2022년 12월 5일 대림 제2주간 월요일
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제1독서
<하느님께서 오시어 너희를 구원하신다.>
이사야서. 35,1-10
광야와 메마른 땅은 기뻐하여라. 사막은 즐거워하며 꽃을 피워라.
2 수선화처럼 활짝 피고 즐거워 뛰며 환성을 올려라.
레바논의 영광과, 카르멜과 사론의 영화가 그곳에 내려
그들이 주님의 영광을, 우리 하느님의 영화를 보리라.
3 너희는 맥 풀린 손에 힘을 불어넣고 꺾인 무릎에 힘을 돋우어라.
4 마음이 불안한 이들에게 말하여라.
“굳세어져라, 두려워하지 마라. 보라, 너희의 하느님을!
복수가 들이닥친다, 하느님의 보복이!
그분께서 오시어 너희를 구원하신다.”
5 그때에 눈먼 이들은 눈이 열리고 귀먹은 이들은 귀가 열리리라.
6 그때에 다리저는 이는 사슴처럼 뛰고 말못하는 이의 혀는 환성을 터뜨리리라.
광야에서는 물이 터져 나오고 사막에서는 냇물이 흐르리라.
7 뜨겁게 타오르던 땅은 늪이 되고 바싹 마른 땅은 샘터가 되며
승냥이들이 살던 곳에는 풀 대신 갈대와 왕골이 자라리라.
8 그곳에 큰길이 생겨 ‘거룩한 길’이라 불리리니
부정한 자는 그곳을 지나지 못하리라.
그분께서 그들을 위해 앞장서 가시니 바보들도 길을 잃지 않으리라.
9 거기에는 사자도 없고 맹수도 들어서지 못하리라.
그런 것들을 볼 수 없으리라.
구원받은 이들만 그곳을 걸어가고
10 주님께서 해방시키신 이들만 그리로 돌아오리라.
그들은 환호하며 시온에 들어서리니 끝없는 즐거움이 그들 머리 위에 넘치고
기쁨과 즐거움이 그들과 함께하여 슬픔과 탄식이 사라지리라.
복음
<우리가 오늘 신기한 일을 보았다.>
루카. 5,17-26
17 하루는 예수님께서 가르치고 계셨는데,
갈릴래아와 유다의 모든 마을과 예루살렘에서 온
바리사이들과 율법 교사들도 앉아 있었다.
예수님께서는 주님의 힘으로 병을 고쳐 주기도 하셨다.
18 그때에 남자 몇이 중풍에 걸린 어떤 사람을 평상에 누인 채 들고 와서,
예수님 앞으로 들여다 놓으려고 하였다.
19 그러나 군중 때문에 그를 안으로 들일 길이 없어
지붕으로 올라가 기와를 벗겨 내고,
평상에 누인 그 환자를 예수님 앞 한가운데로 내려보냈다.
20 예수님께서 그들의 믿음을 보시고 말씀하셨다.
“사람아, 너는 죄를 용서받았다.”
21 율법 학자들과 바리사이들은 의아하게 생각하기 시작하였다.
‘저 사람은 누구인데 하느님을 모독하는 말을 하는가?
하느님 한 분 외에 누가 죄를 용서할 수 있단 말인가?’
22 예수님께서는 그들의 생각을 아시고 대답하셨다.
“너희는 어찌하여 마음속으로 의아하게 생각하느냐?
23 ‘너는 죄를 용서받았다.’ 하고 말하는 것과
‘일어나 걸어가라.’ 하고 말하는 것 가운데에서 어느 쪽이 더 쉬우냐?
24 이제 사람의 아들이 땅에서 죄를 용서하는 권한을 가지고 있음을
너희가 알게 해 주겠다.”
그러고 나서 중풍에 걸린 이에게 말씀하셨다.
“내가 너에게 말한다. 일어나 네 평상을 가지고 집으로 가거라.”
25 그러자 그는 그들 앞에서 즉시 일어나 자기가 누워 있던 것을 들고,
하느님을 찬양하며 집으로 돌아갔다.
26 이에 모든 사람이 크게 놀라 하느님을 찬양하였다.
그리고 두려움에 차서
“우리가 오늘 신기한 일을 보았다.” 하고 말하였다.
December 5, 2022
Monday of the Second Week of Advent
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Reading 1
Is 35:1-10
The desert and the parched land will exult;
the steppe will rejoice and bloom.
They will bloom with abundant flowers,
and rejoice with joyful song.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to them,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
They will see the glory of the LORD,
the splendor of our God.
Strengthen the hands that are feeble,
make firm the knees that are weak,
Say to those whose hearts are frightened:
Be strong, fear not!
Here is your God,
he comes with vindication;
With divine recompense
he comes to save you.
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened,
the ears of the deaf be cleared;
Then will the lame leap like a stag,
then the tongue of the mute will sing.
