February 8, 2020 Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
2020년 2월 8일 연중 제4주간 토요일
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제1독서
열왕기 상. 3,4-13
그 무렵 솔로몬은 4 제사를 드리러 기브온에 갔다.
그곳이 큰 산당이었기 때문이다.
솔로몬은 그 제단 위에서 번제물을 천 마리씩 바치곤 하였다.
5 이 기브온에서 주님께서는 한밤중 꿈에 솔로몬에게 나타나셨다.
하느님께서 “내가 너에게 무엇을 해 주기를 바라느냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
6 솔로몬이 대답하였다.
“주님께서는 당신 종인 제 아버지 다윗에게 큰 자애를 베푸셨습니다.
그것은 그가 당신 앞에서 진실하고 의롭고
올곧은 마음으로 걸었기 때문입니다.
당신께서는 그에게 그토록 큰 자애를 내리시어,
오늘 이렇게 그의 왕좌에 앉을 아들까지 주셨습니다.
7 그런데 주 저의 하느님,
당신께서는 당신 종을 제 아버지 다윗을 이어 임금으로 세우셨습니다만,
저는 어린아이에 지나지 않아서 백성을 이끄는 법을 알지 못합니다.
8 당신 종은 당신께서 뽑으신 백성,
그 수가 너무 많아 셀 수도 헤아릴 수도 없는 당신 백성 가운데에 있습니다.
9 그러니 당신 종에게 듣는 마음을 주시어
당신 백성을 통치하고 선과 악을 분별할 수 있게 해 주십시오.
어느 누가 이렇게 큰 당신 백성을 통치할 수 있겠습니까?”
10 솔로몬이 이렇게 청한 것이 주님 보시기에 좋았다.
11 그래서 하느님께서는 그에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
“네가 그것을 청하였으니, 곧 자신을 위해 장수를 청하지도 않고,
자신을 위해 부를 청하지도 않고, 네 원수들의 목숨을 청하지도 않고,
그 대신 이처럼 옳은 것을 가려내는 분별력을 청하였으니,
12 자, 내가 네 말대로 해 주겠다.
이제 너에게 지혜롭고 분별하는 마음을 준다.
너 같은 사람은 네 앞에도 없었고,
너 같은 사람은 네 뒤에도 다시 나오지 않을 것이다.
13 또한 나는 네가 청하지 않은 것, 곧 부와 명예도 너에게 준다.
네 일생 동안 임금들 가운데 너 같은 사람이 없을 것이다."
복음
마르코. 6,30-34
그때에 30 사도들이 예수님께 모여 와,
자기들이 한 일과 가르친 것을 다 보고하였다.
31 그러자 예수님께서 그들에게,
“너희는 따로 외딴곳으로 가서 좀 쉬어라.” 하고 말씀하셨다.
오고 가는 사람들이 너무 많아 음식을 먹을 겨를조차 없었던 것이다.
32 그래서 그들은 따로 배를 타고 외딴곳으로 떠나갔다.
33 그러자 많은 사람이 그들이 떠나는 것을 보고,
모든 고을에서 나와 육로로 함께 달려가
그들보다 먼저 그곳에 다다랐다.
34 예수님께서는 배에서 내리시어
많은 군중을 보시고 가엾은 마음이 드셨다.
그들이 목자 없는 양들 같았기 때문이다.
그래서 그들에게 많은 것을 가르쳐 주기 시작하셨다.
February 8, 2020
Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
1 Kgs 3:4-13
because that was the most renowned high place.
Upon its altar Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night.
God said, "Ask something of me and I will give it to you."
Solomon answered:
"You have shown great favor to your servant, my father David,
because he behaved faithfully toward you,
with justice and an upright heart;
and you have continued this great favor toward him, even today,
seating a son of his on his throne.
O LORD, my God, you have made me, your servant,
king to succeed my father David;
but I am a mere youth, not knowing at all how to act.
I serve you in the midst of the people whom you have chosen,
a people so vast that it cannot be numbered or counted.
Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart
to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong.
For who is able to govern this vast people of yours?"
The LORD was pleased that Solomon made this request.
So God said to him: "Because you have asked for this?
not for a long life for yourself,
nor for riches, nor for the life of your enemies,
but for understanding so that you may know what is right?
I do as you requested.
I give you a heart so wise and understanding
that there has never been anyone like you up to now,
and after you there will come no one to equal you.
In addition, I give you what you have not asked for,
such riches and glory that among kings there is not your like."
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
How shall a young man be faultless in his way?
By keeping to your words.
