July 15, 2021 Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

2021년 7월 15일 연중 제15주간 목요일  

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제1독서

<나는 있는 나다. ‘있는 나’께서 나를 너희에게 보내셨다.>

탈출기. 3,13-20
 그 무렵 떨기나무 한가운데에서

주님의 목소리를 들은 13 모세가 하느님께 아뢰었다.
“제가 이스라엘 자손들에게 가서,
‘너희 조상들의 하느님께서 나를 너희에게 보내셨다.’ 하고 말하면,
그들이 저에게 ‘그분 이름이 무엇이오?’ 하고 물을 터인데,
제가 그들에게 무엇이라고 대답해야 하겠습니까?”
14 하느님께서 모세에게 “나는 있는 나다.” 하고 대답하시고,
이어서 말씀하셨다.
“너는 이스라엘 자손들에게 ‘′있는 나′께서 나를 너희에게 보내셨다.’ 하여라.”
15 하느님께서 다시 모세에게 말씀하셨다.
“너는 이스라엘 자손들에게,
‘너희 조상들의 하느님, 곧 아브라함의 하느님, 이사악의 하느님,
야곱의 하느님이신 야훼께서 나를 너희에게 보내셨다.’ 하여라.
이것이 영원히 불릴 나의 이름이며,
이것이 대대로 기릴 나의 칭호이다.
16 가서 이스라엘 원로들을 모아 놓고,
‘주 너희 조상들의 하느님, 곧 아브라함과 이사악과 야곱의 하느님께서
나에게 나타나 이렇게 말씀하셨다.’ 하고, 그들에게 말하여라.
‘나는 너희를 찾아가 너희가 이집트에서 겪고 있는 일을 살펴보았다.
17 그리하여 이집트에서 겪는 고난에서 너희를 끌어내어,
가나안족과 히타이트족과 아모리족과
프리즈족과 히위족과 여부스족이 사는 땅,
곧 젖과 꿀이 흐르는 땅으로 데리고 올라가기로 작정하였다.’
18 그러면 그들이 너의 말을 들을 것이다.
너는 이스라엘의 원로들과 함께 이집트 임금에게 가서,
‘주 히브리인들의 하느님께서 저희에게 나타나셨습니다.
그러니 이제 저희가 광야로 사흘 길을 걸어가,
주 저희 하느님께 제사를 드릴 수 있도록 허락해 주십시오.’ 하고 말하여라.
19 그러나 강한 손으로 몰아세우지 않는 한,
이집트 임금은 너희를 내보내지 않으리라는 것을 나는 안다.
20 그러므로 나는 손을 내뻗어
이집트에서 온갖 이적을 일으켜 그 나라를 치겠다.
그런 뒤에야 그가 너희를 내보낼 것이다.”

복음

<나는 마음이 온유하고 겸손하다.>

마태오. 11,28-30
그때에 예수님께서 말씀하셨다.
28 “고생하며 무거운 짐을 진 너희는 모두 나에게 오너라.
내가 너희에게 안식을 주겠다.
29 나는 마음이 온유하고 겸손하니 내 멍에를 메고 나에게 배워라.
그러면 너희가 안식을 얻을 것이다.
30 정녕 내 멍에는 편하고 내 짐은 가볍다.”

July 15, 2021

Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time 

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Ex 3:13-20
Moses, hearing the voice of the LORD from the burning bush, said to him,
“When I go to the children of Israel and say to them,
‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’
if they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what am I to tell them?”
God replied, “I am who am.”
Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel:
I AM sent me to you.”

God spoke further to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the children of Israel:
The LORD, the God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob,
has sent me to you.

“This is my name forever;
this my title for all generations.

“Go and assemble the elders of Israel, and tell them: 
The LORD, the God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
has appeared to me and said:
I am concerned about you
and about the way you are being treated in Egypt;
so I have decided to lead you up out of the misery of Egypt
into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, 
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,
a land flowing with milk and honey.

“Thus they will heed your message. 
Then you and the elders of Israel
shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him:
“The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent us word.
Permit us, then, to go a three-days’ journey in the desert,
that we may offer sacrifice to the LORD, our God.

