2020년 7월 19일 연중 제16주일(농민 주일)
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제1독서
지혜서. 12,13.16-19
13 만물을 돌보시는 당신 말고는 하느님이 없습니다.
그러니 당신께서는 불의하게 심판하지 않으셨음을 증명하실 필요가 없습니다.
16 당신의 힘이 정의의 원천입니다.
당신께서는 만물을 다스리는 주권을 지니고 계시므로
만물을 소중히 여기십니다.
17 정녕 당신의 완전한 권능이 불신을 받을 때에만 당신께서는 힘을 드러내시고
그것을 아는 이들에게는 오만한 자세를 질책하십니다.
18 당신께서는 힘의 주인이시므로 너그럽게 심판하시고
저희를 아주 관대하게 통솔하십니다.
당신께서는 무엇이든지 원하시는 때에 하실 능력이 있으십니다.
19 당신께서는 이렇게 하시어
의인은 인자해야 함을 당신 백성에게 가르치시고
지은 죄에 대하여 회개할 기회를 주신다는 희망을
당신의 자녀들에게 안겨 주셨습니다.
제2독서
로마서. 8,26-27
형제 여러분, 26 성령께서는 나약한 우리를 도와주십니다.
우리는 올바른 방식으로 기도할 줄 모르지만,
성령께서 몸소 말로 다 할 수 없이 탄식하시며 우리를 대신하여 간구해 주십니다.
27 마음속까지 살펴보시는 분께서는 이러한 성령의 생각이 무엇인지 아십니다.
성령께서 하느님의 뜻에 따라 성도들을 위하여 간구하시기 때문입니다.
복음
마태오 13,24-43<또는 13,24-30>
그때에 예수님께서 비유를 들어 군중에게 24 말씀하셨다.
“하늘 나라는 자기 밭에 좋은 씨를 뿌리는 사람에 비길 수 있다.
25 사람들이 자는 동안에 그의 원수가 와서 밀 가운데에 가라지를 덧뿌리고 갔다.
26 줄기가 나서 열매를 맺을 때에 가라지들도 드러났다.
27 그래서 종들이 집주인에게 가서, ‘주인님, 밭에 좋은 씨를 뿌리지 않았습니까?
그런데 가라지는 어디서 생겼습니까?’ 하고 묻자,
28 ‘원수가 그렇게 하였구나.’ 하고 집주인이 말하였다.
종들이 ‘그러면 저희가 가서 그것들을 거두어 낼까요?’ 하고 묻자,
29 그는 이렇게 일렀다.
‘아니다. 너희가 가라지들을 거두어 내다가 밀까지 함께 뽑을지도 모른다.
30 수확 때까지 둘 다 함께 자라도록 내버려 두어라.
수확 때에 내가 일꾼들에게, 먼저 가라지를 거두어서 단으로 묶어 태워 버리고
밀은 내 곳간으로 모아들이라고 하겠다.’”
31 예수님께서 또 다른 비유를 들어 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“하늘 나라는 겨자씨와 같다. 어떤 사람이 그것을 가져다가 자기 밭에 뿌렸다.
32 겨자씨는 어떤 씨앗보다도 작지만, 자라면 어떤 풀보다도 커져 나무가 되고
하늘의 새들이 와서 그 가지에 깃들인다.”
33 예수님께서 또 다른 비유를 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“하늘 나라는 누룩과 같다.
어떤 여자가 그것을 가져다가 밀가루 서 말 속에 집어넣었더니,
마침내 온통 부풀어 올랐다.”
34 예수님께서는 군중에게 이 모든 것을 비유로 말씀하시고,
비유를 들지 않고는 그들에게 아무것도 말씀하지 않으셨다.
35 예언자를 통하여 “나는 입을 열어 비유로 말하리라.
세상 창조 때부터 숨겨진 것을 드러내리라.” 하신 말씀이 이루어지려고
그리된 것이다.
36 그 뒤에 예수님께서 군중을 떠나 집으로 가셨다.
그러자 제자들이 그분께 다가와,
“밭의 가라지 비유를 저희에게 설명해 주십시오.” 하고 청하였다.
37 예수님께서 이렇게 이르셨다.
“좋은 씨를 뿌리는 이는 사람의 아들이고, 38 밭은 세상이다.
