June 27, 2019 Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

2019년 6월 27일 연중 제12주간 목요일

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제1독서

창세기. 16,1-12.15-16<또는 16,6ㄹ-12.15-16>
짧은 독서를 할 때에는 < > 부분을 생략한다.
그 무렵 <1 아브람의 아내 사라이는 그에게 자식을 낳아 주지 못하였다. 사라이에게는 이집트인 여종이 하나 있었는데, 그 이름은 하가르였다.
2 사라이가 아브람에게 말하였다. “여보, 주님께서 나에게 자식을 갖지 못하게 하시니, 내 여종과 한자리에 드셔요. 행여 그 아이의 몸을 빌려서라도 내가 아들을 얻을 수 있을지 모르잖아요.”
아 브람은 사라이의 말을 들었다. 3 그리하여 아브람의 아내 사라이는 자기의 이집트인 여종 하가르를 데려다, 자기 남편 아브람에게 아내로 주었다. 아브람이 가나안 땅에 자리 잡은 지 십 년이 지난 뒤의 일이었다. 4 그가 하가르와 한자리에 들자 그 여자가 임신하였다. 그 여자는 자기가 임신한 것을 알고서 제 여주인을 업신여겼다.
5 그래서 사라이가 아브람에게 말하였다. “내가 이렇게 부당한 일을 겪는 것은 당신 책임이에요. 내가 내 여종을 당신 품 안에 안겨 주었는데, 이 여종은 자기가 임신한 것을 알고서 나를 업신여긴답니다. 아, 주님께서 나와 당신 사이의 시비를 가려 주셨으면!”
6 아브람이 사라이에게 말하였다. “여보, 당신의 여종이니 당신 손에 달려 있지 않소? 당신 좋을 대로 하구려.”
그 리하여> 사라이가 하가르를 구박하니, 하가르는 사라이를 피하여 도망쳤다. 7 주님의 천사가 광야에 있는 샘터에서 하가르를 만났다. 그것은 수르로 가는 길가에 있는 샘이었다. 8 그 천사가 “사라이의 여종 하가르야, 어디에서 와서 어디로 가는 길이냐?” 하고 묻자, 그가 대답하였다. “저의 여주인 사라이를 피하여 도망치는 길입니다.”
9 주님의 천사가 그에게 말하였다. “너의 여주인에게 돌아가서 그에게 복종하여라.”
10 주님의 천사가 다시 그에게 말하였다. “내가 너의 후손을 셀 수 없을 만큼 번성하게 해 주겠다.”
11 주님의 천사가 또 그에게 말하였다. “보라, 너는 임신한 몸, 이제 아들을 낳으리니 그 이름을 이스마엘이라 하여라. 네가 고통 속에서 부르짖는 소리를 주님께서 들으셨다.
12 그는 들나귀 같은 사람이 되리라. 그는 모든 이를 치려고 손을 들고, 모든 이는 그를 치려고 손을 들리라. 그는 자기의 모든 형제들에게 맞서 혼자 살아가리라.”
15 하가르는 아브람에게 아들을 낳아 주었다. 아브람은 하가르가 낳은 아들의 이름을 이스마엘이라 하였다. 16 하가르가 아브람에게 이스마엘을 낳아 줄 때, 아브람의 나이는 여든여섯 살이었다. 

 

복음

마태오. 7,21-29
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다. 
21 “나에게 ‘주님, 주님!’ 한다고 모두 하늘 나라에 들어가는 것이 아니다. 하늘에 계신 내 아버지의 뜻을 실행하는 이라야 들어간다.
22 그날에 많은 사람이 나에게, ‘주님, 주님! 저희가 주님의 이름으로 예언을 하고, 주님의 이름으로 마귀를 쫓아내고, 주님의 이름으로 많은 기적을 일으키지 않았습니까?’ 하고 말할 것이다.
23 그때에 나는 그들에게, ‘나는 너희를 도무지 알지 못한다. 내게서 물러들 가라, 불법을 일삼는 자들아!’ 하고 선언할 것이다.
24 그러므로 나의 이 말을 듣고 실행하는 이는 모두 자기 집을 반석 위에 지은 슬기로운 사람과 같을 것이다. 25 비가 내려 강물이 밀려오고 바람이 불어 그 집에 들이쳤지만 무너지지 않았다. 반석 위에 세워졌기 때문이다.
26 그러나 나의 이 말을 듣고 실행하지 않는 자는 모두 자기 집을 모래 위에 지은 어리석은 사람과 같다. 27 비가 내려 강물이 밀려오고 바람이 불어 그 집에 휘몰아치자 무너져 버렸다. 완전히 무너지고 말았다.”
28 예수님께서 이 말씀들을 마치시자 군중은 그분의 가르침에 몹시 놀랐다. 29 그분께서 자기들의 율법 학자들과는 달리 권위를 가지고 가르치셨기 때문이다.

