June 10, 2020 Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
2020년 6월 10일 연중 제10주간 수요일
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제1독서
열왕기 상.18,20-39
그 무렵 아합 임금은 20 이스라엘의 모든 자손에게 사람을 보내어,
바알의 예언자들을 카르멜산에 모이게 하였다.
21 엘리야가 온 백성 앞에 나서서 말하였다.
“여러분은 언제까지 양다리를 걸치고 절뚝거릴 작정입니까?
주님께서 하느님이시라면 그분을 따르고
바알이 하느님이라면 그를 따르십시오.”
그러나 백성은 엘리야에게 한마디도 대답하지 않았다.
22 엘리야가 백성에게 다시 말하였다.
“주님의 예언자라고는 나 혼자 남았습니다.
그러나 바알의 예언자는 사백오십 명이나 됩니다.
23 이제 우리에게 황소 두 마리를 끌어다 주십시오.
그들에게 황소 한 마리를 골라 토막을 내어
장작 위에 올려놓고 불은 붙이지 말게 하십시오.
나도 다른 황소를 잡아 장작 위에 놓고 불은 붙이지 않겠습니다.
24 여러분은 여러분 신의 이름을 부르십시오.
나는 주님의 이름을 받들어 부르겠습니다.
그때에 불로 대답하는 신이 있으면, 그분이 바로 하느님이십니다.”
그러자 백성이 모두 “그것이 좋겠습니다.” 하고 말하였다.
25 엘리야가 바알의 예언자들에게 제안하였다.
“당신들이 수가 많으니 황소 한 마리를 골라 먼저 준비하시오.
당신들 신의 이름을 부르시오. 그러나 불은 붙이지 마시오.”
26 그들은 자기들에게 주어진 황소를 데려다가 준비해 놓고는,
아침부터 한낮이 될 때까지 바알의 이름을 불렀다.
“바알이시여, 저희에게 응답해 주십시오.”
그러나 아무 소리도 대답도 없었다.
그들은 절뚝거리며 자기들이 만든 제단을 돌았다.
27 한낮이 되자 엘리야가 그들을 놀리며 말하였다.
“큰 소리로 불러 보시오. 바알은 신이지 않소.
다른 볼일을 보고 있는지, 자리를 비우거나 여행을 떠났는지,
아니면 잠이 들어 깨워야 할지 모르지 않소?”
28 그러자 그들은 더 큰 소리로 부르며,
자기들의 관습에 따라 피가 흐를 때까지
칼과 창으로 자기들 몸을 찔러 댔다.
29 한낮이 지나 곡식 제물을 바칠 때가 되기까지
그들은 예언 황홀경에 빠졌다.
그러나 아무 소리도 대답도 응답도 없었다.
30 그러자 엘리야가 온 백성에게 “이리 다가오십시오.” 하고 말하였다.
백성이 모두 다가오자 그는 무너진 주님의 제단을 고쳐 쌓았다.
31 엘리야는, 일찍이 “너의 이름은 이스라엘이다.”라는
주님의 말씀이 내린 야곱의 자손들 지파 수대로 돌을 열두 개 가져왔다.
32 엘리야는 그 돌들을 가지고 주님의 이름으로 제단을 쌓았다.
그리고 제단 둘레에는 곡식 두 스아가 들어갈 만한 도랑을 팠다.
33 그는 장작을 쌓은 다음, 황소를 토막 내어 장작 위에 올려놓았다.
34 그러고 나서 “물을 네 항아리에 가득 채워다가
번제물과 장작 위에 쏟으시오.” 하고 일렀다.
그런 다음에 그는 “두 번째도 그렇게 하시오.” 하고 말하였다.
그들이 두 번째도 그렇게 하자,
엘리야는 다시 “세 번째도 그렇게 하시오.” 하고 일렀다.
그들이 세 번째도 그렇게 하였을 때,
35 물이 제단 둘레로 넘쳐흐르고 도랑에도 가득 찼다.
36 곡식 제물을 바칠 때가 되자
엘리야 예언자가 앞으로 나서서 말하였다.
“아브라함과 이사악과 이스라엘의 하느님이신 주님,
당신께서 이스라엘의 하느님이시고 제가 당신의 종이며,
당신의 말씀에 따라 제가 이 모든 일을 하였음을
오늘 저들이 알게 해 주십시오.
