2020년 8월 23일 연중 제21주일
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제1독서
이사야서. 22,19-23
주님께서 궁궐의 시종장 세브나에게 이렇게 말씀하신다.
19 “나는 너를 네 자리에서 내쫓고, 너를 네 관직에서 끌어내리리라.
20 그날에 이러한 일이 일어나리라.
나는 힐키야의 아들인 나의 종 엘야킴을 불러
21 그에게 너의 관복을 입히고
그에게 너의 띠를 매어 주며 그의 손에 너의 권력을 넘겨주리라.
그러면 그는 예루살렘 주민들과 유다 집안의 아버지가 되리라.
22 나는 다윗 집안의 열쇠를 그의 어깨에 메어 주리니
그가 열면 닫을 사람이 없고, 그가 닫으면 열 사람이 없으리라.
23 나는 그를 말뚝처럼 단단한 곳에 박으리니
그는 자기 집안에 영광의 왕좌가 되리라.”
제2독서
로마서. 11,33-36
33 오! 하느님의 풍요와 지혜와 지식은 정녕 깊습니다.
그분의 판단은 얼마나 헤아리기 어렵고
그분의 길은 얼마나 알아내기 어렵습니까?
34 “누가 주님의 생각을 안 적이 있습니까?
아니면 누가 그분의 조언자가 된 적이 있습니까?
35 아니면 누가 그분께 무엇을 드린 적이 있어
그분의 보답을 받을 일이 있겠습니까?”
36 과연 만물이 그분에게서 나와,
그분을 통하여 그분을 향하여 나아갑니다.
그분께 영원토록 영광이 있기를 빕니다. 아멘.
복음
마태오. 16,13-20
13 예수님께서 카이사리아 필리피 지방에 다다르시자 제자들에게,
“사람의 아들을 누구라고들 하느냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
14 제자들이 대답하였다.
“세례자 요한이라고 합니다. 그러나 어떤 이들은 엘리야라 하고,
또 어떤 이들은 예레미야나 예언자 가운데 한 분이라고 합니다.”
15 예수님께서 “그러면 너희는 나를 누구라고 하느냐?” 하고 물으시자,
16 시몬 베드로가 “스승님은 살아 계신 하느님의 아드님 그리스도이십니다.”
하고 대답하였다.
17 그러자 예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다.
“시몬 바르요나야, 너는 행복하다! 살과 피가 아니라
하늘에 계신 내 아버지께서 그것을 너에게 알려 주셨기 때문이다.
18 나 또한 너에게 말한다. 너는 베드로이다.
내가 이 반석 위에 내 교회를 세울 터인즉,
저승의 세력도 그것을 이기지 못할 것이다.
19 또 나는 너에게 하늘 나라의 열쇠를 주겠다.
그러니 네가 무엇이든지 땅에서 매면 하늘에서도 매일 것이고,
네가 무엇이든지 땅에서 풀면 하늘에서도 풀릴 것이다.”
20 그런 다음 제자들에게,
당신이 그리스도라는 것을 아무에게도 말하지 말라고 분부하셨다.
August 23, 2020
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Is 22:19-23
Thus says the LORD to Shebna, master of the palace:
“I will thrust you from your office
and pull you down from your station.
On that day I will summon my servant
Eliakim, son of Hilkiah;
I will clothe him with your robe,
and gird him with your sash,
and give over to him your authority.
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and to the house of Judah.
I will place the key of the House of David on Eliakim’s shoulder;
when he opens, no one shall shut
when he shuts, no one shall open.
I will fix him like a peg in a sure spot,
to be a place of honor for his family.”
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8
R. (8bc) Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart,
for you have heard the words of my mouth;
in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise;
I will worship at your holy temple.
R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
I will give thanks to your name,
because of your kindness and your truth:
When I called, you answered me;
you built up strength within me.
R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
The LORD is exalted, yet the lowly he sees,
and the proud he knows from afar.
Your kindness, O LORD, endures forever;
forsake not the work of your hands.
R. Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
Reading II
Rom 11:33-36
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!
How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!