그리고 좋은 씨는 하늘 나라의 자녀들이고 가라지들은 악한 자의 자녀들이며,
39 가라지를 뿌린 원수는 악마다.
그리고 수확 때는 세상 종말이고 일꾼들은 천사들이다.
40 그러므로 가라지를 거두어 불에 태우듯이, 세상 종말에도 그렇게 될 것이다.
41 사람의 아들이 자기 천사들을 보낼 터인데,
그들은 그의 나라에서 남을 죄짓게 하는 모든 자들과
불의를 저지르는 자들을 거두어, 42 불구덩이에 던져 버릴 것이다.
그러면 그들은 거기에서 울며 이를 갈 것이다.
43 그때에 의인들은 아버지의 나라에서 해처럼 빛날 것이다.
귀 있는 사람은 들어라.”
July 19, 2020
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Wis 12:13, 16-19
There is no god besides you who have the care of all,
that you need show you have not unjustly condemned.
For your might is the source of justice;
your mastery over all things makes you lenient to all.
For you show your might when the perfection of your power is disbelieved;
and in those who know you, you rebuke temerity.
But though you are master of might, you judge with clemency,
and with much lenience you govern us;
for power, whenever you will, attends you.
And you taught your people, by these deeds,
that those who are just must be kind;
and you gave your children good ground for hope
that you would permit repentance for their sins.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (5a) Lord, you are good and forgiving.
You, O LORD, are good and forgiving,
abounding in kindness to all who call upon you.
Hearken, O LORD, to my prayer
and attend to the sound of my pleading.
R. Lord, you are good and forgiving.
All the nations you have made shall come
and worship you, O LORD,
and glorify your name.
For you are great, and you do wondrous deeds;
you alone are God.
R. Lord, you are good and forgiving.
You, O LORD, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in kindness and fidelity.
Turn toward me, and have pity on me;
give your strength to your servant.
R. Lord, you are good and forgiving.
Reading II
Brothers and sisters:
The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness;
for we do not know how to pray as we ought,
but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.
And the one who searches hearts
knows what is the intention of the Spirit,
because he intercedes for the holy ones
according to God’s will.
Gospel
Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying:
“The kingdom of heaven may be likened
to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
While everyone was asleep his enemy came
and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off.
When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.
The slaves of the householder came to him and said,
‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field?
Where have the weeds come from?’
He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’
His slaves said to him,
‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
He replied, ‘No, if you pull up the weeds
you might uproot the wheat along with them.
Let them grow together until harvest;
then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters,
“First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning;
but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
He proposed another parable to them.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed
that a person took and sowed in a field.
It is the smallest of all the seeds,
yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants.
It becomes a large bush,
and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’”
He spoke to them another parable.
“The kingdom of heaven is like yeast
that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour
until the whole batch was leavened.”
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables.
He spoke to them only in parables,
to fulfill what had been said through the prophet:
I will open my mouth in parables,
I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation
of the world.
Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house.
His disciples approached him and said,
“Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom.
The weeds are the children of the evil one,
and the enemy who sows them is the devil.
The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire,
so will it be at the end of the age.
The Son of Man will send his angels,
and they will collect out of his kingdom
all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.
They will throw them into the fiery furnace,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun
in the kingdom of their Father.
Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
In today's reading from the book of Wisdom, we hear that "Those who are just must be kind (Wis. 12:19)." For me, this is the opposite of the message of today's dominant world cultures. And if I examine world history, it seems that kindness often takes a back seat to aggression, selfishness, and an endless hunger for more control.
There are notable exceptions whose actions have changed the course of world history. They stand out because their stories inspire us by offering us a glimpse of what is possible when we choose to be kind. When I pause and look around, I see many people that act justly and practice kindness.
Sometimes the kindest among us have not necessarily experienced the kindness of others. Instead, they have experienced times of great difficulties and many challenges. For example, the veterans of the Vietnam War. Many of them still struggle to cope with life because of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD. Individuals dealing with PTSD often have difficulty integrating into society. Sometimes they find themselves living somewhere at the margins.
