July 10, 2021 Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

2021년 7월 10일 연중 제14주간 토요일  



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제1독서

<하느님께서는 반드시 여러분을 찾아오셔서 그 땅으로 데리고 올라가실 것입니다.>

창세기. 49,29-31.33; 50,15-26ㄱ
 그 무렵 29 야곱이 아들들에게 분부하였다.

“나는 이제 선조들 곁으로 간다.
나를 히타이트 사람 에프론의 밭에 있는 동굴에 조상들과 함께 묻어 다오.
30 그 동굴은 가나안 땅 마므레 맞은쪽 막펠라 밭에 있는 것으로,
아브라함께서 그 밭을 히타이트 사람 에프론에게서 묘지로 사 두셨다.
31 그곳에 아브라함과 그분의 아내 사라께서 묻히셨고,
그곳에 이사악과 그분의 아내 레베카께서 묻히셨다.
나도 레아를 그곳에 묻었다.”
33 야곱은 자기 아들들에게 분부하고 나서,
다리를 다시 침상 위로 올린 뒤, 숨을 거두고 선조들 곁으로 갔다.
50,15 요셉의 형들은 아버지가 돌아가신 것을 보고,
“요셉이 우리에게 적개심을 품고,
우리가 그에게 저지른 모든 악을 되갚을지도 모르지.” 하면서,
16 요셉에게 말을 전하게 하였다.
“아우님의 아버지께서 돌아가시기 전에 이렇게 분부하셨네.
17 ‘너희는 요셉에게 이렇게 전하여라. ′너의 형들이 네게 악을 저질렀지만,
제발 형들의 잘못과 죄악을 용서해 주어라.′’
그러니 아우님은 그대 아버지의 하느님의 이 종들이 저지른 잘못을 용서해 주게.”
요셉은 그들이 자기에게 이렇게 말한 것을 듣고 울었다.
18 이어 요셉의 형제들도 직접 와서 그 앞에 엎드려 말하였다.
“이제 우리는 아우님의 종들일세.”
19 그러자 요셉이 그들에게 대답하였다.
“두려워하지들 마십시오. 내가 하느님의 자리에라도 있다는 말입니까?
20 형님들은 나에게 악을 꾸몄지만, 하느님께서는 그것을 선으로 바꾸셨습니다.
그것은 오늘 그분께서 이루신 것처럼, 큰 백성을 살리시려는 것이었습니다.
21 그러니 이제 두려워하지들 마십시오.
내가 여러분과 여러분의 아이들을 부양하겠습니다.”
이렇게 요셉은 그들을 위로하며 다정하게 이야기하였다.
22 이렇게 해서 요셉과 그 아버지의 집안이 이집트에 자리 잡고 살게 되었다.
요셉은 백십 년을 살았다.
23 그러면서 요셉은 에프라임에게서 삼 대를 보았다.
므나쎄의 아들 마키르의 아들들도 태어나 요셉 무릎에 안겼다.
24 요셉이 자기 형제들에게 말하였다.
“나는 이제 죽습니다.
그러나 하느님께서는 반드시 여러분을 찾아오셔서,
여러분을 이 땅에서 이끌어 내시어
아브라함과 이사악과 야곱에게 맹세하신 땅으로 데리고 올라가실 것입니다.”
25 요셉은 이스라엘의 아들들에게 맹세하게 하면서 일렀다.
“하느님께서 반드시 여러분을 찾아오실 것입니다.
그때 여기서 내 유골을 가지고 올라가십시오.”
그러고 나서 26 요셉은 죽었다.

복음

<육신을 죽이는 자들을 두려워하지 마라.>

마태오. 10,24-33
 그때에 예수님께서 사도들에게 말씀하셨다.

24 “제자는 스승보다 높지 않고 종은 주인보다 높지 않다.
25 제자가 스승처럼 되고 종이 주인처럼 되는 것으로 충분하다.
사람들이 집주인을 베엘제불이라고 불렀다면,
그 집 식구들에게야 얼마나 더 심하게 하겠느냐?
26 그러니 너희는 그들을 두려워하지 마라.
숨겨진 것은 드러나기 마련이고 감추어진 것은 알려지기 마련이다.
27 내가 너희에게 어두운 데에서 말하는 것을
너희는 밝은 데에서 말하여라.
너희가 귓속말로 들은 것을 지붕 위에서 선포하여라.
28 육신은 죽여도 영혼은 죽이지 못하는 자들을 두려워하지 마라.
오히려 영혼도 육신도 지옥에서 멸망시키실 수 있는 분을 두려워하여라.
29 참새 두 마리가 한 닢에 팔리지 않느냐?
그러나 그 가운데 한 마리도
너희 아버지의 허락 없이는 땅에 떨어지지 않는다.
30 그분께서는 너희의 머리카락까지 다 세어 두셨다.
31 그러니 두려워하지 마라. 너희는 수많은 참새보다 더 귀하다.
32 그러므로 누구든지 사람들 앞에서 나를 안다고 증언하면,
나도 하늘에 계신 내 아버지 앞에서 그를 안다고 증언할 것이다.
33 그러나 누구든지 사람들 앞에서 나를 모른다고 하면,
나도 하늘에 계신 내 아버지 앞에서 그를 모른다고 할 것이다.”

