February 10, 2020 Memorial of Saint Scholastica, virgin
2020년 2월 10일 중 제5주간 월요일
오늘의 복음 : http://info.catholic.or.kr/missa/default.asp
제1독서
열왕기 상. 8,1-7.9-13
그 무렵 1 솔로몬은 주님의 계약 궤를 시온, 곧 다윗 성에서 모시고 올라오려고,
이스라엘의 원로들과 이스라엘 자손들의 각 가문 대표인 지파의 우두머리들을
모두 예루살렘으로 자기 앞에 소집하였다.
2 이스라엘 사람들은 모두 에타님 달, 곧 일곱째 달의 축제 때에
솔로몬 임금 앞으로 모였다.
3 이스라엘의 모든 원로가 도착하자 사제들이 궤를 메었다.
4 그들은 주님의 궤뿐 아니라
만남의 천막과 그 천막 안에 있는 거룩한 기물들도 모두 가지고 올라갔는데,
사제와 레위인들이 그것들을 가지고 올라갔다.
5 솔로몬 임금과 그 앞에 모여든 이스라엘의 온 공동체가 함께 궤 앞에서,
헤아릴 수도 없고 셀 수도 없이 많은 양과 황소를 잡아 바쳤다.
6 그러고 나서 사제들이 주님의 계약 궤를 제자리에,
곧 집의 안쪽 성소인 지성소 안 커룹들의 날개 아래에 들여다 놓았다.
7 커룹들은 궤가 있는 자리 위에 날개를 펼쳐 궤와 채를 덮었다.
9 궤 안에는 두 개의 돌판 말고는 아무것도 없었다.
그 돌판들은 이스라엘 자손들이 이집트 땅에서 나올 때,
주님께서 그들과 계약을 맺으신 호렙에서 모세가 넣어 둔 것이다.
10 사제들이 성소에서 나올 때에 구름이 주님의 집을 가득 채웠다.
11 사제들은 그 구름 때문에 서서 일을 할 수가 없었다.
주님의 영광이 주님의 집에 가득 찼던 것이다.
12 그때 솔로몬이 말하였다.
“주님께서는 짙은 구름 속에 계시겠다고 하셨습니다.
13 그런데 제가 당신을 위하여 웅장한 집을 지었습니다.
당신께서 영원히 머무르실 곳입니다.”
복음
마르코. 6,53-56
그때에 예수님과 제자들은 53 호수를 건너 겐네사렛 땅에 이르러 배를 대었다.
54 그들이 배에서 내리자 사람들은 곧 예수님을 알아보고,
55 그 지방을 두루 뛰어다니며 병든 이들을 들것에 눕혀,
그분께서 계시다는 곳마다 데려오기 시작하였다.
56 그리하여 마을이든 고을이든 촌락이든
예수님께서 들어가기만 하시면,
장터에 병자들을 데려다 놓고
그 옷자락 술에 그들이 손이라도 대게 해 주십사고 청하였다.
과연 그것에 손을 댄 사람마다 구원을 받았다.
February 10, 2020
Memorial of Saint Scholastica, virgin
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Reading 1
1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13
the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel,
came to King Solomon in Jerusalem,
to bring up the ark of the LORD's covenant
from the City of David, which is Zion.
All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon
during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month).
When all the elders of Israel had arrived,
the priests took up the ark;
they carried the ark of the LORD
and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels
that were in the tent.
(The priests and Levites carried them.)
King Solomon and the entire community of Israel
present for the occasion
sacrificed before the ark sheep and oxen
too many to number or count.
The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD
to its place beneath the wings of the cherubim in the sanctuary,
the holy of holies of the temple.
The cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark,
sheltering the ark and its poles from above.
There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets
which Moses had put there at Horeb,
when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel
at their departure from the land of Egypt.
When the priests left the holy place,
the cloud filled the temple of the LORD
so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud,
since the LORD's glory had filled the temple of the LORD.
Then Solomon said, "The LORD intends to dwell in the dark cloud;
I have truly built you a princely house,
a dwelling where you may abide forever."
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 132:6-7, 8-10
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
Let us enter into his dwelling,
let us worship at his footstool.
R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
Advance, O LORD, to your resting place,
you and the ark of your majesty.
May your priests be clothed with justice;
let your faithful ones shout merrily for joy.
For the sake of David your servant,
reject not the plea of your anointed.
R. Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
Gospel
Mk 6:53-56
Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret
and tied up there.
As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.
They scurried about the surrounding country
and began to bring in the sick on mats
to wherever they heard he was.
Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered,
they laid the sick in the marketplaces
and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak;
and as many as touched it were healed
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«All who touched him were cured»
Fr. John GRIECO
(Chicago, United States)
Today, in the Gospel we see the tremendous power of contact with Our Lord’s person: «They laid the sick in the marketplace and begged him to let them touch just the fringe of his cloak. And all who touched him were cured» (Mk 6,56). The slightest physical touch can work miracles for those who approach Christ with faith. His power to cure overflows from his loving heart and extends even to his garments. His ability and willingness to heal is both abundant and easily accessible.
This passage can help us reflect on how we receive Our Lord in Holy Communion. Do we do so with faith that this contact with Christ can work miracles our lives? More than merely touching the «fringe of his cloak», we receive Christ’s very Body into our bodies. More than merely healing our physical infirmities, Communion heals our souls and grants them a share in God’s own life. St. Ignatius of Antioch thus calls the Eucharist, «the medicine of immortality, and the antidote to prevent us from dying, [which causes] that we should live forever in Jesus Christ».
Taking advantage of this “medicine of immortality” consists in being healed of whatever separates us from God and others. Being cured by Christ in the Eucharist thus entails overcoming our self-absorption. As Benedict XVI teaches, «Nourishing ourselves with Christ is the way to avoid becoming extraneous or indifferent to the fate of the brothers (…). A Eucharistic spirituality is the true antidote to the individualism and selfishness that often characterize daily life, and leads to the rediscovery of gratuity, of the centrality of relationships —starting with the family— with particular attention to healing the wounds of disrupted ones».
Just as those who were cured of their infirmities by touching his garments, we too can be cured of our egoism and our isolation from others by receiving Our Lord with faith.
«As soon as they landed, people recognized Jesus»
Fr. Joaquim MONRÓS i Guitart
(Tarragona, Spain)
Today, we see the faith of the people of the countryside where Jesus had landed bringing salvation to them. Our Lord is the owner of our body and soul; and they had no doubt that in bringing their sick to him, they would be cured: «And all who touched him were cured» (Mk 6:56). Today as ever, we have many who are sick in their body and in their soul. We must therefore use our very best efforts, both human and supernatural, to bring our relatives, friends and acquaintances as close as possible to our Lord. In the first place, we can achieve it by praying for their spiritual and physical health. When we are sick we do not hesitate to find out whether there exists an appropriate treatment, or whether there is a doctor who can take care of us right away.
When it is a matter of spiritual “sickness” (normally visible, externally, as our son, brother or parents not attending the Sunday services), in addition to praying, it would be convenient to speak to him/her about the remedy, maybe by transmitting him/her a thought or some motivating factor that we might get from the Magistery (for instance, from the Apostolic Epistle on The Day of our Lord, by John Paul II, or from some of the points of the Catechism of the Catholic Church).
If the “sick brother is somebody as a public authority, who tries to justify an unjust law —as, for instance, abortion legalization— let us not doubt —in addition to our prayers— to seek an opportunity to let him/her know —personally or in writing— our testimony regarding the truth.
«For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard» (Acts 4:20). For everybody needs the Savior. And when they do not go to him it may just be they do not recognize Him because we did not know how to announce Him. The real fact is, however, that as soon as they recognized him «they laid the sick in the marketplace and begged him to let them touch just the fringe of his cloak. And all who touched him were cured» (Mk 6:56). And Jesus cured mostly those who were “placed” close to him; those who were more in urgent need of remedy.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
When Jesus returns to Israel, landing fairly close to Capernaum on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, “people immediately recognized Him” and were drawn to Him – but Mark describes their interest in Him as focusing exclusively on a physical healing of some sort.
Those who eventually became His apostles clung to Jesus for more than that physical reward. They listened, asked questions, slowly learned what He was trying to tell them, and even got to the point that they could say that they loved Him (John 21:15-17). The women who accompanied Jesus and His disciples were very similar to the men in this; think of Mary of Magdala (John 20:11-16).
This leads me to ask what my own deepest hunger and thirst is when it comes to Jesus and whether I have gotten beyond asking for more than healing and peace from Him. Do I seek to know His heart and to give Him my own heart? To become always more like Him in every way possible?
