October 27 2020 Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

2020년 10월 27일 연중 제30주간 화요일 

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제1독서
에페소서.5,21-33 

 형제 여러분, 21 그리스도를 경외하는 마음으로 서로 순종하십시오.

22 아내는 주님께 순종하듯이 남편에게 순종해야 합니다.
23 남편은 아내의 머리입니다.
이는 그리스도께서 교회의 머리이시고 그 몸의 구원자이신 것과 같습니다.
24 교회가 그리스도께 순종하듯이,
아내도 모든 일에서 남편에게 순종해야 합니다.
25 남편 여러분, 그리스도께서 교회를 사랑하시고

교회를 위하여 당신 자신을 바치신 것처럼, 아내를 사랑하십시오.
26 그리스도께서 그렇게 하신 것은 교회를
말씀과 더불어 물로 씻어 깨끗하게 하셔서 거룩하게 하시려는 것이었습니다.
27 그리고 교회를 티나 주름 같은 것 없이 아름다운 모습으로
당신 앞에 서게 하시며, 거룩하고 흠 없게 하시려는 것이었습니다.
28 남편도 이렇게 아내를 제 몸같이 사랑해야 합니다.
자기 아내를 사랑하는 사람은 자기 자신을 사랑하는 것입니다.
29 아무도 자기 몸을 미워하지 않습니다.
그리스도께서 교회를 위하여 하시는 것처럼
오히려 자기 몸을 가꾸고 보살핍니다.
30 우리는 그분 몸의 지체입니다.
31 “그러므로 남자는 아버지와 어머니를 떠나 아내와 결합하여,
둘이 한 몸이 됩니다.”
32 이는 큰 신비입니다. 그러나 나는 그리스도와 교회를 두고 이 말을 합니다.
33 여러분도 저마다 자기 아내를 자기 자신처럼 사랑하고,
아내도 남편을 존경해야 합니다.

복음
루카 13,18-21
 그때에 18 예수님께서 말씀하셨다.

“하느님의 나라는 무엇과 같을까? 그것을 무엇에 비길까?
19 하느님의 나라는 겨자씨와 같다.
어떤 사람이 그것을 가져다가 자기 정원에 심었다.
그랬더니 자라서 나무가 되어 하늘의 새들이 그 가지에 깃들였다.”
20 예수님께서 다시 이르셨다.
“하느님의 나라를 무엇에 비길까? 21 그것은 누룩과 같다.
어떤 여자가 그것을 가져다가 밀가루 서 말 속에 집어넣었더니,
마침내 온통 부풀어 올랐다.”

October 27 2020
Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time  

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Eph 5:21-33 or Eph 5:2a, 25-32

Brothers and sisters:
Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.
For the husband is head of his wife
just as Christ is head of the Church,
he himself the savior of the Body.
As the Church is subordinate to Christ,
so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives,
even as Christ loved the Church
and handed himself over for her to sanctify her,
cleansing her by the bath of water with the word,
that he might present to himself the Church in splendor,
without spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
that she might be holy and without blemish.
So also husbands should love their wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself.
For no one hates his own flesh
but rather nourishes and cherishes it,
even as Christ does the Church,
because we are members of his Body.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.

This is a great mystery,
but I speak in reference to Christ and the Church.
In any case, each one of you should love his wife as himself,
and the wife should respect her husband.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5

R. (1a) Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Blessed are you who fear the LORD,
who walk in his ways!
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork;
blessed shall you be, and favored.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in the recesses of your home;
Your children like olive plants
around your table.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Behold, thus is the man blessed
who fears the LORD.
The LORD bless you from Zion:
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.

Gospel

Lk 13:18-21

Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like?
To what can I compare it?
It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
When it was fully grown, it became a large bush
and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”

Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
It is like yeast that a woman took
and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour
until the whole batch of dough was leavened.”

 

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Yes, there are some questions regarding these lessons.  If you pick out specific verses and take them literally, we can get tangled up in justifications of our narrow self-interests and generate conflicts. But as I reflect on them in-light-of the Gospel message, I am reminded that Jesus always reveals the mysteries of the Kingdom in very clear words, not in riddles as some people think.  But it has taken me many years to realize this because I was always looking at the details and not the big picture.

