February 21, 2020 Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
2020년 2월 21일 연중 제6주간 금요일
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제1독서
야고보서 2,14-24.26
14 나의 형제 여러분,
누가 믿음이 있다고 말하면서 실천이 없으면 무슨 소용이 있겠습니까?
그러한 믿음이 그 사람을 구원할 수 있겠습니까?
15 어떤 형제나 자매가 헐벗고 그날 먹을 양식조차 없는데,
16 여러분 가운데 누가 그들의 몸에 필요한 것은 주지 않으면서,
“평안히 가서 몸을 따뜻이 녹이고 배불리 먹으시오.” 하고 말한다면,
무슨 소용이 있겠습니까?
17 이와 마찬가지로 믿음에 실천이 없으면 그러한 믿음은 죽은 것입니다.
18 그러나 어떤 사람은 이렇게 말할 것입니다.
“그대에게는 믿음이 있고 나에게는 실천이 있소.”
나에게 실천 없는 그대의 믿음을 보여 주십시오.
나는 실천으로 나의 믿음을 보여 주겠습니다.
19 그대는 하느님께서 한 분이심을 믿습니까?
그것은 잘하는 일입니다.
마귀들도 그렇게 믿고 무서워 떱니다.
20 아, 어리석은 사람이여!
실천 없는 믿음은 쓸모가 없다는 사실을 알고 싶습니까?
21 우리 조상 아브라함이 자기 아들 이사악을 제단에 바칠 때에
실천으로 의롭게 된 것이 아닙니까?
22 그대도 보다시피, 믿음이 그의 실천과 함께 작용하였고,
실천으로 그의 믿음이 완전하게 된 것입니다.
23 그렇게 하여 “아브라함이 하느님을 믿으니,
하느님께서 그것을 의로움으로 인정해 주셨다.”는 성경 말씀이 이루어졌고,
그는 하느님의 벗이라고 불리게 되었습니다.
24 여러분도 보다시피,
사람은 믿음만으로 의롭게 되는 것이 아니라 실천으로 의롭게 됩니다.
26 영이 없는 몸이 죽은 것이듯 실천이 없는 믿음도 죽은 것입니다.
복음
마르코. 8,34ㅡ9,1
그때에 34 예수님께서 제자들과 함께 군중을 가까이 부르시고
그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“누구든지 내 뒤를 따르려면
자신을 버리고 제 십자가를 지고 나를 따라야 한다.
35 정녕 자기 목숨을 구하려는 사람은 목숨을 잃을 것이고,
나와 복음 때문에 목숨을 잃는 사람은 목숨을 구할 것이다.
36 사람이 온 세상을 얻고도 제 목숨을 잃으면 무슨 소용이 있느냐?
37 사람이 제 목숨을 무엇과 바꿀 수 있겠느냐?
38 절개 없고 죄 많은 이 세대에서 누구든지 나와 내 말을 부끄럽게 여기면,
사람의 아들도 아버지의 영광에 싸여 거룩한 천사들과 함께 올 때에
그를 부끄럽게 여길 것이다.”
9,1 예수님께서 또 그들에게 말씀하셨다. “내가 진실로 너희에게 말한다.
여기에 서 있는 사람들 가운데에는 죽기 전에
하느님의 나라가 권능을 떨치며 오는 것을 볼 사람들이 더러 있다.”
February 21, 2020
Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Jas 2:14-24, 26
if someone says he has faith but does not have works?
Can that faith save him?
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear
and has no food for the day,
and one of you says to them,
"Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,"
but you do not give them the necessities of the body,
what good is it?
So also faith of itself,
if it does not have works, is dead.
Indeed someone might say,
"You have faith and I have works."
Demonstrate your faith to me without works,
and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.
You believe that God is one.
You do well.
Even the demons believe that and tremble.
Do you want proof, you ignoramus,
that faith without works is useless?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works
when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?
You see that faith was active along with his works,
and faith was completed by the works.
Thus the Scripture was fulfilled that says,
Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him as righteousness,
and he was called the friend of God.
