June 9, 2021 Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time

2021년 6월 9일 연중 제10주간 수요일 

  

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제1독서

<우리는 문자가 아니라 성령으로 된 새 계약을 이행합니다.>

코린토 2서. 3,4-11
형제 여러분,
4 우리는 그리스도를 통하여 하느님께 확신을 가지고 있습니다.
5 그렇다고 우리가 무슨 자격이 있어서
스스로 무엇인가 해냈다고 여긴다는 말은 아닙니다.
우리의 자격은 하느님에게서 옵니다.
6 하느님께서 우리에게 새 계약의 일꾼이 되는 자격을 주셨습니다.
이 계약은 문자가 아니라 성령으로 된 것입니다.
문자는 사람을 죽이고 성령은 사람을 살립니다.
7 돌에 문자로 새겨 넣은 죽음의 직분도 영광스럽게 이루어졌습니다.
그래서 곧 사라질 것이기는 하였지만
모세의 얼굴에 나타난 영광 때문에,
이스라엘 자손들이 그의 얼굴을 쳐다볼 수 없었습니다.
8 그렇다면 성령의 직분은 얼마나 더 영광스럽겠습니까?
9 단죄로 이끄는 직분에도 영광이 있었다면,
의로움으로 이끄는 직분은 더욱더 영광이 넘칠 것입니다.
10 사실 이 경우, 영광으로 빛나던 것이
더 뛰어난 영광 때문에 빛을 잃게 되었습니다.
11 곧 사라질 것도 영광스러웠다면
길이 남을 것은 더욱더 영광스러울 것입니다.

 

복음

<나는 폐지하러 온 것이 아니라 오히려 완성하러 왔다.>

마태오. 5,17-19 

그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
17 “내가 율법이나 예언서들을 폐지하러 온 줄로 생각하지 마라.
폐지하러 온 것이 아니라 오히려 완성하러 왔다.
18 내가 진실로 너희에게 말한다.
하늘과 땅이 없어지기 전에는,
모든 것이 이루어질 때까지
율법에서 한 자 한 획도 없어지지 않을 것이다.
19 그러므로 이 계명들 가운데에서 가장 작은 것 하나라도 어기고
또 사람들을 그렇게 가르치는 자는
하늘 나라에서 가장 작은 자라고 불릴 것이다.
그러나 스스로 지키고 또 그렇게 가르치는 이는
하늘 나라에서 큰사람이라고 불릴 것이다.”

June 9, 2021

Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1
2 Cor 3:4-11
Brothers and sisters:
Such confidence we have through Christ toward God.
Not that of ourselves we are qualified to take credit
for anything as coming from us;
rather, our qualification comes from God,
who has indeed qualified us as ministers of a new covenant,
not of letter but of spirit;
for the letter brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, was so glorious
that the children of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses
because of its glory that was going to fade,
how much more will the ministry of the Spirit be glorious?
For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious,
the ministry of righteousness will abound much more in glory.
Indeed, what was endowed with glory
has come to have no glory in this respect
because of the glory that surpasses it.
For if what was going to fade was glorious,
how much more will what endures be glorious.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 99:5, 6, 7, 8, 9
R. (see 9c) Holy is the Lord our God.
Extol the LORD, our God,
and worship at his footstool;
holy is he!
R. Holy is the Lord our God.
Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
and Samuel, among those who called upon his name;
they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
R. Holy is the Lord our God.
From the pillar of cloud he spoke to them;
they heard his decrees and the law he gave them.
R. Holy is the Lord our God.
O LORD, our God, you answered them;
a forgiving God you were to them,
though requiting their misdeeds. 
R. Holy is the Lord our God.
Extol the LORD, our God,
and worship at his holy mountain;
for holy is the LORD, our God.
R. Holy is the Lord our God.

Gospel
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments
will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."

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 In this chapter of Matthew, Jesus has just finished teaching The Beatitudes and after this will go on to expand on the Ten Commandments. So, as we read today’s Gospel, we are reminded that Jesus’ teachings and God’s will for us are lived out, experienced, and embodied in the way we are in relationship with others.

In a “This I Believe” segment, Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ, states “I watch what I do to see what I really believe. Belief and faith are not just words. It’s one thing for me to say I’m a Christian, but I have to embody what it means; I have to live it.” The Beatitudes, the Ten Commandments, many of Jesus’ teachings recorded in the Gospels, guide us to live in right relationship with our community, with a preference for those most in need, oppressed, or looked past. In the Gospel today, Jesus reminds us that we cannot pick and choose which ones to follow and which ones to not. I also think it’s important to recognize that as humans, we sin, we turn away from right relationship with God and with our community. We cannot perfectly follow what Jesus asks of us in this Gospel, but we strive every day, in every choice, to do so. Thankfully, through God’s mercy we are forgiven when we do sin, and with that forgiveness we are called forth to heal and return to right relationship. Lifelong efforts until the end of days.

So, let us take a moment of reflection to consider these questions in our prayer.

• Where have I turned away from right relationship with God or someone in my community recently? What does it feel like to have this relationship broken?
• Who in my community is in need, oppressed or looked past right now? How can I give of my love, presence, and resources (time, talent, treasure) more generously?
• As I consider the broken relationships in my community right now, what stands in the way of healing? What injustice or broken system impact the opportunity for right relationship? How can I be part of the healing of this larger brokenness?
• What might I ask from God in order to come to right relationship? Humility? Openness? Detachment from resources in order to give more generously? Wisdom? Love?

