2021년 6월 19일 연중 제11주간 토요일
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제1독서
<나는 더없이 기쁘게 나의 약점을 자랑하렵니다.>
코린토 2서. 12,1-10
형제 여러분, 1 이로울 것이 없지만 나는 자랑하지 않을 수 없습니다.
그리고 아예 주님께서 보여 주신 환시와 계시까지 말하렵니다.
2 나는 그리스도를 믿는 어떤 사람을 알고 있는데,
그 사람은 열네 해 전에 셋째 하늘까지 들어 올려진 일이 있습니다.
나로서는 몸째 그리되었는지 알 길이 없고
몸을 떠나 그리되었는지 알 길이 없지만, 하느님께서는 아십니다.
3 나는 그 사람을 알고 있습니다.
나로서는 몸째 그리되었는지 몸을 떠나 그리되었는지 알 길이 없지만,
하느님께서는 아십니다.
4 낙원까지 들어 올려진 그는 발설할 수 없는 말씀을 들었는데,
그 말씀은 어떠한 인간도 누설해서는 안 되는 것이었습니다.
5 이런 사람에 대해서라면 내가 자랑하겠지만,
나 자신에 대해서는 내 약점밖에 자랑하지 않으렵니다.
6 내가 설사 자랑하고 싶어 하더라도,
진실을 말할 터이므로 어리석은 꼴이 되지는 않을 것입니다.
그러나 자랑은 그만두겠습니다.
사람들이 나에게서 보고 듣는 것 이상으로
나를 생각하지 않게 하려는 것입니다.
7 그 계시들이 엄청난 것이기에 더욱 그렇습니다.
그래서 내가 자만하지 않도록 하느님께서 내 몸에 가시를 주셨습니다.
그것은 사탄의 하수인으로,
나를 줄곧 찔러 대 내가 자만하지 못하게 하시려는 것이었습니다.
8 이 일과 관련하여, 나는 그것이 나에게서 떠나게 해 주십사고
주님께 세 번이나 청하였습니다.
9 그러나 주님께서는, “너는 내 은총을 넉넉히 받았다.
나의 힘은 약한 데에서 완전히 드러난다.” 하고 말씀하셨습니다.
그렇기 때문에 나는 그리스도의 힘이 나에게 머무를 수 있도록
더없이 기쁘게 나의 약점을 자랑하렵니다.
10 나는 그리스도를 위해서라면
약함도 모욕도 재난도 박해도 역경도 달갑게 여깁니다.
내가 약할 때에 오히려 강하기 때문입니다.
복음
<내일을 걱정하지 마라.>
마태오. 6,24-34
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
24 “아무도 두 주인을 섬길 수 없다.
한쪽은 미워하고 다른 쪽은 사랑하며,
한쪽은 떠받들고 다른 쪽은 업신여기게 된다.
너희는 하느님과 재물을 함께 섬길 수 없다.
25 그러므로 내가 너희에게 말한다.
목숨을 부지하려고 무엇을 먹을까, 무엇을 마실까,
또 몸을 보호하려고 무엇을 입을까 걱정하지 마라.
목숨이 음식보다 소중하고 몸이 옷보다 소중하지 않으냐?
26 하늘의 새들을 눈여겨보아라.
그것들은 씨를 뿌리지도 않고 거두지도 않을 뿐만 아니라
곳간에 모아들이지도 않는다.
그러나 하늘의 너희 아버지께서는 그것들을 먹여 주신다.
너희는 그것들보다 더 귀하지 않으냐?
27 너희 가운데 누가 걱정한다고 해서
자기 수명을 조금이라도 늘릴 수 있느냐?
28 그리고 너희는 왜 옷 걱정을 하느냐?
들에 핀 나리꽃들이 어떻게 자라는지 지켜보아라.
그것들은 애쓰지도 않고 길쌈도 하지 않는다.
29 그러나 내가 너희에게 말한다.
솔로몬도 그 온갖 영화 속에서 이 꽃 하나만큼 차려입지 못하였다.
30 오늘 서 있다가도 내일이면 아궁이에 던져질 들풀까지
하느님께서 이처럼 입히시거든,
너희야 훨씬 더 잘 입히시지 않겠느냐?
이 믿음이 약한 자들아!
31 그러므로 너희는 ‘무엇을 먹을까?’, ‘무엇을 마실까?’,
‘무엇을 차려입을까?’ 하며 걱정하지 마라.
32 이런 것들은 모두 다른 민족들이 애써 찾는 것이다.
하늘의 너희 아버지께서는 이 모든 것이 너희에게 필요함을 아신다.
33 너희는 먼저 하느님의 나라와 그분의 의로움을 찾아라.
