2023년 2월 23일 재의 예식 다음 목요일
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제1독서
신명기. 30,15-20
모세가 백성에게 말하였다.
15 “보아라, 내가 오늘 너희 앞에 생명과 행복, 죽음과 불행을 내놓는다.
16 내가 오늘 너희에게 명령하는 주 너희 하느님의 계명을 듣고,
주 너희 하느님을 사랑하며 그분의 길을 따라 걷고,
그분의 계명과 규정과 법규들을 지키면, 너희가 살고 번성할 것이다.
또 주 너희 하느님께서는
너희가 차지하러 들어가는 땅에서 너희에게 복을 내리실 것이다.
17 그러나 너희의 마음이 돌아서서 말을 듣지 않고,
유혹에 끌려 다른 신들에게 경배하고 그들을 섬기면,
18 내가 오늘 너희에게 분명히 일러두는데, 너희는 반드시 멸망하고,
요르단을 건너 차지하러 들어가는 땅에서 오래 살지 못할 것이다.
19 나는 오늘 하늘과 땅을 증인으로 세우고,
생명과 죽음, 축복과 저주를 너희 앞에 내놓았다.
너희와 너희 후손이 살려면 생명을 선택해야 한다.
20 또한 주 너희 하느님을 사랑하고 그분의 말씀을 들으며 그분께 매달려야 한다.
주님은 너희의 생명이시다. 그리고
너희의 조상 아브라함과 이사악과 야곱에게 주시겠다고 맹세하신 땅에서
너희가 오랫동안 살 수 있게 해 주실 분이시다.”
복음
루카. 9,22-25
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 22 “사람의 아들은 반드시 많은 고난을 겪고
원로들과 수석 사제들과 율법 학자들에게 배척을 받아 죽임을 당하였다가
사흘 만에 되살아나야 한다.” 하고 이르셨다.
23 예수님께서 모든 사람에게 말씀하셨다.
“누구든지 내 뒤를 따라오려면,
자신을 버리고 날마다 제 십자가를 지고 나를 따라야 한다.
24 정녕 자기 목숨을 구하려는 사람은 목숨을 잃을 것이고,
나 때문에 자기 목숨을 잃는 그 사람은 목숨을 구할 것이다.
25 사람이 온 세상을 얻고도 자기 자신을 잃거나 해치게 되면 무슨 소용이 있느냐?”
February 23, 2023
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
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Reading 1
Moses said to the people:
“Today I have set before you
life and prosperity, death and doom.
If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your God,
which I enjoin on you today,
loving him, and walking in his ways,
and keeping his commandments, statutes and decrees,
you will live and grow numerous,
and the LORD, your God,
will bless you in the land you are entering to occupy.
If, however, you turn away your hearts and will not listen,
but are led astray and adore and serve other gods,
I tell you now that you will certainly perish;
you will not have a long life
on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to enter and occupy.
I call heaven and earth today to witness against you:
I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse.
Choose life, then,
that you and your descendants may live, by loving the LORD, your God,
heeding his voice, and holding fast to him.
For that will mean life for you,
a long life for you to live on the land that the LORD swore
he would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (40:5a) Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
Blessed the man who follows not
the counsel of the wicked
Nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of the insolent,
But delights in the law of the LORD
and meditates on his law day and night.
R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
He is like a tree
planted near running water,
That yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers.
R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
Not so the wicked, not so;
they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
For the LORD watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes.
R. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
Verse Before the Gospel
Repent, says the Lord;
the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected
by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
Then he said to all,
“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
What profit is there for one to gain the whole world
yet lose or forfeit himself?”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
When I first saw the reading for today, the day after Ash Wednesday, my initial thought was: Well, I guess there’s no easing into Lent.
The message from Luke is short and to the point. We must take up the cross daily. Daily. Not just during Lent, but take up the cross daily to follow Jesus. Do I make that decision every day? I am not sure that I do. I pray and reflect, but I don’t think I say to God and to myself: I am taking up the cross this day and following Jesus.
Why is that important? God gets that I’m trying, doing my best, right? God does. But this is for me. The last two lines of the Gospel reading made that more clear to me: “What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?" What I need to remember is that I make decisions large and small every day where I might gain the world yet lose or forfeit myself. It’s not just in the big things where I can lose myself, it’s in those little things. When I think I’ve gained the upper hand by making myself feel better at the expense of someone else. When I could help out a colleague or a friend or a family member, but I’m too busy. I lose those little pieces of myself. And what have I gained? That’s what can happen when I don’t make the decision to take up the cross every day.
