December 21, 2019 Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
2019년 12월 21일 대림 제3주간 토요일
오늘의 복음 : http://info.catholic.or.kr/missa/default.asp
제1독서
아가. 2,8-14<또는 스바 3,14-18ㄱ>
8 내 연인의 소리! 보셔요, 그이가 오잖아요.
산을 뛰어오르고 언덕을 뛰어넘어 오잖아요.
9 나의 연인은 노루나 젊은 사슴 같답니다.
보셔요, 그이가 우리 집 담장 앞에 서서
창틈으로 기웃거리고 창살 틈으로 들여다본답니다.
10 내 연인은 나에게 속삭이며 말했지요.
“나의 애인이여, 일어나오. 나의 아름다운 여인이여, 이리 와 주오.
11 자, 이제 겨울은 지나고 장마는 걷혔다오.
12 땅에는 꽃이 모습을 드러내고 노래의 계절이 다가왔다오.
우리 땅에서는 멧비둘기 소리가 들려온다오.
13 무화과나무는 이른 열매를 맺어 가고 포도나무 꽃송이들은 향기를 내뿜는다오.
나의 애인이여, 일어나오. 나의 아름다운 여인이여, 이리 와 주오.
14 바위틈에 있는 나의 비둘기, 벼랑 속에 있는 나의 비둘기여!
그대의 모습을 보게 해 주오. 그대의 목소리를 듣게 해 주오.
그대의 목소리는 달콤하고 그대의 모습은 어여쁘다오.”
복음
루카. 1,39-45
39 그 무렵 마리아는 길을 떠나, 서둘러 유다 산악 지방에 있는 한 고을로 갔다.
40 그리고 즈카르야의 집에 들어가 엘리사벳에게 인사하였다.
41 엘리사벳이 마리아의 인사말을 들을 때 그의 태 안에서 아기가 뛰놀았다.
엘리사벳은 성령으로 가득 차 42 큰 소리로 외쳤다.
“당신은 여인들 가운데에서 가장 복되시며 당신 태중의 아기도 복되십니다.
43 내 주님의 어머니께서 저에게 오시다니 어찌 된 일입니까?
44 보십시오, 당신의 인사말 소리가 제 귀에 들리자
저의 태 안에서 아기가 즐거워 뛰놀았습니다.
45 행복하십니다, 주님께서 하신 말씀이 이루어지리라고 믿으신 분!”
December 21, 2019
Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Hark! my lover?here he comes
springing across the mountains,
leaping across the hills.
My lover is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Here he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattices.
My lover speaks; he says to me,
“Arise, my beloved, my dove, my beautiful one,
and come!
“For see, the winter is past,
the rains are over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of pruning the vines has come,
and the song of the dove is heard in our land.
The fig tree puts forth its figs,
and the vines, in bloom, give forth fragrance.
Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one,
and come!
“O my dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the secret recesses of the cliff,
Let me see you,
let me hear your voice,
For your voice is sweet,
and you are lovely.”
or
Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!
Sing joyfully, O Israel!
Be glad and exult with all your heart,
O daughter Jerusalem!
The LORD has removed the judgment against you,
he has turned away your enemies;
The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst,
you have no further misfortune to fear.
On that day, it shall be said to Jerusalem:
Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged!
The LORD, your God, is in your midst,
a mighty savior;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
and renew you in his love,
He will sing joyfully because of you,
as one sings at festivals.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1a; 3a) Exult, you just, in the Lord! Sing to him a new song.
Give thanks to the LORD on the harp;
with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises.
Sing to him a new song;
pluck the strings skillfully, with shouts of gladness.
R. Exult, you just, in the Lord! Sing to him a new song.
But the plan of the LORD stands forever;
the design of his heart, through all generations.
Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
R. Exult, you just, in the Lord! Sing to him a new song.
Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield,
For in him our hearts rejoice;
in his holy name we trust.
R. Exult, you just, in the Lord! Sing to him a new song.
Gospel
Mary set out in those days
and traveled to the hill country in haste
to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said,
“Most blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
And how does this happen to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled.”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«Blessed are you who believed»
Fr. Àngel CALDAS i Bosch
(Salt, Girona, Spain)
Today, the text of the Gospel corresponds to the second joyful mystery: the «Visitation of the Blessed Virgin to Her Cousin, St. Elizabeth». It certainly is a complete mystery! A silent inburst of profound and intense joy as History has never ever narrated! It is Mary's joy that has just become a mother, because it is fitting that all grace continues to come through Mary by the work of the Holy Spirit. The latin word “gaudium” express a deep and intimate joy that does not burst out. Despite that, the mountains of Judah were covered with joy. Mary exulted as a mother who has just realized she is expecting a child. And what a Child! A Child that, before being born, already peregrinated through the bouldery trodden tracks leading to Ain Karim, nestled in the heart and lovely arms of Mary.
Joy in Elisabeth's soul and face, and in the baby leaping in her womb. The words of Mary's cousin will travel through time: «Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!» (Lk 1:42). The prayer of the Saint Rosary, as a source of joy, is one of the new perspectives discovered by our Pope John Paul II in his apostolic Letter about the Rosary of the Virgin Mary.
Joy is indivisible from faith. «But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?» (Lk 1:43). The joy of God and Mary has spread all over the world. To allow it within us, we need only to open ourselves through our faith to God's constant influence in our life, while walking our path with the Infant, with She who has believed, by holding St. Joseph's strong and enamored hand. Earthen paths, asphalt, cobblestones or muddy roads through, any Christian always carries upon him, two dimensions of faith: the union with God and the service to others. Both quite closely linked up: with a unity of life that establishes no solution of continuity between one thing and the other.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
When I read today’s first reading from Song of Songs, I couldn’t help but recall a distinctive memory from the early days of my courtship with my future wife. During an intramural softball game in college, she suddenly appeared on the sidelines of the field. Playing third base, I glanced over in her direction. She smiled at me. My heart skipped a beat. The next groundball skipped by me.
