2020년 10월 18일 연중 제29주일
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제1독서
이사야서. 45,1.4-6
1 주님께서 당신의 기름부음받은이에게, 당신께서 오른손을 붙잡아 주신 키루스에게 말씀하시니 민족들을 그 앞에 굴복시키고 임금들의 허리띠를 풀어 버리며 문들을 열어젖히고 성문들이 닫히지 않게 하시려는 것이다.
4 나의 종 야곱 때문에 내가 선택한 이스라엘 때문에 내가 너를 지명하여 부르고 너는 나를 알지 못하지만 나 너에게 칭호를 내린다.
5 나는 주님이다. 다른 이가 없다. 나 말고는 다른 신이 없다.
너는 나를 알지 못하지만 나 너를 무장시키니, 6 해 뜨는 곳에서도 해 지는 곳에서도 나밖에 없음을, 내가 주님이고 다른 이가 없음을 알게 하려는 것이다.
제2독서
테살로니카 1서. 1,1-5ㄱ
1 바오로와 실바누스와 티모테오가 하느님 아버지와 주 예수 그리스도 안에서 살아가는 테살로니카 사람들의 교회에 인사합니다. 은총과 평화가 여러분에게 내리기를 빕니다.
2 우리는 기도할 때에 여러분을 모두 기억하며 늘 하느님께 감사를 드립니다. 우리는 끊임없이 3 하느님 우리 아버지 앞에서 여러분의 믿음의 행위와 사랑의 노고와 우리 주 예수 그리스도에 대한 희망의 인내를 기억합니다.
4 하느님께 사랑받는 형제 여러분, 우리는 여러분이 선택되었음을 압니다. 5 그것은 우리 복음이 말로만이 아니라 힘과 성령과 큰 확신으로 여러분에게 전해졌기 때문입니다.
복음
마태오. 22,15-21
15 그때에 바리사이들이 나가서, 어떻게 하면 말로 예수님께 올가미를 씌울까 하고 의논하였다. 16 그러고는 저희 제자들을 헤로데 당원들과 함께 예수님께 보내어 이렇게 말하였다.
“스승님, 저희는 스승님께서 진실하시고 하느님의 길을 참되게 가르치시며 아무도 꺼리지 않으시는 줄 압니다. 과연 스승님은 사람을 그 신분에 따라 판단하지 않으십니다.
17 그러니 스승님은 어떻게 생각하시는지 말씀해 주십시오. 황제에게 세금을 내는 것이 합당합니까, 합당하지 않습니까?”
18 예수님께서는 그들의 악의를 아시고 말씀하셨다. “위선자들아, 너희는 어찌하여 나를 시험하느냐? 19 세금으로 내는 돈을 나에게 보여라.”
그들이 데나리온 한 닢을 가져오자 20 예수님께서, “이 초상과 글자가 누구의 것이냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
21 그들이 “황제의 것입니다.” 하고 대답하였다. 그때에 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다. “황제의 것은 황제에게 돌려주고, 하느님의 것은 하느님께 돌려 드려라.”
October 18, 2020
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Is 45:1, 4-6
whose right hand I grasp,
subduing nations before him,
and making kings run in his service,
opening doors before him
and leaving the gates unbarred:
For the sake of Jacob, my servant,
of Israel, my chosen one,
I have called you by your name,
giving you a title, though you knew me not.
I am the LORD and there is no other,
there is no God besides me.
It is I who arm you, though you know me not,
so that toward the rising and the setting of the sun
people may know that there is none besides me.
I am the LORD, there is no other.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10
Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all you lands.
Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.
R. Give the Lord glory and honor.
For great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
awesome is he, beyond all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are things of nought,
but the LORD made the heavens.
R. Give the Lord glory and honor.
Give to the LORD, you families of nations,
give to the LORD glory and praise;
give to the LORD the glory due his name!
Bring gifts, and enter his courts.
R. Give the Lord glory and honor.
Worship the LORD, in holy attire;
tremble before him, all the earth;
say among the nations: The LORD is king,
he governs the peoples with equity.
R. Give the Lord glory and honor.
Reading 2
1 Thes 1:1-5b
in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
grace to you and peace.
We give thanks to God always for all of you,
remembering you in our prayers,
unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love
and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ,
before our God and Father,
knowing, brothers and sisters loved by God,
how you were chosen.
For our gospel did not come to you in word alone,
but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much conviction.
Gospel
Mt 22:15-21
and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech.
They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying,
"Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man
and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
And you are not concerned with anyone's opinion,
for you do not regard a person's status.
Tell us, then, what is your opinion:
Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?"
Knowing their malice, Jesus said,
"Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
Show me the coin that pays the census tax."
Then they handed him the Roman coin.
He said to them, "Whose image is this and whose inscription?"
They replied, "Caesar's."
At that he said to them,
"Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God."
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The dynamics of today’s encounter of Jesus with the disciples of the Pharisees and some Herodians are as instructive as the issue itself of paying taxes to the emperor. One thing that is remarkable is the questioners’ hypocrisy, as they start by flattering Jesus, who calls their bluff: why you hypocrites... show me a coin. The Pharisees were purists and purists were not supposed to carry with them Roman currency, though they would keep it at home to pay their taxes. But the most striking element of the encounter is Jesus’ masterful answer ―Houdini would have admired it: give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, a statement most of us would have no difficulty accepting, since people do pay taxes, abide by zoning and building codes, vote to elect leaders. It was the second part of Jesus’ answer that makes people balk: give to God what belongs to God.