37 저에게 대답하여 주십시오, 주님! 저에게 대답하여 주십시오.
그리하여 주님, 이 백성이 당신이야말로 하느님이시며,
바로 당신께서 그들의 마음을 돌이키게 하셨음을 알게 해 주십시오.”
38 그러자 주님의 불길이 내려와,
번제물과 장작과 돌과 먼지를 삼켜 버리고
도랑에 있던 물도 핥아 버렸다.
39 온 백성이 이것을 보고 얼굴을 땅에 대고 엎드려 부르짖었다.
“주님이야말로 하느님이십니다. 주님이야말로 하느님이십니다.”
복음
마태오.5,17-19
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
17 “내가 율법이나 예언서들을 폐지하러 온 줄로 생각하지 마라.
폐지하러 온 것이 아니라 오히려 완성하러 왔다.
18 내가 진실로 너희에게 말한다.
하늘과 땅이 없어지기 전에는,
모든 것이 이루어질 때까지
율법에서 한 자 한 획도 없어지지 않을 것이다.
19 그러므로 이 계명들 가운데에서 가장 작은 것 하나라도 어기고
또 사람들을 그렇게 가르치는 자는
하늘 나라에서 가장 작은 자라고 불릴 것이다.
그러나 스스로 지키고 또 그렇게 가르치는 이는
하늘 나라에서 큰사람이라고 불릴 것이다.”
June 10, 2020
Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Ahab sent to all the children of Israel
and had the prophets assemble on Mount Carmel.
Elijah appealed to all the people and said,
“How long will you straddle the issue?
If the LORD is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him.”
The people, however, did not answer him.
So Elijah said to the people,
“I am the only surviving prophet of the LORD,
and there are four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal.
Give us two young bulls.
Let them choose one, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood,
but start no fire.
I shall prepare the other and place it on the wood,
but shall start no fire.
You shall call on your gods, and I will call on the LORD.
The God who answers with fire is God.”
All the people answered, “Agreed!”
Elijah then said to the prophets of Baal,
“Choose one young bull and prepare it first,
for there are more of you.
Call upon your gods, but do not start the fire.”
Taking the young bull that was turned over to them, they prepared it
and called on Baal from morning to noon, saying,
“Answer us, Baal!”
But there was no sound, and no one answering.
And they hopped around the altar they had prepared.
When it was noon, Elijah taunted them:
“Call louder, for he is a god and may be meditating,
or may have retired, or may be on a journey.
Perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
They called out louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears,
as was their custom, until blood gushed over them.
Noon passed and they remained in a prophetic state
until the time for offering sacrifice.
But there was not a sound;
no one answered, and no one was listening.
Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.”
When the people had done so, he repaired the altar of the LORD
that had been destroyed.
He took twelve stones, for the number of tribes of the sons of Jacob,
to whom the LORD had said, “Your name shall be Israel.”
He built an altar in honor of the LORD with the stones,
and made a trench around the altar
large enough for two measures of grain.
When he had arranged the wood,
he cut up the young bull and laid it on the wood.
“Fill four jars with water,” he said,
“and pour it over the burnt offering and over the wood.”
“Do it again,” he said, and they did it again.
“Do it a third time,” he said,
and they did it a third time.
The water flowed around the altar,
and the trench was filled with the water.
At the time for offering sacrifice,
the prophet Elijah came forward and said,
“LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
let it be known this day that you are God in Israel
and that I am your servant
and have done all these things by your command.
Answer me, LORD!
Answer me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God
and that you have brought them back to their senses.”
The LORD’s fire came down
and consumed the burnt offering, wood, stones, and dust,
and it lapped up the water in the trench.
Seeing this, all the people fell prostrate and said,
“The LORD is God! The LORD is God!”
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 16:1b-2ab, 4, 5ab and 8, 11
R. (1b) Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.”
R. Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
They multiply their sorrows
who court other gods.
Blood libations to them I will not pour out,
nor will I take their names upon my lips.
R. Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
O LORD, my allotted portion and cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
R. Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.
R. Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments
will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«I have not come to remove but to fulfill them»
Fr. Miquel MASATS i Roca
(Girona, Spain)
Today, we listen to the Lord saying: «Do not think that I have come to remove the Law and the Prophets (…) but to fulfill them» (Mt 5:17). In today's Gospel, Jesus teaches us that the Old Testament is part of the Divine Revelation: First, God made himself known to men through the prophets. The chosen People gathered on Saturdays in the synagogue to listen to God's Word. And just as a good Jew knew the Scriptures and put them into practice, we Christians should frequently meditate —if possible, every day— upon the Scriptures.
In Jesus we have the plenitude of Revelation. He is the Verb, God's Word, that has become flesh, and dwelt among us (cf. Jn 1:14) to let us know He is God and how He loves us. God wants of man a response of love, expressed upon the fulfillment of his teachings: «If you love me, keep my commandments» (Jn 14:15).
We can find a good explanation of today's Gospel in St. John's first letter: «For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome» (1Jn 5:3). To keep God's commandments means that we truly love him through our deeds. Love is not only a feeling; love also wants deeds, deeds of love, to live the double precept of charity.
Jesus teaches us the malice of scandal: «Whoever breaks the least important of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be the least in the kingdom of heaven» (Mt 5:19). Because —as St. John says— «the man who says, ‘I know him’ but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him» (1Jn 2,4).
At the same time, He shows us how important good example is: «On the other hand, whoever obeys them and teaches others to do the same will be great in the Kingdom of Heaven» (Mt 5:19). Good example is the first element of the Christian Apostolate.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
In late February, 2020, I left the United States with a group of people from Creighton and Regis Universities as a participant in a pilgrimage to Spain and Italy. The focus of the pilgrimage was to walk in the footsteps of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits.) We were affiliated with these two Jesuit universities as students, faculty, administrators and/or staff. We were to begin our pilgrimage in Spain and end it in Rome.
Before we departed, we had begun to hear news from a few countries around the world regarding a coronavirus that was extremely contagious and menacing. We had concerns but after careful research, prayer and networking, the leaders of the pilgrimage made the decision to go.
Two days into the trip, Italy’s travel status was raised to a troubling Level 3 (to avoid all nonessential travel) due to the extremely rapid spread of the coronavirus in Italy. Our leaders determined that we would continue to visit the holy sites in Spain, not travel to Rome and return to the U.S. two days earlier than planned. Their plan worked and we all returned healthy and safe.
As we walked in the steps of St. Ignatius in Spain, there was a growing concern throughout the world about the spread of the virus. However, by praying at those holy sites, our connection to the world became one of sacred solidarity. We heard the stories of St. Ignatius and the early Jesuits who modeled their lives after the life of Jesus and reached out to the poor, healed the sick and cared for the disenfranchised. Our pilgrimage prayers flowed out to the suffering of the world. It was a call to all of us to embrace the Beatitudes as lived by St. Ignatius.
Today’s Gospel from Matthew’s 5th chapter is nestled in with some especially important teachings of Jesus when he addressed the crowds of people who followed him. As his reputation grew, he traveled throughout Galilee teaching in synagogues and curing people’s illnesses. In the passages which precede today’s Gospel, Jesus taught the beautiful Beatitudes. Not only did he teach them, but he also lived them, and his life put flesh on the commandments.
Those who did not trust or believe in Jesus thought he was breaking the law. He reassured them that not only did he believe in the commandments but even more, he was inviting people to be mindful of how they lived the commandments. He reassured them: Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill…And …whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest…in…heaven.
How do we put flesh on the commandments during the pandemic? What are the Beatitudes of Covid 19? The answers are modeled by Jesus, his disciples, St. Ignatius and all who we witness each day working in healthcare and essential services. May our prayer and our lives be inspired by them. Blessed are those...
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
A LIFE IN HIS WORD
“Of this much I assure you: until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter of the law, not the smallest part of a letter, shall be done away with until it all comes true.” —Matthew 5:18
Most of you reading this book love the Bible and believe it is the Word of God (1 Thes 2:13). Therefore, you wish to know the Bible to better live it. Nevertheless, you may not be reading the Bible daily (see Acts 17:11) or going out of your way to study it intently in detail. However, Jesus may be calling you to go beyond better to best. He may be calling you to know, live, and teach even the smallest part of a letter of God’s law, which is part of His Word (Mt 5:18).
It is probably safe to say that the Lord wants you in His Word for more time than you spend in front of the TV or on your smartphone. The Lord certainly wants you to share His Word with the members of your family. He wants you to use your God-given intelligence more for His Word than for trivial pursuits.
