June 22, 2019 Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
2019년 6월 22일 연중 제11주간 토요일
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제1독서
코린토 2서. 12,1-10
형제 여러분, 1 이로울 것이 없지만 나는 자랑하지 않을 수 없습니다. 그리고 아예 주님께서 보여 주신 환시와 계시까지 말하렵니다. 2 나는 그리스도를 믿는 어떤 사람을 알고 있는데, 그 사람은 열네 해 전에 셋째 하늘까지 들어 올려진 일이 있습니다. 나로서는 몸째 그리되었는지 알 길이 없고 몸을 떠나 그리되었는지 알 길이 없지만, 하느님께서는 아십니다. 3 나는 그 사람을 알고 있습니다. 나로서는 몸째 그리되었는지 몸을 떠나 그리되었는지 알 길이 없지만, 하느님께서는 아십니다. 4 낙원까지 들어 올려진 그는 발설할 수 없는 말씀을 들었는데, 그 말씀은 어떠한 인간도 누설해서는 안 되는 것이었습니다.
5 이런 사람에 대해서라면 내가 자랑하겠지만, 나 자신에 대해서는 내 약점밖에 자랑하지 않으렵니다. 6 내가 설사 자랑하고 싶어 하더라도, 진실을 말할 터이므로 어리석은 꼴이 되지는 않을 것입니다. 그러나 자랑은 그만두겠습니다. 사람들이 나에게서 보고 듣는 것 이상으로 나를 생각하지 않게 하려는 것입니다.
7 그 계시들이 엄청난 것이기에 더욱 그렇습니다. 그래서 내가 자만하지 않도록 하느님께서 내 몸에 가시를 주셨습니다. 그것은 사탄의 하수인으로, 나를 줄곧 찔러 대 내가 자만하지 못하게 하시려는 것이었습니다. 8 이 일과 관련하여, 나는 그것이 나에게서 떠나게 해 주십사고 주님께 세 번이나 청하였습니다. 9 그러나 주님께서는, “너는 내 은총을 넉넉히 받았다. 나의 힘은 약한 데에서 완전히 드러난다.” 하고 말씀하셨습니다.
그렇기 때문에 나는 그리스도의 힘이 나에게 머무를 수 있도록 더없이 기쁘게 나의 약점을 자랑하렵니다. 10 나는 그리스도를 위해서라면 약함도 모욕도 재난도 박해도 역경도 달갑게 여깁니다. 내가 약할 때에 오히려 강하기 때문입니다.
복음
마태오. 6,24-34
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다. 24 “아무도 두 주인을 섬길 수 없다. 한쪽은 미워하고 다른 쪽은 사랑하며, 한쪽은 떠받들고 다른 쪽은 업신여기게 된다. 너희는 하느님과 재물을 함께 섬길 수 없다.
25 그러므로 내가 너희에게 말한다. 목숨을 부지하려고 무엇을 먹을까, 무엇을 마실까, 또 몸을 보호하려고 무엇을 입을까 걱정하지 마라. 목숨이 음식보다 소중하고 몸이 옷보다 소중하지 않으냐? 26 하늘의 새들을 눈여겨보아라. 그것들은 씨를 뿌리지도 않고 거두지도 않을 뿐만 아니라 곳간에 모아들이지도 않는다. 그러나 하늘의 너희 아버지께서는 그것들을 먹여 주신다. 너희는 그것들보다 더 귀하지 않으냐?
27 너희 가운데 누가 걱정한다고 해서 자기 수명을 조금이라도 늘릴 수 있느냐?
28 그리고 너희는 왜 옷 걱정을 하느냐? 들에 핀 나리꽃들이 어떻게 자라는지 지켜보아라. 그것들은 애쓰지도 않고 길쌈도 하지 않는다. 29 그러나 내가 너희에게 말한다. 솔로몬도 그 온갖 영화 속에서 이 꽃 하나만큼 차려입지 못하였다. 30 오늘 서 있다가도 내일이면 아궁이에 던져질 들풀까지 하느님께서 이처럼 입히시거든, 너희야 훨씬 더 잘 입히시지 않겠느냐?
이 믿음이 약한 자들아! 31 그러므로 너희는 ‘무엇을 먹을까?’, ‘무엇을 마실까?’, ‘무엇을 차려입을까?’ 하며 걱정하지 마라. 32 이런 것들은 모두 다른 민족들이 애써 찾는 것이다. 하늘의 너희 아버지께서는 이 모든 것이 너희에게 필요함을 아신다. 33 너희는 먼저 하느님의 나라와 그분의 의로움을 찾아라. 그러면 이 모든 것도 곁들여 받게 될 것이다.
34 그러므로 내일을 걱정하지 마라. 내일 걱정은 내일이 할 것이다. 그날 고생은 그날로 충분하다.”
June 22, 2019
Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
2 Cor 12:1-10
Brothers and sisters:
I must boast; not that it is profitable,
but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
I know a man in Christ who, fourteen years ago
(whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows),
was caught up to the third heaven.
And I know that this man
(whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows)
was caught up into Paradise and heard ineffable things,
which no one may utter.
