January 15, 2021Friday of the First Week In Ordinary Time
2021년 1월 15일 연중 제1주간 금요일
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제1독서
히브리서 .4,1-5.11
형제 여러분, 1 하느님의 안식처에 들어갈 수 있다는 약속이 계속 유효한데도,
여러분 가운데 누가 이미 탈락하였다고 여겨지는 일이 없도록,
우리 모두 주의를 기울입시다.
2 사실 그들이나 우리나 마찬가지로 기쁜 소식을 들었습니다.
그러나 그들이 들은 그 말씀은 그들에게 아무런 이득이 되지 못하였습니다.
그 말씀을 귀여겨들은 이들과 믿음으로 결합되지 못하였기 때문입니다.
3 믿음을 가진 우리는 안식처로 들어갑니다.
그것은 하느님께서 “그리하여 나는 분노하며 맹세하였다.
‘그들은 내 안식처에 들어가지 못하리라.’” 하고 말씀하신 그대로입니다.
안식처는 물론 하느님께서 만드신 것들은 세상 창조 때부터
이미 다 이루어져 있었습니다.
4 사실 일곱째 날에 관하여 어디에선가 이렇게 말하였습니다.
“하느님께서는 하시던 일을 모두 마치시고 이렛날에 쉬셨다.”
5 또 여기에서는, “그들은 내 안식처에 들어가지 못하리라.” 하였습니다.
11 그러니 그와 같은 불순종의 본을 따르다가 떨어져 나가는 사람이 없게,
우리 모두 저 안식처에 들어가도록 힘씁시다.
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마르코. 2,1-12
1 며칠 뒤에 예수님께서 카파르나움으로 들어가셨다.
그분께서 집에 계시다는 소문이 퍼지자,
2 문 앞까지 빈자리가 없을 만큼 많은 사람이 모여들었다.
예수님께서는 그들에게 복음 말씀을 전하셨다.
3 그때에 사람들이 어떤 중풍 병자를 그분께 데리고 왔다.
그 병자는 네 사람이 들것에 들고 있었는데,
4 군중 때문에 그분께 가까이 데려갈 수가 없었다.
그래서 그분께서 계신 자리의 지붕을 벗기고 구멍을 내어,
중풍 병자가 누워 있는 들것을 달아 내려보냈다.
5 예수님께서 그들의 믿음을 보시고 중풍 병자에게 말씀하셨다.
“얘야, 너는 죄를 용서받았다.”
6 율법 학자 몇 사람이 거기에 앉아 있다가 마음속으로 의아하게 생각하였다.
7 ‘이자가 어떻게 저런 말을 할 수 있단 말인가? 하느님을 모독하는군.
하느님 한 분 외에 누가 죄를 용서할 수 있단 말인가?’
8 예수님께서는 곧바로 그들이 속으로 의아하게 생각하는 것을
당신 영으로 아시고 말씀하셨다.
“너희는 어찌하여 마음속으로 의아하게 생각하느냐?
9 중풍 병자에게 ‘너는 죄를 용서받았다.’ 하고 말하는 것과
‘일어나 네 들것을 가지고 걸어가라.’ 하고 말하는 것 가운데에서
어느 쪽이 더 쉬우냐?
10 이제 사람의 아들이 땅에서 죄를 용서하는 권한을 가지고 있음을
너희가 알게 해 주겠다.”그러고 나서 중풍 병자에게 말씀하셨다.
11 “내가 너에게 말한다. 일어나 들것을 들고 집으로 돌아가거라.”
12 그러자 그는 일어나 곧바로 들것을 가지고,
모든 사람이 보는 앞에서 밖으로 걸어 나갔다.
이에 모든 사람이 크게 놀라 하느님을 찬양하며 말하였다.
“이런 일은 일찍이 본 적이 없다.”
January 15, 2021
Friday of the First Week In Ordinary Time
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Reading 1 Heb 4:1-5, 11
while the promise of entering into his rest remains,
that none of you seem to have failed.
For in fact we have received the Good News just as our ancestors did.
