February 24, 2023 Friday after Ash Wednesday

2023년 2월 24일 재의 예식 다음 금요일

 

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제1독서

이사야서. 58,1-9ㄴ

주 하느님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.

1 “목청껏 소리쳐라, 망설이지 마라. 나팔처럼 네 목소리를 높여라.

내 백성에게 그들의 악행을, 야곱 집안에 그들의 죄악을 알려라.

2 그들은 마치 정의를 실천하고

자기 하느님의 공정을 저버리지 않는 민족인 양

날마다 나를 찾으며 나의 길 알기를 갈망한다.

그들은 나에게 의로운 법규들을 물으며 하느님께 가까이 있기를 갈망한다.

3 ‘저희가 단식하는데 왜 보아 주지 않으십니까?

저희가 고행하는데 왜 알아주지 않으십니까?’

보라, 너희는 너희 단식일에 제 일만 찾고 너희 일꾼들을 다그친다.

4 보라, 너희는 단식한다면서 다투고 싸우며 못된 주먹질이나 하고 있다.

저 높은 곳에 너희 목소리를 들리게 하려거든

지금처럼 단식하여서는 안 된다.

5 이것이 내가 좋아하는 단식이냐? 사람이 고행한다는 날이 이러하냐?

제 머리를 골풀처럼 숙이고 자루옷과 먼지를 깔고 눕는 것이냐?

너는 이것을 단식이라고, 주님이 반기는 날이라고 말하느냐?

6 내가 좋아하는 단식은 이런 것이 아니겠느냐?

불의한 결박을 풀어 주고 멍에 줄을 끌러 주는 것,

억압받는 이들을 자유롭게 내보내고 모든 멍에를 부수어 버리는 것이다.

7 네 양식을 굶주린 이와 함께 나누고

가련하게 떠도는 이들을 네 집에 맞아들이는 것,

헐벗은 사람을 보면 덮어 주고

네 혈육을 피하여 숨지 않는 것이 아니겠느냐?

8 그리하면 너의 빛이 새벽빛처럼 터져 나오고

너의 상처가 곧바로 아물리라.

너의 의로움이 네 앞에 서서 가고 주님의 영광이 네 뒤를 지켜 주리라.

9 그때 네가 부르면 주님께서 대답해 주시고

네가 부르짖으면 ‘나 여기 있다.’ 하고 말씀해 주시리라.” 

 

복음

마태오. 9,14-15

14 그때에 요한의 제자들이 예수님께 와서,

“저희와 바리사이들은 단식을 많이 하는데,

스승님의 제자들은 어찌하여 단식하지 않습니까?” 하고 물었다.

15 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.

“혼인 잔치 손님들이 신랑과 함께 있는 동안에 슬퍼할 수야 없지 않으냐?

그러나 그들이 신랑을 빼앗길 날이 올 것이다.

그러면 그들도 단식할 것이다.” 

February 24, 2023

Friday after Ash Wednesday

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Reading 1

Is 58:1-9a

Thus says the Lord GOD:

Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,

lift up your voice like a trumpet blast;

Tell my people their wickedness,

and the house of Jacob their sins.

They seek me day after day,

and desire to know my ways,

Like a nation that has done what is just

and not abandoned the law of their God;

They ask me to declare what is due them,

pleased to gain access to God.

"Why do we fast, and you do not see it?

afflict ourselves, and you take no note of it?"

Lo, on your fast day you carry out your own pursuits,

and drive all your laborers.

Yes, your fast ends in quarreling and fighting,

striking with wicked claw.

Would that today you might fast

so as to make your voice heard on high!

Is this the manner of fasting I wish,

of keeping a day of penance:

That a man bow his head like a reed

and lie in sackcloth and ashes?

Do you call this a fast,

a day acceptable to the LORD?

This, rather, is the fasting that I wish:

releasing those bound unjustly,

untying the thongs of the yoke;

Setting free the oppressed,

breaking every yoke;

Sharing your bread with the hungry,

sheltering the oppressed and the homeless;

Clothing the naked when you see them,

and not turning your back on your own.

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,

and your wound shall quickly be healed;

Your vindication shall go before you,

and the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer,

you shall cry for help, and he will say: Here I am!

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19

R. (19b) A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;

in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.

Thoroughly wash me from my guilt

and of my sin cleanse me.

R. A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

For I acknowledge my offense,

and my sin is before me always:

"Against you only have I sinned,

and done what is evil in your sight."

R. A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

For you are not pleased with sacrifices;

should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it.

My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;

a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

R. A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

Gospel

Mt 9:14-15

The disciples of John approached Jesus and said,

"Why do we and the Pharisees fast much,

but your disciples do not fast?"

Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests mourn

as long as the bridegroom is with them?

The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,

and then they will fast.”

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​What Have You Given Up for Lent?

