August 5, 2020 Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary

2020년 8월 5일  연중 제18주간 수요일 

 

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제1독서

예레미야서. 31,1-7
1 그때에 나는 이스라엘 모든 지파의 하느님이 되고
그들은 내 백성이 될 것이다. 주님의 말씀이다.
2 주님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.
칼을 피해 살아남은 백성이 광야에서 은혜를 입었다.
이스라엘이 제 안식처를 찾아 나섰을 때
3 주님께서 먼 곳에서 와 그에게 나타나셨다.
“나는 너를 영원한 사랑으로 사랑하였다.
그리하여 너에게 한결같이 자애를 베풀었다.
4 처녀 이스라엘아, 내가 너를 다시 세우면 네가 일어서리라.
네가 다시 손북을 들고 흥겹게 춤을 추며 나오리라.
5 네가 다시 사마리아 산마다 포도밭을 만들리니
포도를 심은 이들이 그 열매를 따 먹으리라.
6 에프라임 산에서 파수꾼들이 이렇게 외칠 날이 오리라.
‘일어나 시온으로 올라가 주 하느님께 나아가자! ’”
7 주님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.
“야곱에게 기쁨으로 환호하고, 민족들의 으뜸에게 환성을 올려라.
이렇게 외치며 찬양하여라.

 

복음

마태오 15,21-28
그때에 예수님께서 21 티로와 시돈 지방으로 물러가셨다.
22 그런데 그 고장에서 어떤 가나안 부인이 나와,
“다윗의 자손이신 주님, 저에게 자비를 베풀어 주십시오.
제 딸이 호되게 마귀가 들렸습니다.” 하고 소리 질렀다.
23 예수님께서는 한마디도 대답하지 않으셨다.
제자들이 다가와 말하였다.
“저 여자를 돌려보내십시오. 우리 뒤에서 소리 지르고 있습니다.”
24 그제야 예수님께서 “나는 오직 이스라엘 집안의 길 잃은 양들에게
파견되었을 뿐이다.” 하고 대답하셨다.
25 그러나 그 여자는 예수님께 와 엎드려 절하며,
“주님, 저를 도와주십시오.” 하고 청하였다.
26 예수님께서는 “자녀들의 빵을 집어
강아지들에게 던져 주는 것은 좋지 않다.” 하고 말씀하셨다.
27 그러자 그 여자가 “주님, 그렇습니다. 그러나 강아지들도
주인의 상에서 떨어지는 부스러기는 먹습니다.” 하고 말하였다.
28 그때에 예수님께서 그 여자에게 말씀하셨다.
“아, 여인아! 네 믿음이 참으로 크구나. 네가 바라는 대로 될 것이다.”
바로 그 시간에 그 여자의 딸이 나았다.

August 5, 2020 

Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary

 

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Jer 31:1-7

At that time, says the LORD,
I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel,
and they shall be my people.
Thus says the LORD:
The people that escaped the sword
have found favor in the desert.
As Israel comes forward to be given his rest,
the LORD appears to him from afar:
With age-old love I have loved you;
so I have kept my mercy toward you.
Again I will restore you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin Israel;
Carrying your festive tambourines,
you shall go forth dancing with the merrymakers.
Again you shall plant vineyards
on the mountains of Samaria;
those who plant them shall enjoy the fruits.
Yes, a day will come when the watchmen
will call out on Mount Ephraim:
“Rise up, let us go to Zion,
to the LORD, our God.”

For thus says the LORD:
Shout with joy for Jacob,
exult at the head of the nations;
proclaim your praise and say:
The LORD has delivered his people,
the remnant of Israel.

 

 

Responsorial Psalm

Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12ab, 13

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.
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

Mt 15: 21-28

 

At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out,
“Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David!
My daughter is tormented by a demon.”
But he did not say a word in answer to her.
His disciples came and asked him,
“Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.”
He said in reply,
“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But the woman came and did him homage, saying, “Lord, help me.”
He said in reply,
“It is not right to take the food of the children
and throw it to the dogs.”
She said, “Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps
that fall from the table of their masters.”
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
“O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.

 

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WILL YOU VOLUNTEER?

