2023년 2월 9일 연중 제5주간 목요일
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제1독서
창세기.2,18-25
8 주 하느님께서 말씀하셨다.
“사람이 혼자 있는 것이 좋지 않으니, 그에게 알맞은 협력자를 만들어 주겠다.”
19 그래서 주 하느님께서는
흙으로 들의 온갖 짐승과 하늘의 온갖 새를 빚으신 다음,
사람에게 데려가시어 그가 그것들을 무엇이라 부르는지 보셨다.
사람이 생물 하나하나를 부르는 그대로 그 이름이 되었다.
20 이렇게 사람은 모든 집짐승과 하늘의 새와 모든 들짐승에게
이름을 붙여 주었다.
그러나 그는 사람인 자기에게 알맞은 협력자를 찾지 못하였다.
21 그래서 주 하느님께서는 사람 위로 깊은 잠이 쏟아지게 하시어
그를 잠들게 하신 다음,
그의 갈빗대 하나를 빼내시고 그 자리를 살로 메우셨다.
22 주 하느님께서 사람에게서 빼내신 갈빗대로 여자를 지으시고,
그를 사람에게 데려오시자, 23 사람이 이렇게 부르짖었다.
“이야말로 내 뼈에서 나온 뼈요 내 살에서 나온 살이로구나!
남자에게서 나왔으니 여자라 불리리라.”
24 그러므로 남자는 아버지와 어머니를 떠나 아내와 결합하여,
둘이 한 몸이 된다.
25 사람과 그 아내는 둘 다 알몸이면서도 부끄러워하지 않았다.
복음
마르코.7,24-30
그때에 24 예수님께서 티로 지역으로 가셨다.
그리고 어떤 집으로 들어가셨는데,
아무에게도 알려지기를 원하지 않으셨으나 결국 숨어 계실 수가 없었다.
25 더러운 영이 들린 딸을 둔 어떤 부인이 곧바로 예수님의 소문을 듣고 와서,
그분 발 앞에 엎드렸다.
26 그 부인은 이교도로서 시리아 페니키아 출신이었는데,
자기 딸에게서 마귀를 쫓아내 주십사고 그분께 청하였다.
27 예수님께서는 그 여자에게, “먼저 자녀들을 배불리 먹여야 한다.
자녀들의 빵을 집어 강아지들에게 던져 주는 것은 옳지 않다.” 하고 말씀하셨다.
28 그러자 그 여자가, “주님, 그러나 상 아래에 있는 강아지들도
자식들이 떨어뜨린 부스러기는 먹습니다.” 하고 응답하였다.
29 이에 예수님께서 그 여자에게 말씀하셨다.
“네가 그렇게 말하니, 가 보아라. 마귀가 이미 네 딸에게서 나갔다.”
30 그 여자가 집에 가서 보니,
아이는 침상에 누워 있고 마귀는 나가고 없었다.
February 9, 2023
Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
The LORD God said:
“It is not good for the man to be alone.
I will make a suitable partner for him.”
So the LORD God formed out of the ground
various wild animals and various birds of the air,
and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them;
whatever the man called each of them would be its name.
The man gave names to all the cattle,
all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals;
but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man.
So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man,
and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs
and closed up its place with flesh.
The LORD God then built up into a woman
the rib that he had taken from the man.
When he brought her to the man, the man said:
“This one, at last, is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called ‘woman,’
for out of ‘her man’ this one has been taken.”
That is why a man leaves his father and mother
and clings to his wife,
and the two of them become one flesh.
The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (see 1a) Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Blessed are you who fear the LORD,
who walk in his ways!
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork;
blessed shall you be, and favored.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in the recesses of your home;
Your children like olive plants
around your table.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Behold, thus is the man blessed
who fears the LORD.
The LORD bless you from Zion:
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Gospel
Jesus went to the district of Tyre.
He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it,
but he could not escape notice.
Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him.
She came and fell at his feet.
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth,
and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
He said to her, “Let the children be fed first.
For it is not right to take the food of the children
and throw it to the dogs.”
She replied and said to him,
“Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.”