This question is often asked this time of year, inviting faithful of all ages to consider how they will fast and prepare themselves for the resurrection of our Lord. For children, they often respond that they are giving up sweets. Adults might select something more… well, adult, such as alcohol, or perhaps social media (although there are plenty of children on social media these days). As I was reflecting on the question of what I might give up for this Lenten season, I was drawn to this quote from the first reading for today from the Book of Isaiah:

This, rather is the fasting that I wish:

Releasing those bound unjustly,

Untying the thongs of the yoke;

Setting free the oppressed,

Breaking every yoke;

Sharing your bread with the hungry,

Sheltering the oppressed and the homeless;

Clothing the naked when you see them,

and not turning your back on them (Isaiah 58:6-7)

Perhaps, like me, you have been reflecting on how to make your fast this Lenten season more intentional. For me, this passage offers clarity about the purpose of the fast - that it is to loosen the yoke of oppression that is shouldered by the poor, marginalized, and those in most need of God’s love. Those who are oppressed are all around us, we merely need to lift our gaze to see them in our midst.

Perhaps we have already reflected on these realities in our Lenten preparations. If we have, then maybe we have already noticed the effect that this kind of reflection can have on us. But if we haven’t, it is definitely not too late to reflect on these realities as we move through our Lenten journey.

My prayer for us is that after we give up the usual material goods, that the remaining space will be filled with an inspired desire to connect more with those who would benefit most from our love and attention. Together, may we find ways to notice and serve the hungry, marginalized, and excluded - to give from the heart - so that those efforts become habit. And as we take our time during this season of waiting and anticipation to commit more fully to the needs of the other, may those experiences satisfy the thirst that remains after our fast, so that we too will eventually flourish and bloom like a watered garden; a flowing spring whose waters never fail (Isaiah, 58:12).

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​PULLING A FAST ONE

“Do you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?” —Isaiah 58:5

Fasting is limiting our intake of food in obedience to God for the building of His kingdom. It may involve eating nothing, eating a little less, or eating plainer, less tasty foods. Although the Lord often calls us to cut back significantly in eating, fasting is not a matter of quantity but obedience. For instance, to fast severely when God is calling us to something else is not pleasing to Him.

A Lenten fast is a little different than another fast. The Lenten fast is an intentional imitation of Christ as He fasted forty days in the desert. Thus, the purpose of a Lenten fast is to be united with Christ and to grow in a deep, personal relationship with Him.

On this Friday, the third fast day of Lent, the Church obliges the Catholics of the world to unite by abstaining from meat. This simple expression of unity encourages all of us to persevere in fasting and to fast with our focus on unity — unity with all the Catholics of the world and especially with Jesus. “Would that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high!” (Is 58:4)

Prayer: Jesus, may I be in communion with You when I eat Your Flesh and drink Your Blood (Jn 6:56). May I also receive communion with You and Your people when I fast.

Promise: “When the day comes that the Groom is taken away, then they will fast.” —Mt 9:15

Praise: Even when unable to get out to Church to receive Communion, Monica was in communion with the Church through the minister bringing the Eucharist to her.

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​Are you hungry for God? Hungering for God and fasting for his kingdom go hand in hand. When asked why he and his disciples did not fast Jesus used the vivid picture of a wedding celebration. In Jesus' time the newly wed celebrated their honeymoon at home for a whole week with all the guests! This was a time of great feasting and celebrating. Jesus points to himself as the bridegroom and his disciples as the bridegroom's friends. He alludes to the fact that God takes delight in his people as a groom delights in his bride (Isaiah 62:5).

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Humble yourself before the Lord your God

To be in God's presence is pure delight and happiness. But Jesus also reminds his followers that there is a time for fasting and for humbling oneself in preparation for the coming of God's kingdom and for the return of the Messianic King. The Lord's disciples must also bear the cross of affliction and purification. For the disciple there is both a time for rejoicing in the Lord's presence and celebrating his goodness and a time for seeking the Lord with humility, fasting, and mourning for sin. If we hunger for the Lord, he will not disappoint us. His grace draws us to his throne of mercy and favor. Do you seek the Lord with confident trust and allow his Holy Spirit to transform your life with his power and grace?

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Fast and hunger for more of God and his righteousness

What kind of fasting is pleasing to God? Fasting can be done for a variety of reasons - to gain freedom from some bad habit, addiction, or vice, to share in the suffering of those who go without, or to grow in our hunger for God and for the things of heaven. Basil the Great wrote: "Take heed that you do not make fasting to consists only in abstinence from meats. True fasting is to refrain from vice. Shred to pieces all your unjust contracts. Pardon your neighbors. Forgive them their trespasses." Do you hunger to know God more, to grow in his holiness, and to live the abundant life of grace he offers you?

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Come Lord, work upon us, set us on fire and clasp us close, be fragrant to us, draw us to your loveliness, let us love, let us run to you." (Prayer of St. Augustine)​

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Psalm 51:3-6,18-19

3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless in your judgment.

5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,

19 then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: True fasting, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 AD

"All the endeavors for fasting are concerned not about the rejection of various foods as unclean, but about the subjugation of inordinate desire and the maintenance of neighborly love. Charity especially is guarded - food is subservient to charity, speech to charity, customs to charity, and facial expressions to charity. Everything works together for charity alone." (excerpt from Letter 243, 11)

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