13. The Myungdong Cathedral
July. 3, 2003
On the Jonghyun hill near the Myungnye-Bang,
The Gothic Cathedral was built In 1898.
Whenever I happen to see the belfry of it,
I used to be in a penny for my thought.
Having finger's sign of the cross,
Doing the successio apostolica,
Saying mass,
And making confessing,
Those are the Catholic Characters.
The Prince Sohyun of the old Korea,
kept in touch with the Roman Catholic first,
But it has spread all over by Lee Seunghoon in 1784.
It has ten-thousand Martyrs,
Who was sacrificed as bits of straw,
And Father KimDaegeon who was kicked the bucket,
From his grandfather over the three generations.
They are the messengers and canaries in the Korean Catholic.
They'd keep Jesus Christ Propping up in their mind,
Who brought Him to the place Golgotha,
Taking up his cross on his back.
What was the old keeping closing a country for?
The old government got the wrong belief,
Which it serves only the God instead of the king and parents,
Leveling the lower classes and the humble with the upper.
Thinking about 100-year persecution,
Before the Korea-French treaty,
And the old father's dress, so called the gown of a fairy,
in the black, a bamboo hat, with a fan,
I'm proud of them,
In the baptism of blood in the Catacombs,
Over 300-year period,
And their supper human believes.
The Democratic DaeHanMinGug!
Which practice has made perfect for 59 years,
Since 1945-liberation from Japan.
Omnia in omnibus!
So that is the reason,
It is admired too other churchly, looking up,
And holding their steps by the Seoulite.
Lee Gyungwoo
note:
1.Jonghyun hill means the hill which the Boshingak bell made in 1468 was
once upon a time.
2.Myungnyebang means the house where Thomas, Kim Beomwoo who was the
first martyr in Korea had lived and the first mass had been done, which was
built in the Cathedral later.
3.Gothic means the frame work styles of building and were common in Europe
between the 12th and 15th centuries.
4.The Catacombs means the underground cemeteries in or around Rome, some of
which were used as a refuge by the early Christians.
5.Omnia in omnibus means doing in Seoul as the Seoulite do.
13. 명동 성당(明洞 聖堂)
2003. 7. 3
명례방(明禮房) 옆 종현(鍾峴)언덕
1898년 축성(築成)된 고딕식 성당.
나는 이건물의 첨탑(尖塔)을 볼때마다
깊은 심연(深淵)에 빠진다.
십자성호(十字聖號),
사도계승성(使徒繼承性),
미사성제(彌撒聖祭),
고백성사(告白聖事),
이것들이 카톨릭의 특성(特性)이다.
최초로 천주교에 접촉한 소현세자(昭顯世子)
그러나 1784년 이승훈(李에承薰) 의해 보급된다.
초개(草芥)같이 희생된 수만명의 순교자들,
3대에 걸쳐 죽임을 당한 김대건(金大建)신부,
그들은 한국천주교의 사자(使者)요 첨병(尖兵)이었다.
이들은 골고다언덕에,
십자가를 끌고 오르던,
예수의 모습을 지주(支柱)로 삼았으리라.
조정(朝廷)은 왜 쇄국(鎖國)으로 일관(一貫)했을까?
양반(兩班)과 상민(常民), 천민(賤民)을 평등하게 하는것이,
임금과 어버이를 망각(忘却)하고
하늘만 섬기는 것으로 착각(錯覺)한 조정.
한불통상조약 이전 약 100년의 박해(迫害)와
선녀(仙女)의 외투로 불리워진,
상복(喪服), 방(方)갓, 포선(布扇)을 지닌,
성직자(聖職者) 수도복(修道服)을 생각할 때,
300년에 걸친,
카타콤의 피의 순교(殉敎)와,
그들의 초인적(超人的) 신앙심(信仰心)에,
위로(慰勞)를 받는다.
해방이후 59년간 숙성(熟成)된 민주 대한민국!
서울에선 서울인처럼 행동하라.
이 말은 바로 종교적 차원(次元)을 넘어,
명동성당을 우러러,
시민의 발걸음을 멈추게 하는 소이연(所以然)이다.
李 璟 雨