Then he said to her, “For saying this, you may go.
The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed
and the demon gone.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Our scriptures for today have at least one thing in common: God pours out his blessings on his people.
First, Adam. He is placed in a beautiful world with plants and animals of all kinds, but he is alone. He needs a “suitable partner.” God has him check out all of the animals. He names them but not one of them is the partner he needs. I can appreciate Adam’s situation. I have two dogs. They give you unconditional love. In one sense, they are partners. However, they can never be a substitute for human companionship. Adam needed something more and God blesses him with Eve. It may seem strange but every time I think of Eve, I think of the Holy Spirit. Eve will spend her life walking alongside of Adam. The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete. “Para,” as in parallel, means on the side. Paraclete means one who goes along beside you to help you. Some translations of Genesis say “suitable helper” instead of suitable partner and the term “helper” offends some folks. Yet, think about it: what is more noble, more like Jesus, than to go alongside of someone else and help them fulfill their calling? This is what Eve does. Of course, Adam is called to do the same. He is Eve’s “suitable partner.” I love how the writer describes Adam’s delight at seeing Eve. “This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” I would paraphrase this as “Yowsa! She’s like me.” (I know what Adam was thinking and feeling. For over 50 years I have been saying the same thing about my suitable partner: Yowsa). Having a suitable partner for life is a great blessing from God.
The psalmist also speaks of being blessed by God. To fear, to reverence, and to walk in his ways brings abundant blessings. Our work is blessed. Our family is blessed. Our eyes are blessed, too, as we see the prosperity of God’s people.
I love the Gospel reading. Some folks think that this passage shows how Jesus comes to the realization that his ministry is not just for Jews but for Gentiles, too. I don’t understand it that way. A Greek comes to Jesus and wants him to heal her daughter. Jesus tests her to see what kind of faith she has. It’s not right to take food prepared for the children and throw it to the dogs, Jesus says. To Jews, non-Jews were dogs. Not all people have the same view of dogs as we generally do. I have a friend who came to know Cardinal Francis Arinze. His eminence grew up in Nigeria. Once he visited my friend’s home. On entering and seeing their dog he said, “What is that dog doing in your house?” Alan explained to him that it was a family pet. This Greek woman agreed with Jesus that the children’s food should not be thrown to the dogs but that even the dogs get the scraps that fall from the table. To her, Jesus’ healing of her daughter was like a scrap falling from the table. A scrap that falls on the floor is no big deal. Jesus, this would be like nothing for you to heal my daughter. That is faith. I quite imagine Jesus smiling as he tells her that the scrap has fallen, and the dog has eaten it – her daughter is healed.
To us, God’s blessings, especially when he heals us, are like a nine-course meal. To God, his blessings take as much effort as we would take if a scrap fell from the table. No big deal. God loves and blesses his children.
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“THE BEGINNING AND THE END” (RV 22:13)
“The Lord God said: ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.’ ” —Genesis 2:18
The first spoken words in the Holy Bible from man are about the topic of marriage. Adam rejoices that he has been given his beloved wife Eve: “This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” (Gn 2:23). The last time a human speaks in the Bible is likewise a word of rejoicing about a marriage: the Bride, that is, the Church, together with the Holy Spirit say, “Come!” (Rv 22:17) The bride rejoices that she and her spouse are united in marriage. The Scriptures between the beginning marriage and the ending marriage are all interconnected in the ardent love of God for mankind and the human longing for union with the Lord. The entire Bible is sandwiched between two shouts of married joy (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1602).
Human beings long for the fullness of love. Our human destiny is to be united with God forever, as God has created us to be. It is only with God that married love is full and complete, rather than restless. St. Augustine spoke of this, saying to God, “You have made us for Yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in You” (Catechism, 30). It takes three to experience the full joy of marriage: husband, wife, and God (Catechism, 1642). “A three-ply cord is not easily broken” (Eccl 4:12).
