June 27, 2020 Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
2020년 6월 27일 연중 제12주간 토요일
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제1독서
애가 2,2.10-14.18-19
2 야곱의 모든 거처를 주님께서 사정없이 쳐부수시고
딸 유다의 성채들을 당신 격노로 허무시고
나라와 그 지도자들을 땅에 쓰러뜨려 욕되게 하셨다.
10 딸 시온의 원로들은 땅바닥에 말없이 앉아
머리 위에 먼지를 끼얹고 자루옷을 둘렀으며
예루살렘의 처녀들은 머리를 땅에까지 내려뜨렸다.
11 나의 딸 백성이 파멸하고 도시의 광장에서
아이들과 젖먹이들이 죽어 가는 것을 보고 있자니
내 눈은 눈물로 멀어져 가고 내 속은 들끓으며
내 애간장은 땅바닥에 쏟아지는구나.
12 “먹을 게 어디 있어요?” 하고 그들이 제 어미들에게 말한다,
도성의 광장에서 부상병처럼 죽어 가면서, 어미 품에서 마지막 숨을 내쉬면서.
13 딸 예루살렘아, 나 네게 무엇을 말하며 너를 무엇에 비기리오?
처녀 딸 시온아, 너를 무엇에다 견주며 위로하리오?
네 파멸이 바다처럼 큰데 누가 너를 낫게 하리오?
14 너의 예언자들이 네게 환시를 전하였지만 그것은 거짓과 사기였을 뿐.
저들이 네 운명을 돌리려고 너의 죄악을 드러내지는 않으면서
네게 예언한 신탁은 거짓과 오도였을 뿐.
18 주님께 소리 질러라, 딸 시온의 성벽아.
낮에도 밤에도 눈물을 시내처럼 흘려라.
너는 휴식을 하지 말고 네 눈동자도 쉬지 마라.
19 밤에도 야경이 시작될 때마다 일어나 통곡하여라.
주님 면전에 네 마음을 물처럼 쏟아 놓아라.
길목마다 굶주려 죽어 가는 네 어린것들의 목숨을 위하여
그분께 네 손을 들어 올려라.
복음
마태오 8,5-17
.5 예수님께서 카파르나움에 들어가셨을 때에
한 백인대장이 다가와 도움을 청하였다.
6 그가 이렇게 말하였다.
“주님, 제 종이 중풍으로 집에 드러누워 있는데 몹시 괴로워하고 있습니다.”
7 예수님께서 “내가 가서 그를 고쳐 주마.” 하시자,
8 백인대장이 대답하였다.
“주님, 저는 주님을 제 지붕 아래로 모실 자격이 없습니다.
그저 한 말씀만 해 주십시오. 그러면 제 종이 나을 것입니다.
9 사실 저는 상관 밑에 있는 사람입니다만 제 밑으로도 군사들이 있어서,
이 사람에게 가라 하면 가고 저 사람에게 오라 하면 옵니다.
또 제 노예더러 이것을 하라 하면 합니다.”
10 이 말을 들으시고 예수님께서는 감탄하시며
당신을 따르는 이들에게 이르셨다.
“내가 진실로 너희에게 말한다.
나는 이스라엘의 그 누구에게서도 이런 믿음을 본 일이 없다.
11 내가 너희에게 말한다. 많은 사람이 동쪽과 서쪽에서 모여 와,
하늘 나라에서 아브라함과 이사악과 야곱과 함께
잔칫상에 자리 잡을 것이다.
12 그러나 하느님 나라의 상속자들은 바깥 어둠 속으로 쫓겨나,
거기에서 울며 이를 갈 것이다.”
13 그리고 예수님께서는 백인대장에게 말씀하셨다.
“가거라. 네가 믿은 대로 될 것이다.”바로 그 시간에 종이 나았다.
14 예수님께서 베드로의 집으로 가셨을 때,
그의 장모가 열병으로 드러누워 있는 것을 보셨다.