About this man I will boast,
but about myself I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.
Although if I should wish to boast, I would not be foolish,
for I would be telling the truth.
But I refrain, so that no one may think more of me
than what he sees in me or hears from me
because of the abundance of the revelations.
Therefore, that I might not become too elated,
a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan,
to beat me, to keep me from being too elated.
Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me,
but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you,
for power is made perfect in weakness.”
I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses,
in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me.
Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults,
hardships, persecutions, and constraints,
for the sake of Christ;
for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (9a) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
The angel of the LORD encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Taste and see how good the LORD is;
blessed the man who takes refuge in him.
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Fear the LORD, you his holy ones,
for nought is lacking to those who fear him.
The great grow poor and hungry;
but those who seek the LORD want for no good thing.
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Come, children, hear me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Which of you desires life,
and takes delight in prosperous days?
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“No one can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other,
or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or drink,
or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds in the sky;
they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns,
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are not you more important than they?
Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?
Why are you anxious about clothes?
Learn from the way the wild flowers grow.
They do not work or spin.
But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor
was clothed like one of them.
If God so clothes the grass of the field,
which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow,
will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’
or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’
All these things the pagans seek.
Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given you besides.
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself.
Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«Set your heart first on the kingdom and justice of God and all these things will also be given to you»
Fr. Jacques PHILIPPE
(Cordes sur Ciel, France)
Today, the Gospel clearly speaks of living the "present moment": not to keep thinking about yesterday, but abandon yourself to God and His mercy. Not to torture about tomorrow, but to entrust it all to His Providence. Saint Therese of the Child Jesus said: «the spirit of self-abandonment is my sole guide – I have no other compass!».
Preoccupation has never solved any problem. What solves problems is self-assurance, faith. Jesus says «If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will He not much more clothe you – you of little faith?» (Mt 6:30).
Life per-se is not too problematic; it is man who is deficient in faith... Existence is not always easy. At times it can be stressful; we frequently feel injured and shocked by what is happening in our life or in that of others. But let us face it with faith and let us try to live, day by day, by trusting God will fulfill His promises. Faith will lead us to salvation.
«Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.» (Mt 6:34). What does that mean? Try, today, to live equitably, according to the logic of the Kingdom, with trust, simplicity, seeking God, with reckless abandon. And God will take care of the rest...
Day by day. It is very important. What so often wear us down are all these comebacks to the past and our fear of the future; whereas, mysteriously, when we just live in the present moment we find strength. What I have to live by today, I have God’s grace to live it. If tomorrow I must cope with more difficult situations, God will increase His grace. God's grace is given every moment, day by day. To live the present moment means to accept weakness: to give up redoing the past or to dominate the future, to be contented by the present.
«Not to be worried about food and drink for yourself. Do not worry about tomorrow»
Fr. Carles ELÍAS i Cao
(Barcelona, Spain)
Today, Jesus tells us: «You cannot at the same time serve God and money» (Mt 6:24). With these words He confronts us with our own uncertainty, which we try to alleviate by leaning on the conviction that we have, not only what we need, but also what we want, which, in turn, leads us into consumism and waste.
«Let the avaricious hear these words; let the Christian who thinks he can serve both Christ and money, hear them too. For, He did not say: he who has riches but he who serves riches; nor he who is enslaved by riches and keeps them like a slave; but he who has cast off the yoke of slavery and distributes his wealth in a lordly manner» (St Jerome).
Today, as in the beatitudes —or in the key passage of the new commandment (Jn 13:34-35)—, the Lord urges us to settle for an unlimited confidence in the Father, who offers Himself to us as the Divine Providence, for our quest for the Kingdom of justice, peace and joy, and for a true simplicity of our soul, that turns round, time and again, «with groans that words cannot express» (Rm 8:26), to the only one who can fill to the brim our longing for plenitude and eternity. While conscious of the temporality of our existence, through our own self-denial, we must be certain of our desire to follow the Christ.
Seeking God's forgiveness for past sins and throwing away any fears and worries for a future yet to come, Jesus invites us to live the present day, which is the only thing we can be more or less sure of. And this “today” is given to us as our daily bread. «We only own the present, while the hope for the future is uncertain (...). Each day has enough trouble of his own. So why worry about?» (St Gregory of Nyssa).
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
I am familiar with Jesus’ repeated injunctions against wealth, and I typically associate these warnings with excessive wealth – the kind that the rich man refused to share with Lazarus, or the corrupt earnings the tax collector Zacchaeus promised to redistribute to the poor. But in this passage from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus does not highlight the problem of disproportionate wealth. Rather, he reminds us that our basic material needs – for things like food, drink, and clothing – can so easily undergird undue desires for mammon. Whether rich or poor, we all want to ensure a secure future. It is these desires for control and security that lie at the root of so much anxiety, so much worry, and so much greed.
