2023년 1월 15일 연중 제2주일
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제1독서
이사야서.49,3.5-6
주님께서 3 나에게 말씀하셨다.
“너는 나의 종이다. 이스라엘아, 너에게서 내 영광이 드러나리라.”
5 이제 주님께서 말씀하신다. 그분께서는 야곱을 당신께 돌아오게 하시고
이스라엘이 당신께 모여들게 하시려고
나를 모태에서부터 당신 종으로 빚어 만드셨다.
나는 주님의 눈에 소중하게 여겨졌고 나의 하느님께서 나의 힘이 되어 주셨다.
6 그분께서 말씀하신다. “네가 나의 종이 되어 야곱의 지파들을 다시 일으키고
이스라엘의 생존자들을 돌아오게 하는 것만으로는 충분하지 않다.
나의 구원이 땅끝까지 다다르도록 나는 너를 민족들의 빛으로 세운다.”
제2독서
1고린토 1,1~3
1 하느님의 뜻에 따라 그리스도 예수님의 사도로 부르심을 받은
바오로와 소스테네스 형제가
2 코린토에 있는 하느님의 교회에 인사합니다.
곧 그리스도 예수님 안에서 거룩하게 되어
다른 신자들이 사는 곳이든 우리가 사는 곳이든 어디에서나
우리 주 예수 그리스도의 이름을 받들어 부르는 모든 이들과 함께
성도로 부르심을 받은 여러분에게 인사합니다.
3 하느님 우리 아버지와 주 예수 그리스도에게서 은총과 평화가
여러분에게 내리기를 빕니다.
복음
요한.1,29-34
.그때에 29 요한은 예수님께서 자기 쪽으로 오시는 것을 보고 말하였다.
“보라, 세상의 죄를 없애시는 하느님의 어린양이시다.
30 저분은, ‘내 뒤에 한 분이 오시는데,
내가 나기 전부터 계셨기에 나보다 앞서신 분이시다.’ 하고
내가 전에 말한 분이시다.
31 나도 저분을 알지 못하였다. 내가 와서 물로 세례를 준 것은,
저분께서 이스라엘에 알려지시게 하려는 것이었다.”
32 요한은 또 증언하였다. “나는 성령께서 비둘기처럼 하늘에서 내려오시어
저분 위에 머무르시는 것을 보았다.
33 나도 저분을 알지 못하였다.
그러나 물로 세례를 주라고 나를 보내신 그분께서 나에게 일러 주셨다.
‘성령이 내려와 어떤 분 위에 머무르는 것을 네가 볼 터인데,
바로 그분이 성령으로 세례를 주시는 분이다.’
34 과연 나는 보았다.
그래서 저분이 하느님의 아드님이시라고 내가 증언하였다.”
January 15, 2023
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
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Reading 1
The LORD said to me: You are my servant,
Israel, through whom I show my glory.
Now the LORD has spoken
who formed me as his servant from the womb,
that Jacob may be brought back to him
and Israel gathered to him;
and I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD,
and my God is now my strength!
It is too little, the LORD says, for you to be my servant,
to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the survivors of Israel;
I will make you a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (8a and 9a) Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
I have waited, waited for the LORD,
and he stooped toward me and heard my cry.
And he put a new song into my mouth,
a hymn to our God.
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
Sacrifice or offering you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Holocausts or sin-offerings you sought not;
then said I, “Behold I come.”
R. Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
“In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
to do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!”
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
Reading 2
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
and Sosthenes our brother,
to the church of God that is in Corinth,
to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy,
with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Gospel
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
He is the one of whom I said,
‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me
because he existed before me.’
I did not know him,
but the reason why I came baptizing with water
was that he might be made known to Israel.”
John testified further, saying,
“I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven
and remain upon him.
I did not know him,
but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me,
‘On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain,
he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”
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Ordinary Time
It has always befuddled me that a season of the liturgical year should be called “Ordinary Time”. It comes from the Latin “Tempus per annum, or time through the year”. These numbered Sundays between the liturgical seasons: Christmas and Lent, and Easter and Advent. Still, for those of us in the pews it can be befuddling.
Not long ago, we enjoyed the season of Advent. A season of longing, desiring, waiting. We listened to the beautiful prose and poetry of Isaiah taken from Hebrew scripture. Isaiah painted with elegant expression what was to come – overriding peace, joy and prosperity for all. Spending time in silence and quiet during those days allowed for deeper appreciation of the season and a fuller awareness of our mutual desires – mine and Gods.
Advent is followed by Christmas, a season of joy. The birth of the infant Jesus is the incarnation of Godself and the incarnation of the fullness of Joy and Light. Following the promises of Isaiah, comes the fulfillment of Isaiah’s words - the Kingdom of God.
The birth of Jesus, the birth of any child changes everything! There is no going back to “normal” or “ordinary” or “same ol”, “same ol”. There is no ordinary. Add a child, an infant, in any scenario and everything and everyone changes- for better or worse. No going back to what once was.
I don’t think in Ordinary Time we are meant to go back to, but to heed God’s invitation to move forward, to move into. In today’s reading from Isiah, “…it is too little for you to be my servant…I will make you a light to the nations…” We are not servants, but carriers of Christ’s light into the world. We are meant to be more, to do more. A directive, an encouragement, an invitation we hear repeated numerous times in the gospels. In the melody of the psalm we respond, “Here am I Lord; I come to do your will.”