그러면 이 모든 것도 곁들여 받게 될 것이다.
34 그러므로 내일을 걱정하지 마라.
내일 걱정은 내일이 할 것이다.
그날 고생은 그날로 충분하다.”
June 19, 2021
Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
2 Cor 12:1-10
Brothers and sisters:
I must boast; not that it is profitable,
but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
I know a man in Christ who, fourteen years ago
(whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows),
was caught up to the third heaven.
And I know that this man
(whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows)
was caught up into Paradise and heard ineffable things,
which no one may utter.
About this man I will boast,
but about myself I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.
Although if I should wish to boast, I would not be foolish,
for I would be telling the truth.
But I refrain, so that no one may think more of me
than what he sees in me or hears from me
because of the abundance of the revelations.
Therefore, that I might not become too elated,
a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan,
to beat me, to keep me from being too elated.
Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me,
but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you,
for power is made perfect in weakness.”
I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses,
in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me.
Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults,
hardships, persecutions, and constraints,
for the sake of Christ;
for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (9a) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
The angel of the LORD encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Taste and see how good the LORD is;
blessed the man who takes refuge in him.
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Fear the LORD, you his holy ones,
for nought is lacking to those who fear him.
The great grow poor and hungry;
but those who seek the LORD want for no good thing.
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Come, children, hear me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Which of you desires life,
and takes delight in prosperous days?
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“No one can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other,
or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or drink,
or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds in the sky;
they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns,
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are not you more important than they?
Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?
Why are you anxious about clothes?
Learn from the way the wild flowers grow.
They do not work or spin.
But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor
was clothed like one of them.
If God so clothes the grass of the field,
which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow,
will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’
or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’
All these things the pagans seek.
Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given you besides.
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself.
Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
The gospel in today’s gives us a familiar phrase:
No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other.
While I had certainly heard this phrase before, somehow, I didn’t remember it in this context. I have often thought of this but the pull in two directions for me was not the world vs God, rather family vs everything else. It seems that so many things act against maintaining a solid family. We work hard to provide the basics for our family and to have some “extras.” Oftentimes that hard work means that more time for work and less time for family and leads to much frustration. I remember making a decision as a single mom worried about finances with just my teaching nursing — a decision that would be life-changing. I joined the Army Reserves – a decision that at the time seemed very safe for immediate future with the possibility of long-term benefits. As I raised my hand in October 1986, I never imagined what could happen in August 1990. The invasion of Kuwait rocked my world and put (at least in my eyes) my family in peril. I remember praying more than ever before every day – attending daily mass at 0630 with my 11-year-old who was sleepy but determined to go with me daily and pray her heart out – and freely distributing Saint Jude cards to anyone who would take one and asking for prayers. Perhaps that should have been a big clue about which Master I needed to be directing my energy toward.
Miraculously, I was not deployed although about one-third of my unit was sent. I have no doubt my prayers were answered. Yet, I was still not attuned enough to search at that time as to find the right Master. I was still at it, working hard and perhaps believing I was in control of my life. It was not until about seven years later that I realized that no matter what was happening in my professional life or even in my personal life, there was an emptiness. Clearly, my Masters were not leading me in the right direction. I remember telling a colleague and friend that I was soul weary – I could find physical rest and even emotional rest, but my soul was tired. I longed for the spark that burned when I was younger, the spark I felt when I did mission trips to the Dominican Republic with ILAC. My friend suggested I go to Sacred Heart Church in Omaha – from the first moment I attended the music captured my heart and the rest is history. I found what could penetrate and revive my soul - I found (and still find) that my true Master speaks to me through music. Now you know why I try to include a song link with every reflection. The fact that about eight months later I met my husband there also points out the plans my Master had for me.
One of the many songs that captured my heart at Sacred Heart was Precious Lord sung by their gospel choir. It was written in the 1930’s by a Rev Thomas Dorsey when his wife and child both died in childbirth. I never thought I would be including a link to Elvis Presley – however, it was the most beautiful verse I found!!
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
LIFE-STYLE AND DEATH-STYLE
“Stop worrying, then, over questions like, ‘What are we to eat, or what are we to drink, or what are we to wear?’ ” —Matthew 6:31
Because many of us are so affluent, we don’t worry about food, drink, or clothes. Instead we worry about retirement, inflation, and investments. We are more like Solomon than like the “lilies of the fields” (see Mt 6:28-29). Trusting in the Lord as the birds do is “for the birds,” as far as we’re concerned (see Mt 6:26).