Jesus spoke of abiding in His Word (Jn 8:31). That means a life in His Word. Don't just fit God’s Word into your life; rather, fit your life into His Word. Make the detailed, deep study (see Sir 39:1ff) and living of God’s Word more important than thousands of dollars (see Ps 119:72), your favorite foods (see Ps 119:103), and your strongest desires. Love the smallest part of a letter of God’s Word. Abide in His Word.
Prayer: Father, make Your Word the joy and happiness of our hearts (Jer 15:16).
Promise: “Whoever fulfills and teaches these commands shall be great in the kingdom of God.” —Mt 5:19
Praise: After a time of searching for the truth, Carl was so convinced of the truth of the Catholic faith that, despite the opposition of his family, he converted to the Catholic Church.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Great are those who teach and obey the commandments
Why do people tend to view the "law of God" negatively rather than positively? Jesus' attitude towards the law of God can be summed up in the great prayer of Psalm 119: "Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day."
For the people of Israel the "law" could refer to the ten commandments or to the five Books of Moses, called the Pentateuch or Torah, which explain the commandments and ordinances of God for his people. The "law" also referred to the whole teaching or way of life which God gave to his people. The Jews in Jesus' time also used it as a description of the oral or scribal law. Needless to say, the scribes added many more things to the law than God intended. That is why Jesus often condemned the scribal law because it placed burdens on people which God had not intended.
The essence of God's law
Jesus made it very clear that the essence of God's law - his commandments and way of life, must be fulfilled. God's law is true and righteous because it flows from his love, goodness, and holiness. It is a law of grace, love, and freedom for us. That is why God commands us to love him above all else and to follow in the way of his Son, the Lord Jesus who taught us how to love by laying down our lives for one another.
Reverence and respect
Jesus taught reverence for God’s law - reverence for God himself, reverence for the Lord's Day, reverence or respect for parents, respect for life, for property, for another person's good name, respect for oneself and for one's neighbor lest wrong or hurtful desires master and enslave us. Reverence and respect for God's commandments teach us the way of love - love of God and love of neighbor. What is impossible to humans is possible to God who gives generously of his gifts and the Holy Spirit to those who put their faith in him.
God gives us the grace, help, and strength to love as he loves, to forgive as he forgives, to think and judge as he judges, and to act as he acts with mercy, loving-kindness, and goodness. The Lord loves righteousness and hates wickedness. As his followers we must love his commandments and hate every form of sin and wrong-doing. Do you seek to understand the intention of his law and to grow in wisdom of his ways?
The Holy Spirit transforms our minds and hearts
Jesus promised his disciples that he would give them the gift of the Holy Spirit who writes God's law of love and truth on our hearts. The Spirit teaches us God's truth and gives us wisdom and understanding of God's ways. The Spirit helps us in our weakness, strengthens us in temptation, and transforms us, day by day, into the likeness of Christ himself. There is great blessing and reward for those who obey God's commandments and who help others, especially the younger generations, to love, respect, and obey the Lord. Ask the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with a burning love and reverence for God's word so that you may grow day by day in the wisdom and knowledge of God's truth and goodness.
"Lord Jesus, grant this day, to direct and sanctify, to rule and govern our hearts, minds, and bodies, so that all our thoughts, words, and deeds may be in accord with your Father's law and wisdom. And thus may we be saved and protected through your mighty help."
Psalm 16:1-2,4-5,8,11
1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you."
4 Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; their libations of blood I will not pour out or take their names upon my lips.
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
8 I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
11 You show me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy, in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: What you teach, you should do, by Chromatius (died 406 AD)
"While it is sinful to abolish the least of the commandments, all the more so the great and most important ones. Hence the Holy Spirit affirms through Solomon: 'Whoever despises the little things shall gradually die' (Sirach 19:1b). Consequently nothing in the divine commandments must be abolished, nothing altered. Everything must be preserved and taught faithfully and devotedly that the glory of the heavenly kingdom may not be lost. Indeed, those things considered least important and small by the unfaithful or by worldly people are not small before God but necessary. For the Lord taught the commandments and did them. Even small things point to the great future of the kingdom of heaven. For this reason, not only words but also deeds are important; and you should not only teach, but what you teach, you should do." (excerpt from TRACTATE ON MATTHEW 20.2.1–3)
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