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
OBEDIENCE SCHOOL | ||
| "Wherever He put in an appearance, in villages, in towns, or at crossroads, they laid the sick in the market places and begged Him to let them touch just the tassel of His cloak. All who touched Him got well." �Mark 6:56 | ||
To touch the tassel of Jesus' cloak was to touch a sacramental, a sign of God's grace "to keep all the commandments of the Lord, without going wantonly astray after the desires of [one's] hearts and eyes" (Nm 15:39). As baptized Catholic Christians, we can not only touch a sacramental but can receive the sacrament of the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of God. Consequently, it would seem that Catholic Christians would be healed in great numbers when receiving Holy Communion. In fact, the Church leads us to pray immediately before receiving Communion: only say the word and my soul shall be healed." As expected, many people are healed through Holy Communion, but it does not seem that the numbers of people healed in many parts of the world are as great as might be reasonably expected, considering the infinite healing power of the Lord. Are we obeying the Lord's Word so that we shall be healed? In our secular humanistic culture and lukewarm Christianity so prevalent today, the very concept of obedience may have been eroded. Do we mean by obedience what the Lord means by it? Like Jesus, have we "learned obedience" from what we have suffered? (see Heb 5:8) Are we even registered in the school of obedience? Ask the Lord that you may learn His obedience and thereby touch and receive the Lord and Healer. | ||
| Prayer: Father, renew my mind that I "may judge what is [Your] will, what is good, pleasing and perfect" (Rm 12:2). | ||
| Promise: "I have truly built You a princely house, a dwelling where You may abide forever." —1 Kgs 8:13 | ||
| Praise: St. Scholastica and her twin brother, Benedict, both were obedient to God's will and founded religious orders. |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
"Many were made well"
Do you recognize the Lord's presence in your life? The Gospel records that when Jesus disembarked from the boat the people immediately recognized him. What did they recognize in Jesus? A prophet, a healer, the Messiah, the Son of God? For sure they recognized that Jesus had power from God to heal and to make whole bodies, limbs, minds, and hearts that were beset with disease, affliction, and sin. What happened when they pressed upon him and touched the fringe of his garment? They were made well. The Lord Jesus is ever ready to meet our needs as well. Do you approach him with expectant faith?
Do you recognize the Lord's presence with you and the power of his word for your life?
Faith is an entirely free gift which God makes to us through the power of the Holy Spirit. Believing and trusting in God to act in our lives is only possible by the grace and help of the Holy Spirit who moves the heart and converts it to God. The Holy Spirit opens the eyes of the mind and helps us to understand, accept, and believe God's word. How do we grow in faith? By listening to God's word with trust and submission. Faith also grows through testing and perseverance. The Lord wants to teach us how to pray in faith for his will for our lives and for the things he wishes to give us to enable us to follow him faithfully and serve him generously.
Do you seek the Lord Jesus and put his kingdom first?
Jesus gave his disciples the perfect prayer which acknowledges God as our Father who provides generously for his children. The Lord's prayer teaches us to seek first the kingdom of God and to pray that God's will be accomplished in our lives. The Lord in turn, gives us what we need to live each day for his glory. The Lord is never too distant nor too busy to meet us and to give his blessing. Do you pray to the Father with confidence that he will show you his will and give you what you need to follow him? Ask the Lord to increase your faith and gratitude for his merciful love and provision for your life.
"Lord Jesus, let my heart sing for joy in your presence. Give me eyes of faith to recognize your presence and fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may walk in your way of love and peace."
Psalm 132:6–10
6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah, we found it in the fields of Jaar.
7 “Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool.”
8 Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.
9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.
10 For your servant David’s sake do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Christ's wounds bring healing and life, by Ambrose of Milan, 339-397 A.D.
"The Lord of hosts was not signaling weakness as he gave sight to the blind, made the crooked to stand upright, raised the dead to life (Matthew 11:5), anticipated the effects of medicine at our prayers, and cured those who sought after him. Those who merely touched the fringe of his robe were healed (Mark 6:56). Surely you did not think it was some divine weakness, you speculators, when you saw him wounded. Indeed there were wounds that pierced his body (Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; John 19:18, 31-37), but they did not demonstrate weakness but strength. For from these wounds flowed life to all, from the one who was the life of all." (excerpt from ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 4.5.54–55.16)
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