See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
For just as a body without a spirit is dead,
so also faith without works is dead.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Blessed the man who fears the LORD,
who greatly delights in his commands.
His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth;
the upright generation shall be blessed.
R. Blessed the man who greatly delights in the Lord's commands.
Wealth and riches shall be in his house;
his generosity shall endure forever.
Light shines through the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious and merciful and just.
R. Blessed the man who greatly delights in the Lord's commands.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice;
He shall never be moved;
the just man shall be in everlasting remembrance.
R. Blessed the man who greatly delights in the Lord's commands.
Gospel
Mk 8:34-9:1
"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake
and that of the Gospel will save it.
What profit is there for one to gain the whole world
and forfeit his life?
What could one give in exchange for his life?
Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words
in this faithless and sinful generation,
the Son of Man will be ashamed of
when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."
He also said to them,
"Amen, I say to you,
there are some standing here who will not taste death
until they see that the Kingdom of God has come in power."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«If you want to follow me, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me»
+ Fr. Joaquim FONT i Gassol
(Igualada, Barcelona, Spain)
Today’s Gospel speaks of two contemporary themes: the cross we all have to bear every day and its fruit, that is, Life with capital letters, supernatural and eternal.
When we listen to the Gospel we stand up as a sign we want to follow its teachings. Jesus tells us to deny ourselves, not to follow “the pleasure of our whims” —as the psalmist claims— or, as saint Paul cites, to get rid of “the deceiving greeds”. To take up our own cross is to accept the little mortifications we find every day along the way.
We can be helped out by what Jesus said in his priestly sermon at the cenacle: «I am the true vine, and my Father is the dresser. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful» (Jn 15:1-2). A hopeful gardener pampering the grapes so they bear the best wine! Yes, we want to follow our Lord! Yes, we are conscious the Father wishes to help us so our branches bear an abundant fruit in our earthly life which we can later enjoy in the Eternal Life.
Saint Ignatious used to guide saint Francis Xavier with the words of today's text: «What good is it to gain the whole world but destroy yourself?» (Mk 8:36). This is how he got appointed the patron of Missions. With the same idea in our minds, we can read the last canon of the Canon Law Code (n. 1752): «(...) and the salvation of souls, which must always be the supreme law in the Church, is to be kept before one's eyes». And saint Augustine also has his famous lesson: «Animam salvasti, animam tuam praedestinasti», which could be translated as: «He who dedicates himself with true zeal to the salvation of souls has thus good reasons to hope for eternal life». The invitation is quite clear.
The Virgin Mary, Mother of Divine Grace, helps us to advance in this way.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Today’s readings offer Christian believers clear and unambiguous guidance in our spiritual lives. They however are challenging in many ways to our ways of living and looking at the world.
The reading from the Second letter of James is often challenged as contrary to the teachings of Jesus who teaches us that only He was the “way, truth and life” for salvation. The statement that James makes about faith and works: “So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead,” can be particularly tricky. This has led some to think that he was proposing that salvation could be achieved by works alone.
Certainly, James is not proposing that we can be justified by works because there can be no good activity for the Kingdom of God without already having a faith and trust in God. He is not saying that faith without works is not sufficient for salvation either -- he means that true faith is actionable, or otherwise that faith is dead. He is saying that genuine faith in God has a nature to be expressed in acts of love. James is not suggesting we use works instead of faith in Christ, or even the we do works in addition to faith in Christ. His assumption is that we will do works for the benefit of others because of our faith in Christ. James is sharing his conviction that we are responsible for caring for each other as believers in Jesus Christ. And our belief must lead to decisions for practical action.
This decision to act includes the call to follow Jesus. In Mark’s Gospel Christ makes the choice very clear in His call to follow Him: “What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” So today, as we follow our faith and the call Jesus has for us, what practical action is the Holy Spirit presenting to us to serve God’s Kingdom?
