January 18, 2020 Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
2020년 1월 18일 연중 제1주간 토요일
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제1독서
사무엘기 상. 9,1-4.17-19; 10,1ㄱㄴㄷ
그는 벤야민 사람으로서 힘센 용사였다.
2 그에게는 아들이 하나 있었다.
이름은 사울인데 잘생긴 젊은이였다.
이스라엘 자손들 가운데 그처럼 잘생긴 사람은 없었고,
키도 모든 사람보다 어깨 위만큼은 더 컸다.
3 하루는 사울의 아버지 키스의 암나귀들이 없어졌다.
그래서 키스는 아들 사울에게 말하였다.
“종을 하나 데리고 나가 암나귀들을 찾아보아라.”
4 사울은 종과 함께 에프라임 산악 지방을 돌아다니고,
살리사 지방도 돌아다녔지만 찾지 못하였다.
그들은 사알림 지방까지 돌아다녔는데 거기에도 없었다.
다시 벤야민 지방을 돌아다녔으나 역시 찾지 못하였다.
17 사무엘이 사울을 보는 순간, 주님께서 사무엘에게 말씀하셨다.
“이 사람이, 내가 너에게 말한 바로 그 사람이다.
이 사람이 내 백성을 다스릴 것이다.”
18 사울이 성문 안에서 사무엘에게 다가가 물었다.
“선견자의 댁이 어디인지 알려 주십시오.”
19 사무엘이 사울에게 대답하였다.
“내가 그 선견자요. 앞장서서 산당으로 올라가시오.
두 분은 오늘 나와 함께 음식을 들고, 내일 아침에 가시오.
그때 당신이 마음에 두고 있는 일도 다 일러 주겠소.”
10,1 사무엘은 기름병을 가져다가,
사울의 머리에 붓고 입을 맞춘 다음 이렇게 말하였다.
“주님께서 당신에게 기름을 부으시어,
그분의 소유인 이스라엘의 영도자로 세우셨소.
* 이제 당신은 주님의 백성을 다스리고,
그 원수들의 손에서 그들을 구원할 것이오.”
복음
마르코. 2,13-17
그때에 13 예수님께서 호숫가로 나가셨다.
군중이 모두 모여 오자 예수님께서 그들을 가르치셨다.
14 그 뒤에 길을 지나가시다가
세관에 앉아 있는 알패오의 아들 레위를 보시고 말씀하셨다.
“나를 따라라.”
그러자 레위는 일어나 그분을 따랐다.
15 예수님께서 그의 집에서 음식을 잡수시게 되었는데,
많은 세리와 죄인도 예수님과 그분의 제자들과 자리를 함께하였다.
이런 이들이 예수님을 많이 따르고 있었기 때문이다.
16 바리사이파 율법 학자들은,
예수님께서 죄인과 세리들과 함께 음식을 잡수시는 것을 보고
그분의 제자들에게 말하였다.
“저 사람은 어째서 세리와 죄인들과 함께 음식을 먹는 것이오?”
17 예수님께서 이 말을 들으시고 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“건강한 이들에게는 의사가 필요하지 않으나
병든 이들에게는 필요하다.
나는 의인이 아니라 죄인을 부르러 왔다.”
January 18, 2020
Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1
who was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror,
son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite.
He had a son named Saul, who was a handsome young man.
There was no other child of Israel more handsome than Saul;
he stood head and shoulders above the people.
Now the asses of Saul's father, Kish, had wandered off.
Kish said to his son Saul, "Take one of the servants with you
and go out and hunt for the asses."
Accordingly they went through the hill country of Ephraim,
and through the land of Shalishah.
Not finding them there,
they continued through the land of Shaalim without success.
They also went through the land of Benjamin,
but they failed to find the animals.
When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the LORD assured him,
"This is the man of whom I told you; he is to govern my people."
Saul met Samuel in the gateway and said,
"Please tell me where the seer lives."
Samuel answered Saul: "I am the seer.
Go up ahead of me to the high place and eat with me today.
In the morning, before dismissing you,
I will tell you whatever you wish."
Then, from a flask he had with him, Samuel poured oil on Saul's head;
he also kissed him, saying:
"The LORD anoints you commander over his heritage.
You are to govern the LORD's people Israel,
and to save them from the grasp of their enemies roundabout.
"This will be the sign for you
that the LORD has anointed you commander over his heritage."
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
O LORD, in your strength the king is glad;
in your victory how greatly he rejoices!
You have granted him his heart's desire;
you refused not the wish of his lips.
