April 18, 2021 Third Sunday of Easter
2021년 4월 18일 부활 제3주일(이민의 날)
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제1독서
<여러분은 생명의 영도자를 죽였습니다. 그러나 하느님께서는 죽은 이들 가운데에서 그분을 다시 일으키셨습니다.>
사도행전 3,13-15.17-19
그 무렵 베드로가 백성에게 말하였다.
13 “여러분은 예수님을 빌라도에게 넘기고,
그분을 놓아주기로 결정한 빌라도 앞에서 그분을 배척하였습니다.
그러나 아브라함의 하느님과 이사악의 하느님과 야곱의 하느님,
곧 우리 조상들의 하느님께서는 당신의 종 예수님을 영광스럽게 하셨습니다.
14 여러분은 거룩하고 의로우신 분을 배척하고
살인자를 풀어 달라고 청한 것입니다.
15 여러분은 생명의 영도자를 죽였습니다.
그러나 하느님께서는 죽은 이들 가운데에서 그분을 다시 일으키셨고,
우리는 그 증인입니다.
17 이제, 형제 여러분! 나는 여러분도 여러분의 지도자들과 마찬가지로
무지한 탓으로 그렇게 하였음을 압니다.
18 하느님께서는 모든 예언자의 입을 통하여 당신의 메시아께서
고난을 겪으시리라고 예고하신 것을 그렇게 이루셨습니다.
19 그러므로 회개하고 하느님께 돌아와 여러분의 죄가 지워지게 하십시오.”
제2독서
<그리스도는 우리 죄만이 아니라 온 세상의 죄를 위한 속죄 제물이십니다.>
요한 1. 2,1-5ㄱ
1 나의 자녀 여러분, 내가 여러분에게 이 글을 쓰는 까닭은
여러분이 죄를 짓지 않게 하려는 것입니다.
그러나 누가 죄를 짓더라도 하느님 앞에서 우리를 변호해 주시는 분이 계십니다.
곧 의로우신 예수 그리스도이십니다.
2 그분은 우리 죄를 위한 속죄 제물이십니다.
우리 죄만이 아니라 온 세상의 죄를 위한 속죄 제물이십니다.
3 우리가 하느님의 계명을 지키면,
그것으로 우리가 그분을 알고 있음을 알게 됩니다.
4 “나는 그분을 안다.” 하면서 그분의 계명을 지키지 않는 자는 거짓말쟁이고,
그에게는 진리가 없습니다.
5 그러나 누구든지 그분의 말씀을 지키면,
그 사람 안에서는 참으로 하느님 사랑이 완성됩니다.
복음
<성경에 기록된 대로, 그리스도는 고난을 겪고 사흘 만에 죽은 이들 가운데에서 다시 살아나야 한다.>
루카 24,35-48
그 무렵 예수님의 제자들은 35 길에서 겪은 일과
빵을 떼실 때에 그분을 알아보게 된 일을 이야기해 주었다.
36 그들이 이러한 이야기를 하고 있을 때 예수님께서 그들 가운데에 서시어,
“평화가 너희와 함께!” 하고 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
37 그들은 너무나 무섭고 두려워 유령을 보는 줄로 생각하였다.
38 그러자 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“왜 놀라느냐? 어찌하여 너희 마음에 여러 가지 의혹이 이느냐?
39 내 손과 내 발을 보아라. 바로 나다. 나를 만져 보아라.
유령은 살과 뼈가 없지만, 나는 너희도 보다시피 살과 뼈가 있다.”
40 이렇게 말씀하시고 나서 그들에게 손과 발을 보여 주셨다.
41 그들은 너무 기쁜 나머지 아직도 믿지 못하고 놀라워하는데,
예수님께서 그들에게 “여기에 먹을 것이 좀 있느냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
42 그들이 구운 물고기 한 토막을 드리자,
43 예수님께서는 그것을 받아 그들 앞에서 잡수셨다.
