August 15, 2021 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mass during the Day
2021년 8월 15일 성모 승천 대축일
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제1독서
<태양을 입고 발밑에 달을 둔 여인>
요한 묵시록 11,19ㄱ; 12,1-6ㄱ.10ㄱㄴ
19 하늘에 있는 하느님의 성전이 열리고
성전 안에 있는 하느님의 계약 궤가 나타났습니다.
12,1 그리고 하늘에 큰 표징이 나타났습니다.
태양을 입고 발밑에 달을 두고
머리에 열두 개 별로 된 관을 쓴 여인이 나타난 것입니다.
2 그 여인은 아기를 배고 있었는데,
해산의 진통과 괴로움으로 울부짖고 있었습니다.
3 또 다른 표징이 하늘에 나타났습니다.
크고 붉은 용인데, 머리가 일곱이고 뿔이 열이었으며
일곱 머리에는 모두 작은 관을 쓰고 있었습니다.
4 용의 꼬리가 하늘의 별 삼분의 일을 휩쓸어 땅으로 내던졌습니다.
그 용은 여인이 해산하기만 하면 아이를 삼켜 버리려고,
이제 막 해산하려는 그 여인 앞에 지켜 서 있었습니다.
5 이윽고 여인이 아들을 낳았습니다.
그 사내아이는 쇠지팡이로 모든 민족들을 다스릴 분입니다.
그런데 그 여인의 아이가 하느님께로, 그분의 어좌로 들어 올려졌습니다.
6 여인은 광야로 달아났습니다.
거기에는 하느님께서 마련해 주신 처소가 있었습니다.
10 그때에 나는 하늘에서 큰 목소리가 이렇게 말하는 것을 들었습니다.
“이제 우리 하느님의 구원과 권능과 나라와
그분께서 세우신 그리스도의 권세가 나타났다.”
제2독서
<맏물은 그리스도이십니다. 그다음은 그리스도께 속한 이들입니다.>
코린토 1서 . 15,20-27ㄱ
형제 여러분, 20 그리스도께서는 죽은 이들 가운데에서 되살아나셨습니다.
죽은 이들의 맏물이 되셨습니다.
21 죽음이 한 사람을 통하여 왔으므로 부활도 한 사람을 통하여 온 것입니다.
22 아담 안에서 모든 사람이 죽는 것과 같이
그리스도 안에서 모든 사람이 살아날 것입니다.
23 그러나 각각 차례가 있습니다. 맏물은 그리스도이십니다.
그다음은 그리스도께서 재림하실 때, 그분께 속한 이들입니다.
24 그러고는 종말입니다.
그때에 그리스도께서는 모든 권세와 모든 권력과 권능을 파멸시키시고 나서
나라를 하느님 아버지께 넘겨 드리실 것입니다.
25 하느님께서 모든 원수를 그리스도의 발아래 잡아다 놓으실 때까지는
그리스도께서 다스리셔야 합니다.
26 마지막으로 파멸되어야 하는 원수는 죽음입니다.
27 사실 “하느님께서는 모든 것을 그의 발아래 굴복시키셨습니다.”
복음
<전능하신 분께서 나에게 큰일을 하시고, 비천한 이들을 들어 높이셨습니다.>
루카. 1,39-56
9 그 무렵 마리아는 길을 떠나, 서둘러 유다 산악 지방에 있는 한 고을로 갔다.
40 그리고 즈카르야의 집에 들어가 엘리사벳에게 인사하였다.
41 엘리사벳이 마리아의 인사말을 들을 때 그의 태 안에서 아기가 뛰놀았다.
엘리사벳은 성령으로 가득 차 42 큰 소리로 외쳤다.
“당신은 여인들 가운데에서 가장 복되시며 당신 태중의 아기도 복되십니다.
43 내 주님의 어머니께서 저에게 오시다니 어찌 된 일입니까?
44 보십시오, 당신의 인사말 소리가 제 귀에 들리자
저의 태 안에서 아기가 즐거워 뛰놀았습니다.
45 행복하십니다, 주님께서 하신 말씀이 이루어지리라고 믿으신 분!”
46 그러자 마리아가 말하였다. “내 영혼이 주님을 찬송하고
47 내 마음이 나의 구원자 하느님 안에서 기뻐 뛰니
48 그분께서 당신 종의 비천함을 굽어보셨기 때문입니다.
이제부터 과연 모든 세대가 나를 행복하다 하리니
49 전능하신 분께서 나에게 큰일을 하셨기 때문입니다.
그분의 이름은 거룩하고
50 그분의 자비는 대대로 당신을 경외하는 이들에게 미칩니다.