July 10, 2021 

Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a
Jacob gave his sons this charge:
“Since I am about to be taken to my people,
bury me with my fathers in the cave that lies
in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
the cave in the field of Machpelah,
facing on Mamre, in the land of Canaan,
the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite
for a burial ground.
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried,
and so are Isaac and his wife Rebekah,
and there, too, I buried Leah–
the field and the cave in it
that had been purchased from the Hittites.”

Now that their father was dead,
Joseph’s brothers became fearful and thought,
“Suppose Joseph has been nursing a grudge against us
and now plans to pay us back in full for all the wrong we did him!”
So they approached Joseph and said:
“Before your father died, he gave us these instructions:
‘You shall say to Joseph, Jacob begs you
to forgive the criminal wrongdoing of your brothers,
who treated you so cruelly.’
Please, therefore, forgive the crime that we,
the servants of your father’s God, committed.”
When they spoke these words to him, Joseph broke into tears.
Then his brothers proceeded to fling themselves down before him
and said, “Let us be your slaves!”
But Joseph replied to them:
“Have no fear. Can I take the place of God?
Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good,
to achieve his present end, the survival of many people.
Therefore have no fear.
I will provide for you and for your children.”
By thus speaking kindly to them, he reassured them.

Joseph remained in Egypt, together with his father’s family.
He lived a hundred and ten years.
He saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation,
and the children of Manasseh’s son Machir
were also born on Joseph’s knees.

Joseph said to his brothers: “I am about to die.
God will surely take care of you and lead you out of this land to the land
that he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Then, putting the sons of Israel under oath, he continued,
“When God thus takes care of you,
you must bring my bones up with you from this place.”
Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten.

Responsorial Psalm

105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7

R. (see Psalm 69:33) Be glad you lowly ones; may your hearts be glad!
Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name;
make known among the nations his deeds.
Sing to him, sing his praise,
proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
R. Be glad you lowly ones; may your hearts be glad!
Glory in his holy name;
rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
Look to the LORD in his strength;
seek to serve him constantly.
R. Be glad you lowly ones; may your hearts be glad!
You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
R. Be glad you lowly ones; may your hearts be glad!

Gospel

Mt 10:24-33

Jesus said to his Apostles: 
“No disciple is above his teacher,
no slave above his master.
It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher,
for the slave that he become like his master.
If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul,
how much more those of his household!

“Therefore do not be afraid of them.
Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;
what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?
Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others,
I will deny before my heavenly Father.”

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This reflection is coming soon. Until then, this reflection from Steve Scholar is for these readings in 2013. “People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.” Was Jesus really telling us that if we let our hearts grow old and hard we will be no longer willing or able as Christians to face new, difficult problems and issues?  Are new “wineskins” critical so that we can continue to accept the love of Christ?  It could be. But old is so comfortable. The down at the heels shoes we wear when we walk to the mailbox on Saturday to pick up the mail or the old sweater that we put on when we come home from work to ward off the evening chill are often too dear to part with. Add to that the ingrained idea that we should get by with what we have so why should we even consider buying new. This is the challenge we face. If we refuse to allow our hearts to be filled with new ways to love others, be it those who have slighted us or new ways to reach out to those living on the margins of society, our wineskins will surely grow old and hard. Should that happen, then most assuredly the day will come when our hearts harden and we are no longer able to accept the call to love those who don’t love back and to forgive those who won’t forgive us.    By accepting the new challenges we face each day and letting them into our hearts is the best way for us to be assured that our faith will continue to grow. And, as we search for ways to love and to forgive those we once felt we never could, our hearts are no longer the dry old wineskins of Matthew’s reading, but rather the pliable one that can accept the tannic wine and with time, soften it so that it is ready to be enjoyed by all.

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A LIFE OF FALSE GUILT

“Now that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers became fearful.” —Genesis 50:15

Joseph’s brothers were fearful, guilt-ridden, and steeped in self-hatred. They flung themselves before Joseph and said: “Let us be your slaves!” (Gn 50:18) After they tried to murder Joseph and finally sold him into slavery, his brothers carried their burden of sin for nearly four decades.