For who has known the mind of the Lord
or who has been his counselor?
Or who has given the Lord anything
that he may be repaid?
For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be glory forever. Amen.
Gospel
Mt 16:13-20
Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and
he asked his disciples,
“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,
still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter said in reply,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus said to him in reply,
“Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah.
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.
And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Then he strictly ordered his disciples
to tell no one that he was the Christ.
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After much procrastination, I sat down to pray with today’s readings and then write this reflection. I wasn’t resistant, so to speak, but distracted with life things, and it was past the deadline for submission. I invite you into my journey of reflection.
My first thought was, “This will be easy.” It is always good to reflect on the question Jesus poses “Who do you say I am?” But something in me wouldn’t let me get away with the “easy out” this time. I sat some more, reflected some more, read again. I saw a couple links between the reading from Isaiah and Matthew and I was off and writing.
First, in Matthew’s story, we read how Peter is chosen by Jesus to be the foundation of his church. Jesus doesn’t just say to Peter, “I choose you.” He chooses him because he has been gifted with revelation. Peter has been given blessings and gifts to be the foundation. Secondly, in Isaiah, Eliakim is being chosen. He is being chosen and gifted to replace Shebna who was exploiting his position for personal gain. Noticing this link felt like an invitation to ask “How am I chosen? What gifts have I been given and how am I called to use them?”
I then circled around and reflected more on “Who do you say that I am?” I realized that I was being invited to reflect on this and notice that the answer to the question “Who do you say that I am?” can help me grow in understanding of who I am called to be. The more I seek to know God more fully, the more I enter into deeper relationship, the more clearly I know myself. The opposite is also true. The more I dig deep into who I am at my core, find my voice, the more fully I will know who and how God is. This is a “both/and” invitation. I was ready to write this out. But, apparently God wasn’t finished yet. I heard a further invitation in my prayer. Something like – why don’t you actually do this – reflect on this today. There was a “duh” moment and some more prayer. What I recognized was that I have been so distracted by life I was wondering if it was time to take a break from writing these reflections. I love doing it, but time, energy and inspiration seem to be waning. But I took a look at my process this morning and words were flying out, my paper was covered with scribbles like I couldn’t write fast enough. I realized I was having an experience of “being gifted” with the thoughts and words to say. In a small way, maybe I have been gifted and chosen to write this reflection. Humbling. What does that tell me about who I say God/Jesus is? God is the provider of inspiration, always present, cheering for me, loving me, using me. Again, humbling.
So, in summary, if you are still with me, the invitations I hear today are to reflect on the questions: Who do you say I (Jesus) am? Really, deeply, honestly? Where and how does God choose and gift me this day?
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ACCEPTING JESUS ON HIS TERMS
“For from Him and through Him and for Him all things are. To Him be glory forever. Amen.” —Romans 11:36
The most important question in life is: “Who do you say” Jesus is? (Mt 16:15) If we confess with our lips that Jesus is the Messiah, Lord, and Son of God (Mt 16:16; Rm 10:9) and if we live for Jesus and not for ourselves (2 Cor 5:15), we will be saved from death, self-deception, slavery, damnation, and hell, and we will be saved for freedom, purity, holiness, love, peace, joy, and eternal life.
Moreover, when we accept the grace to have faith in Jesus and to live for Him, Jesus reveals His Church to us (Mt 16:18). He likewise calls us to love the Church, even by laying down our lives for her (Eph 5:25).
Have you accepted Jesus on His terms? Have you been crucified with Christ? (Gal 2:19) Is the life that you’re living no longer your own? (Gal 2:20) Have you lost your life for Jesus? (Lk 9:24) Do you merely go to church, or are you “churched” by Jesus’ standards?
“How deep are the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How inscrutable His judgments, how unsearchable His ways!” (Rm 11:33) Enter into the mystery of Trinitarian, eternal love. Give your life totally to Jesus and His Church now.
Prayer: Father, reveal Jesus to me in ever deeper ways (see Mt 16:17).
