2023년 1월 14일 연중 제1주간 토요일
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제1독서
히브리서.4,12-16
형제 여러분, 12 하느님의 말씀은 살아 있고 힘이 있으며
어떤 쌍날칼보다도 날카롭습니다.
그래서 사람 속을 꿰찔러 혼과 영을 가르고 관절과 골수를 갈라,
마음의 생각과 속셈을 가려냅니다.
13 하느님 앞에서는 어떠한 피조물도 감추어져 있을 수 없습니다.
그분 눈에는 모든 것이 벌거숭이로 드러나 있습니다.
이러한 하느님께 우리는 셈을 해 드려야 하는 것입니다.
14 그런데 우리에게는 하늘 위로 올라가신 위대한 대사제가 계십니다.
하느님의 아들 예수님이십니다.
그러니 우리가 고백하는 신앙을 굳게 지켜 나아갑시다.
15 우리에게는 우리의 연약함을 동정하지 못하는 대사제가 아니라,
모든 면에서 우리와 똑같이 유혹을 받으신,
그러나 죄는 짓지 않으신 대사제가 계십니다.
16 그러므로 확신을 가지고 은총의 어좌로 나아갑시다.
그리하여 자비를 얻고 은총을 받아 필요할 때에 도움이 되게 합시다.
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마르코.2,13-17
그때에 13 예수님께서 호숫가로 나가셨다.
군중이 모두 모여 오자 예수님께서 그들을 가르치셨다.
14 그 뒤에 길을 지나가시다가
세관에 앉아 있는 알패오의 아들 레위를 보시고 말씀하셨다.
“나를 따라라.”
그러자 레위는 일어나 그분을 따랐다.
15 예수님께서 그의 집에서 음식을 잡수시게 되었는데,
많은 세리와 죄인도 예수님과 그분의 제자들과 자리를 함께하였다.
이런 이들이 예수님을 많이 따르고 있었기 때문이다.
16 바리사이파 율법 학자들은,
예수님께서 죄인과 세리들과 함께 음식을 잡수시는 것을 보고
그분의 제자들에게 말하였다.
“저 사람은 어째서 세리와 죄인들과 함께 음식을 먹는 것이오?”
17 예수님께서 이 말을 들으시고 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“건강한 이들에게는 의사가 필요하지 않으나
병든 이들에게는 필요하다.
나는 의인이 아니라 죄인을 부르러 왔다.”
January 14, 2023
Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
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Reading 1
The word of God is living and effective,
sharper than any two-edged sword,
penetrating even between soul and spirit,
joints and marrow,
and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.
No creature is concealed from him,
but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him
to whom we must render an account.
Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens,
Jesus, the Son of God,
let us hold fast to our confession.
For we do not have a high priest
who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,
but one who has similarly been tested in every way,
yet without sin.
So let us confidently approach the throne of grace
to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (see John 6:63c) 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. 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. 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. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the thought of my heart
find favor before you,
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel
Jesus went out along the sea.
All the crowd came to him and he taught them.
As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus,
sitting at the customs post.
Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”
And he got up and followed Jesus.
While he was at table in his house,
many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples;
for there were many who followed him.
Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that Jesus was eating with sinners
and tax collectors and said to his disciples,
“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Jesus heard this and said to them,
“Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
In Ordinary (counted) time each year, we are invited to move more deeply into the mission of Christ – to become more practically one with Him in saving the created order.
When I prayed with these two texts from the book of Hebrews and from Mark’s Gospel, I was reminded of two key points that I will need to keep in mind throughout the slow process of grasping more deeply this invitation and the right response to it in my own daily life: In Baptism I was given the gift of living in Christ’s priesthood, his prophetic work and his authority or kingship over my own decisions. The priestly work of Christ is to reconcile us with the Father and with one another. To be joined into Christ is to be united in this priestly work.
You and I are each called to attend to the Word of God to know good from evil - to embrace God’s plan and God’s way of accomplishing that plan in large and small ways. To do this we need to know the real world around us – how it works, how all creation collaborates in existence in order to accomplish God’s plan. Thus, the presence of Christ and the meaning of his spoken word is always growing in us.
The second point that emerges for me today as foundational for living more deeply in Christ, is the dual call of today’s Gospel passage. Like Levi, we are called to make everything secondary to following Christ – to coming and seeing what he has in store for us. Saint Ignatius of Loyola calls this invitation the capacity to discern what God is doing and to join God in that doing.
Like Levi we are also called to bring our friends and acquaintances close the Jesus. To share our goods with them and with him and to experience the community of nonjudgmental love. The Church accomplishes its mission most perfectly when, like Jesus, we share compassionate relationship with sinners as easily as we do the saints in our lives. Jesus (and we) answers the call to serve the sinner, the ill, the broken; not those who do not want or need God’s help.