44 그리고 그들에게 이르셨다. “내가 전에 너희와 함께 있을 때에 말한 것처럼,
나에 관하여 모세의 율법과 예언서와 시편에 기록된 모든 것이
다 이루어져야 한다.”
45 그때에 예수님께서는 그들의 마음을 여시어 성경을 깨닫게 해 주셨다.
46 이어서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“성경에 기록된 대로,
그리스도는 고난을 겪고 사흘 만에 죽은 이들 가운데에서 다시 살아나야 한다.
47 그리고 예루살렘에서부터 시작하여,
죄의 용서를 위한 회개가 그의 이름으로 모든 민족들에게 선포되어야 한다.
48 너희는 이 일의 증인이다.”
April 18, 2021
Third Sunday of Easter
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Reading 1
Acts 3:13-15, 17-19
Peter said to the people:
“The God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus,
whom you handed over and denied in Pilate’s presence
when he had decided to release him.
You denied the Holy and Righteous One
and asked that a murderer be released to you.
The author of life you put to death,
but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.
Now I know, brothers,
that you acted out of ignorance, just as your leaders did;
but God has thus brought to fulfillment
what he had announced beforehand
through the mouth of all the prophets,
that his Christ would suffer.
Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away.”
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9
R. (7a) Lord, let your face shine on us.
or:
R. Alleluia.
When I call, answer me, O my just God,
you who relieve me when I am in distress;
have pity on me, and hear my prayer!
R. Lord, let your face shine on us.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Know that the LORD does wonders for his faithful one ;
the LORD will hear me when I call upon him.
R. Lord, let your face shine on us.
or:
R. Alleluia.
O LORD, let the light of your countenance shine upon us!
You put gladness into my heart.
R. Lord, let your face shine on us.
or:
R. Alleluia.
As soon as I lie down, I fall peacefully asleep,
for you alone, O LORD,
bring security to my dwelling.
R. Lord, let your face shine on us.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Reading II
1 Jn 2:1-5a
My children, I am writing this to you
so that you may not commit sin.
But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous one .
He is expiation for our sins,
and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.
The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep
his commandments.
Those who say, (I know him, ( but do not keep his commandments
are liars, and the truth is not in them.
But whoever keeps his word,
the love of God is truly perfected in him.
Gospel
Lk 24:35-48
The two disciples recounted what had taken place on the way,
and how Jesus was made known to them
in the breaking of bread.
While they were still speaking about this,
he stood in their midst and said to them,
“Peace be with you.”
But they were startled and terrified
and thought that they were seeing a ghost.
Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled?
And why do questions arise in your hearts?
Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.
Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones
as you can see I have.”
And as he said this,
he showed them his hands and his feet.
While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed,
he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?”
They gave him a piece of baked fish;
he took it and ate it in front of them.
He said to them,
“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you,
that everything written about me in the law of Moses
and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
And he said to them,
“Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer
and rise from the dead on the third day
and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,
would be preached in his name
to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
The Alleluia between the second reading and the Gospel presents the challenge to me and probably most of us. The words “Were not our hearts burning within us?” rings loudly to us all. The events on the Road to Emmaus and the following encounter with Jesus immediately after by the other disciples, is one of my favorite Gospel stories.
So, the question is how do I get my own heart burning for the Lord? We have just gone through another desert of Lent, Holy Week and Easter. My own memories of this liturgical cycle stretch back many decades and over time with prayer, scripture, and study of my faith, I have reached the point that my heart does burn with desire-at least on most days. The fact that the fire is not there all the time should not bother me.
In today’s Gospel, the disciples at first thought that that were seeing a ghost, not the risen Christ. This comes from some of the disciples, who actually saw the empty tomb. For us, at times to have a lack of fire is only natural. This is understandable since the witnesses themselves were lacking an abundance of faith. I do not have the luxury of firsthand knowledge, yet my faith continues to grow, and the flame is stronger.
God bless – He is Risen!