Called. Beckoned. Invited. Encouraged. Challenged. Directed. Pushed. Pulled. What incentivizes me, us, to move forward? Some of these verbs have positive, others negative, personal associations. For me, the earliest calling I remember is my mother ringing the old school bell. A calling to come home for dinner. We five sisters responded immediately and enthusiastically! We trusted our past experiences – most days dinner was to our liking. Not aways. Still, I trusted my mother – always. I trusted what she offered was good for me, even if hard to swallow.
In today’s gospel, we hear John the Baptist referring to Jesus say, “Behold the Lamb of God”. Twice in this reading we also hear John the Baptist say in reference to Jesus, “I did not know him”. However, John trusted “the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, “On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one…””. John trusted the one and same Spirit, who had called him to “…baptize with water…” John the Baptist trusted the Spirit.
What am I to do? I desire to listen more closely for the Spirit and to trust. To respond clearly and honestly, “I am here Lord”. To act in faith. I desire not to be who I once was, but to recognize the presence of the Spirit in me, with me, in others, in nature and in all expressions of life – even if it is hard to swallow. Following the seasons of Advent and Christmas, and Lent and Easter we are meant to appreciate, enjoy and to live into the graces and gifts of those seasons. Not an Ordinary Time…
An Extra-Ordinary Time!
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BAPTIZED IN THE SPIRIT
“It is He Who is to baptize with the Holy Spirit.” —John 1:33
Many people talk about being “baptized in the Spirit.” By this, they usually mean having a renewal of their life in the Spirit. However, the Bible considers being baptized in the Spirit to be the same as being baptized, and not a renewal of life in the Spirit. Thus, many people use the phrase, “baptized in the Spirit,” in an un-Biblical way.
Although these people are wrongly using biblical terminology, they are “correct” pastorally. We have a great need to renew our being baptized in the Spirit. Through sin and selfishness, many baptized people have stifled (1 Thes 5:19) and saddened the Holy Spirit (Eph 4:30). If we are to live the Christian life as the Lord intended it to be lived, we must stir into flame the gift of the Holy Spirit (2 Tm 1:6-7).
Today’s Scriptural readings invite us to renew our life in the Spirit. Look at Jesus, the Lamb of God (Jn 1:29). Let Him free you as He freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Let Him take away your sins and the sins of the world (Jn 1:29). “Follow the Lamb wherever He goes”; be pure and uncompromising with the ways of the world (see Rv 14:4). Receive a renewal of being baptized in the Spirit today.
Prayer: Father, may I want the Spirit as much as I want to breathe. Revive the graces of my Baptism and Confirmation.
Promise: “I will make you a light to the nations, that My salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” —Is 49:6
Praise: “I will proclaim Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise You” (Ps 22:23). Risen Jesus, You are worthy of our praise.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
John calls Jesus the Lamb of God and thus signifies Jesus' mission as the One who redeems us from our sins. The blood of the Passover Lamb (Exodus 12) delivered the Israelites in Egypt from slavery and death. The Lord Jesus freely offered up his life for us on the cross as the atoning sacrifice for our sins (1 Corinthians 5:7). The blood which he poured out for us on the cross cleanses, heals, and frees us from our slavery to sin, and from the "wages of sin which is death" (Romans 6:23) and the "destruction of both body and soul in hell" (Matthew 10:28).
John points to Jesus' saving mission - to offer up his life as the atoning sacrifice for our sins
It is significant that John was the son of Zachariah, a priest of Israel who participated in the daily sacrifice of a lamb in the temple for the sins of the people (Exodus 29). John recognized that Jesus was the perfect unblemished lamb offered by the Father in heaven as the one and only sacrifice that could cancel the debt of sin, and free us from death and the destruction of body and soul in hell.
The Holy Spirit reveals who Jesus truly is - the Son of God and Savior of the world
When John says he did not know Jesus (John 1:31,33) he was referring to the hidden reality of Jesus' divinity. But the Holy Spirit in that hour revealed to John Jesus' true nature, such that John bore witness that this is the Son of God. How can we be certain that Jesus is truly the Christ, the Son of the living God? The Holy Spirit makes the Lord Jesus Christ known to us through the gift of faith. God gives us his Spirit as our helper and guide who opens our hearts and minds to receive and comprehend the great mystery and plan of God - to unite all things in his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:10).
Do you want to grow in the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ? Ask the Lord to pour his Holy Spirit upon you to deepen your faith, hope, and love for God and for the plan he has for your life.
Lord Jesus Christ, fill me with the power of your Holy Spirit and let me grow in the knowledge of your great love and truth. Let your Spirit be aflame in my heart that I may know and love you more fervently and strive to do your will in all things.
Psalm 40:1,3,6-9
1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.
6 Sacrifice and offering you do not desire; but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
7 Then I said, "Behold, I come; in the roll of the book it is written of me;
8 I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: John points to Jesus' saving mission, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"No longer does John need to 'prepare the way,' since the one for whom the preparation was being made is right there before his eyes... But now he who of old was dimly pictured, the very Lamb, the spotless Sacrifice, is led to the slaughter for all, that he might drive away the sin of the world, that he might overturn the destroyer of the earth, that dying for all he might annihilate death, that he might undo the curse that is upon us... For one Lamb died for all (2 Corinthians 5:14), saving the whole flock on earth to God the Father, one for all, that he might subject all to God." (excerpt from the COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 2.1)
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