But the word that they heard did not profit them,
for they were not united in faith with those who listened.
For we who believed enter into that rest,
just as he has said:
As I swore in my wrath,
"They shall not enter into my rest,"
and yet his works were accomplished
at the foundation of the world.
For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this manner,
And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;
and again, in the previously mentioned place,
They shall not enter into my rest.
Therefore, let us strive to enter into that rest,
so that no one may fall after the same example of disobedience.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 78:3 and 4bc, 6c-7, 8
What we have heard and know,
and what our fathers have declared to us,
we will declare to the generation to come
The glorious deeds of the LORD and his strength.
R. Do not forget the works of the Lord!
That they too may rise and declare to their sons
that they should put their hope in God,
And not forget the deeds of God
but keep his commands.
R. Do not forget the works of the Lord!
And not be like their fathers,
a generation wayward and rebellious,
A generation that kept not its heart steadfast
nor its spirit faithful toward God.
R. Do not forget the works of the Lord!
Alleluia Lk 7:16
A great prophet has arisen in our midst
and God has visited his people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Mk 2:1-12
it became known that he was at home.
Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them,
not even around the door,
and he preached the word to them.
They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd,
they opened up the roof above him.
After they had broken through,
they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him,
"Child, your sins are forgiven."
Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves,
"Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming.
Who but God alone can forgive sins?"
Jesus immediately knew in his mind what
they were thinking to themselves,
so he said, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,
'Your sins are forgiven,'
or to say, 'Rise, pick up your mat and walk'?
But that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"
–he said to the paralytic,
"I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home."
He rose, picked up his mat at once,
and went away in the sight of everyone.
They were all astounded
and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this."
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Spend a little time around this Jesuit university – or reading these reflections – and you will encounter the concept of Ignatian contemplation, of prayerful imagination to deepen our understanding of Scriptures and to strengthen our relationship with God. In other words, prayerfully imagine ourself as a participant in the scenes from the Gospels. The four main parties in today’s Gospel reading are: a group who brings a paralytic, the paralytic, some scribes, and Jesus. Other than Jesus, we know very little about the various parties, and the list of what we do not know is quite long.
Let’s start with the individuals who carried the paralyzed man to see Jesus. These folks were hopeful, and they were persistent. We know from the end of the first chapter of Mark that Jesus’s reputation as a healer attracted people from all over, so it is no surprise to find the group in Mark 2 bringing someone to Jesus with the hope for a successful cure. Mark does not tell us how far they traveled to get to the house where Jesus was teaching, but they were not deterred by the crowd that blocked their approach to Jesus. They creatively (and a little destructively) refused to give up as they went about helping someone in need.
The paralyzed individual at the center of the story really does not do much until the very end. He received help from the group, and he received forgiveness and healing from Jesus. When he acts, though, he does so obediently and immediately. (In my imagining, this is the character I have the most difficulty relating to. Asking for or accepting help does not come easily. My fear of heights would make me uncomfortable being lowered through the ceiling. Obedience does not come naturally, and I suspect my response would have been a bit slower, after some stretching and testing of limbs.)
The scribes intrigue me. They had come to listen to Jesus teach – and had gotten there early enough to have a place in the crowded room. Their reaction was not, at least externally, hostile. As persons familiar with the law of Moses, they had come to learn and found themselves struggling to reconcile what they were witnessing – Spirit-filled teaching and miraculous healing – with their own preconceived understanding of the law, of righteousness, and of God.
Jesus, in a few short sentences, touches on multiple points. He recognizes the caring efforts of the ones who opened up a roof to lower a man so he could be healed. He looks at the paralyzed man and sees not just what everyone else sees – a person in need of physical restoration – but also the deeper need for forgiveness. He understands the doubts and limitations of people who want to know God better but keep getting in their own way.
So, as I imagine myself one of the carriers, I notice that I should be willing to love my neighbors by helping those in need; and my willingness must be persistent and filled with hope. As the injured soul, I should be willing to accept help, and I absolutely must be immediately obedient to Christ’s commands. The scribe in me has to be aware of – and must resist – a wrongheaded tendency to make myself the arbiter of what God can or cannot do. Ultimately, I must be ready to offer love and forgiveness as Jesus would have me do.
