2020년 7월 24일 연중 제16주간 금요일
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제1독서
예레미야서 3,14-17
14 배반한 자식들아, 돌아오너라. 주님의 말씀이다.
내가 너희의 주인이다. 나는 너희를 이 성읍에서 하나,
저 가문에서 둘씩 끌어내어 시온으로 데려오겠다.
15 내가 너희에게 내 마음에 드는 목자들을 보내리니,
그들이 너희를 지식과 슬기로 돌볼 것이다.
16 너희가 그날 그 땅에서 불어나고 번성하게 될 때, ─ 주님의 말씀이다. ─
사람들은 더 이상 주님의 계약 궤에 대하여 말하지 않을 것이다.
그것을 마음에 떠올리거나 기억하거나 찾지 않을 것이며,
다시 만들려 하지도 않을 것이다.
17 그때에 그들은 예루살렘을 ‘주님의 옥좌’라 부를 것이고,
모든 민족들이 주님의 이름을 찾아 예루살렘에 모일 것이다.
그러고는 더 이상 자신들의 악한 마음을 고집스럽게 따르지 않을 것이다.
복음
마태오. 13,18-23
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
18 “너희는 씨 뿌리는 사람의 비유를 새겨들어라.
19 누구든지 하늘 나라에 관한 말을 듣고 깨닫지 못하면,
악한 자가 와서 그 마음에 뿌려진 것을 빼앗아 간다.
길에 뿌려진 씨는 바로 그러한 사람이다.
20 돌밭에 뿌려진 씨는 이러한 사람이다. 그는 말씀을 들으면 곧 기쁘게 받는다.
21 그러나 그 사람 안에 뿌리가 없어서 오래가지 못한다.
그래서 말씀 때문에 환난이나 박해가 일어나면 그는 곧 걸려 넘어지고 만다.
22 가시덤불 속에 뿌려진 씨는 이러한 사람이다.
그는 말씀을 듣기는 하지만,
세상 걱정과 재물의 유혹이 그 말씀의 숨을 막아 버려 열매를 맺지 못한다.
23 좋은 땅에 뿌려진 씨는 이러한 사람이다. 그는 말씀을 듣고 깨닫는다.
그런 사람은 열매를 맺는데,
어떤 사람은 백 배, 어떤 사람은 예순 배, 어떤 사람은 서른 배를 낸다.”
July 24, 2020
Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Return, rebellious children, says the LORD,
for I am your Master;
I will take you, one from a city, two from a clan,
and bring you to Zion.
I will appoint over you shepherds after my own heart,
who will shepherd you wisely and prudently.
When you multiply and become fruitful in the land,
says the LORD,
They will in those days no longer say,
"The ark of the covenant of the LORD!"
They will no longer think of it, or remember it,
or miss it, or make another.
At that time they will call Jerusalem the LORD's throne;
there all nations will be gathered together
to honor the name of the LORD at Jerusalem,
and they will walk no longer in their hardhearted wickedness
Responsorial Psalm
R. (see 10d)
The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.
Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
proclaim it on distant isles, and say:
He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together,
he guards them as a shepherd his flock.
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.
The LORD shall ransom Jacob,
he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror.
Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion,
they shall come streaming to the LORD's blessings:
The grain, the wine, and the oil,
the sheep and the oxen.
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.
Then the virgins shall make merry and dance,
and young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into joy,
I will console and gladden them after their sorrows.
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Hear the parable of the sower.
The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom
without understanding it,
and the Evil One comes and steals away
what was sown in his heart.
The seed sown on rocky ground
is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.
But he has no root and lasts only for a time.
When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,
he immediately falls away.
The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word,
but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word
and it bears no fruit.
But the seed sown on rich soil
is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold."
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
When I read the first reading, and hear God, through the prophet Jeremiah, calling the people back to fidelity to God, and ultimately to unity, I long for the day that we might be all called together to a kind of fidelity which will heal our divisions and our "hardhearted wickedness."
In the Gospel, Jesus explains his parable of the sower. The application he gives to the story is so important for us today.
The hard Path:
The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom
without understanding it,
and the Evil One comes and steals away
what was sown in his heart.
Each of us can identify with the times we have heard the Word, without understanding it. It never gets below the surface, and it is as if it were simply stolen away from our hearts, because of something quite evil.
The Rocky Ground:
The seed sown on rocky ground
is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.
But he has no root and lasts only for a time.
When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,
he immediately falls away.
We can certainly identify with this situation. Sometimes we are quite unreceptive soil - like rocky ground. The sad part of this story is that we might receive the Word at first, even with joy, but because it doesn't - almost can't - take deep root in us, the joyful first reception doesn't last long. Our first religious fervor or devotion quickly passes. When things get challenging, and we encounter trouble, even resistance because of the Word, we immediately "fall away."
The Thorns:
The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word,
but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word
and it bears no fruit.
This, too, is easy to recognize in ourselves. Our hearts are often receptive, but the Word gets choked, the way thorns and weeds choke out a plant trying to grow. Jesus so wisely identifies what deprives the Word of oxygen and nutrients. It's "worldly anxiety and the lure of riches." As sure as anything, anxiety about things that are worldly and lusting after "riches" of all kinds, are incompatible with the Word that comes to us from Jesus. They can't exist together. The word Jesus uses is so appropriate. The Word is "choked" by those things.
