July 8, 2019 Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
2019년 7월 8일 연중 제14주간 월요일
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제1독서
창세기. 28,10-22ㄱ
그 무렵 10 야곱은 브에르 세바를 떠나 하란으로 가다가, 11 어떤 곳에 이르러 해가 지자 거기에서 밤을 지내게 되었다. 그는 그곳의 돌 하나를 가져다 머리에 베고 그곳에 누워 자다가, 12 꿈을 꾸었다.
그가 보니 땅에 층계가 세워져 있고 그 꼭대기는 하늘에 닿아 있는데, 하느님의 천사들이 그 층계를 오르내리고 있었다. 13 주님께서 그 위에 서서 말씀하셨다.
“나 는 너의 아버지 아브라함의 하느님이며 이사악의 하느님인 주님이다. 나는 네가 누워 있는 이 땅을 너와 네 후손에게 주겠다. 14 네 후손은 땅의 먼지처럼 많아지고, 너는 서쪽과 동쪽 또 북쪽과 남쪽으로 퍼져 나갈 것이다. 땅의 모든 종족들이 너와 네 후손을 통하여 복을 받을 것이다.
15 보라, 내가 너와 함께 있으면서 네가 어디로 가든지 너를 지켜 주고, 너를 다시 이 땅으로 데려오겠다. 내가 너에게 약속한 것을 다 이루기까지 너를 떠나지 않겠다.”
16 야곱은 잠에서 깨어나, “진정 주님께서 이곳에 계시는데도 나는 그것을 모르고 있었구나.” 하면서, 17 두려움에 싸여 말하였다. “이 얼마나 두려운 곳인가! 이곳은 다름 아닌 하느님의 집이다. 여기가 바로 하늘의 문이로구나.”
18 야곱은 아침 일찍 일어나, 머리에 베었던 돌을 가져다 기념 기둥으로 세우고 그 꼭대기에 기름을 부었다. 19 그러고는 그곳의 이름을 베텔이라 하였다. 그러나 그 성읍의 본이름은 루즈였다.
20 그런 다음 야곱은 이렇게 서원하였다. “하느님께서 저와 함께 계시면서 제가 가는 이 길에서 저를 지켜 주시고, 저에게 먹을 양식과 입을 옷을 마련해 주시며, 21 제가 무사히 아버지 집으로 돌아가게 해 주신다면, 주님께서는 저의 하느님이 되시고, 22 제가 기념 기둥으로 세운 이 돌은 하느님의 집이 될 것입니다.”
복음
마태오. 9,18-26
18 예수님께서 요한의 제자들에게 말씀을 하고 계실 때, 한 회당장이 와서 예수님께 엎드려 절하며, “제 딸이 방금 죽었습니다. 그러나 가셔서 아이에게 손을 얹으시면 살아날 것입니다.” 하고 말하였다. 19 예수님께서는 일어나시어 제자들과 함께 그를 따라가셨다.
20 그때에 열두 해 동안 혈루증을 앓는 여자가 예수님 뒤로 다가가, 그분의 옷자락 술에 손을 대었다. 21 그는 속으로 ‘내가 저분의 옷에 손을 대기만 하여도 구원을 받겠지.’ 하고 생각하였던 것이다.
22 예수님께서 돌아서시어 그 여자를 보시며 이르셨다. “딸아, 용기를 내어라. 네 믿음이 너를 구원하였다.” 바로 그때에 그 부인은 구원을 받았다.
23 예수님께서 회당장의 집에 이르시어 피리를 부는 이들과 소란을 피우는 군중을 보시고, 24 “물러들 가거라. 저 소녀는 죽은 것이 아니라 자고 있다.” 하고 말씀하셨다. 그들은 예수님을 비웃었다.
25 군중이 쫓겨난 뒤에 예수님께서 안으로 들어가시어 소녀의 손을 잡으셨다. 그러자 소녀가 일어났다. 26 그 소문이 그 지방에 두루 퍼졌다.
July 8, 2019
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Gn 28:10-22a
Jacob departed from Beer-sheba and proceeded toward Haran.
When he came upon a certain shrine, as the sun had already set,
he stopped there for the night.
Taking one of the stones at the shrine, he put it under his head
and lay down to sleep at that spot.
Then he had a dream: a stairway rested on the ground,
with its top reaching to the heavens;
and God’s messengers were going up and down on it.
