2020년 7월 21일 연중 제15주간 화요일
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제1독서
미카 예언서. 7,14-15.18-20
주님, 14 과수원 한가운데 숲속에 홀로 살아가는 당신 백성을,
당신 소유의 양 떼를 당신의 지팡이로 보살펴 주십시오.
옛날처럼 바산과 길앗에서 그들을 보살펴 주십시오.
15 당신께서 이집트 땅에서 나오실 때처럼
저희에게 놀라운 일들을 보여 주십시오.
18 당신의 소유인 남은 자들, 그들의 허물을 용서해 주시고
죄를 못 본 체해 주시는 당신 같으신 하느님이 어디 있겠습니까?
그분은 분노를 영원히 품지 않으시고
오히려 기꺼이 자애를 베푸시는 분이시다.
19 그분께서는 다시 우리를 가엾이 여기시고
우리의 허물들을 모르는 체해 주시리라.
당신께서 저희의 모든 죄악을 바다 깊은 곳으로 던져 주십시오.
20 먼 옛날 당신께서 저희 조상들에게 맹세하신 대로
야곱을 성실히 대하시고 아브라함에게 자애를 베풀어 주십시오.
복음
마태오 `12,46-50
그때에 46 예수님께서 군중에게 말씀하고 계시는데,
그분의 어머니와 형제들이 그분과 이야기하려고 밖에 서 있었다.
47 그래서 어떤 이가 예수님께,
“보십시오, 스승님의 어머님과 형제들이
스승님과 이야기하려고 밖에 서 계십니다.” 하고 말하였다.
48 그러자 예수님께서 당신께 말한 사람에게,
“누가 내 어머니고 누가 내 형제들이냐?” 하고 반문하셨다.
49 그리고 당신의 제자들을 가리키시며 이르셨다.
“이들이 내 어머니고 내 형제들이다.
50 하늘에 계신 내 아버지의 뜻을 실행하는 사람이
내 형제요 누이요 어머니다.”
July 21, 2020
Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
That dwells apart in a woodland,
in the midst of Carmel.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
as in the days of old;
As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt,
show us wonderful signs.
Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt
and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance;
Who does not persist in anger forever,
but delights rather in clemency,
And will again have compassion on us,
treading underfoot our guilt?
You will cast into the depths of the sea
all our sins;
You will show faithfulness to Jacob,
and grace to Abraham,
As you have sworn to our fathers
from days of old.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (8a) Lord, show us your mercy and love.
You have favored, O LORD, your land;
you have brought back the captives of Jacob.
You have forgiven the guilt of your people;
you have covered all their sins.
You have withdrawn all your wrath;
you have revoked your burning anger.
R. Lord, show us your mercy and love.
Restore us, O God our savior,
and abandon your displeasure against us.
Will you be ever angry with us,
prolonging your anger to all generations?
R. Lord, show us your mercy and love.
Will you not instead give us life;
and shall not your people rejoice in you?
Show us, O LORD, your kindness,
and grant us your salvation.
R. Lord, show us your mercy and love.
Gospel
While Jesus was speaking to the crowds,
his mother and his brothers appeared outside,
wishing to speak with him.
Someone told him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside,
asking to speak with you."
But he said in reply to the one who told him,
"Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
"Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother.” Matthew 12
“Hey baby!”
If you went to Creighton in the last 20 or 30 years, this likely evokes memories of one of the best- loved people on campus. Only she didn’t teach philosophy or English. She checked freshmen into the cafeteria and students who have forgotten the rest of us remember her.
Everyone called her simply the “Hey baby lady.” I’m ashamed that I never learned her name even though she was legendary.
Every year when I asked my PR students who best lived our Jesuit mission of caring for others, she always won. In her warm, unassuming way, she did the will of our heavenly Father by being unfailingly kind to kids whose affluence might have irked her.
She set an example to how to be a relative of Jesus as described in today’s passage from Matthew.
Jesus tells us what really counts for membership in his family is not blood ties, race, gender or even creed but doing God’s will – essentially living the two great commandments to love God and our neighbors.
I’m meditating on this passage at a time when many of us are reflecting uncomfortably on racial and status privileges we have taken for granted.
We don’t have to yell “white power” from a golf cart to be guilty of excluding others from our kinship. Those of us who were lucky enough to assume we would get an education tend to forget that not everyone came from families who could give their kids this kind of leg up in life. I even experienced a taste of this at a high level when I started at Creighton without a Ph.D. I got subtle messages from some faculty that I didn’t quite belong in their club. That changed the minute I acquired those three sacred letters but it taught me a lesson about status bias.
Jesus doesn’t ask us how many years we went to school, how much money we make or what neighborhood we live in. He only cares if we have been kind and if we look up to our moral superiors like the “Hey baby” employee.
One of the few good things about life under Covid 19 is that it is making some of us appreciate people we might have formerly treated as invisible like grocery store clerks. Yesterday after I noticed how carefully a young man at HyVee cleaned the checkout line, I thanked him. He said he hoped he did a good enough job. WOW! I know he’s one of Jesus’ brothers and I hope I can join that family.