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IGNORANCE AIN’T BLISS
“Yet I know, my brothers, that you acted out of ignorance, just as your leaders did.” —Acts 3:17
Contrary to the old saying, ignorance is not bliss. What you don’t know will hurt you. God’s people perish for lack of knowledge (Hos 4:6).
Of course, the Lord is merciful and will even make excuses for us in our ignorance: “Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing” (Lk 23:34). Nevertheless, there comes a time when there’s no excuse for our ignorance of God, His Word, and His plan of salvation. “God may well have overlooked bygone periods when men did not know Him; but now He calls on all men everywhere to reform their lives” (Acts 17:30). “For if the word spoken through angels stood unchanged, and all transgression and disobedience received its due punishment, how shall we escape if we ignore a salvation as great as ours?” (Heb 2:2-3)
Jesus wants us to know Him and His Word. He spent the first Easter Sunday explaining the Scriptures. On Easter afternoon, He taught the two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Lk 24:27ff). In the evening, He “opened their minds to the understanding of the Scriptures” (Lk 24:45). The Holy Spirit commanded the early believers to devote themselves to the apostles’ instruction (Acts 2:42). “Each day they studied the Scriptures to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11).
In this age of the Spirit, there’s no excuse for ignorance. “Do not continue in ignorance, but try to discern the will of the Lord” (Eph 5:17).
Prayer: Father, I’m sorry for staying ignorant. I choose this day to seek wisdom.
Promise: “The man who claims, ‘I have known Him,’ without keeping His commandments, is a liar.” —1 Jn 2:4
Praise: “Amen! Praise and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving and honor, power and might, to our God forever and ever. Amen!” (Rv 7:12) Risen Jesus, You merit our constant praise!
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Aren't we like the apostles? We wont believe unless we can see with our own eyes. The Gospel accounts attest to the reality of the resurrection of Jesus from the grave. Jesus goes to great lengths to assure his disciples that he is no mere ghost or illusion. He shows them the marks of his crucifixion and he explains how the Scriptures foretold his death and rising.
Jerome (347-420 AD), an early church bible scholar, comments:
"As he showed them real hands and a real side, he really ate with his disciples; really walked with Cleophas; conversed with men with a real tongue; really reclined at supper; with real hands took bread, blessed and broke it, and was offering it to them... Do not put the power of the Lord on the level with the tricks of magicians, so that he may appear to have been what he was not, and may be thought to have eaten without teeth, walked without feet, broken bread without hands, spoken without a tongue, and showed a side which had no ribs." (From a letter to Pammachius against John of Jerusalem 34)
The door to heaven and key to paradise is through the cross
The centrality of the Gospel message is the cross - but fortunately it does not stop there. Through the cross Jesus defeated our enemies - death and Satan and won pardon for our sins. His cross is the door to heaven and the key to paradise. The way to glory is through the cross. When the disciples saw the risen Lord they disbelieved for joy! How can death lead to life, the cross to victory? Jesus shows us the way and he gives us the power to overcome sin and despair, and everything else that would stand in the way of his love and truth. Just as the first disciples were commissioned to bring the good news of salvation to all the nations, so, we, too, are called to be witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ to all who live on the face of the earth. Do you witness the joy of the Gospel to those around you?
Lord Jesus, open our minds to understand the Scriptures that we may fully comprehend the truth of your word. Anoint us with your power and give us joy and boldness to proclaim the Gospel in word and deed.
Psalm 4:1,3,6b-8
1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You have given me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.
3 But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.
6b Lift up the light of your countenance upon us, O LORD!"
7 You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The Easter Alleluia, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"We are praising God now, assembled as we are here in church; but when we go on our various ways again, it seems as if we cease to praise God. But provided we do not cease to live a good life, we shall always be praising God. You cease to praise God only when you swerve from justice and from what is pleasing to God. If you never turn aside from the good life, your tongue may be silent but your actions will cry aloud, and God will perceive your intentions; for as our ears hear each others voices, so do God's ears hear our thoughts. " (excerpt from commentary on Psalm 148)
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