And there was the LORD standing beside him and saying:
“I, the LORD, am the God of your forefather Abraham
and the God of Isaac;
the land on which you are lying
I will give to you and your descendants.
These shall be as plentiful as the dust of the earth,
and through them you shall spread out east and west, north and south.
In you and your descendants
all the nations of the earth shall find blessing.
Know that I am with you;
I will protect you wherever you go,
and bring you back to this land.
I will never leave you until I have done what I promised you.”
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he exclaimed,
“Truly, the LORD is in this spot, although I did not know it!”
In solemn wonder he cried out: “How awesome is this shrine!
This is nothing else but an abode of God,
and that is the gateway to heaven!”
Early the next morning Jacob took the stone
that he had put under his head,
set it up as a memorial stone, and poured oil on top of it.
He called the site Bethel,
whereas the former name of the town had been Luz.
Jacob then made this vow: “If God remains with me,
to protect me on this journey I am making
and to give me enough bread to eat and clothing to wear,
and I come back safe to my father’s house, the LORD shall be my God.
This stone that I have set up as a memorial stone shall be God’s abode.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (see 2b) In you, my God, I place my trust.
You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
Say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
R. In you, my God, I place my trust.
For he will rescue you from the snare of the fowler,
from the destroying pestilence.
With his pinions he will cover you,
and under his wings you shall take refuge.
R. In you, my God, I place my trust.
Because he clings to me, I will deliver him;
I will set him on high because he acknowledges my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in distress.
R. In you, my God, I place my trust.
Gospel
While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward,
knelt down before him, and said,
“My daughter has just died.
But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples.
A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him
and touched the tassel on his cloak.
She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”
Jesus turned around and saw her, and said,
“Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.”
And from that hour the woman was cured.
When Jesus arrived at the official’s house
and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion,
he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.”
And they ridiculed him.
When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by the hand,
and the little girl arose.
And news of this spread throughout all that land.
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Sitting at the edge of the high alpine lake at our campsite, our faces aglow with the golden hue of the setting sun, my wife and I spend days gazing silently upon the snow-covered backs of lumbering Rocky Mountains. This annual pilgrimage into creation has been a staple for us. It anchors us. Every year we make this journey I either learn something new or am reminded of something deep about God. This year after a series of challenging life events that arrived at our doorstep, God took the opportunity to speak to me in the mountains through a strong, driving wind that daily cascaded down the valley to the west of us, skated across the lake’s surface and filled my ears with two questions:
- Do you know that I am here?
- Do you trust me?
The questions brought to mind the thoughts of the mystic and naturalist John Muir. He wrote, “Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature's sources never fail.” To be in creation is to be in God.
Jacob too found himself dreaming in God under the stars. Whereas I had the comfort of a soft sleeping pad and downy pillow during my foray, he made his bed upon unforgiving earth and a stoney pillow! As he rested and listened in that corner of creation that he would soon rename “the house of God”, Jacob heard the Divine voice tell him, “Know that I am with you; I will protect you wherever you go...I will never leave you.” (GN 28:15)
- Do you know that I am here?
- Do you trust me?
In today’s Gospel reading, the official and the hemorrhaging woman answered those two questions with a confident “Yes!” through their actions. The official, having presumably just watched his daughter die, channels his grief and taps into the well of trust by seeking out the Healer. “Come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.” (MT 9:18) In a similar, but unique way, the suffering woman whose affliction surely kept her distant from the community, found her way back to wholeness through her trust in Jesus and his power to heal, “If only I can touch his cloak.” (MT 9:21) Perhaps they both have something to teach me about how I engage my own suffering of the mind, body and spirit in relation to Jesus.
- Do you know that I am here?
- Do you trust me?
Even Jesus was not immune from similar questions. As he approaches the bedside of the deceased daughter, the crowds ridicule him for what must have looked to be lunacy in his attempt to raise her. He pays those jeering voices no mind, sends them out and lifts the girl up from her slumber back into the waking world. He knows his God is near and trusts in that healing power he possesses. Am I able to trust God in a similar way when dissenting voices within and around me shout their “bad advice” as Mary Oliver would say?