In contrast to my view of my wife, I don’t often think of God in terms of “desire.” I am more comfortable thinking of God in terms of “agape,” the self-giving love of 1 John 4 that we will hear about during the upcoming Christmas season. And yet here the Church is reminding us, four days before Christmas, that God does not just give of God’s self – God desires to be united with us. In the memorable words of the Qur’an, God is already closer to us than our jugular vein (Surah 50:16). And in the marvelous miracle of the Incarnation, God partakes in our very flesh in the human person of Jesus Christ. This should be a cause for great joy, the kind of exhilaration that inspires Elizabeth and her unborn baby to leap and shout … or even the delight that causes a young man in love to take his eye off the ball.
May your heart skip a beat this Christmas.
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SALUTATIONS AND VISITATIONS | ||
| "Hark! my lover � here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills." 뾖ong of Songs 2:8 | ||
At the very beginning of her pregnancy, Mary visited Elizabeth. "When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leapt in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice: 'Blest are you among women and blest is the Fruit of your womb. But who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me?' " (Lk 1:41-43) Both Elizabeth and John responded to Jesus' presence and Mary's visitation with praise in the Holy Spirit. At the very end of Mary's pregnancy, she and Joseph visited an inn to find a place to have their Baby. The innkeeper responded to Jesus' presence and the holy family's plight with rejection (Lk 2:7). His inn and his heart had no room for the God-made-man. The Lord continues to visit His people. He continues to be accepted by some and rejected by others. "He was in the world, and through Him the world was made, yet the world did not know Who He was. To His own He came, yet His own did not accept Him. Any who did accept Him He empowered to become children of God" (Jn 1:10-12). If we can be like Elizabeth and John in accepting Jesus, we can be like Mary in carrying and giving Him to the world. | ||
| Prayer: Jesus, may I become so sensitive to Your presence that even a greeting or a word would stir up the Holy Spirit in me. Give me the Holy Spirit of Christmas. | ||
| Promise: "Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged! The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a mighty Savior." —Zep 3:16-17 | ||
| Praise: "O Radiant Dawn, Splendor of eternal light, Sun of justice: come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death." |
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Joyful Anticipation of the Messiah
Do you recognize the indwelling presence of the Lord Jesus in your life? Blessed are you if you see and recognize the Lord with the "eyes of faith". The word "blessed" [makarios in Greek] literally means "happiness" or "beatitude". It describes a kind of joy which is serene and untouchable, self-contained, and independent from chance and changing circumstances of life.
God gives us supernatural joy with hope in his promises
There is a certain paradox for those "blessed" by the Lord. Mary was given the "blessedness" of being the mother of the Son of God. That blessedness also would become a sword which pierced her heart as her Son died upon the cross. Anselm, a great teacher and Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109), spoke these words in a homily: "Without God's Son nothing could exist; without Mary's son, nothing could be redeemed." To be chosen by God is an awesome privilege and responsibility. Mary received both a crown of joy and a cross of sorrow. Her joy was not diminished by her sorrow because it was fueled by her faith, hope, and trust in God and his promises.
Jesus promised his disciples that "no one will take your joy from you" (John 16:22). The Lord gives us a supernatural joy which enables us to bear any sorrow or pain and which neither life nor death can take away. Do you know the joy of a life given over to God in faith and trust?
They were filled with the Holy Spirit
What is the significance of Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth before the birth of Jesus? When Elizabeth greeted Mary and recognized the Messiah in Mary's womb they were filled with the Holy Spirit and with a joyful anticipation of the fulfillment of God's promise to give a Savior. What a marvelous wonder for God to fill not only Elizabeth's heart with his Holy Spirit but the child in her womb as well. John the Baptist, even before the birth of the Messiah, pointed to his coming and leaped for joy in the womb of his mother as the Holy Spirit revealed to him the presence of the King to be born.
The Lord wants to fill each of us with his Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is God's gift to us to enable us to know and experience the indwelling presence of God and the power of his kingdom. The Holy Spirit is the way in which God reigns within each of us. Do you live in the joy and knowledge of God's indwelling presence with you through his Holy Spirit?
"Lord Jesus, fill me with your Holy Spirit and give me joy in seeking you more earnestly. Increase my faith in all your promises, my hope in the joy of heaven, and my love for You as my All."
Psalm 33:2-3,11-12,20-21
2 Praise the LORD with the lyre, make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
3 Sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
11 The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
20 Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and shield.
21 Yes, our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: John prophecies from the womb, by Maximus of Turin (died between 408-423 AD)
"Not yet born, already John prophesies and, while still in the enclosure of his mother's womb, confesses the coming of Christ with movements of joy - since he could not do so with his voice. As Elizabeth says to holy Mary, 'As soon as you greeted me, the child in my womb exulted for joy.' John exults, then, before he is born. Before his eyes can see what the world looks like, he can recognize the Lord of the world with his spirit. In this regard, I think that the prophetic phrase is appropriate: 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came forth from the womb I sanctified you' (Jeremiah 1:5). Thus we ought not to marvel that after Herod put him in prison, he continued to announce Christ to his disciples from his confinement, when even confined in the womb he preached the same Lord by his movements." (excerpt from SERMON 5.4)
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