June 27, 2019
Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Gn 16:1-12, 15-16 or 16:6b-12, 15-16
Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children.
She had, however, an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
Sarai said to Abram: 
“The LORD has kept me from bearing children.
Have intercourse, then, with my maid;
perhaps I shall have sons through her.”
Abram heeded Sarai’s request.
Thus, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan,
his wife Sarai took her maid, Hagar the Egyptian,
and gave her to her husband Abram to be his concubine.
He had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.
When she became aware of her pregnancy,
she looked on her mistress with disdain.
So Sarai said to Abram:
“You are responsible for this outrage against me.
I myself gave my maid to your embrace;
but ever since she became aware of her pregnancy,
she has been looking on me with disdain.
May the LORD decide between you and me!”
Abram told Sarai: “Your maid is in your power.
Do to her whatever you please.”
Sarai then abused her so much that Hagar ran away from her.

The LORD’s messenger found her by a spring in the wilderness,
the spring on the road to Shur, and he asked,
“Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from
and where are you going?”
She answered, “I am running away from my mistress, Sarai.”
But the LORD’s messenger told her:
“Go back to your mistress and submit to her abusive treatment.
I will make your descendants so numerous,” added the LORD’s messenger,
“that they will be too many to count.
Besides,” the LORD’s messenger said to her:

“You are now pregnant and shall bear a son;
you shall name him Ishmael,
For the LORD has heard you,
God has answered you.

This one shall be a wild ass of a man,
his hand against everyone,
and everyone’s hand against him;
In opposition to all his kin
shall he encamp.”

Hagar bore Abram a son,
and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore him Ishmael.
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

or

Abram told Sarai: “Your maid is in your power.
Do to her whatever you please.”
Sarai then abused her so much that Hagar ran away from her.

The LORD’s messenger found her by a spring in the wilderness,
the spring on the road to Shur, and he asked,
“Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from
and where are you going?”
She answered, “I am running away from my mistress, Sarai.”
But the LORD’s messenger told her:
“Go back to your mistress and submit to her abusive treatment.
I will make your descendants so numerous,” added the LORD’s messenger,
“that they will be too many to count.
Besides,” the LORD’s messenger said to her:

“You are now pregnant and shall bear a son;
you shall name him Ishmael,
For the LORD has heard you,
God has answered you.

This one shall be a wild ass of a man,
his hand against everyone,
and everyone’s hand against him;
In opposition to all his kin
shall he encamp.”

Hagar bore Abram a son,
and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore him Ishmael.
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

Responsorial Psalm

106:1b-2, 3-4a, 4b-5

R. (1b) Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Who can tell the mighty deeds of the LORD,
or proclaim all his praises?
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Blessed are they who observe what is right,
who do always what is just.
Remember us, O LORD, as you favor your people.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Visit me with your saving help,
that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of your people,
and glory with your inheritance.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Gospel

Mt 7:21-29

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the Kingdom of heaven,
but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day,
‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name?
Did we not drive out demons in your name?
Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’
Then I will declare to them solemnly,
‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’

“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine
but does not act on them
will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”

When Jesus finished these words,
the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
for he taught them as one having authority,
and not as their scribes.

http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow

 

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AUTHORITATIVE

"The reason was that He taught with authority and not like their scribes." �Matthew 7:29