My family and I will soon return to the USA after a year living in Uganda. Twelve months ago, we were consumed with anxious questions. Where would we live? Where would our children go to school? How would teaching and research unfold? Would we bring the right supplies? Would our health hold up? These worries cost me so much sleep! What I’ve realized this year is that while preparation is always necessary, I am ultimately not the master of my own fate or the arbiter of my own future. This lesson came home to me on my first day of teaching last August. on my way to the local university, I made about five wrong turns and soon had no idea how to proceed. Calling out the window to a group of workers, I inquired on how to reach the main highway. Laughing, one called back, “Mzungu (white man), you are lost!” He then jumped in the passenger seat and directed me to the right road. In the meantime, a university colleague informed my students that I was delayed. When I arrived over an hour late – a first in my teaching career – I thought my students would be sullen. Instead, they inexplicably broke into applause. At that moment, I knew I wouldn’t be “in control” this year. Yet I also knew that I would be the recipient of unmerited grace. Like Paul, Thomas More, and John Fisher, I learned in my own small way that “my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
May each of us never forget that God – and our neighbors – are always ready to hop on board with us, guiding us forward on a path we only dimly see.
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ARE YOU THE WEAK LINK? | ||
| "I will do no boasting about myself unless it be about my weaknesses." �2 Corinthians 12:5 | ||
St. Paul had been "snatched up to the third heaven" (2 Cor 12:2). He was transported "to Paradise to hear words which cannot be uttered, words which no man may speak" (2 Cor 12:4). Despite these "extraordinary revelations" (2 Cor 12:7), Paul did not base his evangelization on the glory of heaven; instead he focused on the weakness and scandal of the cross (1 Cor 2:2). In today's society, St. Paul would be inundated with movie offers, book contracts, speaking tours, and interviews to expound upon his heavenly experiences. Who wouldn't want to hear a description of heaven? Paul had a powerful witness that would attract many. Why wouldn't he want to pass on that Good News? Paul knew that even a powerful witness like the experience of heaven couldn't match the power in the weakness of suffering, "for in weakness power reaches perfection" (2 Cor 12:9). So he willingly boasted of his "weaknesses instead, that the power of Christ may rest upon" him (2 Cor 12:9). What is your weakness? Are you physically limited, fatigued by caring for young babies or aged parents, in danger from persecution, under attack for your stand for life, alone and unsupported in your faith? Are you constrained by obstacles which seemingly prevent you from moving in power? (see 2 Cor 12:7) If so, you have more power than ever before. In your weakness, God is with you and His power is upon you. | ||
| Prayer: Father, Your grace is enough for me (2 Cor 12:9). | ||
| Promise: "Enough, then, of worrying about tomorrow. Let tomorrow take care of itself." —Mt 6:34 | ||
| Praise: St. Thomas More was beheaded for not supporting King Henry VIII. In 2000, Pope St. John Paul II named him the patron of political leaders. |
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"I have seen the Lord!"
Do you recognize the presence of the Lord Jesus when you hear his word? How easy it is to miss the Lord Jesus when our focus is on ourselves! Mary Magdalene did not at first recognize the Lord because her focus was on the empty tomb and on her own grief. It took only one word from the Master, when he called her by name, for Mary to recognize him.
The Risen Lord Jesus reveals himself to us as we listen to his word
Mary Magdalene's message to the disciples, I have seen the Lord, is the very essence of Christianity. It is not enough that a Christian know about the Lord, but that we know him personally. It is not enough to argue about him, but to meet him. In the resurrection we encounter the living Lord Jesus who loves us personally and shares his glory with us. The Lord Jesus gives us "eyes of faith" to see the truth of his resurrection and his victory over sin and death (Ephesians 1:18). And he opens our ears to recognize his voice as we listen to the "good news" proclaimed in the Gospel message today.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the foundation of our hope - the hope that we, too, who believe in him will see the living God face to face and share in his everlasting glory and joy. "Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls" (1 Peter 1:8-9). Do you recognize the Lord's presence with you, in his word, in the "breaking of the bread," and in his church, the body of Christ?
"Lord Jesus, may I never fail to recognize your voice nor lose sight of your presence as you open the Scriptures for me and speak your life-giving word."
Psalm 63:1-5,7-8
1 O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.
2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
4 So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.
5 My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips,
7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.
8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The love of Christ enflamed her, by Gregory the Great (540-604 AD)
"Mary Magdalene, who had been a sinner in the city (Luke 7:37), loved the Truth and so washed away with her tears the stains of wickedness (Luke 7:47). Her sins had kept her cold, but afterward she burned with an irresistible love... We must consider this woman's state of mind whose great force of love inflamed her. When even the disciples departed from the sepulcher, she did not depart. She looked for him whom she had not found... But it is not enough for a lover to have looked once, because the force of love intensifies the effort of the search. She looked for him a first time and found nothing. She persevered in seeking, and that is why she found him. As her unfulfilled desires increased, they took possession of what they found (Song of Songs 3:1-4)... Holy desires, as I have told you before, increase by delay in their fulfillment. If delay causes them to fail, they were not desires... This was Mary's kind of love as she turned a second time to the sepulcher she had already looked into. Let us see the result of her search, which had been redoubled by the power of love." (excerpt from FORTY GOSPEL HOMILIES 25)
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