December 24, 2022- Mass in the Morning

2022년 12월 24일

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제1독서

<다윗의 나라는 주님 앞에서 영원할 것이다.>

사무엘기 하 7,1-5.8ㄷ-12.14ㄱ.16

다윗 1 임금이 자기 궁에 자리 잡고,

주님께서 그를 사방의 모든 원수에게서 평온하게 해 주셨을 때이다.

2 임금이 나탄 예언자에게 말하였다.

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“보시오, 나는 향백나무 궁에 사는데,

하느님의 궤는 천막에 머무르고 있소.”

3 나탄이 임금에게 말하였다.

“주님께서 임금님과 함께 계시니,

가셔서 무엇이든 마음 내키시는 대로 하십시오.”

4 그런데 그날 밤, 주님의 말씀이 나탄에게 내렸다.

5 “나의 종 다윗에게 가서 말하여라.

‘주님이 이렇게 말한다.

내가 살 집을 네가 짓겠다는 말이냐?

8 나는 양 떼를 따라다니던 너를 목장에서 데려다가,

내 백성 이스라엘의 영도자로 세웠다.

9 또한 네가 어디를 가든지 너와 함께 있으면서,

모든 원수를 네 앞에서 물리쳤다.

나는 너의 이름을 세상 위인들의 이름처럼 위대하게 만들어 주었다.

10 나는 내 백성 이스라엘을 위하여 한곳을 정하고,

그곳에 그들을 심어 그들이 제자리에서 살게 하겠다.

그러면 이스라엘은 더 이상 불안해하지 않아도 되고,

다시는 전처럼, 불의한 자들이 그들을 괴롭히지 않을 것이다.

11 곧 내가 나의 백성 이스라엘에게 판관을 임명하던 때부터 해 온 것처럼,

나는 너를 모든 원수에게서 평온하게 해 주겠다.

더 나아가 주님이 너에게 한 집안을 일으켜 주리라고 선언한다.

12 너의 날수가 다 차서 조상들과 함께 잠들게 될 때,

네 몸에서 나와 네 뒤를 이을 후손을 내가 일으켜 세우고,

그의 나라를 튼튼하게 하겠다.

14 나는 그의 아버지가 되고 그는 나의 아들이 될 것이다.

16 너의 집안과 나라가 네 앞에서 영원히 굳건해지고,

네 왕좌가 영원히 튼튼하게 될 것이다.’” 

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복음

<높은 곳에서 별이 우리를 찾아오셨다.>

루카. 1,67-79

그때에 요한의 67 아버지 즈카르야는 성령으로 가득 차 이렇게 예언하였다.

68 “주 이스라엘의 하느님께서는 찬미받으소서.

그분께서는 당신 백성을 찾아와 속량하시고

69 당신 종 다윗 집안에서 우리를 위하여 힘센 구원자를 일으키셨습니다.

70 당신의 거룩한 예언자들의 입을 통하여 예로부터 말씀하신 대로

71 우리 원수들에게서, 우리를 미워하는 모든 자의 손에서

우리를 구원하시려는 것입니다.

72 그분께서는 우리 조상들에게 자비를 베푸시고

당신의 거룩한 계약을 기억하셨습니다.

73 이 계약은 우리 조상 아브라함에게 하신 맹세로

74 원수들 손에서 구원된 우리가 두려움 없이

75 한평생 당신 앞에서 거룩하고 의롭게 당신을 섬기도록 해 주시려는 것입니다.

76 아기야, 너는 지극히 높으신 분의 예언자라 불리고

주님을 앞서 가 그분의 길을 준비하리니

77 죄를 용서받아 구원됨을 주님의 백성에게 깨우쳐 주려는 것이다.

78 우리 하느님의 크신 자비로 높은 곳에서 별이 우리를 찾아오시어

79 어둠과 죽음의 그늘에 앉아 있는 이들을 비추시고

우리 발을 평화의 길로 이끌어 주실 것이다.”

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December 24, 2022

- Mass in the Morning

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Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16

When King David was settled in his palace,

and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side,

he said to Nathan the prophet,

"Here I am living in a house of cedar,

while the ark of God dwells in a tent!" 

Nathan answered the king,

"Go, do whatever you have in mind,

for the LORD is with you." 

But that night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said:

"Go, tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD:

Should you build me a house to dwell in?

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"'It was I who took you from the pasture

and from the care of the flock

to be commander of my people Israel. 

I have been with you wherever you went,

and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. 

And I will make you famous like the great ones of the earth. 

I will fix a place for my people Israel;

I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place

without further disturbance.

Neither shall the wicked continue to afflict them as they did of old,

since the time I first appointed judges over my people Israel.

I will give you rest from all your enemies. 

The LORD also reveals to you

that he will establish a house for you. 

And when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors,

I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins,

and I will make his Kingdom firm.

I will be a father to him,

and he shall be a son to me.

Your house and your Kingdom shall endure forever before me;

your throne shall stand firm forever.'"

 

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29

R. (2) For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

The favors of the LORD I will sing forever;

through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness.

For you have said, "My kindness is established forever";

in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.

R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one,

I have sworn to David my servant:

Forever will I confirm your posterity

and establish your throne for all generations."

R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

"He shall say of me, 'You are my father,

my God, the rock, my savior.'

Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him,

and my covenant with him stands firm."

R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

 

Gospel

Lk 1:67-79

Zechariah his father, filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesied, saying:

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;

for he has come to his people and set them free.

He has raised up for us a mighty Savior,

born of the house of his servant David.

Through his prophets he promised of old

that he would save us from our enemies,

from the hands of all who hate us.

He promised to show mercy to our fathers

and to remember his holy covenant.