If you and I can each find a way this New Year to hear today’s double call from Jesus, we will accomplish all that God asks of us to be joined in Christ as the Word made flesh.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
THE CUTTING-EDGE WORD
“God’s word is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword.” —Hebrews 4:12
Like a surgeon’s scalpel, the Word of God cuts to the center of our heart and hits the correct spot. Jesus is the Word (Jn 1:1), and “nothing is concealed from Him; all lies bare and exposed to the eyes of Him to Whom we must render an account” (Heb 4:13). God’s Word is a scalpel and a sword (see Eph 6:17).
We trust ourselves to the care of expert surgeons, to wield their scalpels precisely and effectively. Will we trust ourselves to the scalpel of Jesus, the Living Word? To determine if you trust Jesus the Surgeon, read His Word every day. Let the Word of God operate on you — with major surgery, minor surgery, and cosmetic surgery. “God’s word is living and effective” (Heb 4:12). Yet God’s powerful, mighty Word is a Person, Jesus, Who is sharp as a scalpel and gentle as a Lamb.
Put away your swords of anger, violence, and unforgiveness.Beat them into plowshares, ready to plow the ground of hard human hearts (see Is 2:4). Take up “the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God” (Eph 6:17). The Word of God is sharp, strong, piercing, and mighty, yet sweet, healing, gentle, and encouraging. It cuts to our hearts and divides us from sin (Heb 4:12). We treasure the Word in our hearts to keep us from further sin (Ps 119:11). We reflect upon that Word stored in our hearts (Lk 2:51) so that we will remain rooted in the Lord. Live your lives with devotion to the Word of God, Jesus, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.
Prayer: Father, may I devote my life to making my home in Your Word and sharing it with others (Jn 8:31).
Promise: “The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul.” —Ps 19:8
Praise: Janice repented of a promiscuous lifestyle, put her life in the hands of Jesus, and now receives the Eucharist daily.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
What draws us to the throne of God's mercy and grace? Mark tells us that many people were drawn to Jesus, including the unwanted and the unlovable, such as the lame, the blind, and the lepers, as well as the homeless such as widows and orphans. But public sinners, like the town prostitutes and corrupt tax collectors, were also drawn to Jesus. In calling Levi, who was also named Matthew (see Matthew 9:9) to be one of his disciples, Jesus picked one of the unlikeliest of men - a tax collector who by profession was despised by the people.
Why did the religious leaders find fault with Jesus for making friends with sinners and tax collectors like Levi? The orthodox Jews had a habit of dividing everyone into two groups - those who rigidly kept the law of Moses and its minute regulations and those who did not. They latter were treated like second class citizens. The orthodox scrupulously avoided their company, refused to do business with them, refused to give or receive anything from them, refused to intermarry, and avoided any form of entertainment with them, including table fellowship. Jesus' association with sinners shocked the sensibilities of these orthodox Jews.
When the Pharisees challenged his unorthodox behavior in eating with public sinners, Jesus' defense was quite simple. A doctor doesn't need to visit healthy people; instead he goes to those who are sick. Jesus likewise sought out those in the greatest need. A true physician seeks healing of the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. Jesus came as the divine physician and good shepherd to care for his people and to restore them to wholeness of life.The orthodox Jews were so preoccupied with their own practice of religion that they neglected to help the very people who needed care. Their religion was selfish because they didn't want to have anything to do with people not like themselves.
Jesus stated his mission in unequivocal terms: I came not to call the righteous, but to call sinners. Ironically the orthodox were as needy as those they despised. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). The Lord fills us with his grace and mercy. And he wants us, in turn, to seek the good of our neighbors, including the unlikeable and the trouble-maker by showing them the same kindness and mercy which we have received. Do you thank the Lord for the great kindness and mercy he has shown to you?
Lord Jesus, our Savior, let us now come to you: Our hearts are cold; Lord, warm them with your selfless love. Our hearts are sinful; cleanse them with your precious blood. Our hearts are weak; strengthen them with your joyous Spirit. Our hearts are empty; fill them with your divine presence. Lord Jesus, our hearts are yours; possess them always and only for yourself.
Psalm 21:2-7
2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. [Selah]
3 For you meet him with goodly blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.
4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great through your help; splendor and majesty you bestow upon him.
6 Yes, you make him most blessed for ever; you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the LORD; and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: No physician can avoid the arena of sickness, by Gregory of Nazianzus (330 - 390 AD)
"When Jesus is attacked for mixing with sinners, and taking as his disciple a despised tax collector, one might ask: What could he possibly gain by doing so? (Luke 15:2) Only the salvation of sinners. To blame Jesus for mingling with sinners would be like blaming a physician for stooping down over suffering and putting up with vile smells in order to heal the sick." (excerpt from ORATION 45, ON HOLY EASTER 26)
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