R. Lord, in your strength the king is glad.
For you welcomed him with goodly blessings,
you placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
He asked life of you: you gave him
length of days forever and ever.
R. Lord, in your strength the king is glad.
Great is his glory in your victory;
majesty and splendor you conferred upon him.
For you made him a blessing forever;
you gladdened him with the joy of your face.
R. Lord, in your strength the king is glad.
Gospel
Mk 2:13-17
All the crowd came to him and he taught them.
As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus,
sitting at the customs post.
Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
And he got up and followed Jesus.
While he was at table in his house,
many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples;
for there were many who followed him.
Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that Jesus was eating with sinners
and tax collectors and said to his disciples,
"Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Jesus heard this and said to them,
"Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«I did not come to call the righteous but sinners»
Fr. Joaquim MONRÓS i Guitart
(Tarragona, Spain)
Today, Saint Mark tells us how Jesus taught and how the crowd came to Him. In those days, they were as hungry of doctrine as we are today, ignorance being always our worst enemy. Let us not forget the ｅxpression: «They will hate no more when they ignore no more»...
As He walked along, Jesus sees Levi, son of Alpheus, sitting in his office and, says to him: «Follow me» (Mk 2:4), and Levi leaves everything and follows Him. With his promptitude and generosity Levi scored his biggest “business”. Not only the “business of the century”, but the business of Eternity, too.
It would be worth our mulling over Roman tax collectors, who ceased to exist a long while ago, while Levi —better known today as Matthew— keeps piling up profits with his writings, as one of the twelve pillars of the Church. This is what happens when we promptly follow our Lord. He said: «And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life» (Mat 19:29).
Jesus accepted the banquet Matthew offered Him and His apostles at home, together with other tax collectors and sinners. The Pharisees —who always seemed to prefer witnessing how others worked— felt like informing His disciples that their Master was eating with people they considered as sinners. The Lord hears them and, in self-defense, He answers: «I did not come to call the righteous but sinners» (Mk 2:17). Mankind is in hard need of that divine Healer. We are all sinners and, as Saint Paul says, «for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God» (Rom 3:23).
Let us always answer as quickly as Mary used to do when responding to Her vocation as co-redeemer.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
I once heard a scholar proclaim that Catholic culture is dead; that it lies in ashes before us. The scholar went on to explain that the pervasive moral relativism that exists in contemporary society has decimated Catholic culture, offering little hope for the faithful. While I certainly wouldn’t agree that Catholic culture has expired, his comments prompted me to reflect on what it means to be Catholic in contemporary times. So too did Jesus’s words in today’s Gospel.
In today’s passage, Jesus encounters a man named Levi whom he invites to join him on his journey. The passage does not provide much context about who Levi is, but most scripture scholars understand him to have been a tax collector. Indeed, Jesus encountered and broke bread with many tax collectors, sinners, and other troubled souls in his journey. And when Jesus’s disciples were challenged by the scholars of their time about Jesus’s relationships with these individuals, Jesus simply responded, “[he] did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” (Mark 2:17)
There is no doubt that the times in which we live now are challenging. Certainly, we should always be looking to strengthen Catholic culture. Today’s Gospel passage inspired me to reflect on how we, as Christians, set out to build Catholic culture in contemporary society.
I often worry that for some, building Catholic culture might be an exclusionary practice, one that rejects the presence of others who most need the grace of God. Perhaps they feel that these others are unfit, unworthy, or otherwise undeserving of the gifts of our faith. However, Jesus’s words and actions, revealed to us in today’s Gospel reading, turns this notion on its head. After all, we are all flawed in some way – imperfect and thirsting for the spiritual nourishment that comes with healthy faith. If Catholic culture excludes those who have strayed at some point, then it begs the question – for whom are we building Catholic culture in the first place?