51 그분께서는 당신 팔로 권능을 떨치시어
마음속 생각이 교만한 자들을 흩으셨습니다.
52 통치자들을 왕좌에서 끌어내리시고 비천한 이들을 들어 높이셨으며
53 굶주린 이들을 좋은 것으로 배불리시고 부유한 자들을 빈손으로 내치셨습니다.
54 당신의 자비를 기억하시어 당신 종 이스라엘을 거두어 주셨으니
55 우리 조상들에게 말씀하신 대로
그 자비가 아브라함과 그 후손에게 영원히 미칠 것입니다.”
56 마리아는 석 달가량 엘리사벳과 함께 지내다가 자기 집으로 돌아갔다.
August 15, 2021
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mass during the Day
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
God’s temple in heaven was opened,
and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple.
A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet,
and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.
Then another sign appeared in the sky;
it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns,
and on its heads were seven diadems.
Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky
and hurled them down to the earth.
Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth,
to devour her child when she gave birth.
She gave birth to a son, a male child,
destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod.
Her child was caught up to God and his throne.
The woman herself fled into the desert
where she had a place prepared by God.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
“Now have salvation and power come,
and the Kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Anointed One.”
R. (10bc) The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold of Ophir.
R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear,
forget your people and your father’s house.
R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
So shall the king desire your beauty;
for he is your lord.
R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
They are borne in with gladness and joy;
they enter the palace of the king.
R. The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
Reading 2
Brothers and sisters:
Christ has been raised from the dead,
the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
For since death came through man,
the resurrection of the dead came also through man.
For just as in Adam all die,
so too in Christ shall all be brought to life,
but each one in proper order:
Christ the firstfruits;
then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ;
then comes the end,
when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father,
when he has destroyed every sovereignty
and every authority and power.
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death,
for “he subjected everything under his feet.”
Gospel
Mary set out
and traveled to the hill country in haste
to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said,
“Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
And how does this happen to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled.”
And Mary said:
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
and has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children forever.”
Mary remained with her about three months
and then returned to her home.
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
I am not always completely honest when people ask me if I need anything, or if I am okay. I would usually say I am fine so those who ask can be freed from the responsibility of worrying about me. I would usually say I don't need anything, so people around me don't feel the need to give. In between all my words and my "feels,” as they say, I really want to be in the presence of those whom I love and those who love me. It is a blessing when those are the same people in one's life ---- those we love and those who love us ---- because when this is so, their presence or visit makes our heart leap with joy and fullness. The fullness one feels from being cared for, loved, missed, thought of, and remembered. The joy one experiences when the presence of the Holy Spirit rises to the surface when love comes into our home.
I can understand the feeling Elizabeth had when Mary came to visit. It wasn't just that Elizabeth knew and understood Mary's role in our salvation. It was the joy of someone whom she admired and loved visiting her and sharing in the experience of pregnancy ---- a full participation in co-creation, and the perpetual birthing of God’s love. Sometimes, it just takes a visit from an old friend, or a new friend, or family to make our life path less difficult and even more hopeful. Sometimes it takes a visit and companionship of someone filled with light to remind us of the presence of the Holy Spirit around us and within us. Is there someone who might need the assurance of our visit? Is there someone going through a transition in life who might need our friendship and our love as they take on new roles? Is there someone afraid of the possibility of dying alone, even with the promise of new life?
As I reflect upon the assumption of the Blessed Mother, I think about how often I have found myself seeking her intercession and asking her to stay close by. I find great comfort when Blessed Mother Mary sits with me for a while and keeps me company, especially when I have nothing else to say and no more tears to cry. When my day is challenging and long, in prayer, I rest my head on her lap, and she simply whispers, “Rest…...rest awhile.”
Considering my temptation to have a list of requests when I come to God in prayer, it is nice to rest quietly on the lap of the Blessed Mother while God works on what troubles me, and either lightens my burdens or strengthens my spirit. I, like Elizabeth, feel a leap of joy within me when Mary spends time with me. Today, let us take off our heavy shoes of worry, set down our heavy bag of self-doubt, past trauma, and the heartbreak we sometimes carry around with us. Let us put aside our list of many needs, wants, and desires, and just for a moment, ask the Blessed Mother if we can just lay our head on her lap to rest awhile as we entrust our life path to God.
Blessed Mother, keep us company in this life and help us rest when it is time for us to rise into new life.
Blessed Mother Mary, pray for us.
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MARY, CAUSE OF OUR JOY
“My spirit finds joy in God my Savior.” —Luke 1:47
The well-known prayer, “Litany of the Blessed Virgin,” addresses Mary as the “cause of our joy.” This title of Mary is most appropriate for today’s feast of her Assumption into heaven.