Because of our self-seeking, pleasure-seeking lifestyle, we regard the Bible and especially the Sermon on the Mount as archaic and impractical. Our lifestyle is putting us out of touch with God’s Word and God Himself, and therefore putting us out of touch with reality. We are following in the footsteps of the Esaus and Judases of all times who tried to gain their lives and thereby lost them (Lk 9:24), selling our birthright for a petty pleasure (see Gn 25:33-34) or even for thirty pieces of silver (see Mt 26:15). We refuse to admit our sin, because we are blinded by the god of the present age (2 Cor 4:4). Our lifestyle has become our death-style.
“I declare and solemnly attest in the Lord that you must no longer live as the pagans do” (Eph 4:17). “You have devoted enough time to what the pagans enjoy” (1 Pt 4:3).
Prayer: Father, may I have no love for the worldly lifestyle that ignores You (1 Jn 2:15). May I love You with all my heart.
Promise: “For when I am powerless, it is then that I am strong.” —2 Cor 12:10
Praise: After seeing his father kill a man in a duel, St. Romuald turned his back on a life of worldliness to enter a monastery and eventually started other monasteries.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
What does the expression "serving two masters" and "being anxious" have in common? They both have the same root problem - being divided within oneself. The root word for "anxiety" literally means "being of two minds." An anxious person is often "tossed to and fro" and paralyzed by fear, indecision, and insecurity. Fear of some bad outcome cripples those afflicted with anxiety. It's also the case with someone who wants to live in two opposing kingdoms - God's kingdom of light, truth, and goodness or Satan's kingdom of darkness, sin, and deception - following God's standards and way of happiness or following the world's standards of success and happiness.
Who is the master of your life?
Who is the master in charge of your life? Our "master" is whatever governs our thought-life, shapes our ideals, and controls the desires of our heart and the values we choose to live by. We can be ruled by many different things - the love of money and possessions, the power of position and prestige, the glamor of wealth and fame, and the driving force of unruly passions, harmful desires, and addictive cravings. Ultimately the choice of who is our master boils down to two: God or "mammon". What is mammon? "Mammon" stands for "material wealth" or "possessions" or whatever tends to control our appetites and desires.
The antidote to fear, pride, and greed
There is one master alone who has the power to set us free from slavery to sin, fear, pride, and greed, and a host of other hurtful desires. That master is the Lord Jesus Christ who alone can save us from all that would keep us bound up in fear and anxiety. Jesus used an illustration from nature - the birds and the flowers - to show how God provides for his creatures in the natural order of his creation. God provides ample food, water, light, and heat to sustain all that lives and breathes. How much more can we, who are created in the very image and likeness of God, expect our heavenly Father and creator to sustain not only our physical bodies, but our mind, heart, and soul as well? God our Father is utterly reliable because it is his nature to love, heal, forgive, and make whole again.
Jesus - our daily bread
Jesus taught his disciples to pray with confidence to their heavenly Father: Give us this day our daily bread. What is bread, but the very staple of life and symbol of all that we need to live and grow. Anxiety is neither helpful nor necessary. It robs us of faith and confidence in God's help and it saps our energy for doing good. Jesus admonishes his followers to put away anxiety and preoccupation with material things and instead to seek first the things of God - his kingdom and righteousness. Anxiety robs the heart of trust in the mercy and goodness of God and in his loving care for us. God knows our needs even before we ask and he gives generously to those who trust in him. Who is your master - God or mammon?
Lord Jesus, free me from needless worries and help me to put my trust in you. May my first and only concern be for your glory and your kingdom of peace and righteousness. Help me to live each day and moment with trust and gratitude for your providential care for me.
Psalm 62:1-2,5-8
1 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
2 He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly moved.
5 For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
7 On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. [Selah]
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The value of life, by John Chrysostom, 547-407 A.D.
"Note the acceleration of images: just when the lilies are decked out, he no longer calls them lilies but 'grass of the field' (Matthew 6:30 ). He then points further to their vulnerable condition by saying 'which are here today.' Then he does not merely say 'and not tomorrow' but rather more callously 'cast into the oven.' These creatures are not merely 'clothed but 'so clothed' in this way as to be later brought to nothing. Do you see how Jesus everywhere abounds in amplifications and intensifications? And he does so in order to press his points home. So then he adds, 'Will he not much more clothe you?' The force of the emphasis is on 'you' to indicate covertly how great is the value set upon your personal existence and the concern God shows for you in particular. It is as though he were saying, 'You, to whom he gave a soul, for whom he fashioned a body, for whose sake he made everything in creation, for whose sake he sent prophets, and gave the law, and wrought those innumerable good works, and for whose sake he gave up his only begotten Son.'" (excerpt from THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 22.1)
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