[ 녹/Green ] Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
입당송 Introit Antiphon Ps 48(47):10-11
In your temple, O God, we remember your unfailing love.
Your praise, O God, resounds to the ends of the earth, like your name.
Righteousness fills your right hand.
본기도 Collect
O God,By the passion of your holy Son,You have raised up the fallen world.
Grant us the joy of Easter,That we may be freed from the oppression of sin,And enjoy eternal happiness.
Through the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,One God, now and forever.
제 1독서 First Reading
< I will take you to be my wife forever. >
▥ This is a word from the Book of Hosea. Hos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22
Thus says the LORD:
I will allure her;
I will lead her into the desert
and speak to her heart.
She shall respond there as in the days of her youth,
when she came up from the land of Egypt.
On that day, says the LORD,
She shall call me “My husband,”
and never again “My baal.”
I will espouse you to me forever:
I will espouse you in right and in justice,
in love and in mercy;
I will espouse you in fidelity,
and you shall know the LORD.
The Word of the Lord.
◎ Thanks be to God.
화답송 Responsorial Psalm Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
◎ The Lord is gracious and merciful.
○ Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
his greatness is unsearchable.◎
○ Generation after generation praises your works
and proclaims your might.
They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
and tell of your wondrous works.◎
○ They discourse of the power of your terrible deeds
and declare your greatness.
They publish the fame of your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your justice.◎
○ The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.◎
복음 환호송 Alleluia 2Tm 1:10
◎ Alleluia, alleluia.
○ Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death
and brought life to light through the Gospel.
◎ Alleluia, alleluia.
복음 Gospel
< My daughter has just died.
But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live. >
✠ The Holy Gospel according to Matthew . Mt 9:18-26
While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward,
knelt down before him, and said,
“My daughter has just died.
But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples.
A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him
and touched the tassel on his cloak.
She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”
Jesus turned around and saw her, and said,
“Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.”
And from that hour the woman was cured.
When Jesus arrived at the official’s house
and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion,
he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.”
And they ridiculed him.
When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by the hand,
and the little girl arose.
And news of this spread throughout all that land.
The Gospel of the Lord.
◎ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ
예물 기도 Prayer over the Gifts
Lord,
By this sacrifice we offer to you,
Wash us clean and draw us ever closer to eternal life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
In the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, now and forever. …….
영성체송 Communion antiphon Ps 34(33),9 or Mt 11,28
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in him!
< or >
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
And I will give you rest.
영성체 후 묵상 Meditation after Communion
< Let us pray silently for a while in union with Christ. >
영성체 후 기도 Prayer after Communion
Lord,
May we fully receive the great grace of the Eucharist,
And abundantly bestow the gift of salvation,
That we may endlessly praise you, Lord.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
In the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, now and forever.…….
오늘의 묵상 Today's Meditation
As Jesus makes his way to raise the synagogue leader's daughter back to life, an unexpected event unfolds. A woman suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years reaches out to touch the hem of his garment, believing she will be healed. And indeed, a miracle "outside the plan" occurs, completely unnoticed by Jesus. "Take courage, daughter," Jesus says, "your faith has saved you." As his words reveal, the source of the miracle for the woman with the hemorrhage was her own faith.
Another miracle takes place. Jesus approaches the dead girl and takes her hand. And she rises from death and is given back her life. This miracle was brought about by the faith of her father. "While Jesus was still speaking," Mark tells us, "a synagogue leader came in and knelt before him, begging, 'My daughter has just died. But come, put your hand on her, and she will live.'"
In those moments of despair, let us remember the message of today's Gospel. Jesus will never turn away the hand of faith we reach out to him in trust and surrender. All we need is the faith to seek him out. Yet, it is often when we most need to seek and rely on Jesus that we fail to do so. Instead of seeking him out in prayer, we try to solve our problems through our own connections and abilities. In the face of hurt and pain, we react with anger and frustration instead of reaching out to him in faith.
Let us come to Jesus. Let us reach out to him in faith. Even if what we ask is outside his plan, even if the situation makes us feel like there is nothing we can do, Jesus will never ignore the hand of faith we extend. The power to bring about all grace lies in our faith.
"Take courage, daughter," Jesus says. "Your faith has saved you." Amen.
( Father Peter Kim Jae-Deok )