An interesting detail in the first part of the answer is the fact the Jesus’ reply is prompted by the emperor’s image being carved in the coin. If we recall the creation narrative, we are reminded that God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God he created him [Gen. 1: 26]. We are reminded that we bear God’s image in ourselves. If we bear God’s image, we belong to God and we must give back to God what belongs to God. We are called to return ourselves to God, whose image we bear, and to help others to return themselves to God, whose image and inscription they also bear.
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AND ALL THE TRAPPINGS
“Then the Pharisees went off and began to plot how they might trap Jesus in speech.” —Matthew 22:15
The disciples of the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus by asking Him the question: “Is it lawful to pay tax to the emperor or not?” (Mt 22:17) If Jesus would answer: “Pay taxes to Rome,” He would lose His popularity with the masses of simple people who comprised the great majority of His followers. These simple folks were Jews who naturally opposed their conquerors and oppressors, the Romans. The Pharisees encouraged Jesus to disappoint His followers by reminding Him that He didn’t court anyone’s favor or act out of human respect (Mt 22:16). But Jesus did not answer: “Pay taxes to Rome.”
On the other hand, if Jesus answered: “Don’t pay taxes to Rome,” He would keep His popularity with the masses but get in trouble with Rome. Jesus’ opposition to Roman taxation would then be dutifully reported to Roman officials by the Herodian sympathizers present for the occasion (see Mt 22:16). But Jesus did not answer: “Don’t pay your taxes.”
What did Jesus do? Did He evade the question? No. Instead, He became the Questioner rather than the questioned. Through His questions (Mt 22:18-20), He may have convicted the Pharisees and their disciples of their sinful compromise with the oppressive Roman government. To merely hold a Roman coin was a convicting experience for an orthodox Jew who considered the graven image on a coin idol worship. To simply say the name “Caesar” left a bad taste in the mouth of a Jew. Jesus’ would-be trappers may have realized they were trapped. “Taken aback” by Jesus’ reply, “they went off and left Him” (Mt 22:22).
Prayer: Father, on this World Mission Sunday, take me captive to do Your will so that I will escape the devil’s trap (2 Tm 2:26).
Promise: “Our preaching of the gospel proved not a mere matter of words for you but one of power.” —1 Thes 1:5
Praise: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory!
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What do we owe God and our neighbor? Scripture tells us to give to everyone whatever is their due and to "owe no one anything, except to love one another" (Romans 13:6-8). The Jewish authorities sought to trap Jesus in a religious-state issue. The Jews resented their foreign rulers and despised paying taxes to Caesar. They posed a dilemma to test Jesus to see if he was loyal to them and to their understanding of religion. If Jesus answered that it was lawful to pay taxes to a pagan ruler, then he would lose credibility with the Jewish nation who would regard him as a coward and a friend of Caesar. If he said it was not lawful, then the Pharisees would have grounds to report him to the Roman authorities as a political trouble-maker and have him arrested.
Coins inscribe the owner's name and authority on them
Jesus avoided their trap by confronting them with the image of a coin. Coinage in the ancient world had significant political power. Rulers issued coins with their own image and inscription on them. In a certain sense the coin was regarded as the personal property of the ruler. Where the coin was valid the ruler held political sway over the people. Since the Jews used the Roman currency, Jesus explained that what belonged to Caesar must be given to Caesar.
We have been "stamped" with God's image and likeness
This story has another deeper meaning as well. We, too, have been stamped with God's image since we are created in his own likeness - "God created man in his own image ..male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:26-27). We rightfully belong not to ourselves, but to God who created us and redeemed us in the precious blood of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ (see 1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Paul the Apostle says that we are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to God (Romans 12:1). Do you acknowledge that your life and everything you possess belongs to God and not to yourself? And do you give to God what rightfully belongs to him?
Lord, because you have made me, I owe you the whole of my love; because you have redeemed me, I owe you the whole of myself; because you have promised so much, I owe you all my being. Moreover, I owe you as much more love than myself as you are greater than I, for whom you gave yourself and to whom you promised yourself. I pray you, Lord, make me taste by love what I taste by knowledge; let me know by love what I know by understanding. I owe you more than my whole self, but I have no more, and by myself I cannot render the whole of it to you. Draw me to you, Lord, in the fullness of love. I am wholly yours by creation; make me all yours, too, in love. (prayer of Anselm, 1033-1109 AD)
Psalm 96: 1-10
1 O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!
2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but the LORD made the heavens.
6 Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
8 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
9 Worship the LORD in holy array; tremble before him, all the earth!
10 Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established, it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Put off the earthly image and put on the heavenly one, by Origen of Alexandria (185-254 AD)
"Some people think that the Savior spoke on a single level when he said, 'Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar' - that is, 'pay the tax that you owe.' Who among us disagrees about paying taxes to Caesar? The passage therefore has a mystical and secret meaning. There are two images in humanity. One he received from God when he was made, in the beginning, as Scripture says in the book of Genesis, 'according to the image and likeness of God' (Genesis 1:27). The other image is of the earth (1 Corinthians 15:49). Man received this second image later. He was expelled from Paradise because of disobedience and sin after the 'prince of this world' (John 12:31) had tempted him with his enticements. Just as the coin, or denarius, has an image of the emperor of this world, so he who does the works of 'the ruler of the darkness' (Ephesians 6:12) bears the image of him whose works he does. Jesus commanded that that image should be handed over and thrown away from our face. He wills us to take on that image, according to which we were made from the beginning, according to God's likeness. It then happens that we give 'to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what is God's.' Jesus said, 'Show me a coin.' For 'coin,' Matthew wrote 'denarius' ( Matthew 22:19). When Jesus had taken it, he said, 'Whose inscription does it have?' They answered and said, 'Caesar's.' And he said to them in turn, 'Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's.'" (excerpt from HOMILY ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 39.4-6)
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