Mary’s entire being found joy in the Lord (Lk 1:46). She spread that joy to others, even Elizabeth’s unborn baby, John, who leapt “for joy” at the sound of Mary’s voice as she carried Jesus in her womb, into their home (Lk 1:44). Mary was also present in the upper room at Pentecost (see Acts 1:14ff) and surely exulted with joy as her Spouse, the Holy Spirit, filled the apostles, who then brought three thousand people into the Church.
Finally, Mary “was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 966). “She already shares in the glory of her Son’s Resurrection, anticipating the resurrection of all members of His Body” (Catechism, 974). She has been “exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son” (Catechism, 966). Her Assumption is a sign of sure hope (Lumen Gentium, 68, Vatican II) that Jesus will raise us up to rejoice with Him forever.
The Lord in His Word commands us to rejoice with Mary as she is honored today. Since Mary “is honored, all the members share [her] joy” (1 Cor 12:26). We are to “rejoice with” her (Rm 12:15). Mary would be the first to proclaim: “Rejoice in the Lord always! I say it again. Rejoice!” (Phil 4:4) Rejoice with Mary.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, some Christians respond to the joy of Your spouse, Mary, with disdain. Convert their frowns into smiles of joy today.
Promise: “God’s temple in heaven opened and, in the temple, could be seen the ark of His covenant.”—Rv 11:19
Praise: “Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have salvation and power come, the reign of our God and the authority of His Anointed One’ ” (Rv 12:10).
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Why did Jesus offer himself as "food and drink"? The Jews were scandalized and the disciples were divided when Jesus said "unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you." What a hard saying, unless you understand who Jesus is and why he calls himself the bread of life. The miracle of the multiplication of the loaves (John 6:3-13), when Jesus said the blessing, broke and distributed the loaves through his disciples to feed the multitude, is a sign that prefigured the superabundance of the unique bread of the Eucharist, or Lord's Supper. The Gospel of John has no account of the Last Supper meal (just the foot washing ceremony and Jesus' farewell discourse). Instead, John quotes extensively from Jesus' teaching on the bread of life.
In the Old Covenant bread and wine were offered in a thanksgiving sacrifice as a sign of grateful acknowledgment to the Creator as the giver and sustainer of life. Melchizedek, who was both a priest and king (Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1-4), offered a sacrifice of bread and wine. His offering prefigured the offering made by Jesus, our high priest and king (Hebrews 7:26; 9:11; 10:12). The remembrance of the manna in the wilderness recalled to the people of Israel that they live - not by earthly bread alone - but by the bread of the Word of God (Deuteronomy 8:3).
Jesus made himself a perfect offering and sacrifice to God on our behalf
At the last supper when Jesus blessed the cup of wine, he gave it to his disciples saying, "Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28). Jesus was pointing to the sacrifice he was about to make on the cross, when he would shed his blood for us - thus pouring himself out and giving himself to us - as an atoning sacrifice for our sins and the sins of the world. His death on the cross fulfilled the sacrifice of the paschal (passover) lamb whose blood spared the Israelites from death in Egypt.
the Apostle tells us that "Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed" (1 Corinthians 5:7). Paul echoes the words of John the Baptist who called Jesus the "Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" (John 1:29).Jesus made himself an offering and sacrifice, a gift that was truly pleasing to the Father. He "offered himself without blemish to God" (Hebrews 9:14) and "gave himself as a sacrifice to God" (Ephesians 5:2).
The Lord Jesus sustains us with the life-giving bread of heaven
Jesus chose the time of the Jewish Feast of Passover to fulfill what he had announced at Capernaum - giving his disciples his body and his blood as the true bread of heaven. Jesus' passing over to his Father by his death and resurrection - the new passover - is anticipated in the Last Supper and celebrated in the Eucharist or Lord's Supper, which fulfills the Jewish Passover and anticipates the final Passover of the church in the glory of God's kingdom. When the Lord Jesus commands his disciples to eat his flesh and drink his blood, he invites us to take his life into the very center of our being. That life which he offers is the very life of God himself. Do you hunger for the bread of life?
Lord Jesus, you nourish and sustain us with your very own presence and life-giving word. You are the bread of life - the heavenly food that sustains us now and that produces everlasting life within us. May I always hunger for you and be satisfied in you alone.
Psalm 34:1-8a
1 I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad.
3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Abiding in Christ, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
" Jesus recommended to us His Body and Blood in bread and wine, elements that are reduced into one out of many constituents. What is meant by eating that food and taking that drink is this: to remain in Christ and have Him remaining in us." (excerpt from Sermon on John 26,112)
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