June 4, 2020 Thursday in the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
2020년 6월 4일 연중 제9주간 목요일
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제1독서
티모테오 2서.2,8-15
사랑하는 그대여, 8 예수 그리스도를 기억하십시오.
그분께서는 다윗의 후손으로, 죽은 이들 가운데에서 되살아나셨습니다.
이것이 나의 복음입니다.
9 이 복음을 위하여 나는 죄인처럼 감옥에 갇히는 고통까지 겪고 있습니다.
그러나 하느님의 말씀은 감옥에 갇혀 있지 않습니다.
10 그러므로 나는 선택된 이들을 위하여 이 모든 것을 견디어 냅니다.
그들도 그리스도 예수님 안에서 받는 구원을
영원한 영광과 함께 얻게 하려는 것입니다.
11 이 말은 확실합니다.
우리가 그분과 함께 죽었으면 그분과 함께 살 것이고
12 우리가 견디어 내면 그분과 함께 다스릴 것이며
우리가 그분을 모른다고 하면 그분도 우리를 모른다고 하실 것입니다.
13 우리는 성실하지 못해도 그분께서는 언제나 성실하시니
그러한 당신 자신을 부정하실 수 없기 때문입니다.
14 신자들에게 이러한 사실을 상기시키면서,
설전을 벌이지 말라고 하느님 앞에서 엄숙히 경고하십시오.
그런 짓은 아무런 이득 없이, 듣는 이들에게 해를 끼칠 따름입니다.
15 그대는 인정받는 사람으로,
부끄러울 것 없이 진리의 말씀을 올바르게 전하는 일꾼으로
하느님 앞에 설 수 있도록 애쓰십시오.
복음
마르코. 12,28ㄱㄷ-34
그때에 28 율법 학자 한 사람이 예수님께 다가와,
“모든 계명 가운데에서 첫째가는 계명은 무엇입니까 ?” 하고 물었다.
29 예수님께서 대답하셨다.
“첫째는 이것이다.
‘이스라엘아, 들어라.
주 우리 하느님은 한 분이신 주님이시다.
30 그러므로 너는 마음을 다하고 목숨을 다하고
정신을 다하고 힘을 다하여
주 너의 하느님을 사랑해야 한다.’
31 둘째는 이것이다.
‘네 이웃을 너 자신처럼 사랑해야 한다.’
이보다 더 큰 계명은 없다.”
32 그러자 율법 학자가 예수님께 말하였다.
“훌륭하십니다, 스승님.
‘그분은 한 분뿐이시고 그 밖에 다른 이가 없다.’ 하시니,
과연 옳은 말씀이십니다.
33 또 ‘마음을 다하고 생각을 다하고 힘을 다하여
그분을 사랑하는 것’과 ‘이웃을 자기 자신처럼 사랑하는 것’이
모든 번제물과 희생 제물보다 낫습니다.”
34 예수님께서는 그가 슬기롭게 대답하는 것을 보시고 그에게,
“너는 하느님의 나라에서 멀리 있지 않다.” 하고 이르셨다.
그 뒤에는 어느 누구도 감히 그분께 묻지 못하였다.
June 4, 2020
Thursday in the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Beloved:
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David:
such is my Gospel, for which I am suffering,
even to the point of chains, like a criminal.
But the word of God is not chained.
Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen,
so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus,
together with eternal glory.
This saying is trustworthy:
If we have died with him
we shall also live with him;
if we persevere
we shall also reign with him.
But if we deny him
he will deny us.
If we are unfaithful
he remains faithful,
for he cannot deny himself.
Remind people of these things
and charge them before God to stop disputing about words.
This serves no useful purpose since it harms those who listen.
Be eager to present yourself as acceptable to God,
a workman who causes no disgrace,
imparting the word of truth without deviation.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1) Teach me your ways, O Lord.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
R. Teach me your ways, O Lord.
Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
he teaches the humble his way.
R. Teach me your ways, O Lord.
All the paths of the LORD are kindness and constancy
toward those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
The friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him,
and his covenant, for their instruction.
R. Teach me your ways, O Lord.
Gospel
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
“Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher.
You are right in saying,
He is One and there is no other than he.
And to love him with all your heart,
with all your understanding,
with all your strength,
and to love your neighbor as yourself
is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding,
he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«There is no commandment greater than these two»
Fr, Rodolf PUIGDOLLERS i Noblom SchP
(La Roca del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)
Today, in Mark's Gospel, we see how one of the scribes asks Jesus: «Which commandment is the first of all?» (Mk 12:28). The question is somewhat cunning. In the first place, because he is trying to establish some sort of ranking amongst the different commandments; and, secondly, because his question is centered in the Law. This is logical, bearing in mind that the question comes from a master of the Law.
The Lord's answer takes to pieces the spirituality of that «master of the Law» And the attitude of the disciple of Jesus with respect to God can be summed up in two points: «You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart» (Mk 12:30) and «You shall love your neighbor as yourself» (Mk 12:31). The religious behavior is defined in his relationship with God and with his neighbor; and the human behavior, in his relationship with the others and with God. St. Augustine says the same with other words: «Love God, and do whatever you please». Love God and love the others, and all the rest will just be a consequence of this plenitude of love.
The teacher of the Law understands it perfectly well. And he adds that to love God with all one’s heart, and one’s neighbor as oneself, «is more important than any burnt offering and sacrifice» (Mk 12:33). God is awaiting our reply, our total deliverance, «with all our heart, with all our understanding and with all our strength» (Mk 12:30), for God means Truth, Goodness, and generous dedication to others. «Offerings and sacrifices» have a meaning only insofar they will be the true expression of this double love. And to think that, at times, we use the “little commandments” and «the offerings and sacrifices» as stumbling-block to criticize or wound others!