15 예수님께서 당신 손을 그 부인의 손에 대시니 열이 가셨다.
그래서 부인은 일어나 그분의 시중을 들었다.
16 저녁이 되자 사람들이 마귀 들린 이들을 예수님께 많이 데리고 왔다.
예수님께서는 말씀으로 악령들을 쫓아내시고,
앓는 사람들을 모두 고쳐 주셨다.
17 이사야 예언자를 통하여 “그는 우리의 병고를 떠맡고
우리의 질병을 짊어졌다.” 하신 말씀이 이루어지려고 그리된 것이다.
June 27, 2020
Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
The Lord has consumed without pity
all the dwellings of Jacob;
He has torn down in his anger
the fortresses of daughter Judah;
He has brought to the ground in dishonor
her king and her princes.
On the ground in silence sit
the old men of daughter Zion;
They strew dust on their heads
and gird themselves with sackcloth;
The maidens of Jerusalem
bow their heads to the ground.
Worn out from weeping are my eyes,
within me all is in ferment;
My gall is poured out on the ground
because of the downfall of the daughter of my people,
As child and infant faint away
in the open spaces of the town.
In vain they ask their mothers,
“Where is the grain?”
As they faint away like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
And breathe their last
in their mothers’ arms.
To what can I liken or compare you,
O daughter Jerusalem?
What example can I show you for your comfort,
virgin daughter Zion?
For great as the sea is your downfall;
who can heal you?
Your prophets had for you
false and specious visions;
They did not lay bare your guilt,
to avert your fate;
They beheld for you in vision
false and misleading portents.
Cry out to the Lord;
moan, O daughter Zion!
Let your tears flow like a torrent
day and night;
Let there be no respite for you,
no repose for your eyes.
Rise up, shrill in the night,
at the beginning of every watch;
Pour out your heart like water
in the presence of the Lord;
Lift up your hands to him
for the lives of your little ones
Who faint from hunger
at the corner of every street.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (19b)
Lord, forget not the souls of your poor ones.
Why, O God, have you cast us off forever?
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
Remember your flock which you built up of old,
the tribe you redeemed as your inheritance,
Mount Zion, where you took up your abode.
R. Lord, forget not the souls of your poor ones.
Turn your steps toward the utter ruins;
toward all the damage the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
Your foes roar triumphantly in your shrine;
they have set up their tokens of victory.
They are like men coming up with axes to a clump of trees.
R. Lord, forget not the souls of your poor ones.
With chisel and hammer they hack at all the paneling of the sanctuary.
They set your sanctuary on fire;
the place where your name abides they have razed and profaned.
R. Lord, forget not the souls of your poor ones.
Look to your covenant,
for the hiding places in the land and the plains are full of violence.
May the humble not retire in confusion;
may the afflicted and the poor praise your name.
R. Lord, forget not the souls of your poor ones.
Gospel
When Jesus entered Capernaum,
a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying,
“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.”
He said to him, “I will come and cure him.”
The centurion said in reply,
“Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;
only say the word and my servant will be healed.
For I too am a man subject to authority,
with soldiers subject to me.
And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes;
and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes;
and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him,
“Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.
I say to you, many will come from the east and the west,
and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
at the banquet in the Kingdom of heaven,
but the children of the Kingdom
will be driven out into the outer darkness,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
And Jesus said to the centurion,
“You may go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.”
And at that very hour his servant was healed.
Jesus entered the house of Peter,
and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
He touched her hand, the fever left her,
and she rose and waited on him.
When it was evening, they brought him many
who were possessed by demons,
and he drove out the spirits by a word and cured all the sick,
to fulfill what had been said by Isaiah the prophet:
He took away our infirmities and bore our diseases.