The religious leaders of Jesus' day did not teach with authority as He did. They informed, educated, and enlightened people, but they didn't always expect the people to respond and obey. Jesus did. He warned us not to give lip-service to God's Word and nullify the commandments (Mt 15:3-8). Jesus said that if we didn't hear His words and put them into practice, our lives would collapse (Mt 7:26-27). He clearly expected us to be doers of the Word (Jas 1:22). He taught with authority, and He's the same today (Heb 13:8). When Jesus does anything, He does it as Lord, and the nature of lordship is to command and call for obedience. Look at the readings in the previous few pages of this book. Did you take Jesus at His Word? Did you accept Him as Lord? Did you respond to Jesus' authority with obedience and submission? It matters not how much of the Bible we know, but how much of it we obey. It's not those who say "Lord, Lord" but those who obey "Lord, Lord" that will enter God's kingdom (Mt 7:21).

Prayer: Lord, I submit my life and will to You.

Promise: "The Lord has heard you, God has answered you." —Gn 16:11

Praise: St. Cyril of Alexandria played a key leadership role in the Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.). The Council battled against the Nestorian heresy and declared Mary to be Theotokos (Mother of God).

 http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/

 "The wise who built their house upon the rock"

If you could foresee a threat to your life and the lose of your home and goods, wouldn't you take the necessary precautions to avoid such a disaster? Jesus' story of being swept away by flood waters and wind storms must have caught the attention of his audience who knew that terrific storms did occasionally sweep through their dry arid land without any warning signs. When Jesus described the builders who were unprepared for such a life-threatening storm, he likely had the following proverb in mind: When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm for ever (Proverbs 10:25).

The only foundation that can keep us safe
What's the significance of the story for us? The kind of foundation we build our lives upon will determine whether we can survive the storms and trials of life that are sure to come. Builders usually lay their foundations when the weather and soil conditions are at their best. It takes foresight to know how a foundation will stand up against adverse conditions. Building a house on a flood plain, such as a dry river-bed, is a sure bet for disaster! Jesus prefaced his story with a warning: We may fool one another with our words, but God cannot be deceived. He sees the heart as it truly is - with its motives, intentions, desires, and choices (Psalm 139:2).

There is only one way in which a person's sincerity can be proved, and that is by one's practice. Fine words can never replace good deeds. Our character is revealed in the choices we make, especially when we must choose between what is true and false, good and evil. Do you cheat on an exam or on your income taxes, especially when it will cost you? Do you lie, or cover-up, when disclosing the truth will cause you pain or embarrassment? A true person is honest and reliable before God, neighbor, and oneself. Such a person's word can be taken as trustworthy.

Christ is the only rock that can save us
What can keep us from falsehood and spiritual disaster? If we make the Lord Jesus and his word the rock and foundation of our lives, then nothing can shake us nor keep us from God's presence and protection. Is the Lord Jesus and his word the one sure foundation of your life?

"Lord Jesus, you are the only foundation that can hold us up when trials and disaster threaten us. Give me the wisdom, foresight, and strength of character I need to do what is right and good and to reject whatever is false and contrary to your will. May I be a doer of your word and not a hearer only."

Psalm 79:1-5,8-9

1 O God, the heathen have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple;  they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those round about us.
5 How long, O LORD? Will you be angry for ever? Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?
8 Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name;  deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake!

Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The house falls if Christ is not the rock and foundation, by Origen of Alexandria (185-254 AD)

"'For neither death nor life nor angels nor other things can separate us from the love of Christ' (Romans 8:38-39). Neither can the flooding of rivers, as in the lands of Egypt and Assyria [symbolize worldly wisdom opposed to God], do harm. only those are harmed who build on sand, who practice the wisdom of the world. The winds that blow are like the false prophets. All these, coming together in one place, 'beat upon' the house. If it is founded on rock, they do no harm. 'The way of a snake upon a rock' is not to be found (Proverbs 30:19). But in the form of temptations and persecutions, which may mount into a flood, they beat upon even the one who seems to be well-founded. The house falls if it does not have Christ as its basis and foundation. But the truly wise person builds one's house 'upon a rock.' This is the way the Lord builds his church - upon the rock, with steadfastness and strength. This is why 'the gates of hell shall not prevail against it' (Matthew 16:18). All the persecutions that fall upon that house accomplish nothing. The house is founded upon the rock. (excerpt from FRAGMENT 153)

  

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