In the Gospel message today, Jesus reaffirms what we have read elsewhere, that the Kingdom of God is a state of abundance.  It also seems to me that Jesus tells us that abundance always starts out with something small that grows into something big, beautiful, and harmonious. He also says it takes some participation on our part to experience that abundance.  We can sow seeds.  We can add leaven.  What does that mean?  As I was reflecting on these lessons and the  Kingdom of God today, I remembered what I learned in Lutheran Sunday school about praying the petitions in the Lord’s Prayer.   What does it mean to pray, “Thy Kingdom Come?”  Martin Luther’s Small Catechism taught us that the Kingdom of God comes indeed of itself without our prayer or action, but we must prayer that we let it into our hearts.  Luther then gave us some insights into how does that happen?  I remembered learning that the Kingdom of God comes when our Heavenly Father gives us His Holy Spirit, so that by His grace we believe His Holy Word and live godly lives in time and hereafter in eternity. 

The readings in Ephesians and the Psalms tell us the way to live godly lives starts first with our love and respect for each other, especially in the ways we assume responsibility for others.  We all fall short here, as children, as spouses, as neighbors, and as co-workers.  But if we keep love and respect for others as our principle for living, even if we start small, in fact especially if we start small, our lives will grow into abundant blessings.  This is the principle upon which the Amish base their lives in community.   Whether we want to live the austere lives of the Amish or not, we must admit that they have everything they need and are quite happy people.  They experience abundant blessings.  I’ve spent a lot of time researching them and they summarize what they are trying to do not as living perfect lives in order to get to heaven, but rather, they are trying as much as they can to live in the Kingdom of God on this earth.  They see the Kingdom very clearly as centered in love and respect for each other.  I pray today that we can also see the Kingdom so clearly.

 

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FREE, JOYFUL SUBMISSION

“Be submissive to one another out of fear of Christ. Wives should be submissive to their husbands as if to the Lord.” —Ephesians 5:21-22, our transl.

The most important thing in life is to do God’s will. To do God’s will is our food (Jn 4:34). Without doing His will, we do not enter His kingdom (Mt 7:21). He who does God’s will is “brother and sister and mother” to Jesus (Mt 12:50). “By this ‘will,’ we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Heb 10:10).

A major question in life is: “Am I doing God’s will?” Most of the time we can know whether we are doing God’s will because He has revealed His will to us through the Church and especially her Scriptures. Yet there are often times when we don’t definitely know God’s will. In these cases, we must either discern His will and follow our consciences or be in submission to God-given authority. When we follow our consciences, we aren’t always sure whether we are in God’s will. When we are in submission to those whom God has given authority over us, we are sure we are in God’s will.

Submission is a gift which guarantees we are doing God’s will. Submission gives us freedom and joy. Rejoice in the gift of submission.

Prayer:  Father, through submission make me free and not co-dependent.

Promise:  “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church. He gave Himself up for her to make her holy, purifying her in the bath of water by the power of the word.” —Eph 5:25-26

Praise:  Robert and Ann have planned a date night regularly even as their family grew. They trust the Lord to bless their marriage with His ever-increasing grace.

 

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What can mustard seeds and leaven teach us about the kingdom of God? The tiny mustard seed literally grew to be a tree which attracted numerous birds because they loved the little black mustard seed it produced. God's kingdom works in a similar fashion. It starts from the smallest beginnings in the hearts of men and women who are receptive to God's word. And it works unseen and causes a transformation from within.

The transforming power of the Holy Spirit within us
Leaven is another powerful agent of change. A lump of dough left to itself remains just what it is, a lump of dough. But when the leaven is added to it a transformation takes place which produces rich and wholesome bread when heated - the staple of life for humans. The kingdom of God produces a transformation in those who receive the new life which Jesus Christ offers. When we yield to Jesus Christ, our lives are transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. Paul the Apostle says, "we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us" (2 Corinthians 4:7). Do you believe in the transforming power of the Holy Spirit?

Lord Jesus, fill me with your Holy Spirit and transform me into the Christ-like holiness you desire. Increase my zeal for your kingdom and instill in me a holy desire to live for your greater glory.

Psalm 126:1-6

1 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
3 The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.
4 Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like the watercourses in the Negeb!
5 May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy!
6 He that goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The Word of God operates in us like leaven, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)

"The leaven is small in quantity, yet it immediately seizes the whole mass and quickly communicates its own properties to it. The Word of God operates in us in a similar manner. When it is admitted within us, it makes us holy and without blame. By pervading our mind and heart, it makes us spiritual. Paul says, 'Our whole body and spirit and soul may be kept blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ' (1 Thessalonians 5:23). The God of all clearly shows that the divine Word is poured out even into the depth of our understanding... We receive the rational and divine leaven in our mind. We understand that by this precious, holy and pure leaven, we may be found spiritually unleavened and have none of the wickedness of the world, but rather be pure, holy partakers of Christ."(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 96)

   

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