Many veterans have chosen to cope with their struggles by performing acts of kindness. These are the men and women their friends call for a ride to a doctor's appointment or a trip to the grocery store. If someone needed to talk, they stop and listen. They make room in their lives for the "strays," the homeless person, or the abandoned kitten or puppy. For them, there is always room for one more. Need help fixing the lawnmower, cleaning the kitchen, or with the car that refuses to start? They step up, never asking for payment, or expecting kindness in return. They give generously and lovingly of their time and talent.
These veterans, acting with compassion and empathy, are the "unsung American heroes" that we will never read about in history books. To their communities, these men and women exemplify the book of Wisdom's definition of a just person. They respond to others with kindness.
"Then, the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father." Matt 13:43
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THE TEMPTATION TO HOPELESSNESS
“You gave Your sons good ground for hope.” —Wisdom 12:19
Before we totally committed our lives to Jesus, we walked in the valley of hopelessness. Life in general seemed hopeless. To cope with this, we would retreat to what we thought were bastions of hope — our children, work, marriages, or a special activity. These rays of hope usually dimmed. So we tried to constantly distract ourselves or alter our consciousness to ignore the gnawing and sometimes savage hopelessness within us. When we saw someone hopeful, we were either cynical or wanted to ask him to defend his hope (1 Pt 3:15).
When we gave our lives to Jesus, we had “Christ in” us, our “hope of glory” (Col 1:27). We knew that God had planned for us “a future full of hope” (Jer 29:11). We also believed that this hope would not disappoint us (Rm 5:5). Nonetheless, we now have different types of temptation to give into hopelessness. For example, when we see weeds in the field of God’s kingdom (see Mt 13:24ff), it can lead us to discouragement and even hopelessness. Moreover, when we see that our work for God’s kingdom has miniscule effects like the tiny mustard seed and slow, imperceptible effects like the work of leaven (see Mt 13:31-33), we are easily tempted to give up hope. But the Lord continues to fill us with hope. Therefore, “rejoice in hope, be patient under trial, persevere in prayer” (Rm 12:12).
Prayer: Father, make my hope very noticeable. May I eagerly defend the reason for my hope (1 Pt 3:15).
Promise: “The Spirit too helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings.” —Rm 8:26
Praise: “The Lord God is My help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set My face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame” (Is 50:7). Lord Jesus, we praise Your perseverance!
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
What can malicious weed-sowing tell us about the kingdom of God (Matthew 13:25)? The image Jesus uses in this parable is a common everyday example of planting, harvesting, and sorting the good fruit from the bad. Weeds can spoil and even kill a good harvest if they are not separated and destroyed at the proper time. Uprooting them too early, though, can destroy the good plants in the process.
Letting God's word take deep root in the heart
Just as nature teaches us patience, so God's patience also teaches us to guard the seed of his word which he has planted in our hearts and to beware of the destructive force of sin and evil that can destroy it. God's word brings life, but Satan seeks to destroy the good seed which has been planted in the hearts of those who have heard God's word. God's judgment is not hasty, but it does come. And in the end, God will reward each according to what they have sown and reaped in this life. In that day God will separate the evil from the good. Do you allow God's word to take deep root in your heart?
Growth and transformation from within
What can mustard seeds and leaven teach us about the kingdom of God? The tiny mustard seed literally grew to be a tree which attracted numerous birds because they loved the little black mustard seed it produced. God's kingdom works in a similar fashion. It starts from the smallest beginnings in the hearts of men and women who are receptive to God's word. And it works unseen and causes a transformation from within.
The Holy Spirit transforms us
Leaven is another powerful agent of change. A lump of dough left to itself remains just what it is, a lump of dough. But when the leaven is added to it a transformation takes place which produces rich and wholesome bread when heated - the staple of life for humans. The kingdom of God produces a transformation in those who receive the new life which Jesus Christ offers. When we yield to Jesus Christ, our lives are transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. Paul the Apostle says, "we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us" (2 Corinthians 4:7). Do you believe in the transforming power of the Holy Spirit?
Good and evil are sown in our hearts like tiny seeds which germinate, and in due time yield a harvest of good or bad fruit. Charles Read said: "Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny." In the day of judgment each will reap what he or she has sown in this life. Those who sow good will shine in the kingdom of their Father. They will radiate with the beauty, joy, and fullness of God's love. Do you allow the love of Christ to rule in your heart and in your actions?