The Good Soil:
But the seed sown on rich soil
is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
The good news is there is good soil in each of us. It's "rich" and full of nutrients and ready to receive and understand the Word. The result is that the Word thrives in this soil and bears fruit, a wonderful harvest, powerful results, doing what it is intended to do in us and for others.
It's not likely that any of us are all a hard path or rocky ground, or fully of choking thorns. The grace being offered us to to pay attention to those parts of our hearts which are not receptive and where the Word is not reaching us. We want more of our hearts to be rich soil and less of it to be resistant.
This is an opportunity to ask our Lord to help us tend the soil of our hearts and to allow more of our heart to be good, rich, receptive soil. Each of us can apply the concrete application which is helpful for us here. If I recognize something in me that Jesus describes here, I can find grace in that recognition and ask for freedom and greater receptivity. I may even recognize that I'm not receptive to mercy or to patience or generosity or freedom from addictive behavior. I might find that the Word isn't reaching that part of me that is wounded or angry or has become self-reliant or controlling. This is a grace filled opportunity to ask our Lord to help us with this or that area where we need freedom and renewal. We might ask that a barrier might be removed here or there, even ones that have been there a long time. We might deeply desire to see my negativity or selfish needs choke out what our Lord is trying to offer me.
Dear Lord, we love you for helping us see this plot of garden soil we are, at this particularly challenging time of our life. The more challenging it is for us, the more difficult it is to hear and receive your Word. But, you've helped us recognize the state of our garden and offered us the desire to remove some rocks and some thorny weeds, and to even fertilize and enrich our soil better. Giver of all gifts, work with us to ready us to receive what you desire to plant in us, that we might love and give our very selves away in love, as you have loved us.
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HOW TO GET GOOD LEADERS
“Return, rebellious children, says the Lord, for I am your Master.” —Jeremiah 3:14
The Lord promised that, if we repented of our rebellion against Him, He would appoint over us wise and prudent leaders after His own heart (Jer 3:15). Then we would become fruitful and reach new heights (Jer 3:16ff).
We do not produce “grain a hundred- or sixty- or thirtyfold” (Mt 13:8) if we do not repent of:
• not growing in understanding God’s Word (Mt 13:19). The Holy Spirit has been given to us as our Teacher (Jn 14:26). If we are docile to the Spirit, we will have a good understanding of God’s Word.
• not rooting God’s Word in our lives (Mt 13:21). Our superficiality is due to our refusal to repent of selfishness and lukewarmness (Rv 3:16).
• giving in to “worldly anxiety and the lure of money” (Mt 13:22). By the power of the Holy Spirit, we must and can crucify our “flesh with its passions and desires” (Gal 5:24). In other words, we must live our Baptisms.
Do you believe we need better leaders in government, church, and business, especially the media? If so, repent of your own sins, especially of rejecting God’s Word. Then you will be spiritually fruitful, and you will be led into a much better world, even leading to a civilization of love and life.
Prayer: Father, may I never underestimate the importance of my repentance.
Promise: “There all nations will be gathered together to honor the name of the Lord at Jerusalem, and they will walk no longer in their hardhearted wickedness.” —Jer 3:17
Praise: St. Sharbel exemplifies our Church “breathing with both lungs,” East and West. He was born in Lebanon and professed religious vows in the Maronite Order, a religious community affiliated with the Eastern Catholic Churches. Although a hermit, St. Sharbel attracted many because of his wisdom and holiness.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
How good are you at listening, especially for the word of God? God is ever ready to speak to each of us and to give us understanding of his word. This parable of Jesus is a warning to those who hear and who preach the word of God. What makes us ineffective and unresponsive to God's word? Preoccupation with other things can distract us from what is truly important and worthwhile. And letting our hearts and minds be consumed with material things can easily weigh us down and draw us away from the treasure that lasts for eternity.
Allowing God's word to take root in our heart
God's word can only take root in a receptive heart which is docile and ready to hear what God has to say. One lesson is clear: the harvest is sure.While some seed will fall by the wayside and some fall on shallow ground and never come to maturity, and some be choked to death by the thorns; nonetheless a harvest will come. The seed that falls on good soil, on the heart that is receptive, will reap abundant fruit. Are you teachable and eager to learn God's truth? And do you allow anything to keep you from submitting to God's word with joy and trusting obedience?
Lord Jesus, help me to guard the word you have planted in my heart that no doubt or temptation may keep me from believing and obeying you. May I be fruitful in your service and may I never fear to speak of you to others and to share with them the good news of the Gospel.
Psalm 19:8-11
8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: God's word is like good seed sown in the heart, by Jerome (347-420 AD)
"'And the one sown upon good ground is he who hears the word, understands it and bears fruit.' Even as on bad ground there were three diverse situations (by the path, upon rocky ground and among thorns), so too on good ground the diversity is of three types: fruit of one hundredfold, sixtyfold and thirtyfold. Both in one and the other there is a change that takes place in the will, not in the nature itself. In both the unbelievers and believers it is the heart that receives the seed. 'The wicked one comes,' he says, 'and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.' In the second and third cases, he says, 'That is he who hears the word.' In the explanation of the good ground, he is the one who hears the word. First we must listen, then understand; after understanding, we must bear the fruits of good teaching and yield fruit either one hundredfold, sixtyfold or thirtyfold." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 2.13.23)
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