing a welcoming place for Jesus in my heart, demands that I live a life that shows a spirit of understanding, wisdom, endurance, courage, harmony, truthfulness, authenticity, and reconciliation. Preparing a way for the Lord and making the way straight also means listening to God intentionally and removing the blockages and obstacles which prevent God from coming close to me. Advent might also be a good time for me to intentionally look into the parts of my life that need straightening out and then maybe in the process even find the courage to stay a little while longer in the discomfort of waiting and preparation which could sometimes fill the Advent space.
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PROPHET-SHARING
“John the Baptizer made his appearance as a preacher in the desert of Judea.” —Matthew 3:1
Today the Church introduces us to a crusty character named St. John the Baptizer. He dressed in a garment of camel’s hair (Mt 3:4). If you know anything about the revolting habits of camels, you understand why you wouldn’t want to cut their hair. John not only dressed oddly but also ate strangely. He’d snatch up a grasshopper and dip it in some honey as we would dip a potato chip or a chicken nugget. Then he’d munch on the grasshopper (Mt 3:4).
John talked as you’d expect someone to talk who eats grasshoppers. He roared at the religious leaders: “You brood of vipers! Who told you to flee from the wrath to come?” (Mt 3:7) Of course, John was the one who told them to flee from the wrath to come. John was a prophet, and more than a prophet (Mt 11:9). We need to listen to him. Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, and Rudolph will not call us to repentance, but John will. The salesclerks, TV announcers, and celebrities won’t tell us the Gospel truth, but John will.
John still roars: “Reform your lives! The reign of God is at hand” (Mt 3:2). “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths” (Mt 3:3). “Give some evidence that you mean to reform” (Mt 3:8).
Prayer: Father, send someone into my life to call me to repentance. May I go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation as soon as possible.
Promise: “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him.” —Is 11:2
Praise: “I solemnly assure you, an hour is coming, has indeed come, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who have heeded it shall live” (Jn 5:25). Thank You, risen Jesus!
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What kind of Messiah did God promise to send to his people and how would he bring God's kingdom to them? The prophet Isaiah foresaw the day when God would raise up a Messianic King long after King David's throne had been overthrown and vacant for centuries. God promised that he would raise up a new king from the stump of Jesse, the father of King David (Isaiah 11:1). This messianic king would rule forever because the Spirit of God would rest upon him and remain with him (Isaiah 11:2).
Isaiah's prophecy of the Messiah
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.
John the Baptist's prophecy of the Messiah
Why did John the Baptist prophesy that the Messiah would come and "baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire" (Matthew 3:11)? Fire in biblical times was often associated with God's presence and with his action in the lives of his people. God sometimes manifested his presence by use of fire, such as the burning bush which was not consumed when God spoke to Moses (Exodus 3:2). The image of fire was also used to symbolize God's glory (Ezekiel 1:4, 13), his protective presence (2 Kings 6:17), his holiness (Deuteronomy 4:24), righteous judgment (Zechariah 13:9), and his wrath against sin (Isaiah 66:15-16). Fire was also used as a sign of the Holy Spirit's power and presence (Matthew 3:11). When the Holy Spirit was poured out on the day of Pentecost, tongues of fire appeared over the heads of the apostles and disciples of Jesus (Acts 2:3). The fire of the Holy Spirit purifies and cleanses us of sin, and it inspires a reverent fear of God and of his word in us. Do you want to be on fire for God and for the return of the Lord Jesus when he comes again in his glory?
John pointed others to the coming of Christ and his kingdom
John the Baptist's life was fueled by one burning passion - to point others to Jesus Christ and to the coming of his kingdom. Who is John the Baptist and what is the significance of his message for our lives? Scripture tells us that John was filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb (Luke 1:15, 41) by Christ himself, whom Mary had just conceived by the Holy Spirit. When Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth John lept in her womb as they were filled with the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:41). Like the prophets of the Old Testament, John devoted his entire life to prayer and the word of God. He was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness where he was tested and grew in the word of God. John's clothing was reminiscent of the prophet Elijah (see Kings 1:8). The Holy Spirit prepared John for the mission entrusted to him as forerunner of the Messiah, Jesus Christ - the Word of God who became man for our salvation (John 1:1,14). John pointed to Jesus as the Lamb of God who would take away the sins of the world by offering his life on the cross as the atoning sacrifice for our sins and the sin of the world (John 1:29).