Streams will burst forth in the desert,
and rivers in the steppe.
The burning sands will become pools,
and the thirsty ground, springs of water;
The abode where jackals lurk
will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus.
A highway will be there,
called the holy way;
No one unclean may pass over it,
nor fools go astray on it.
No lion will be there,
nor beast of prey go up to be met upon it.
It is for those with a journey to make,
and on it the redeemed will walk.
Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return
and enter Zion singing,
crowned with everlasting joy;
They will meet with joy and gladness,
sorrow and mourning will flee.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14
R. (Isaiah 35:4f) Our God will come to save us!
I will hear what God proclaims;
the LORD --for he proclaims peace to his people.
Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him,
glory dwelling in our land.
R. Our God will come to save us!
Kindness and truth shall meet;
justice and peace shall kiss.
Truth shall spring out of the earth,
and justice shall look down from heaven.
R. Our God will come to save us!
The LORD himself will give his benefits;
our land shall yield its increase.
Justice shall walk before him,
and salvation, along the way of his steps.
R. Our God will come to save us!
Gospel
Lk 5:17-26
One day as Jesus was teaching,
Pharisees and teachers of the law,
who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem,
were sitting there,
and the power of the Lord was with him for healing.
And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed;
they were trying to bring him in and set him in his presence.
But not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd,
they went up on the roof
and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles
into the middle in front of Jesus.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said,
"As for you, your sins are forgiven."
Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves,
"Who is this who speaks blasphemies?
Who but God alone can forgive sins?"
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply,
"What are you thinking in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,'
or to say, 'Rise and walk?'
But that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins?"
he said to the one who was paralyzed,
"I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home."
He stood up immediately before them,
picked up what he had been lying on,
and went home, glorifying God.
Then astonishment seized them all and they glorified God,
and, struck with awe, they said,
"We have seen incredible things today."
Who Can You Lift Up?
How far would you go to help someone you love? In today’s Gospel, the paralytic's friends literally go “above and beyond“ and lower him through the roof, just to bring him into the loving and healing presence of Jesus. When someone we love is figuratively paralyzed by fear, depression, loneliness, grief, anxiety, or sadness, we will do anything, and everything, to help them heal and find their way back to their true selves. As we bend to grasp the corner of their mat, we remind them that they are good, and worthy, and holy, and deserving of love. We lift them up, loving them the way Jesus loves us, wholly and unconditionally.
Who, in your life, is experiencing a figurative paralysis from fear, depression, loneliness, grief, anxiety, or sadness? Who needs your love to bring them closer to Jesus? Who else can you enlist to help you lift up the other corners of that person's mat and lower them into the loving arms of Jesus?
—Jackie Schulte is the Dean of Faculty Formation at Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha, Nebraska.
Prayer
Lord, You walked on the earth, understood the broken world, yet also rose from death into resurrected life.
I pray for my loved ones, that you hold them in your loving arms during this difficult time….
Fill my loved ones from top to toe with your restorative Spirit.
May your resurrection bring healing and wellness into their being.
May your grace carry them through this hard time into a new season filled with hope and joy.
—Adapted from jesuitresource.org
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
The healing of the paralytic who was lowered by his friends through a hole they made in the roof of the house where Jesus was preaching is undoubtedly a dramatic story. But, at least in my opinion, if we don’t consider the larger context, we would miss an important point of the story. Chapter 5 of Luke’s gospel begins with the call of Simon Peter followed by the cleansing of a leper followed by the healing of the paralytic (today’s passage) and is followed by the call of Levi, the tax collector. The call to discipleship is the larger context within which the healing of the paralytic is situated. The faith of the leper and the paralytic (as well as of his friends) is contrasted with that of the Pharisees and teachers of the law who come from all over not because they believe in Jesus but rather because they want to trap him. While Simon Peter follows Jesus because he is awed by the miraculous catch of fish and while the leper is cleansed and the paralytic healed, the disciple is called to have that faith of the leper and the paralytic that preceded their being cleansed and healed. It is the faith that Levi, the tax-collector despised by most, has when he immediately responds to Jesus’ invitation to follow him. He leaves everything behind and follows Jesus.
As we journey along during this season of Advent, it might help to ask ourselves what kind of disciples are we? Do we constantly need tangible proof that God loves us? Are our minds and hearts troubled by doubt and anxiety? Or do we have that deep faith in Jesus that no obstacle is big enough to shake? Today’s reading encourages me to continue to abandon myself to the care of God. At the same time, it also reminds me to be that instrument of God’s care to others; to be like the friends of the paralytic.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
WANTED: STRETCHER-BEARERS AND ROOFERS
“They were trying to bring him in and lay him before Jesus; but they found no way of getting him through because of the crowd, so they went up on the roof.” —Luke 5:18-19
Many people, even Christians, have been so brainwashed, manipulated, and overwhelmed by the consumerist hype of Christmas that they can’t see the Christ of Christmas because of the crowd of obstructions. Nevertheless, some of these people have not been so enslaved that they are helpless. These people, like Zacchaeus, can climb a tree, see Jesus, and hope for His mercy (see Lk 19:3-4). Others are so trapped that they need special help to see Jesus. Like the paralytic, they need four good friends who have enough love and faith to carry them to Jesus and even to disassemble the roof if necessary (see Lk 5:19).