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
With all my heart I seek you;
let me not stray from your commands.
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
Within my heart I treasure your promise,
that I may not sin against you.
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
Blessed are you, O LORD;
teach me your statutes.
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
With my lips I declare
all the ordinances of your mouth.
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
In the way of your decrees I rejoice,
as much as in all riches.
R.Lord, teach me your statutes.
Gospel
Mk 6:30-34
and reported all they had done and taught.
He said to them,
"Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while."
People were coming and going in great numbers,
and they had no opportunity even to eat.
So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place.
People saw them leaving and many came to know about it.
They hastened there on foot from all the towns
and arrived at the place before them.
When Jesus disembarked and saw the vast crowd,
his heart was moved with pity for them,
for they were like sheep without a shepherd;
and he began to teach them many things.
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«‘Go off by yourselves to a remote place and have some rest’. For there were so many people coming and going that the apostles had no time even to eat»
Fr. David COMPTE i Verdaguer
(Manlleu, Barcelona, Spain)
Today, the Gospel proposes a situation, a need and a paradox; all, very real in our time, too.
The situation. The Apostles are “overworked”: «There were so many people coming and going that the apostles had no time even to eat» (Mk 6:30). Quite often we are facing the same kind of stress. Our work consumes a good share of our energy; the family, where each member seeks our love; the other activities which we are engaged in, which do good to us while benefiting third parties... If you wish... you can? Maybe it would be sounder admitting we cannot do all we would like to...
The need. Our body, our head and our heart have a need: to rest. In these few verses we have an often ignored manual about resting, where communication is emphasized. The Apostles «returned and reported to Jesus all they had done and taught» (Mk 6:30). Communication with God, following the thread of what is more cherished to our heart. And —o surprise!— we find God is already awaiting. And He hopes to find us with our tiredness.
Jesus tells them: «Go off by yourselves to a remote place and have some rest» (Mk 6:31). In God's plans there is a place of rest! But there is more, as our whole existence, with all that entails, must rest in God. An anxious saint Augustine claims: «You made us for you and our heart is restless while not resting with You». God's rest is creative; not “anesthetic”: bumping into God's love focus on our heart and our thoughts.
The paradox. The Gospel scene has a “bad” ending: for the disciples cannot rest. God's plan fails: they are being approached by the crowd. They have not been able to “disconnect”. We often cannot get rid of our obligations either (children, wife, work...): it would be to betray ourselves! And yet, we must find God in these realities. If there is communication with God, if our heart rests in Him, we shall play down upon our useless tensions... and reality —free of chimeras— will better show God's sign. In Him, that's where we should rest!
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On May 5th, 2012, I laid face down on the floor of the St. Cecelia Cathedral in Omaha, Nebraska, where Archbishop George Lucas was about to ordain me a deacon in the Catholic Church. During the Litany of the Saints, I asked God for two gifts that I might be a faithful and wise servant. one of those gifts was wisdom - a listening, discerning heart that would equip me to minister to the needs of the people of God. Even though I believe that God gave me a greater measure of his wisdom than I had known previously, I was under no illusion that this would keep me on the path that the Lord had laid out for me. The fact is that I remembered King Solomon.
The first reading from First Kings records the new king of Israel, Solomon, responding to the Lord who told him to ask for anything. Solomon is humble and discerning. Instead of asking for long life, fortune, or the death of his enemies, he asked for wisdom. That, in itself, was a wise choice. In the rest of Solomon's story, we read about his wisdom in settling disputes and his ability to answer the questions of the visiting Queen of Sheba. He also has many wonderful accomplishments, not the least of which is the building of the temple and dedicating it to God.
In spite of his unsurpassed wisdom, Solomon strayed from serving the Lord only. Unlike his father, David, he served other gods. This began when he made some unwise choices. God had said that the Israelites should not marry outside of Israel and the reason given was that they would turn their hearts to their gods, away from the God of Israel. Solomon was wise enough to know this but he did it anyway. He had many foreign wives. Sure enough, they turned his heart away from the Lord. O, sure, the Lord was one of his gods but not the only one. If you read the story of the kings of Israel, the writer will generally end with either "King so & so did what was right in the eyes of the Lord" or "King so & so did what was evil in the sight of the Lord." You would think that, with all his wisdom, Solomon would be the latter but not so. "Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord" (1 Kgs. 11:6).
This is a sad story and one that I must remember. Can a person be given wisdom so that they can listen and minister to others yet still make bad choices? Will the gift of wisdom insure that we will never go astray? Solomon is described as the wisest man who ever was or ever will be but he decided to do evil things.