Lord Jesus, let your word take root in my heart and may your all-consuming love transform my life that I may sow what is good, worthy, and pleasing to you.
Psalm 86:5-6,9-10,15-16
5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.
6 Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; hearken to my cry of supplication.
9 All the nations you have made shall come and bow down before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
10 For you are great and do wondrous things, you alone are God.
15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
16 Turn to me and take pity on me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Faith as a grain of mustard, by Jerome (347-420 AD)
"The man who sows in his field is interpreted by many as the Savior. He sows in the souls of believers. By others he is interpreted as one who sows in his field - that is to say, in himself and in his heart. Who is it that sows if not our mind and heart? They take up the grain of preaching and nurture the plant with the moisture of faith, making it sprout and shoot up in the field of the heart. The preaching of faith in the gospel appears to be least among all tasks. Indeed, anyone who preaches the God-man of truth, Christ who died, and the stumbling block of the cross may not think immediately of mere faith as the primary doctrine. Put this particular doctrine side by side with the teachings of the philosophers, their books, their splendid eloquence and fine discourses, and you will see just how small it is compared with the other seeds of the gospel plant. When those teachings grow, they have nothing to show that is pungent or vigorous or vital. Everything turns out weak and withering in a plant and in herbs that quickly dry up and fall to the ground. But when this tiny gospel teaching that seemed insignificant at the beginning has been planted either in the soul of the believer or throughout the world, it does not turn out to be just a plant. It grows into a tree, so that the birds of the air, which we interpret as the souls of believers or deeds dedicated to the service of God, come and dwell on its branches." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 2.13.31)
[Jerome (347-420 AD) was an early church Bible scholar who translated the entire Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek texts into the common language of his day (Latin)].
Homily from Father James Gilhooley
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Homily from Father Joseph Pellegrino
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Sixteenth Sunday: The Christian Farmer’s Almanac
The parable of the mustard seed. “And Jesus said, behold the mustard seed. It is the smallest of seeds yet it grows into a large bush.”
I want to begin this article with something you are doing right now, but might be taking for granted reading. We all can pick up a newspaper, a magazine, a novel, or whatever and in a few moments be brought into a world beyond our immediate surroundings. We can learn new things; we can develop our own intelligence; we can agree or disagree with someone we have never met and never will meet; we can be transported to the world of imagination, etc all due to our ability to read.
Now how did this start? How did we learn how to read? We started, most of us, with blocks and individual letters. We learned what sounds these letters represented. Then we put the letters together and learned how to spell words. We even learned new words. We put the words together and learned new concepts or reinforced that which we had learned. In very small steps, we went from the letters on the blocks to being able to read the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas.
It all began in a small way. It all began with letters. The Kingdom of God is like a child learning his or her letters. Time goes on and Mom, Dad, and teachers work with the child, and the child's ability to read grows so great that the child becomes a professor of English Literature. And so it is with the Kingdom of God. Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa taught their children their prayers. They brought their children to Church and taught them with their lives to value their relationship with the Lord. And their children became parents and did the same. And their children are the Moms and Dads of our parish. The Church is full of good Christian men and woman, people of all walks of life, even priests, all living the values of the Kingdom of God, the spiritual realities of life.
And now you are doing the same. You are teaching the ABC's of religion to your children. You have faith that the Kingdom of God will spread through them. So, do not wonder if anything is getting through to the children. Do not allow yourself to think that maybe nothing is happening for your children. Trust in God. If a child who learns his letters can become a professor of English Literature, a child who learns the simplest lessons of faith can become a great force of love for the Kingdom of God. Say prayers with your children. Allow God to turn the tiny mustard seed into a great plant.
The parable of the weeds and the wheat. And Jesus said, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the farmer who sowed wheat, then an enemy came and sowed weeds....” The weeds and the wheat grew together. “Let us get rid of the weeds,” said his workers when the weeds and the wheat were still tiny plants. "Better not,” said the farmer, “you might lose some of the wheat too. We will wait until they are ready for harvesting when we're sure we know what is weed and what is wheat. Then we'll get rid of the weeds.”