For today, for Lent, for every day, let me remember to take up the cross and follow Jesus.
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IT’S YOUR CHOICE
“I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life.” —Deuteronomy 30:19
Recently, a group of Catholics were praying a rosary in front of the local abortion mill. A car drove by and a woman shouted at the group, “My body, my choice!” She made a choice as proclaimed in today’s Mass readings: to choose life or death, blessing or curse (Dt 30:19).
How incredible that Almighty God gives us human beings the freedom to choose our own eternal destiny, heaven or hell. There is no other option. The love of God is so magnanimous and total that He offers us freedom to make such powerful choices (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 160). However, in that same love, He reveals Himself so that we might have every opportunity to choose both Him and His love. God desires to overwhelm us with blessings (Dt 28:2). Yet we have to choose the life of blessings He sets before us (Dt 30:19).
At the conclusion of Lent, at the Easter Vigil or on Easter Sunday, we will renew our baptismal promises. The priest will ask us six questions only answered “Yes” or “No.” Likewise, only two choices are offered by God: heaven or hell, life or death, the kingdom of God or the kingdom of darkness.
As we begin Lent, “choose life” (Dt 30:19). Choose blessing. Reject the curse. Reject hell. Choose God.
Prayer: Father, this Lent, may I choose Your way of life every moment of every day.
Promise: “Whoever wishes to be My follower must deny his very self, take up his cross each day, and follow in My steps. Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.” —Lk 9:23-24
Praise: “Eighty-six years I have served Him, and He has never done me wrong. How, then, should I be able to blaspheme my King Who has saved me?” (The Martyrdom of Polycarp, 155 AD)
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Do you know the healing, transforming power of the cross? When Jesus predicted his passion his disciples were dismayed. Rejection and crucifixion meant defeat and condemnation, not victory and freedom. How could Jesus' self-denial, suffering and death lead to victory and life? Through his obedience to his Father's will, Jesus reversed the curse of Adam's disobedience. His death on the cross won pardon for the guilty, freedom for the oppressed, healing for the afflicted, and new life for those condemned to death. His death makes possible our freedom to live as sons and daughters of God.
Surrender to God and he will fill you with his Spirit
There's a certain paradox in God's economy. We lose what we gain, and we gain what we lose. When we try to run our life our own way, we end up losing it to futility. Only God can free us from our ignorance and sinful ways. When we surrender our lives to God, he gives us new life in his Spirit and the pledge of everlasting life with God. God wants us to be spiritually fit to love and serve him at all times and seasons. When the body is very weak or ill, we make every effort to nurse it back to health. How much more effort and attention should we give to the spiritual health of our mind, heart, and will!
The great exchange - my life for His victorious life
What will you give to God in exchange for freedom and eternal life? Are you ready to part with anything that might keep you from following him and his perfect plan for your life? Jesus poses these questions to challenge our assumptions about what is most profitable and worthwhile in life. In every decision of life we are making ourselves a certain kind of person. It is possible that some can gain all the things they set their heart on, only to wake up suddenly and discover that they missed the most important thing of all. A true disciple is ready to give up all that he or she has in exchange for true happiness, life, and peace with God. The life which God offers us is abundant, everlasting life. And the joy which God places in our hearts no sadness or loss can diminish.
The cross of Christ brings freedom and victory over sin
The cross of Jesus Christ leads to freedom and victory over sin and death. What is the cross which Christ commands me to take up each day as his disciple? When my will crosses with his will, then his will must be done. The way of the cross involves sacrifice, the sacrifice of laying down my life each and every day for Jesus' sake. What makes such sacrifice possible and "sweet" is the love of God poured out for us in the blood of Jesus Christ. Paul the Apostle reminds us that "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit" (Romans 5:5). We can never outmatch God. He always gives us more than we can expect or imagine. Are you ready to lose all for Christ in order to gain all with Christ?
Lord Jesus, I give you my hands to do your work. I give you my feet to go your way. I give you my eyes to see as you do. I give you my tongue to speak your words. I give you my mind that you may think in me. I give you my spirit that you may pray in me. Above all, I give you my heart that you may love in me, your Father, and all mankind. I give you my whole self that you may grow in me, so that it is you, Lord Jesus, who live and work and pray in me.
Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: God calls us to coversion, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 AD
"God calls us to correct ourselves and invites us to do penance. He calls us through the wonderful gifts of his creation, and he calls us by granting time for life. He calls us through the reader and through the preacher. He calls us with the innermost force of our thoughts. He calls us with the scourge of punishment, and he calls us with the mercy of his consolation." (excerpt from Commentary on Psalm 102, 16)
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