Promise: “When he opens, no one shall shut, when he shuts, no one shall open.” —Is 22:22
Praise: “There is nothing to fear. I am the First and the Last and the One Who lives. Once I was dead but now I live—forever and ever” (Rv 1:17-18). Praise You, risen Jesus!
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At an opportune time Jesus tests his disciples with a crucial question: Who do men say that I am and who do you say that I am? He was widely recognized in Israel as a mighty man of God, even being compared with the greatest of the prophets, John the Baptist, Elijah, and Jeremiah. Peter, always quick to respond, exclaimed that he was the Christ, the Son of the living God. No mortal being could have revealed this to Peter; but only God.
Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD), an early church father comments on Peter's profession of faith in Jesus:
Peter did not say "you are a Christ" or "a son of God" but "the Christ, the Son of God." For there are many christs [meaning anointed ones] by grace, who have attained the rank of adoption [as sons], but [there is] only one who is by nature the Son of God. Thus, using the definite article, he said, the Christ, the Son of God. And in calling him Son of the living God, Peter indicates that Christ himself is life and that death has no authority over him. And even if the flesh, for a short while, was weak and died, nevertheless it rose again, since the Word, who indwelled it, could not be held under the bonds of death. (FRAGMENT 190)
Jesus plays on Peter's name which is the same word for "rock" in both Aramaic and Greek. To call someone a "rock" is one of the greatest of compliments. The ancient rabbis had a saying that when God saw Abraham, he exclaimed: "I have discovered a rock to found the world upon". Through Abraham God established a nation for himself. Through faith Peter grasped who Jesus truly was. He was the first apostle to recognize Jesus as the Anointed One (Messiah and Christ) and the only begotten Son of God. The New Testament describes the church as a spiritual house or temple with each member joined together as living stones (see 1 Peter 2:5). Faith in Jesus Christ makes us into rocks or spiritual stones.
Jesus then confers on Peter authority to govern the church that Jesus would build, a church that no powers would overcome because it is founded on the rock which is Christ himself. Epiphanius, a 6th century Scripture scholar who also translated many early church commentaries from Greek into Latin, explains the significance of Jesus handing down the "keys of the kingdom":
For Christ is a rock which is never disturbed or worn away. Therefore Peter gladly received his name from Christ to signify the established and unshaken faith of the church... The devil is the gateway of death who always hastens to stir up against the holy church calamities and temptations and persecutions. But the faith of the apostle, which was founded upon the rock of Christ, abides always unconquered and unshaken. And the very keys of the kingdom of the heavens have been handed down so that one whom he has bound on earth has been bound in heaven, and one whom he has set free on earth he has also set free in heaven. (INTERPRETATION OF THE GOSPELS 28)
The Lord Jesus offers us the gift of unshakeable faith, enduring hope, and unquenchable love - and the joyful boldness to proclaim him as the one true Savior who brings us the kingdom of God both now and forever. Who do you say he is to yourself and to your neighbor?
Lord Jesus, I profess and believe that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. You are my Lord and my Savior. Make my faith strong like Peter's and give me boldness to speak of you to others that they may come to know you personally as Lord and Savior and grow in the knowledge of your great love.
Psalm 138:1-3,6,8
1 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the angels I sing your praise;
2 I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness; for you have exalted above everything your name and your word.
3 On the day I called, you answered me, my strength of soul you increased.
6 For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he knows from afar.
8 The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Christ, the Son of the living God, by Epiphanius the Latin (315-403 AD)
Did the Lord not know what people called him? But by questioning he brought forth the conviction of the apostle Peter and left for us in the future a strong affirmation of faith. For the Lord questioned not only Peter but all the apostles when he said, "Who do you say that I am?" Yet one on behalf of all answered the King, who is in due time to judge the whole world. He is God, both God and man. How miserable does this make those who are false teachers and strangers now, and to be judged in eternity. If Christ is the Son of God, by all means he is also God. If he is not God, he is not the Son of God. But since he himself is the Son, and as the Son takes up all things from the Father, let us hold this same one inseparably in our heart because there is no one who escapes his hand. (excerpt from INTERPRETATION OF THE GOSPELS 28)
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August 27, 2017 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