“God is Love” (1 Jn 4:8, 16). We humans are only able to fully love because God has first loved us (1 Jn 4:19). God wants us to have life to the full (Jn 10:10). Let the Lord love you fully and bring you into “the wedding feast of the Lamb” (Rv 19:9), the Holy Mass. Each Mass is the wedding between heaven and earth (Catechism, 1329). Attend Mass as often as possible, even daily, and be wrapped in the spousal embrace of the Lord.
Prayer: Father, You chose me to be “full of love” (Eph 1:4). I love You with my whole self (Lk 10:27-28).
Promise: “Happy are you who fear the Lord!” —Ps 128:1
Praise: Jesus healed Samantha of the desire to smoke.
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Do you ever feel "put-off" by the Lord? This passage describes the only occasion in which Jesus ministered outside of Jewish territory. (Tyre and Sidon were fifty miles north of Israel and still exist today in modern Lebanon.) A Gentile woman - an outsider who was not a member of the chosen people - puts Jesus on the spot by pleading with him to show mercy to her daughter who was tormented with an evil spirit. At first Jesus seemed to pay no attention to her, and this made his disciples feel embarrassed. Jesus very likely did this not to put the woman off, but rather to test her sincerity and to awaken faith in her.
The Lord shows mercy to those who seek him
What did Jesus mean by the expression "throwing bread to the dogs"? The Jews often spoke of the Gentiles with arrogance and insolence as "unclean dogs" since the Gentiles were excluded from God's covenant and favor with Israel. For the Greeks the "dog" was a symbol of dishonor and was used to describe a shameless and audacious woman. Matthew's Gospel records the expression do not give dogs what is holy (Matthew 7:6). Jesus, no doubt, spoke with a smile rather than with an insult because this woman immediately responds with wit and faith - "even the dogs eat the crumbs".
Love conquers with persistent trust and faith
Jesus praises a Gentile woman for her persistent faith and for her affectionate love. She made the misery of her child her own and she was willing to suffer rebuff in order to obtain healing for her loved one. She also had indomitable persistence. Her faith grew in contact with the person of Jesus. She began with a request and she ended on her knees in worshipful prayer to the living God. No one who ever sought Jesus with faith - whether Jew or Gentile - was refused his help. Do you seek Jesus with expectant faith?
Lord Jesus, your love and mercy knows no bounds. May I trust you always and never doubt your loving care and mercy. Increase my faith in your saving help and deliver me from all evil and harm.
Psalm 106:3-4, 35-37, 40
3 Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
4 Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you deliver them;
34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,
35 but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did.
36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;
40 Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Great was the power of her faith, and for our learning, by John Chrysostom (347-407 AD)
"See her humility as well as her faith! For he had called the Jews 'children,' but she was not satisfied with this. She even called them 'masters,' so far was she from grieving at the praises of others. She said, 'Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.' Behold the woman's wisdom! She did not venture so much as to say a word against anyone else. She was not stung to see others praised, nor was she indignant to be reproached. Behold her constancy. When he answered, 'It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs,' she said, 'Yes, Lord.' He called them 'children'- but she called them 'masters.' He used the name of a dog, but she described the action of the dog. Do you see this woman's humility? Then compare her humility with the proud language of the Jews: 'We are Abraham's seed and were never in bondage to any man'(John 8:33). 'We are born of God' (John 8:41). But not so this woman. Rather, she calls herself a dog and them masters. So for this reason she became a child. For what does Christ then say? 'O woman, great is your faith.'
"So we might surmise that this is the reason he put her off, in order that he might proclaim aloud this saying and that he might crown the woman: 'Be it done for you as you desire.' This means 'Your faith, indeed, is able to effect even greater things than these. Nevertheless be it unto you even as you wish.' This voice was at one with the voice that said, 'Let the heaven be,' and it was (Genesis 1:1). 'And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.' Do you see how this woman, too, contributed not a little to the healing of her daughter? For note that Christ did not say, 'Let your little daughter be made whole,' but 'Great is your faith, be it done for you as you desire.' These words were not uttered at random, nor were they flattering words, but great was the power of her faith, and for our learning.
He left the certain test and demonstration, however, to the issue of events. Her daughter accordingly was immediately healed." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW, Homily 52.3)
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