Ask the Lord whom He wants you to carry to Christmas. Pray for these people daily, repeatedly, for days. After having talked to God about these people, talk to these people about God. Ask the Lord to give you the prophetic words that will remove the roof standing between them and Jesus. After all this prayer and prophecy, lower them to Jesus. Jesus will announce to them: “My friend, your sins are forgiven you” (Lk 5:20). By God’s grace and by your faith, those you’ve been carrying may repent, receive forgiveness, and give their lives to Jesus. Then we will have a real Christmas — new life and the birth of Jesus in our lives.
Prayer: Father, allow me to carry others in my heart until Christ is formed in them.
Promise: “A highway will be there, called the holy way.” —Is 35:8
Praise: James was invited to Christmas Mass by his sister-in-law and he came to believe in Jesus.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Is there anything in your life that keeps you from receiving the blessings of God's kingdom? The prophets foretold that when the Messiah came to usher in God's kingdom the blind would see, the deaf hear, and the lame walk (Isaiah 35:5-6). Jesus not only brought physical healing, but healing of mind, heart, and soul as well. Jesus came to bring us the abundant life of God's kingdom (John 10:10). But that new life and transformation can be stifled by unbelief, indifference, and sinful pride. Sin cripples us far more than any physical ailment can. Sin is the work of the kingdom of darkness and it holds us in eternal bondage. There is only one solution and that is the healing, cleansing power of Jesus' forgiveness.
The coming of God's kingdom restores, heals, and brings pardon and new life
Jesus' treatment of sinners upset the religious teachers of the day. When a cripple was brought to Jesus because of the faith of his friends, Jesus did the unthinkable. He first forgave the man his sins. The scribes regarded this as blasphemy because they understood that only God had authority to forgive sins and to unbind a man or woman from their burden of guilt. Jesus claimed an authority which only God could rightfully give. Jesus not only proved that his authority came from God, he showed the great power of God's redeeming love and mercy by healing the cripple of his physical ailment. This man had been crippled not only physically, but spiritually as well. Jesus freed him from his burden of guilt and restored his body as well.
The Lord Jesus sets us free from slavery to sin and makes us whole
The Lord Jesus is ever ready to bring us healing of body, mind, and soul. His grace brings us freedom from the power of sin and from bondage to harmful desires and addictions. Do you allow anything to keep you from Jesus' healing power?
Lord Jesus, through your merciful love and forgiveness you bring healing and restoration to body, soul, and mind. May your healing power and love touch every area of my life - my innermost thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and memories. Pardon my offenses and transform me in the power of your Holy Spirit that I may walk confidently in your truth and righteousness.
Psalm 85:9-14
9.Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky.
12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Jesus heals spiritually and physically, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"When the Savior says to him, 'Man, your sins are forgiven you,' he addresses this to humankind in general. For those who believe in him, being healed of the diseases of the soul, will receive forgiveness of the sins which they formerly committed. He may also mean this: 'I must heal your soul before I heal your body. If this is not done, by obtaining strength to walk, you will only sin more. Even though you have not asked for this, I as God see the maladies of the soul which brought on you this disease.'"(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 12)
Monday -Second Week of Advent
The wilderness and the parched land will exult; the Arabah will rejoice and bloom: like the crocus it shall bloom abundantly, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God. (Is 35: 1-10)
The chosen people had been waiting for this Messiah.
They talked about him around the campfires. They sang about him. They prayed for him to come. They longed for him. Their expectations built to the point where they looked for a Messiah who would make Israel a world power. They wanted a Messiah who would set all things right, who would conquesr enemy armies.
But Jesus was not the powerful, dazzling, royal, military Messiah the Israelites envisioned. He came as a baby, born to a carpenter and his wife, in a stable in Bethlehem.
Jesus' disciples had to rethink their perception of the Messiah because he wasn't going to be the Messiah they expected. That has been true for those who have followed Jesus from the very beginning until now, and it will continue until the end of time. Jesus isn't always the Messiah people expect.
To follow Jesus is always to learn more about the magnificent and rich mystery of God's plan for the world and for me. What god wants for me so often is not what I expected.
This follow Jesus is always to learn more about the magnificent and rich mystery of God's plan for the world and for me. What God wants for me so often is not what I expected.
This was true for Mary. It was true for Joseph, and it is true for me.
Spend some quiet time
with the Lord.
St. Nicholas
May St. Nicholas hold the tiller.
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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