Jesus approves the reply of the master of the Law with «You are not far from the kingdom of God» (Mk 12:34). For Jesus, whoever loves his neighbor over everything else is not far from God.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
The words quoted by Jesus in today’s gospel reading are those of the Shemá Israel (hear, Israel) [Dt. 6: 4-5] engraved in the heart of every faithful Israelite. Those words were recited every morning upon waking up and Jesus must have also recited them. The core message was one of wholeheartedness: with all your heart... Those words were addressed to all Israelites, but they remain valid for any believer. There is no such thing as a call to half-heartedness. Sometimes the diversity of callings is misread as a diversity of expected response, as if priests, nuns, religious... were called to wholeheartedness, while the rest of the baptized were called to muddle through as best they can.
Surely, there is a diversity of vocations among the baptized. However that diversity lies not on the side of the expected response, but on the side of the calling itself, on the side of what we already desire to respond to wholeheartedly. Baptism is a calling to the wholeheartedness of the Shemá. But through prayerful reflection on our life experience we try to recognize the path the Lord is inviting us to follow and then our response, which we already desired to be wholehearted, leads us to marriage, priesthood, religious life... medicine, law, nursing, teaching...
The difference among vocations lies not on the side of the expected response, but the side of the diverse calling we are expected to respond to wholeheartedly.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
A FAITHFUL GOD
“If we are unfaithful He will still remain faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.” —2 Timothy 2:13
Which of us can honestly claim that we have been perfectly faithful to all the Lord’s commands? We all fall short; we are all sinners in some way (see Rm 3:23). The Good News is that God remains faithful to us, despite our sins and failings. Faithfulness is at the core of God’s very self.
God loves us unconditionally, even if we have completely turned our back on Him. “God is Love” (1 Jn 4:8, 16). Even should a mother forget her child (see Is 49:15), or a father disown his children, St. Paul tells us that God is faithful because it is impossible for God to deny what lies at the center of His heart: faithful love.
“There is no chaining the word of God” (2 Tm 2:9), and there is no chaining the love of God. Have you ever known a person who cannot seem to accept love? As impossible as it might seem for that person to receive any love, nothing is impossible for God. The stoniest heart is no match for the avalanche of God’s love. Jesus hung on a cross and accepted death out of a heart of unimaginable love for each human being. Therefore, have great confidence in the infinite power of the love of God. God’s Word breaks open hard hearts, and His faithful love melts them. “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever” (Ps 136:1).
Prayer: “Sacred Heart of Jesus, we Thee implore, that we may love Thee more and more.”
Promise: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” —Mk 12:30
Praise: Seeing Christ on the crucifix opened Mark to loving as Jesus loved.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
"Love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength"
What is the purpose of God's law or commandments? The Pharisees prided themselves in the knowledge of the law and their ritual requirements. They made it a life-time practice to study the 613 precepts of the Old Testament along with the numerous rabbinic commentaries. They tested Jesus to see if he correctly understood the law as they did. Jesus startled them with his profound simplicity and mastery of the law of God and its purpose.
Our love for God is a response to his exceeding grace and kindness towards us
What does God require of us? Simply that we love as he loves! God is love and everything he does flows from his love for us. God loved us first and our love for him is a response to his exceeding grace and kindness towards us. The love of God comes first and the love of neighbor is firmly grounded in the love of God. The more we know of God's love and truth the more we love what he loves and reject what is hateful and contrary to his will.
Faith and hope strengthen our love for God
What makes our love for God and his commands grow in us? Faith in God and hope in his promises strengthens us in the love of God. They are essential for a good relationship with God, for being united with him. The more we know of God the more we love him and the more we love him the greater we believe and hope in his promises. The Lord, through the gift of the Holy Spirit, gives us a new freedom to love as he loves. Do you allow anything to keep you from the love of God and the joy of serving others with a generous heart? Paul the Apostle says: hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us (Romans 5:5). Do you know the love which conquers all?
"We love you, O our God; and we desire to love you more and more. Grant to us that we may love you as much as we desire, and as much as we ought. O dearest friend, who has so loved and saved us, the thought of whom is so sweet and always growing sweeter, come with Christ and dwell in our hearts; that you keep a watch over our lips, our steps, our deeds, and we shall not need to be anxious either for our souls or our bodies. Give us love, sweetest of all gifts, which knows no enemy. Give us in our hearts pure love, born of your love to us, that we may love others as you love us. O most loving Father of Jesus Christ, from whom flows all love, let our hearts, frozen in sin, cold to you and cold to others, be warmed by this divine fire. So help and bless us in your Son." (Prayer of Anselm, 1033-1109)
Psalm 25:4-4-5,8-10,14
4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.
5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
14 The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Love God with one's whole self, by Gregory of Nyssa, 330-395 AD
"Human life consists in a threefold unity. We are taught similarly by the apostle in what he says to the Ephesians, praying for them that the complete grace of their 'body and soul and spirit' may be preserved at the coming of the Lord. We use the word 'body,' for the nutritive part, the word for the vital, 'soul,' and the word 'spirit' for the intellective dimension. In just this way the Lord instructs the writer of the Gospel that he should set before every commandment that love to God which is exercised with all the heart and soul and mind (Mark 12:30; Matthew 22:37; Luke 10:27). This single phrase embraces the human whole: the corporeal heart, the mind as the higher intellectual and mental nature, and the soul as their mediator." (excerpt from ON THE MAKING OF MAN 8.5.10)
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