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
«I am not worthy to have you under my roof. Just give an order and my boy will be healed»
Fr. Xavier JAUSET i Clivillé
(Lleida, Spain)
Today, the Gospel speaks of the centurion's love, of his faith, confidence and humility. Of his deep concern towards his servant. He is so worried about him, that he humiliates before Jesus to ask his help: «Sir, my servant lies sick at home. He is paralyzed and suffers terribly» (Mt 8:6). This concern for others and, even more, for a servant, prompts Jesus' response: «I will come and heal him» (Mt 8:7), which is in turn followed by a series of acts of faith and confidence. The centurion does not consider himself worthy and, along with that feeling, he expresses his own faith in such a way before Jesus and before all those gathered there, that Jesus has to say: «I tell you, I have not found such faith in Israel» (Mt 8:10).
We may wonder what impels Jesus to make this miracle. We so very often ask God to no avail, though we know He is always listening! So, what happens, then? We may think we ask properly, but are we sure we do it like the centurion did? His prayer is not selfish, but full of love, humility and confidence. St. Peter Crysologus says: «The power of love does not consider possibilities (...). Love does not discern nor ponders; love does not understand reasons. Love is not resignation before impossibility, nor does it get intimidated before difficulties». Is it like that, my prayer?
«I am not worthy to have you under my roof...» (Mt 8:8). It is the centurion's answer. Do you feel this way? Is your faith like this? «Only faith can explain this mystery. Faith is true knowledge, the principles of which are beyond rational demonstration; for faith makes real for us things beyond intellect and reason» (St. Maximus, confessor). If your faith is such, then you are bound to hear too: «‘Go home now. As you believed, so let it be (...)’ And at that moment his servant was healed» (Mt 8:13).
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Master of faith, hope and devoted love, show us how to pray so that we may obtain from the Lord that which is best for us.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Who would think that two little words could have such a negative connotation? Two little words that can make you feel like the lowest scoundrel, cheat, liar, and all-around bad person. In fact, the synonyms include, unseemly, shameful, dishonorable, despicable, contemptible, reprehensible, inexcusable, and unforgivable. The two little words are, “not worthy.”
These are the very two words the centurion said when he turned down Jesus’ magnanimous offer to come to his house and cure his paralyzed servant: “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.”
At every Mass, after the priest says, “Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb,” we respond in unison: “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof.”
All too often saying out loud, with the whole parish to hear, that we are “not worthy” can get our heads spinning. Why we would say that we are not worthy? We are here at Mass and support the church, we volunteer at the shelters, we say grace at every meal, we are loving spouses and parents. We even read the Daily Reflections. Why, then, are we, such good Catholics, not worthy?
The wise centurion knew better than to fall into the trap of judging his own worth in comparison to that of other humans, for he knew that the worthiness he felt in his community, his home and in relationship to his fellow citizens was absolutely zero compared to the love and goodness that comes from God. The centurion knew there was no comparison to be made, he was then as we are today -- not worthy of the limitless love and forgiveness God bestows upon us every day.
But take heart. Listen to how Jesus responds to the centurion’s statement. Does Jesus use words like the ones in the opening paragraph to condemn and belittle him? No, quite the opposite. Jesus says to the centurion, “In no one in Israel have I found such faith.” Who among us would not like to hear those words?
So, when we say for all to hear that we are “not worthy,” remember the comforting last words we say just before kneeling… “But only say the word, and my soul shall be healed.”
When we say these words, we become like the centurion, admitting that we are broken sinners, not worthy of God’s grace and love. But we are also professing our unflinching faith in the healing power of God. With our request to God to “say the word,” we put our lives and souls in his hands and profess, faithfully, that the body and blood of our savior, Jesus, will redeem us and make and keep us worthy.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
SAVE THE CHILDREN
“Rise up, shrill in the night, at the beginning of every watch; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your little ones.” —Lamentations 2:19
If we ever needed to pray, we need to pray now. Our little ones are being snuffed out in their mothers’ wombs. As nations play politics, world bankers play monopoly, and Christians play church, the little children starve to death or suffer brain damage due to malnutrition. The children are possibly the greatest victims of divorce, racism, and pornography.