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
LIVE SHAME-LESSLY | ||
| "If anyone in this faithless and corrupt age is ashamed of Me and My doctrine, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes with the holy angels in His Father's glory." �Mark 8:38 | ||
We are never to be ashamed of Jesus (Mk 8:38), His words, or the Gospel (Rm 1:16). We should never be ashamed "of the law of the Most High and His precepts, or of the sentence to be passed upon the sinful" (Sir 42:2). We should never be ashamed of taking measures to be just, cautious, and discreet (Sir 42:3-8). We should always be ashamed of immorality, falsehood, flattery, crime, disloyalty, lying, stealing, overeating, stinginess, aloofness, impure glances, thoughts and actions, harsh words, insults, and betraying secrets (Sir 41:15-24; cf Gal 5:19-21). By believing in Jesus, loving Him, and not being ashamed of Him, we receive the grace to resist temptations and not fall into the shameful consequences of sin. "There is no condemnation now for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Rm 8:1). Without a total commitment to Jesus, shame or a dead conscience is inevitable. only in Christ are we truly shameless (see Ps 34:6) and living in the full dignity of a child of God. In Christ, live shamelessly. | ||
| Prayer: Father, exterminate shame from my life. | ||
| Promise: "Be assured, then, that faith without works is dead as a body without breath." —Jas 2:26 | ||
| Praise: St. Peter Damian generally shared his meals with several poor people, serving them himself (see Lk 14:13-14). |
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it
What is the most important investment you can make with your life? Jesus poses some probing questions to challenge our assumptions about what is most profitable and worthwhile. In every decision of life we are making ourselves a certain kind of person. The kind of person we are, our character, determines to a large extent the kind of future we will face and live. It is possible that some can gain all the things they set their heart on, only to wake up suddenly and discover that they missed the most important things of all. Of what value are material things if they don't help you gain what truly lasts in eternity. Neither money nor possessions can buy heaven, mend a broken heart, or cheer a lonely person.
God gives without measure - we give all we have in return
Jesus asks the question: What will a person give in exchange for his life? Everything we have is an out-right gift from God. We owe him everything, including our very lives. It's possible to give God our money, but not ourselves, or to give him lip-service, but not our hearts. A true disciple gladly gives up all that he or she has in exchange for an unending life of joy and happiness with God. God gives without measure. The joy he offers no sadness or loss can diminish.
The cross of Christ leads to victory and freedom from sin and death. What is the cross which Jesus Christ commands me to take up each day? When my will crosses with his will, then his will must be done. To know the Lord Jesus Christ is to know the power of his saving death and resurrection. The Holy Spirit gives us the gift of faith to know Jesus personally, power to live the gospel faithfully, and courage to witness to others the joy and truth of the gospel. Are you ready to lose all for Jesus Christ in order to gain all with Jesus Christ?
"Lord Jesus Christ, I want to follow you as your disciple. I gladly offer all that I have to you. Take and use my life as a pleasing sacrifice of praise to your glory."
Psalm 112:1-6
1 Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments!
2 His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches are in his house; and his righteousness endures for ever.
4 Light rises in the darkness for the upright; the LORD is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
5 It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
6 For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered for ever.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Would you follow Christ?, by Caesarius of Arles, 470-542 A.D.
"When the Lord tells us in the Gospel that anyone who wants to be his follower must renounce himself, the injunction seems harsh; we think he is imposing a burden on us (Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23). But an order is no burden when it is given by one who helps in carrying it out. To what place are we to follow Christ if not where he has already gone? We know that he has risen and ascended into heaven; there, then, we must follow him. There is no cause for despair - by ourselves we can do nothing, but we have Christ’s promise...
one who claims to abide in Christ ought to walk as he walked. Would you follow Christ? Then be humble as he was humble. Do not scorn his lowliness if you want to reach his exaltation. Human sin made the road rough. Christ’s resurrection leveled it. By passing over it himself, he transformed the narrowest of tracks into a royal highway. Two feet are needed to run along this highway; they are humility and charity. Everyone wants to get to the top - well, the first step to take is humility. Why take strides that are too big for you - do you want to fall instead of going up? Begin with the first step, humility, and you will already be climbing." (excerpt from SERMONS 159, 1.4–6)
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