2022년 12월 7일 대림 제2주간 수요일
제1독서
이사야서. 40,25-31
25 “너희는 나를 누구와 비교하겠느냐? 나를 누구와 같다고 하겠느냐?”
거룩하신 분께서 말씀하신다.
26 너희는 눈을 높이 들고 보아라. 누가 저 별들을 창조하였느냐?
그 군대를 수대로 다 불러내시고
그들 모두의 이름을 부르시는 분이시다.
그분께서는 능력이 크시고 권능이 막강하시어 하나도 빠지는 일이 없다.
27 야곱아, 네가 어찌 이런 말을 하느냐?
이스라엘아, 네가 어찌 이렇게 이야기하느냐?
“나의 길은 주님께 숨겨져 있고
나의 권리는 나의 하느님께서 못 보신 채 없어져 버린다.”
28 너는 알지 않느냐? 너는 듣지 않았느냐?
주님은 영원하신 하느님, 땅끝까지 창조하신 분이시다.
그분께서는 피곤한 줄도 지칠 줄도 모르시고
그분의 슬기는 헤아릴 길이 없다.
29 그분께서는 피곤한 이에게 힘을 주시고
기운이 없는 이에게 기력을 북돋아 주신다.
30 젊은이들도 피곤하여 지치고 청년들도 비틀거리기 마련이지만
31 주님께 바라는 이들은 새 힘을 얻고 독수리처럼 날개 치며 올라간다.
그들은 뛰어도 지칠 줄 모르고 걸어도 피곤한 줄 모른다.
복음
마태오 11,28-30
그때에 예수님께서 말씀하셨다.
28 “고생하며 무거운 짐을 진 너희는 모두 나에게 오너라.
내가 너희에게 안식을 주겠다.
29 나는 마음이 온유하고 겸손하니 내 멍에를 메고 나에게 배워라.
그러면 너희가 안식을 얻을 것이다.
30 정녕 내 멍에는 편하고 내 짐은 가볍다.”
December 7, 2022
Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
To whom can you liken me as an equal?
says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high
and see who has created these things:
He leads out their army and numbers them,
calling them all by name.
By his great might and the strength of his power
not one of them is missing!
Why, O Jacob, do you say,
and declare, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?
Do you not know
or have you not heard?
The LORD is the eternal God,
creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint nor grow weary,
and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny.
He gives strength to the fainting;
for the weak he makes vigor abound.
Though young men faint and grow weary,
and youths stagger and fall,
They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength,
they will soar as with eagles’ wings;
They will run and not grow weary,
walk and not grow faint.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1) O bless the Lord, my soul!
Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
R. O bless the Lord, my soul!
He pardons all your iniquities,
he heals all your ills.
He redeems your life from destruction,
he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
R. O bless the Lord, my soul!
Merciful and gracious is the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
R. O bless the Lord, my soul!
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Behold, the Lord comes to save his people;
blessed are those prepared to meet him.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Jesus said to the crowds:
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Daily Mass : https://www.youtube.com/c/EWTNcatholictv
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As I grow older, it becomes easier for me to see that God’s power is in God’s kindness. Everything I read in the lessons today gives support to the relationship I’ve developed with a kind and compassionate God over the years. Life can be long, and the burdens are great. Yet, God calls us all by name and knows how we struggle. God gives strength to the fainting and vigor to the weak. Isaiah certainly knew God’s faithful kindness to God’s people. It has been also my experience that the Lord is always there to renew our strength if we call on the strength of the Lord’s power. I pray today, that all God’s people would know and not forget that great kindness.
Over the years, that kindness amounts to a very easy relationship with God, if we are open to it. Just look again at Psalm 103. We should be saying “Bless the Lord, O my soul,” over and over again all day long. There are indeed many benefits. We are pardoned, we are healed, we are redeemed, and we are crowned with compassion by our Lord who is abounding in kindness. Yes, life can be long for some of us, but it doesn’t have to be hard. Jesus also calls us with kindness, even tenderness when he offers us rest. But that rest is not from life, but for life. We are called to share the burden of Jesus, yes, but if we learn from him, he promises he won’t make it hard for us. He can do that for us because his power is indeed in God’s kindness.
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Y’ALL COME
“To whom can you liken Me as an equal? says the Holy One.” —Isaiah 40:25
No one equals God in anything. Consider God’s strength; He is unequaled in strength. Almighty God is so strong that He made and sustains the billions and billions of stars which span light-years in space (Is 40:26).
Almighty God is willing to share His unlimited strength with us. “He gives strength to the fainting; for the weak He makes vigor abound” (Is 40:29). When God strengthens old or weak people, they can outrun, outwork, and outlast young folks. Those who let God renew their strength “will soar as with eagles’ wings; they will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint” (Is 40:31).
It gets better. God will make you so supernaturally strong that you will be able to say with St. Paul: “In Him Who is the Source of my strength I have strength for everything” (Phil 4:13). God’s love in you will be stronger than death (see Sg 8:6). Death, sickness, pain, and Satan will wear out before you will. You will have the strength to enter into eternal life and rest (see Mt 11:29).