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
THE BEST AND REST OF THE STORY
“Show us wonderful signs.” —Micah 7:15
The Lord is all-powerful and all-knowing. Therefore, He is never at a loss, never surprised, and never on the defensive. Logically, the all-powerful, all-knowing Lord must always be on the offensive. Therefore, events opposed to God’s will are necessarily defensive maneuvers by Satan and those he is using. For example, the terrorists’ attacks on September 11, 2001, were in opposition to the Lord’s work of salvation. We naturally wonder what the Lord was and is doing that would be such a threat to the evil one. Why did Satan react so violently? Of course, we probably don’t know the specific answer to what the Lord is doing behind the scenes. However, we can be sure that God is showing “wonderful signs” (Mi 7:15), having “compassion on us, treading underfoot our guilt,” casting “into the depths of the sea all our sins” (Mi 7:19), and showing faithfulness and grace to us (Mi 7:20).
By faith, see the awesome works of the Lord dwarfing even the most shocking defensive actions of the evil one. Jesus’ victory is won. He is enthroned forever as the King of kings and the Lord of lords (see Heb 10:12-13). “Despite the increase of sin, grace has far surpassed it” (Rm 5:20). Alleluia forever! Thank You, Jesus!
Prayer: Father, open my eyes of faith.
Promise: “Whoever does the will of My heavenly Father is brother and sister and mother to Me.” —Mt 12:50
Praise: In addition to Latin and his native Italian, St. Lawrence mastered German, French, Czech and Spanish. He was also fluent in the biblical languages Greek and Hebrew. He evangelized far and wide.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Who do you love and cherish the most? God did not intend for us to be alone, but to be with others. He gives us many opportunities for developing relationships with family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. Why does Jesus seem to ignore his own relatives when they pressed to see him? His love and respect for his mother and his relatives is unquestionable. Jesus never lost an opportunity to teach his disciples a spiritual lesson and truth about the kingdom of God. On this occasion when many gathered to hear Jesus he pointed to another higher reality of relationships, namely our relationship with God and with those who belong to God.
God offers the greatest of relationships
What is the essence of being a Christian? It is certainly more than doctrine, precepts, and commandments. It is first and foremost a relationship - a relationship of trust, affection, commitment, loyalty, faithfulness, kindness, thoughtfulness, compassion, mercy, helpfulness, encouragement, support, strength, protection, and so many other qualities that bind people together in mutual love and unity. God offers us the greatest of relationships - union of heart, mind, and spirit with himself, the very author and source of love (1 John 4:8,16).
God's love never fails, never forgets, never compromises, never lies, never lets us down nor disappoints us. His love is consistent, unwavering, unconditional, unrelenting and unstoppable. There is no end to his love. Nothing in this world can make him leave us, ignore us, or withhold from us his merciful love and care (Romans 8:31-39). He will love us no matter what. It is his nature to love. That is why he created us - to be united with him and to share in his love (1 John 3:1).
God is a trinity of divine persons - one in being with the eternal Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - and a community of undivided love. God made us in his image and likeness (Genesis 1:26,27) to be a people who are free to choose what is good, loving, and just and to reject whatever is false and contrary to his love and righteousness (moral goodness). That is why Jesus challenged his followers, and even his own earthly relatives, to recognize that God is the true source of all relationships. God wants all of our relationships to be rooted in his love and goodness.
The heavenly Father's offer of friendship and adoption
Jesus Christ is God's love incarnate - God's love made visible in human flesh (1 John 4:9-10). That is why Jesus describes himself as the good shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep and the shepherd who seeks out the sheep who have strayed and lost their way. God is like the father who yearns for his prodigal son to return home and then throws a great party for his son when he has a change of heart and comes back (Luke 15:11-32).
Jesus offered up his life on the cross for our sake, so that we could be forgiven and restored to unity and friendship with God. It is through Jesus that we become the adopted children of God - his own sons and daughters. That is why Jesus told his disciples that they would have many new friends and family relationships in his kingdom. Whoever does the will of God is a friend of God and a member of his family - his sons and daughters who have been ransomed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
Our brothers and sisters redeemed in the blood of Christ
An early Christian martyr once said that "a Christian's only relatives are the saints" - namely those who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ and adopted as sons and daughters of God. Those who have been baptized into Jesus Christ and who live as his disciples enter into a new family, a family of "saints" here on earth and in heaven. Jesus changes the order of relationships and shows that true kinship is not just a matter of flesh and blood.
Our adoption as sons and daughters of God transforms all of our relationships and requires a new order of loyalty to God first and to his kingdom of righteousness and peace. Do you want to grow in love and friendship? Allow God's Holy Spirit to transform your heart, mind, and will to enable you to love freely and generously as he loves.
Heavenly Father, you bless us with many relationships and you invite us into the community of your sons and daughters who have been redeemed by your son, Jesus Christ. Help me to love my neighbor with charity, kindness, compassion, and mercy, just as you have loved me. In all of my relationships, and in all that I do and say, may I always seek to bring you honor and glory.
Psalm 85:1-8
1 LORD, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
2 You forgave the iniquity of your people; you pardoned all their sin. [Selah]
3 You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger.
4 Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us!
5 Will you be angry with us for ever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
6 Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
7 Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation.
8 Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: My mother through faith, by by Gregory the Great (540-604 AD)
"If someone can become the brother of the Lord by coming to faith, we must ask how one can become also his mother. We must realize that the one who is Christ's brother and sister by believing becomes his mother by preaching. It is as though one brings forth the Lord and infuses him in the hearts of one's listeners. And that person becomes his mother if through one's voice the love of the Lord is generated in the mind of his neighbor. (excerpt from FORTY GOSPEL HOMILIES 3.2)
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