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70 X 7 (SEE MT 18:22)
“When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralyzed man, ‘My son, your sins are forgiven.’ ” —Mark 2:5
When Jesus saw the roof being dismantled, He spoke of the forgiveness of sins. When He saw paralysis, He thought of forgiveness. When He hung on the cross, He said: “Father, forgive them” (Lk 23:34). Jesus clearly has forgiveness on His mind.
If we have the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16), we also will be preoccupied with forgiveness. When we watch or read objectionable material, we will pray: “Father, forgive us.” When we feel sick, we’ll go to Confession before going to the doctor. When the phone rings, the word “forgiveness” will be on the tip of our tongues.
How many times have you said the word “forgiveness” today? Since forgiveness is the solution to our problems, we should be frequently telling the Good News that forgiveness is available to all through Jesus’ blood shed on Calvary. If we’re not speaking of forgiveness, we’re not dealing with the heart of our problems but speaking only on a superficial level.
Receive forgiveness; give forgiveness; proclaim forgiveness.
Prayer: Father, “forgive us the wrong we have done” (Mt 6:12).
Promise: “Let us strive to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall, in imitation of the example of Israel’s unbelief.” —Heb 4:11
Praise: Going to Confession every month for many decades, John has heard “You are forgiven...” more than 70 x 7 times.
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Do you know the healing power of forgiveness and compassion? Jesus' treatment of sinners upset the religious teachers of the day. When a cripple was brought to Jesus because of the faith of his friends, Jesus did the unthinkable. He first forgave the man his sins. The scribes regarded this as blasphemy because they understood that only God had authority to forgive sins and to unbind a man or woman from their burden of guilt.
Jesus claimed an authority which only God could rightfully give. Jesus not only proved that his authority came from God, he showed the great power of God's redeeming love and mercy by healing the cripple of his physical ailment. This man had been crippled not only physically, but spiritually as well. Jesus freed him from his burden of guilt and restored his body as well. The Lord is every ready to bring us healing of body, mind, and spirit. Is there any area in your life that cripples you from walking in the freedom of Christ's transforming love and forgiveness?
Bishop Ambrose of Milan (339-397 AD), an early church father, explains how the healing of the paralytic points not only to Christ's power to heal the whole person, but also to raise the body to everlasting life as well:
But the Lord, wanting to save sinners, shows himself to be God both by his knowledge of secrets and by the wonder of his actions. He adds, "Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you'" or to say, 'Rise and walk?'" In this passage he shows the full likeness of the resurrection. Alongside of healing the wounds of body and mind, he also forgives the sins of the spirit, removes the weakness of the flesh, and thus heals the whole person. It is a great thing to forgive people's sins - who can forgive sins, but God alone? For God also forgives through those to whom he has given the power of forgiveness. Yet it is far more divine to give resurrection to bodies, since the Lord himself is the resurrection. (excerpt from EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 5.12-13.5)
Do you believe in the healing transforming power of Christ's forgiveness and merciful love? Ask him to set you free and transform your mind and heart to be like his heart.
Lord Jesus, through your merciful love and forgiveness you bring healing and restoration to body, soul, and mind. May your healing power and love touch every area of my life - my innermost thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and memories. Pardon my offenses and transform me in the power of your Holy Spirit that I may walk confidently in your love, truth, and righteousness.
Psalm 89:2,15-19
1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever.
15 Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance,
16 who exult in your name all the day, and extol your righteousness.
17 For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Reverse your relation with sickness, by Peter Chrysologus (400-450 AD)
"Take up your bed. Carry the very mat that once carried you. Change places, so that what was the proof of your sickness may now give testimony to your soundness. Your bed of pain becomes the sign of healing, its very weight the measure of the strength that has been restored to you." (excerpt from HOMILY 50.6)
[Peter Chrysologus was a renowned preacher and bishop of Ravena in the 5th century]
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