To receive this supernatural strength, all people must come to Jesus. “All you who are weary and find life burdensome” (Mt 11:28), come to Jesus.
Prayer: Father, beginning this Advent may I have Your strength for everything.
Promise: “My yoke is easy and My burden light.” —Mt 11:30
Praise: St. Ambrose is a Doctor of the Church. He wrote extensively on topics ranging from repentance to the importance of the example set by holy virgin martyrs.
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What kind of yoke does the Lord Jesus have in mind for each one of us? And how can it be good for us? The Jewish people used the image of a yoke to express their submission to God. They spoke of the yoke of the law, the yoke of the commandments, the yoke of the kingdom, the yoke of God. Jesus says his yoke is "easy". The Greek word for "easy" can also mean "well-fitting". Yokes were tailor-made to fit the oxen well for labor. We are commanded to put on the "sweet yoke of Jesus" and to live the "heavenly way of life and happiness". Oxen were yoked two by two. Jesus invites each one of us to be yoked with him, to unite our life with him, our will with his will, our heart with his heart.
Jesus carries our burdens with us
Jesus also says his "burden is light". There's a story of a man who once met a boy carrying a smaller crippled lad on his back. "That's a heavy load you are carrying there," exclaimed the man. "He ain't heavy; he's my brother!" responded the boy. No burden is too heavy when it's given in love and carried in love. When we yoke our lives with Jesus, he also carries our burdens with us and gives us his strength to follow in his way of love. Do you know the joy of resting in Jesus' presence and walking daily with him along the path he has for you?
In the Advent season we celebrate the coming of the Messiah King who ushers in the reign of God. The prophets foretold that the Messiah would establish God's kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy. Those who put their trust in God and in the coming of his kingdom receive the blessings of that kingdom - peace with God and strength for living his way of love, truth, and holiness (Isaiah 40). Jesus fulfills all the Messianic hopes and promises of God's kingdom. That is why he taught his disciples to pray, "thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10). In his kingdom sins are not only forgiven but removed, and eternal life is poured out for all its citizens. This is not a political kingdom, but a spiritual one.
Freed from the burden of sin and guilt
The yoke of Christ's kingdom, his kingly rule and way of life, liberates us from the burden of guilt and disobedience. Only the Lord Jesus can lift the burden of sin and the weight of hopelessness from us. Jesus used the analogy of a yoke to explain how we can exchange the burden of sin and despair for a yoke of glory, freedom, and joy with him. The yoke which the Lord Jesus invites us to embrace is his way of power and freedom to live in love, peace, and joy as God's sons and daughters. Do you trust in God's love and truth and submit to his will for your life?
Lord Jesus, inflame my heart with love for you and for your ways and help me to exchange the yoke of rebellion for the sweet yoke of submission to your holy and loving word. Set me free from the folly of my own sinful ignorance and rebellious pride that I may wholly desire what is good and in accord with your will.
Psalm 103:1-4, 8-10
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The LORD works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Grace bear us, by an anonymous early author from the Greek church
"'My yoke is easy and my burden light.' ... The prophet says this about the burden of sinners: 'Because my iniquities lie on top of my head, so they have also placed a heavy burden on me' (Psalm 38:4)' ...'Place my yoke upon you, and learn from me that I am gentle and humble of heart.' Oh, what a very pleasing weight that strengthens even more those who carry it! For the weight of earthly masters gradually destroys the strength of their servants, but the weight of Christ rather helps the one who bears it, because we do not bear grace; grace bears us. It is not for us to help grace, but rather grace has been given to aid us.' (excerpt from INCOMPLETE WORK ON MATTHEW, HOMILY, the Greek fathers).
Wednesday - Second Week of Advent
They that hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar as with eagles’ wings; they will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.(Is 40: 25-31)
In today’s passage I hear the words of a prophet who wrote during the time when the Jews were exiled in Babylon.
This prophecy was proclaimed more than 500 years before the coming of Jesus. The prophet is encouraging the Israelites with the promise that, one day, they will indeed return from exile.
Imagine what strength, what hope, what faith it took to have that kind of optimism during the time of exile. It would be like writing now with great joy and hope and my prayer, but Advent is a time to step back and take a long view.
As long as I don’t expect a quick return, as long as I realize that one sows and another reaps – then forgiving someone who does not forgive me back can be worth it. So can prayers that don’t seem to be answered, or gentleness, peace, and love ahat are not returned.
It may take awhile, but no prayer goes unanswered.
There is no good deed that does not produce good fruit.
I have God’s assurance on that, whether I live to see it or not.
Immaculate Conception
Today’s feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is often mistakenly thought to refer to the way Mary conceived Jesus in her womb.
“Immaculate Conception” actually means Mary received immediately from God what people receive at baptism. From he conception she was free from sin –immaculate.
A feast of the Conception of Mary was celebrated in both the Eastern and Western Churches for many centuries. After Pope Pius IX solemnly defined the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, 1854, this feast was officially designated as the “Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary “ and the date for its celebration was fixed as December 8.
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