Solomon's life stands as a warning to us all.
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SELFISHLY DOING GOD'S WILL? | ||
| "Give Your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge Your people and to distinguish right from wrong." �1 Kings 3:9 | ||
A person decides to live his Christian life when he decides to do God's will instead of his own will (see Mt 26:39). Solomon prefigured this when he sought God's heart and will rather than his own well-being, prosperity, or victory (1 Kgs 3:11ff). Once we decide to do God's will and get involved in God's life, we, as human beings, naturally and rightly develop a sense of belonging and ownership. Our service to the Lord becomes not just God's will but our will (see Acts 15:28). Nevertheless, we can take too much ownership of doing God's will and fall into the subtle temptation of making God's will primarily our will and secondarily His will. At this point, although we are still technically doing God's will, we are doing it more for ourselves than for Him. We are doing God's will with the wrong motivation. To check this, the Lord brings interruptions into our lives. Will we drop God's will to do something else, which suddenly is manifested as His will? When we are owning God's will and appropriating it to ourselves, we have great difficulty making the transition when God interrupts us, but that transition is relatively painless for those doing God's will primarily because it's His will. For example, Jesus was doing the Father's will when He took His apostles aside to rest and pray (Mk 6:31), but the Father had additional plans. Jesus made the transition smoothly and taught the masses at great length (Mk 6:34). Check your transitions when presented with godly distractions. Are you doing God's will primarily because it's His or primarily because it's yours? | ||
| Prayer: Father, my food is to do Your will (Jn 4:34). Feed me. | ||
| Promise: "With all my heart I seek You." —Ps 119:10 | ||
| Praise: St. Josephine was sold into slavery in her native Sudan. once freed, she became a Catholic nun. |
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"Come away and rest a while"
What does the image of a shepherd tell us about God's care for us? Shepherding was one of the oldest of callings in Israel, even before farming, since the Chosen People had traveled from place to place, living in tents, and driving their flocks from one pasture to another. Looking after sheep was no easy calling. It required great skill and courage. Herds were often quite large, thousands or even ten thousands of sheep. The flocks spent a good part of the year in the open country. Watching over them required a great deal of attention and care.
Stray sheep must be brought back lest they die
Sheep who strayed from the flock had to be sought out and brought back by the shepherd. Since hyenas, jackals, wolves, and even bear were common and fed on sheep, the shepherds often had to do battle with these wild and dangerous beasts. A shepherd literally had to put his life on the line in defending his sheep. Shepherds took turns watching the sheep at night to ward off any attackers. The sheep and their shepherds continually lived together. Their life was so intimately bound together that individual sheep, even when mixed with other flocks, could recognize the voice of their own shepherd and would come immediately when called by name.
God himself leads us like a good shepherd
The Old Testament often spoke of God as shepherd of his people, Israel. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want (Psalm 23:1). Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! (Psalm 80:1) We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture (Psalm 100:3). The Messiah is also pictured as the shepherd of God's people: He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms (Isaiah 40:11).
Jesus told his disciples that he was the Good Shepherd who was willing to lay down his life for his sheep (Matthew 18:12, Luke 15:4, John 10). When he saw the multitude of people in need of protection and care, he was moved to respond with compassionate concern. His love was a personal love for each and every person who came to him in need.
Jesus is the Shepherd and Guardian of our souls
Peter the apostle called Jesus the Shepherd and Guardian of our souls (1 Peter 2:25). Do you know the peace and security of a life freely submitted to Jesus, the Good Shepherd? In the person of the Lord Jesus we see the unceasing vigilance and patience of God's love. In our battle against sin and evil, Jesus is ever ready to give us help, strength, and refuge. Do you trust in his grace and help at all times?
"Lord Jesus, you guard and protect us from all evil. Help me to stand firm in your word and to trust in your help in all circumstances. May I always find rest and refuge in the shelter of your presence."
Psalm 119:9-14
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.
10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
1 I have laid up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes!
13 With my lips I declare all the ordinances of your mouth.
14 In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The good shepherd feeds us with the words of God, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"The pastures that this good shepherd has prepared for you, in which he has settled you for you to take your fill, are not various kinds of grasses and green things, among which some are sweet to the taste, some extremely bitter, which as the seasons succeed one another are sometimes there and sometimes not. Your pastures are the words of God and his commandments, and they have all been sown as sweet grasses. These pastures had been tasted by that man who said to God, 'How sweet are your words to my palate, more so than honey and the honeycomb in my mouth!' (Psalm 119:103)." (excerpt from Sermon 366.3)
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