Is there any sin of yours from many years ago that still upsets you? Do you have any sin for which you’ve received forgiveness from God but not from yourself? Have any perversions, especially past sexual sins, warped your self-image? It’s not unusual to be like Joseph’s brothers and spend a lifetime twisted and misshapen by guilt, even false guilt.

The way to freedom for us is to repent and go to Confession, if we haven’t already done so. Next we should ask others to lay hands on us and pray over us for healing. If this does not result in healing and freedom, there’s something wrong with our relationship with the Lord. We must turn our lives over to Him unreservedly. He Who is the Truth will set us free from all guilt.

Prayer:  Father, “thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me” (Ps 51:4).

Promise:  “Do not be afraid of anything.” —Mt 10:31

Praise:  George loves to sit quietly and talk over his day with God, his Father. A great peace washes over him during this time.

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 What does fear have to do with the kingdom of God? Fear is a powerful force. It can lead us to panic and flight or it can spur us to faith and action. The fear of God is the antidote to the fear of losing one's life. I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. O fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no want! Come, O sons, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord. (Psalm 34:4,9,11)

Godly fear - reverence for God
What is godly fear? It is reverence for the One who made us in love and who sustains us in mercy and kindness. The greatest injury or loss which we can experience is not physical but spiritual - the loss of one's soul to the power of hell (Matthew 10:28). A healthy fear (godly respect) and reverence for God leads to spiritual maturity, wisdom, and right judgment and it frees us from the tyranny of sinful pride, cowardice - especially in the face of evil, and spiritual deception. Do you trust in God's grace and mercy and do you obey his word?

When Jesus proclaimed the kingdom (reign) of God he met opposition and hostility. Many religious leaders opposed Jesus because they refused to believe that he was the Messiah (God's Anointed One) and that his authority and power came from God. They claimed his power came from Beelzebul - the prince of demons who is also called Satan or the devil. Jesus demonstrated the power of God's kingdom through his numerous signs and miracles and his power to set people free from Satan's harm and deception.

Choosing for God's kingdom
There are fundamentally only two kingdoms in opposition to one another - God's kingdom of light - his truth and righteousness (moral goodness) and Satan's kingdom of darkness - his power to deceive and tempt people to rebel and do what is wrong and evil. And there are no neutral parties - we are either for God's kingdom or against it. We either choose for Jesus and the kingdom he brings - God's rule of peace and righteousness, or we choose for the kingdom of this world which opposes God's truth and righteousness. That is why Jesus told his disciples that they must expect the same treatment of opposition and hostility if they accept him as their Lord (Messiah) and Master (Teacher).

There is both a warning and a privilege in Jesus' statement. Just as Jesus had to carry his cross to suffer and die for us, so every disciple of Christ must bear his or her own cross of suffering for Christ and not try to evade it. To suffer for the Christian faith is to share in the work of Jesus Christ. As one Christian hymn states: Lift high the Cross of Christ! Tread where his feet have trod. The Holy Spirit gives us supernatural power, freedom, and grace to live as disciples of Jesus Christ. Do you trust in God who gives us the strength and perseverance we need to follow his will and to embrace our cross each day for Jesus' sake?

Lord Jesus, it is my joy and privilege to be your disciple. Give me strength and courage to bear any hardship and suffering which may come my way in serving you and obeying your will. May I witness to others the joy of the Gospel - the good news of your kingdom of peace, joy, and righteousness.

Psalm 105:1-7

1 O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples!
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him, tell of all his wonderful works!
3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
4 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his presence continually!
5 Remember the wonderful works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
6 O offspring of Abraham his servant, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Do not bewail death - but sin, by Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)

"The gospel is life. Impiety and infidelity are the death of the soul. So then, if the soul can die, how then is it yet immortal? Because there is always a dimension of life in the soul that can never be extinguished. And how does it die? Not in ceasing to be life but by losing its proper life. For the soul is both life to something else, and it has it own proper life. Consider the order of the creatures. The soul is the life of the body. God is the life of the soul. As the life that is the soul is present with the body, that the body may not die, so the life of the soul (God) ought to be with the soul that it may not die."

"How does the body die? By the departure of the soul. I say, by the departure of the soul the body dies, and it lies there as a mere carcass, what was a little before a lively, not a contemptible, object. There are in it still its several members, the eyes and ears. But these are merely the windows of the house; its inhabitant is gone. Those who bewail the dead cry in vain at the windows of the house. There is no one there within it to hear... Why is the body dead? Because the soul, its life, is gone. But at what point is the soul itself dead? When God, its life, has forsaken it... This then we can know and hold for certain: the body is dead without the soul, and the soul is dead without God. Every one without God has a dead soul. You who bewail the dead rather should bewail sin. Bewail ungodliness. Bewail disbelief." (excerpt from SERMON 65.5-7)

 

 

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