This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:

to set us free from the hand of our enemies,

free to worship him without fear,

holy and righteous in his sight

all the days of our life.

You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High,

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,

to give his people knowledge of salvation

by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God

the dawn from on high shall break upon us,

to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,

and to guide our feet into the way of peace."

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Here we are at Christmas Eve day. The readings remind us of the promise to David of a heir. They revisit the proclamation of Zachariah.

But, our hearts might be moving in three directions today.

The cultural pull to celebrate Christmas is upon us - no matter what our family or cultural tradition. We might be excited or we might be worried. We might be prepared and ready and will be anticipating a wonderful time with family and friends. We might not yet be fully prepared and the day is hectic. Or, I might be celebrating Christmas alone.

Our religious memory reminds us of why we celebrate Christmas. We could be imagining the holy couple - Joseph and Mary - having made their way to Bethlehem, late and with nowhere to stay. Today, the scene can become very vivid for us, whether we plan to celebrate Midnight Mass tonight or to celebrate tomorrow morning. The crib scene has a story. Our Savior - God with us - did not come into a wonderful palace, like the one David built. Jesus was born into a very lowly place. This is the wonderful sign of God's self-emptying. This is how God chose to come and be among us - as a new born baby, in a manger, a feeding trough. Our Savior comes in this way, and it can become most meaningful today, if we let ourselves chew this good news, in the midst of whatever we are doing. It can mean so much if we let it. It can be a part of what we celebrate tonight and tomorrow. Yes, there might be people and parties, and there might be gifts shared. But, we can be filled with something our world will likely not be celebrating - that our God is a God who desires to meet us in the lowliest places in our lives. God with us, Jesus, comes to "save his people from their sins."

The third movement possible for us today is to remember, to collect, the graces of this Advent journey. For some of us that might have been a great four weeks of feeling that our longing for a closer relationship with our God has indeed come. I might feel forgiven and loved at a deepr level. I might be giving thanks that some darkness within me has experienced light. We might sense that some desert has bloomed with new life, in this new relationship. We might be feeling a greater freedom and a greater fire within our heart to love as we have been loved. We might even feel more prepared to go out to the places where others are feeling darkness and lowliness, and experience the call to bring light and joy there. Or, we might find ourselves not have been able to get around to Advent, right up to this moment. There still is time today. We can prepare for tonight and tomorrow. We can ask "Come, Lord, Jesus," in this moment. We can experience a longing in our hearts to know Jesus' love and mercy, and to feel a small "Rejoice," or even a really big one, flow from deep inside.

Let us approach the manger of our salvation tonight and tomorrow with great openness to the graces each of us can yet hope for and receive - for our own inner peace, and that we might bring peace to others in our lives, because of what we ourselves have embraced.

Andy Alexander, S.J. wrote this reflection for this morning in 2014.

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​THE CHURCH’S MORNING PRAYER

“Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel because He has visited and ransomed His people.” —Luke 1:68

Many hundreds of thousands of priests and religious have promised under pain of sin to pray each morning today’s Gospel reading, Zechariah’s canticle, as part of praying the Liturgy of the Hours. I promised to do this decades ago, and by God’s grace I have kept my promise.

The Church so emphasizes Zechariah’s prophecy because:

• It is a prophecy, and prophets are part of the foundation of the Church (Eph 2:20ff).
• Zechariah prayed this prayer when he was “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Lk 1:67). May we also be filled with the Holy Spirit when we pray it.
• This prophecy teaches us that each morning should remind us that Jesus is “the Dayspring” (Lk 1:78), the Dawn (see Rv 22:16), the Light of the world (Jn 8:12).
• This prophecy immediately precedes the Bible’s account of the first Christmas and praying this prayer has proven a good way to prepare to meet Christ in a new way during the Christmas season.

Although most of you are not obligated to pray Zechariah’s canticle each day, pray it today and each day of the Christmas season. You may decide to pray this prayer forever as Jesus guides your “feet into the way of peace” (Lk 1:79).

Prayer: Jesus, may I make any sacrifice necessary to give You myself as Your Christmas gift.

Promise: “Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before Me; your throne shall stand firm forever.” —2 Sm 7:16

Praise: Gloria has prayed morning and evening prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours for twenty years.

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THE CHURCH’S MORNING PRAYER

“Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel because He has visited and ransomed His people.” —Luke 1:68

Many hundreds of thousands of priests and religious have promised under pain of sin to pray each morning today’s Gospel reading, Zechariah’s canticle, as part of praying the Liturgy of the Hours. I promised to do this decades ago, and by God’s grace I have kept my promise.

The Church so emphasizes Zechariah’s prophecy because:

• It is a prophecy, and prophets are part of the foundation of the Church (Eph 2:20ff).
• Zechariah prayed this prayer when he was “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Lk 1:67). May we also be filled with the Holy Spirit when we pray it.
• This prophecy teaches us that each morning should remind us that Jesus is “the Dayspring” (Lk 1:78), the Dawn (see Rv 22:16), the Light of the world (Jn 8:12).
• This prophecy immediately precedes the Bible’s account of the first Christmas and praying this prayer has proven a good way to prepare to meet Christ in a new way during the Christmas season.

Although most of you are not obligated to pray Zechariah’s canticle each day, pray it today and each day of the Christmas season. You may decide to pray this prayer forever as Jesus guides your “feet into the way of peace” (Lk 1:79).

Prayer: Jesus, may I make any sacrifice necessary to give You myself as Your Christmas gift.

Promise: “Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before Me; your throne shall stand firm forever.” —2 Sm 7:16

Praise: Gloria has prayed morning and evening prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours for twenty years.

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