Recently, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the third World Day for the Poor. He stated that “wearing the label ‘Christian’ or ‘Catholic’ is not enough to belong to Jesus. We need to speak the same language as Jesus: that of love”. He also challenged us to ask ourselves “do I, a Christian, have at least one poor person as a friend”? As we reflect on today’s Gospel passage, let us examine our relationships with others, seeking to improve them to with those who need it most – including the spiritually poor, who may have lost their way or perhaps never had it in the first place. We should take time to understand their stories more fully, avoiding judgement, so that we may be models of Christ’s provincial disposition. After all, the best way for us to establish Catholic culture is through encounter, especially with those who have the most to gain from a relationship with Christ.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
GREAT SINNERS BECOME GREAT SAINTS | ||
| "As He moved on, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus at his tax collector's post, and said to him, 'Follow Me.' Levi got up and became His follower." �Mark 2:14 | ||
Levi, also called Matthew, was one of the apostles, an evangelist who compiled the first book of the New Testament, a missionary, and a martyr. Matthew was also a great sinner. Jesus implied that Matthew was spiritually sick (Mk 2:17). Even after Jesus had transformed Matthew's life, Matthew abandoned Jesus on the cross. Yet Matthew repented, received the Holy Spirit at the first Christian Pentecost (Acts 2:4), and became a great saint. Each of us are called to greatness. We are called and privileged to do our unique part in God's plan of salvation. By God's grace and our faith, we can do even greater things than Jesus did (Jn 14:12). As adopted sons and daughters of God (see Rm 8:15), we are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people He claims for His own" (1 Pt 2:9). It is an understatement to say we are called to greatness. Nonetheless, like St. Matthew, we have sinned before and even after our conversions. By our sins, we have done our part in contributing to Jesus' sufferings on the cross (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 598). Yet the Lord is calling us to repentance. He wants to give us a new Pentecost in which He will restore us to greatness and lead us to greater greatness. Like Matthew, let us rise from the ruins of sin to the glorious greatness of the sons and daughters of God. | ||
| Prayer: Father, fulfill every detail of Your plan for my life. | ||
| Promise: "You are to govern the Lord's people Israel, and to save them from the grasp of their enemies round about." —1 Sm 10:1 | ||
| Praise: Butch spent years as a drug dealer, but he converted to the Church. Now he works with drug-addicted persons to show them the healing love of Jesus. |
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"Many sinners were sitting with Jesus"
What draws us to the throne of God's mercy and grace? Mark tells us that many people were drawn to Jesus, including the unwanted and the unlovable, such as the lame, the blind, and the lepers, as well as the homeless such as widows and orphans. But public sinners, like the town prostitutes and corrupt tax collectors, were also drawn to Jesus. In calling Levi, who was also named Matthew (see Matthew 9:9) to be one of his disciples, Jesus picked one of the unlikeliest of men - a tax collector who by profession was despised by the people.
Why did the religious leaders find fault with Jesus for making friends with sinners and tax collectors like Levi? The orthodox Jews had a habit of dividing everyone into two groups - those who rigidly kept the law of Moses and its minute regulations and those who did not. They latter were treated like second class citizens. The orthodox scrupulously avoided their company, refused to do business with them, refused to give or receive anything from them, refused to intermarry, and avoided any form of entertainment with them, including table fellowship. Jesus' association with sinners shocked the sensibilities of these orthodox Jews.
When the Pharisees challenged his unorthodox behavior in eating with public sinners, Jesus' defense was quite simple. A doctor doesn't need to visit healthy people; instead he goes to those who are sick. Jesus likewise sought out those in the greatest need. A true physician seeks healing of the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. Jesus came as the divine physician and good shepherd to care for his people and to restore them to wholeness of life.The orthodox Jews were so preoccupied with their own practice of religion that they neglected to help the very people who needed care. Their religion was selfish because they didn't want to have anything to do with people not like themselves.
Jesus stated his mission in unequivocal terms: I came not to call the righteous, but to call sinners. Ironically the orthodox were as needy as those they despised. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). The Lord fills us with his grace and mercy. And he wants us, in turn, to seek the good of our neighbors, including the unlikeable and the trouble-maker by showing them the same kindness and mercy which we have received. Do you thank the Lord for the great kindness and mercy he has shown to you?
"Lord Jesus, our Savior, let us now come to you: Our hearts are cold; Lord, warm them with your selfless love. Our hearts are sinful; cleanse them with your precious blood. Our hearts are weak; strengthen them with your joyous Spirit. Our hearts are empty; fill them with your divine presence. Lord Jesus, our hearts are yours; possess them always and only for yourself." (Prayer of Augustine, 4th century)
Psalm 21:2-7
2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. [Selah]
3 For you meet him with goodly blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.
4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great through your help; splendor and majesty you bestow upon him.
6 Yes, you make him most blessed for ever; you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the LORD; and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: No physician can avoid the arena of sickness, by Gregory of Nazianzus (330 - 390 AD)
"When Jesus is attacked for mixing with sinners, and taking as his disciple a despised tax collector, one might ask: What could he possibly gain by doing so? (Luke 15:2) only the salvation of sinners. To blame Jesus for mingling with sinners would be like blaming a physician for stooping down over suffering and putting up with vile smells in order to heal the sick." (excerpt from ORATION 45, on HOLY EASTER 26)
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