“Jesus then said in reply, ‘Woman, you have great faith! Your wish will come to pass.’ ” —Matthew 15:28

Jesus told only one person in the Gospels that she had great faith. Although I am sure Mary, Joseph, and others had great faith, the Canaanite woman was the only person mentioned in the Gospels to have been told by Jesus: “You have great faith!” (Mt 15:28)
Pope St. John Paul II maintained that the primary reason for the various crises in our world is the crisis of faith. Under these circumstances, I would expect that the Lord is raising up men and women of great faith. Would you volunteer to be one of those men or women of great faith? If so, to show that you are truly willing to be a man or woman of great faith:
• Pray daily for great faith, especially by praying the Mass and receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation frequently.
• Hear, read, share, and do God’s Word daily, for faith “comes through hearing, and what is heard is the word of Christ” (Rm 10:17).
• Devote yourself to Christian community (see Acts 2:42), the ideal atmosphere to grow in faith and radically curtail involvement in the culture of death, which has proven to destroy faith with an unprecedented efficiency.
• Exercise the faith you have.
If we volunteer to be men and women of great faith, and if we show we are serious about this, the Lord will probably make us men and women of great faith, which is what the world needs more than anything else. “All depends on faith” (Rm 4:16).

Prayer:  Father, may I cherish my faith and try to grow in it daily.

Promise:  “With age-old love I have loved you; so I have kept My mercy toward you.” —Jer 31:3

Praise:  St. Mary Major is one of four Roman Basilicas identified as Patriarchal Cathedrals. It is called “Major” as the first church in the West to honor Mary, Mother of God.

 

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Do you ever feel "put-off" or ignored by the Lord?
This passage (Matthew 15:21) describes the only occasion in which Jesus ministered outside of Jewish territory. (Tyre and Sidon were fifty miles north of Israel and still exist today in modern Lebanon.) A Gentile woman, a foreigner who was not a member of the Jewish people, puts Jesus on the spot by pleading for his help. At first Jesus seemed to pay no attention to her, and this made his disciples feel embarrassed. Jesus does this to test the woman to awaken faith in her.

Jesus first tests the woman's faith
What did Jesus mean by the expression "throwing bread to the dogs"? The Jews often spoke of the Gentiles with arrogance and insolence as "unclean dogs" since the Gentiles did not follow God's law and were excluded from God's covenant and favor with the people of Israel. For the Greeks the "dog" was a symbol of dishonor and was used to describe a shameless and audacious woman. There is another reference to "dogs" in Matthew's Gospel where Jesus says to his disciples, "Do not give to dogs what is holy" (Matthew 7:6). Jesus tests this woman's faith to see if she is earnest in receiving holy things from the hand of a holy God. Jesus, no doubt, spoke with a smile rather than with an insult because this woman immediately responds with wit and faith - "even the dogs eat the crumbs".

Seek the Lord Jesus with expectant faith
Jesus praises a Gentile woman for her faith and for her love. She made the misery of her child her own and she was willing to suffer rebuff in order to obtain healing for her loved one. She also had indomitable persistence. Her faith grew in contact with the person of Jesus. She began with a request and she ended on her knees in worshipful prayer to the living God. No one who ever sought Jesus with earnest faith - whether Jew or Gentile - was refused his help. Do you seek the Lord Jesus with expectant faith?

Lord Jesus, your love and mercy knows no bounds. May I trust you always and pursue you with indomitable persistence as this woman did. Increase my faith in your saving power and deliver me from all evil and harm.

Psalm 67:1-7

1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, [Selah]
2 that your way may be known upon earth, your saving power among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. [Selah]
5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
6 The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us.
7 God has blessed us; let all the ends of the earth fear him!

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The Mother of the Gentiles, by Epiphanius the Latin (late 5th century)

"After our Lord departed from the Jews, he came into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. He left the Jews behind and came to the Gentiles. Those whom he had left behind remained in ruin; those to whom he came obtained salvation in their alienation. And a woman came out of that territory and cried, saying to him, 'Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David!' O great mystery! The Lord came out from the Jews, and the woman came out from her Gentile territory. He left the Jews behind, and the woman left behind idolatry and an impious lifestyle. What they had lost, she found. The one whom they had denied in the law, she professed through her faith. This woman is the mother of the Gentiles, and she knew Christ through faith. Thus on behalf of her daughter (the Gentile people) she entreated the Lord. The daughter had been led astray by idolatry and sin and was severely possessed by a demon." (excerpt from INTERPRETATION OF THE GOSPELS 58)

  

 

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