Let us pray.
God, who creates us in community, who we experience in each person we encounter, we ask for Your grace. Your grace of humility to face the broken and to quiet the ego. Your grace of courage to look at systems of injustice and the resilience to stay committed to the work of justice. Your grace of generosity in how we show up to relationships and openness to how we might encounter You in another. Your grace of forgiveness when we sin and to quiet the fear that arises as we labor for right relationship with our neighbor and You. Finally, we ask for Your grace for what each of us needs as we strive to live out what Christ calls us to for the rest of our days. Amen.

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TEACH THE OLD TESTAMENT

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law and the Prophets.” —Matthew 5:17

When the Bible speaks of “the Law and the Prophets,” it refers to the Old Testament. Peter preached from the Old Testament on the day of Pentecost, and three thousand people received the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:17, 25, 34). “The ministry of the Spirit” (2 Cor 3:8) began by the preaching of the ministry of the Law and the Prophets.

Jesus’ Transfiguration featured the Law, represented by Moses, and the Prophets, represented by Elijah (Lk 9:30). When Jesus was transfigured into a greater glory (Lk 9:29ff), He didn’t just bypass the old covenant, He fulfilled it (Mt 5:17). Thus the presence of Moses and Elijah at His Transfiguration shows the Old Testament has a place in the New Testament’s ministry of the Spirit.

On Easter evening, Jesus changed the hearts of His two disciples on the road to Emmaus by opening the Scriptures to them, which at that point consisted of only the Old Testament. Jesus began with “Moses and all the prophets” and “interpreted for them every passage of Scripture which referred to Him” (Lk 24:27).

Jesus declared that the Old Testament is more capable of effecting change on a hard heart than would be the sight of a man risen from the dead! (Lk 16:31) Read the Old Testament. Then teach the Old Testament to a hard-hearted world (Mt 5:19).

Prayer:  Holy Spirit, show me how the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New, and how the New Testament is revealed by the Old (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 129).

Promise:  “This great confidence in God is ours, through Christ.” —2 Cor 3:4

Praise:  St. Ephrem creatively fought heresies he encountered in the Fourth Century. He wrote hymns using the heretics’ own melodies, but incorporated lyrics teaching authentic Catholic doctrine.

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 Why do people tend to view the "law of God" negatively rather than positively? Jesus' attitude towards the law of God can be summed up in the great prayer of Psalm 119: "Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day."

For the people of Israel the "law" could refer to the ten commandments or to the five Books of Moses, called the Pentateuch or Torah, which explain the commandments and ordinances of God for his people. The "law" also referred to the whole teaching or way of life which God gave to his people. The Jews in Jesus' time also used it as a description of the oral or scribal law. Needless to say, the scribes added many more things to the law than God intended. That is why Jesus often condemned the scribal law because it placed burdens on people which God had not intended.

The essence of God's law
Jesus made it very clear that the essence of God's law - his commandments and way of life, must be fulfilled. God's law is true and righteous because it flows from his love, goodness, and holiness. It is a law of grace, love, and freedom for us. That is why God commands us to love him above all else and to follow in the way of his Son, the Lord Jesus who taught us how to love by laying down our lives for one another.

Reverence and respect
Jesus taught reverence for God's law - reverence for God himself, reverence for the Lord's Day, reverence or respect for parents, respect for life, for property, for another person's good name, respect for oneself and for one's neighbor lest wrong or hurtful desires master and enslave us. Reverence and respect for God's commandments teach us the way of love - love of God and love of neighbor. What is impossible to humans is possible to God who gives generously of his gifts and the Holy Spirit to those who put their faith in him.

God gives us the grace, help, and strength to love as he loves, to forgive as he forgives, to think and judge as he judges, and to act as he acts with mercy, loving-kindness, and goodness. The Lord loves righteousness and hates wickedness. As his followers we must love his commandments and hate every form of sin and wrong-doing. Do you seek to understand the intention of his law and to grow in wisdom of his ways?

The Holy Spirit transforms our minds and hearts
Jesus promised his disciples that he would give them the gift of the Holy Spirit who writes God's law of love and truth on our hearts. The Spirit teaches us God's truth and gives us wisdom and understanding of God's ways. The Spirit helps us in our weakness, strengthens us in temptation, and transforms us, day by day, into the likeness of Christ himself. There is great blessing and reward for those who obey God's commandments and who help others, especially the younger generations, to love, respect, and obey the Lord. Ask the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with a burning love and reverence for God's word so that you may grow day by day in the wisdom and knowledge of God's truth and goodness. 

Lord Jesus, grant this day, to direct and sanctify, to rule and govern our hearts, minds, and bodies, so that all our thoughts, words, and deeds may be in accord with your Father's law and wisdom. And thus may we be saved and protected through your mighty help.

Psalm 16:1-2,4-5,8,11

1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you."
4 Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; their libations of blood I will not pour out or take their names upon my lips.
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
8 I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
11 You show me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy, in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: What you teach, you should do, by Chromatius (died 406 AD)

"While it is sinful to abolish the least of the commandments, all the more so the great and most important ones. Hence the Holy Spirit affirms through Solomon: 'Whoever despises the little things shall gradually die' (Sirach 19:1b). Consequently nothing in the divine commandments must be abolished, nothing altered. Everything must be preserved and taught faithfully and devotedly that the glory of the heavenly kingdom may not be lost. Indeed, those things considered least important and small by the unfaithful or by worldly people are not small before God but necessary. For the Lord taught the commandments and did them. Even small things point to the great future of the kingdom of heaven. For this reason, not only words but also deeds are important; and you should not only teach, but what you teach, you should do." (excerpt from TRACTATE ON MATTHEW 20.2.1-3)

[Note: Chromatius was an early Christian scholar and bishop of Aquileia, Italy. He was a close friend of John Chrysostom and Jerome. He died in 406 AD. Jerome described him as a "most learned and most holy man."]

 

 

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