As I walk the dog or pick up the newspaper off the driveway in the morning; as I rush between meetings or commute along tree-lined streets; as I watch the sun set out my kitchen window or water my garden...might I lift my eyes to the horizon and join the Psalmist in whispering back to the wind, “In you, my God, I place my trust.” (PS 91:2)
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GOD'S MERCIFUL TIMING | ||
| "When the crowd had been put out He entered and took her by the hand, and the little girl got up." �Matthew 9:25 | ||
The Lord hears the cry of the poor. In His mercy, "the Lord is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit He saves" (Ps 34:19). When Jairus was crushed by the news of the death of his twelve-year-old daughter, Jesus raised her from the dead (Mt 9:25) and turned Jairus' greatest sorrow into his greatest joy (see Ps 30:6). When a woman who had been hemorrhaging for twelve years had reached "the end of her rope," she touched the tassel of Jesus' cloak and received God's healing and mercy instantly (see Mt 9:20ff). Jacob's brother was so angry with him that he planned to kill him (Gn 27:41) so Jacob had to get out of town. While fleeing on the road, the Lord in His mercy gave Jacob a glorious dream promising him great things (Gn 28:12ff). When life seems the worst, the Lord reveals the best. The Lord gives special mercy to the most broken and rejected people. Let us be merciful as Jesus is merciful (Lk 6:36). May we have mercy on all, especially to those who are going through a time when they are given little or no mercy. | ||
| Prayer: Father, may I love those considered unlovable. | ||
| Promise: "How awesome is this shrine! This is nothing else but an abode of God, and that is the gateway to heaven!" —Gn 28:17 | ||
| Praise: Patrick was unjustly sent to prison, but found Christ there. |
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"Take heart, your faith has made you well"
Do you take your troubles to the Lord with expectant faith and confidence in his help? People in desperate or helpless circumstances were not disappointed when they sought Jesus out. What drew them to Jesus? Was it hope for a miracle or a word of comfort in their affliction? What did the elderly woman who had suffered greatly for twelve years expect Jesus to do for her? And what did a grieving father expect Jesus to do about his lost beloved daughter?
Words of hope directed to God
Jesus gave hope where there seemed to be no human cause for it because his hope was directed to God. He spoke words of hope to the woman (Take heart, daughter!) to ignite the spark of faith in her (your faith has made you well!). And he also gave divine hope to a father who had just lost a beloved child.
It took considerable courage and risk for the ruler of a synagogue to openly go to Jesus and to invite the scorn of his neighbors and kin. Even the hired mourners laughed at him in scorn. Their grief was devoid of any hope. Nonetheless, Jesus took the girl by the hand and delivered her from the grasp of death. In both instances we see Jesus' personal concern for the needs of others and his readiness to heal and restore life.
The infinite love of God
In Jesus we see the infinite love of God extending to each and every individual as he gives freely and wholly of himself to each person he meets. Do you approach the Lord with confident expectation that he will hear your request and act?
"Lord Jesus, you love each of us individually with a unique and personal love. Touch my life with your saving power, heal and restore me to fullness of life. Help me to give wholly of myself in loving service to others."
Psalm 145:2-9
2 Every day I will bless you, and praise your name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
4 one generation shall laud your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
5 on the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6 Men shall proclaim the might of your awesome acts, and I will declare your greatness.
7 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness, and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Daughter, your faith has made you well, by John Chrysostom (347-407 AD)
"So what did Messiah do? He did not let her go unnoticed but led her into the center of attention and made her visible. He had many reasons for doing this. Some might imagine that 'he did this merely for love of glory - otherwise why would he not allow her to remain concealed?' But what are they proposing who might say this? That he should keep her silent, that he should ignore her need, and thereby pass up miracles too numerous to mention, all because he is in love with glory? What an unholy thought, inspired by the most unholy one of all."
"What then is his intention in bringing her forward? First, Jesus puts an end to her fear. He does not want her to remain trapped in dread. He gives no cause for her conscience to be harmed, as if she had stolen the gift. Second, he corrects her assumption that she has no right to be seen. Third, he makes her faith an exhibit to all. He encourages the others to emulate her faith. Fourth, his subduing the fountains of her hemorrhage was another sign of his knowledge of all things. And finally, do you remember the ruler of the synagogue? He was at the point of despair, of utter ruin. Jesus is indirectly admonishing him by what he says to the woman." (excerpt from the THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 31.2)
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