Now more than ever, we must rise up in the night, lift up our hands to the Lord, and bring down the strongholds of the evil one by praying the mountain-moving prayer of faith (2 Cor 10:4; Mt 17:20). Our children have never been less protected; we have exposed them to all the garbage of our society. Many of their spirits are crushed or broken; they are “paralyzed, suffering painfully” (Mt 8:6). Only Jesus can mend a broken heart; only Jesus can wash their spirits clean; only Jesus can raise our children from the dead.
Even now, when it seems too late, let the children come to Jesus (Mt 19:14). “They brought Him many who were possessed. He expelled the spirits by a simple command and cured all who were afflicted” (Mt 8:16). Save the children.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, mercy.
Promise: “It was our infirmities He bore, our sufferings He endured.” —Mt 8:17
Praise: In his younger years, St. Cyril was fervent for the faith, sometimes violently! Later in life, with tempered zeal, he presided at the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD. He fought for both Jesus and Mary in defending Christ as God-Man from conception. Under his leadership, Mary was proclaimed Theotokos (God-bearer.)
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
"Say the word and my servant will be healed"
What kind of expectant faith and trust does the Lord Jesus want you to place in him? In Jesus' time the Jews hated the Romans because they represented everything the Jews stood against - including pagan beliefs and idol worship, immoral practices such as abortion and infanticide, and the suppression of the Israelites' claim to be a holy nation governed solely by God's law. It must have been a remarkable sight for the Jewish residents of Capernaum to see Jesus conversing with an officer of the Roman army.
The power to command with trust and respect
Why did Jesus not only warmly receive a Roman centurion but praise him as a model of faith and confidence in God? In the Roman world the position of centurion was very important. He was an officer in charge of a hundred soldiers. In a certain sense, he was the backbone of the Roman army, the cement which held the army together. Polybius, an ancient write, describes what a centurion should be: "They must not be so much venturesome seekers after danger as men who can command, steady in action, and reliable; they ought not to be over-anxious to rush into the fight, but when hard pressed, they must be ready to hold their ground, and die at their posts."
Faith in Jesus' authority over sickness and power to heal
The centurion who approached Jesus was not only courageous, but faith-filled as well. He risked the ridicule of his associates as well as mockery from the Jews by seeking help from a wandering preacher from Galilee. Nonetheless, he approached Jesus with great confidence and humility. He was an extraordinary man because he loved his slave. In the Roman world slaves were treated as property and like animals rather than people. The centurion was also an extraordinary man of faith. He believed that Jesus could heal his beloved slave. Jesus commended him for his faith and immediately granted him his request. Are you willing to suffer ridicule in the practice of your faith? And when you need help, do you approach the Lord Jesus with expectant faith?
"Heavenly Father, you sent us your Son Jesus that we might be freed from the tyranny of sin and death. Increase my faith in the power of your saving word and give me freedom to love and serve others with generosity and mercy as you have loved me."
Psalm 74:1-6,20-21
1 O God, why do you cast us off for ever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Remember your congregation, which you have gotten of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
3 Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
4 Your foes have roared in the midst of your holy place; they set up their own signs for signs.
5 At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes.
6 And then all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
20 Have regard for your covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Let not the downtrodden be put to shame; let the poor and needy praise your name.
Daily Quote from the early church fathers: Welcoming the Lord Jesus with expectant faith and humility, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"When the Lord promised to go to the centurion's house to heal his servant, the centurion answered, 'Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.' By viewing himself as unworthy, he showed himself worthy for Christ to come not merely into his house but also into his heart. He would not have said this with such great faith and humility if he had not already welcomed in his heart the One who came into his house. It would have been no great joy for the Lord Jesus to enter into his house and not to enter his heart. For the Master of humility both by word and example sat down also in the house of a certain proud Pharisee, Simon, and though he sat down in his house, there was no place in his heart. For in his heart the Son of Man could not lay his head" (Matthew 8:20). (excerpt from SERMON 62.1)
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