John broke the prophetic silence of the previous centuries when he began to speak the word of God to the people of Israel. His message was similar to the message of the Old Testament prophets who chided the people of God for their unfaithfulness and who tried to awaken true repentance in them. Among a people unconcerned with the things of God, it was his work to awaken their interest, unsettle them from their complacency, and arouse in them enough good will to recognize and receive Christ when he came. Are you eager to hear God's word and to be changed by it through the power of the Holy Spirit?
A new era of God's restoration begins
Jesus tells us that John the Baptist was more than a prophet (Luke 7:26). John was the voice of the Consoler who is coming (John 1:23; Isaiah 40:1-3). He completed the cycle of prophets begun by Elijah (Matthew 11:13-14). What the prophets had carefully searched for and angels longed to see, now came to completion as John made the way ready for the coming of the Messiah, God's Anointed Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. With John the Baptist, the Holy Spirit begins the restoration to the human race of the "divine likeness", prefiguring what would be achieved with and in the Lord Jesus.
John's baptism was for repentance - turning away from sin and taking on a new way of life according to God's word. Our baptism in Jesus Christ by water and the Spirit results in a new birth and entry into God's kingdom as his beloved sons and daughters (John 3:5). The Lord Jesus gives us the fire of his Spirit so that we may radiate the joy and truth of the Gospel to a world in desperate need of God's light and truth. His word has power to change and transform our lives that we may be lights pointing others to Christ. Like John the Baptist, we too are called to give testimony to the light and truth of Jesus Christ. Do you point others to Christ in the way you live, work, and speak?
Lord, let your light burn brightly in my heart that I may know the joy and freedom of your kingdom. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and empower me to witness the truth of your Gospel and to point others to Jesus Christ.
출처 입력
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!
7 In his days may righteousness flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
8 May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
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!
출처 입력
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The voice of the one crying in the wilderness, by Theodoret of Cyr 393-466 A.D.
"The true consolation, the genuine comfort and the real deliverance from the iniquities of humankind is the incarnation of our God and Savior. Now the first who acted as herald of this event was the inspired John the Baptist. Accordingly, the prophetic text proclaims the realities that relate to him in advance, for that is what the three blessed Evangelists have taught us and that the most divine Mark has even made the prologue of his work. As for the inspired John, whom the Pharisees asked whether he himself was the Christ, he declared on his part: 'I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord' as the prophet Isaiah said (John 1:23; Isaiah 40:30); I am not God the Word but a voice, for it is as a herald that I am announcing God the Word, who is incarnate. Moreover, he refers to the Gentiles as the 'untrodden [land]' because they have not yet received the prophetic stamp." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 12.40.3)
Second Sunday of Advent
Balance of hope
But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding. a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord, and his delight shall be the fear of the Lord. Not by appearance shall he judge, nor by hearsay shall he decide, but he shall judge the poor with justice, and decide fairly for the land's afflicted. He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.(Is 11; 1:10)
the prophet Isaiah lived 750 years before Christ.
Despite the period's political unrest, he looked forword to a kingdom so wonderful that even nature was at peace. Using poetic language, the prophet speaks of that future time.
As I think about the Church and the world this Advent, I too should be hopeful. Hope is never a retreat into the past; nor should it be an escape into the future. Hope isn't a narrow view of merely the present. Hope balances all things - past, present, and future.
We are in the time-between. I look to the past and rejoice that Christ has come, and that he has given to the world the gifts of faith and the sacraments, that we celebrate now. We rejoice that, even though the harvest is not here, the seed has been planted. I look to the future with expectation and hope, like a family awaiting the birth of a child.
This hopefulness, this expectation of the coming of the kingdom of God, gives me the strenth to endure many of the pains and difficulties of the present.
I can't become lost either in the past or in the future. I live in the present and rejoice that Christ is with me.
May St. Nicholas hold the tiller.
St. Nicholas
While St. Nichlas may be most commonly asociated with the gift-giving tradition at Christmas, he is also known as a parton of sailors and ships.
In Greece, for example, an image of St. Nicholas is often surrounded by small ships carved from wood. Sailors will place tiny ships (sometimes even made of silver) near a statue of St. Nicholas in gratitude for a safe journey.
At Christmas time, Greek fishermen decorate their boats with white and blue lights, in honor of Nicholas. He is also part of the blessing of ships on the feast of the Epiphany, where he is invoked to protect and guide all vessels.
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Little is known of Nicholas' life, except that he was beshop of Myra (in modern-day Turkey) and lived in the fourth century.
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