The Kingdom of Heaven is like the School where we send our treasures, our children. They are not finished products when they get there. They have to do a lot of growing. They are still our treasures, and we love them. Perhaps in the school there are other children who may not have experienced basic human values. Perhaps, they have been raised in violent households, or households torn apart by some form of chemical dependency. Perhaps, they have witnessed people hurting others, taking what is not theirs, using bad language, doing terrible things. As a result, these children may have some pretty rough edges. Should the principal of the school throw the children from dysfunctional homes out before they cause serious problems, or should he give them the opportunity to learn basic values from the school and even from their classmates? Yes, children need to be removed from the mainstream if they do something that threatens the welfare of the other children, but they are not going to be removed if they have not offended gravely, because the plants are still young and there may be wheat where we think there is weed.
The Kingdom of Heaven is like the life of every man and every woman. There is that in each of us which is wheat. There is that which is weed. Should God destroy us because of the weed in us? Or should he give us time? Perhaps that which is weed in us can be overtaken by that which is wheat. A strong prayer life goes a long way in preventing serious sin. The Divine Farmer isn't ready to give up on the crop. We should not give up on ourselves. God knows that what may appear to be weed is in reality wheat. For example, a man has a drinking problem. His drinking is destroying himself and his family. Through prayer and the determination to change his life and through his own openness to the grace of God, he goes for help. He first becomes a member of AA. Then he is active in helping others. Now for the last fifteen years he is dry. He is still an alcoholic, but his condition has resulted in virtue overcoming vice. Now he helps others. God did not give up on him. He did not give up on himself. What looked like weed, the disease of alcoholism, turned out to be wheat as he brings God's healing to other alcoholics.
The parable of the mustard seed: the little efforts we make for the Kingdom of God have a tremendous impact upon the world. The parable of the weeds and wheat: God has infinite patience. He is not about to give up on his people. We should not give up on others. And we should not give up on ourselves.
The parable of the mustard seed and the parable of the weeds and the wheat. Two simple parables. Two simple stories. Two tremendous sources of encouragement for us.
Amazing Grace.
Homily from Father Phil Bloom
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Homily from Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pa
Saint Vincent Archabbey
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Homily from Father Alex McAllister SDS
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Last Sunday we had the parable of the Sower, this Sunday we have the parable of the Man Sowing Good Seed, next Sunday Jesus compares the Kingdom of Heaven to a treasure hidden in a field.
These agricultural images are obviously very appropriate to his listeners who were much closer to the land than most of us are. Jesus uses many other easily understandable images in his parables; for example, today we also have the mustard seed and the yeast in the flour. But there are many, many more very vivid images recorded in the Gospels.
This is a completely different approach from the scribes and the Pharisees who tended to work from the Law. Religion being for them a matter of following sets of laid down instructions: “keep these rules and God will be happy with you!” is what they seem to be saying. And: “if you don’t understand them just ask us—the experts!”
Instead Jesus takes a more figurative approach because it means that all his listeners, from the most sophisticated to the very simplest, can understand them. But that does not mean that Jesus is making things easier for the people. By making things understandable for them means that the moral choices they have to make in life become much clearer, much starker.
This particular parable about the good seed and the darnel certainly presents a very stark comparison between those who do good and those who do evil. Jesus seems to be suggesting that you are either a) virtuous and will shine like the sun or b) are evil and will be thrown into the blazing furnace. He presents no middle way.
That sounds rather unfortunate to us. If you are anything like me you have a bit of good and a bit of bad in you. Not completely bad! But then not completely good either! This puts us all in a bit of a quandary. We want to be good but we find ourselves badmouthing our neighbours; we want to be holy but we don’t say our prayers very often; we want to be trustworthy but, well, if nobody’s looking…!
This is the very human dilemma most of us are in. We want to get to heaven but we are a little nervous of that big book and what St Peter has been writing about us over all these years. We might not like what we find when we get to those pearly gates. Will we gain admission or not? It could be a bit of a moot point! There might be a lot of humming and hawing!
What Jesus is doing is highlighting the fundamental choice all of us must make in our life. Naturally he wants us to choose the good, to follow the way he outlines for us. But, of course, it must be our absolutely free choice and that leaves open the possibility that we might make a fundamental choice for evil, a choice not to go the way he sets before us.
Jesus does not do this to be difficult. He does it so that we see clearly the way we are going in life. He does it to help us make the right choices without ever restricting our freedom. This is, in fact, the most loving and caring thing he can do for us.
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