“Yet I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go
unless he is forced.
I will stretch out my hand, therefore,
and smite Egypt by doing all kinds of wondrous deeds there.
After that he will send you away.”

Responsorial Psalm

105:1 and 5, 8-9, 24-25, 26-27

R. (8a) The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name;
make known among the nations his deeds.
Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,
his portents, and the judgments he has uttered. 
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He remembers forever his covenant
which he made binding for a thousand generationsB
Which he entered into with Abraham
and by his oath to Isaac. 
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He greatly increased his people
and made them stronger than their foes,
Whose hearts he changed, so that they hated his people,
and dealt deceitfully with his servants.
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He sent Moses his servant;
Aaron, whom he had chosen.
They wrought his signs among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Gospel

Mt 11:28-30

Jesus said:
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

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 “Worried? Trust in Jesus.” The billboard sign loomed above the highway, displaying a man’s face buried in his hands with a 1-800 number to call. As I drove by, I thought to myself, “This isn’t religion. This is therapeutic psychology!” Today’s lectionary readings make me reconsider my hasty dismissal.

For the God revealed today is very much concerned with our burdens. This is a God who sees and hears the cries of the children of Israel in slavery, and who sends Moses down to Egypt to be a messenger and mediator of divine liberation. This is a God who comes to us in Jesus Christ, the Son of Man who offers much-needed rest to the laboring and the struggling. It is no wonder that the Christian gospel has always resonated most among the poor, the vulnerable, and the beat-down inhabitants of our suffering world.

There is one important caveat, though. The billboard Jesus can border on a “slot machine God.” Worried? Call this number, and God will fix it. But the God of Exodus reminds us that prayer is never quite so tidy. In the ancient world, naming something implied control over it. YHWH makes it clear in Exodus that things don’t work that way with him. God identifies as I AM WHO AM, the One who exists before all else, and the One who will exist long after I am not. Our God is not a pagan deity that I invoke to do my bidding. God will act on God’s terms and in God’s time.

God cares deeply for God’s people. Yet we do not control God, nor do we control our future. In today’s gospel, Jesus offers us a chance to let go of our illusion of control, exercising a healthy detachment from the anxieties and worries that can tyrannize our thoughts. We entrust ourselves not to a certain future, but to a loving and liberating God who will remember his covenant forever.    

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NOTHING BUT JESUS

“I am concerned about you.” —Exodus 3:16

The proof to show Moses that he was sent by God was that, after Moses brought the people out of Egypt, they would worship on Mount Horeb (Ex 3:12). A proof after the fact is not a very good proof by human standards. Moses realized this and asked for another assurance, for God to reveal His name. With this, Moses could name for the people the One Who had sent him. “God replied, ‘I Am Who Am.’ Then He added, ‘This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you’ ” (Ex 3:14). This also was less than ideal. If you go up to people and say, “I AM sent me to you,” do you think they’ll understand what you’re saying?

In effect, the Lord sent Moses to Egypt with nothing but faith. Even Moses’ miraculous staff wasn’t that much help because the Egyptian magicians could perform the same signs. The key to power in ministry is not having a few things to fall back on but having nothing to fall back on. When Jesus sent the apostles out for ministry, He set them up by giving them nothing and taking away the little they had. He told them: “Take nothing for the journey, neither walking staff nor traveling bag; no bread, no money” (Lk 9:3). Jesus is still trying to leave His workers with nothing but faith in Him. Will you accept this?

Prayer:  Jesus, “give me only Your love and Your grace. That’s enough for me” (A Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola).

Promise:  “Your souls will find rest, for My yoke is easy and My burden light.” —Mt 11:29-30

Praise:  In a concrete example of the communion of saints, St. Bonaventure wrote a biography of St. Francis of Assisi. Bonaventure also helped reform and reorganize the Franciscan order.

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 What does the yoke of Jesus refer to in the Gospel? The Jews used the image of a yoke to express submission to God. They spoke of the yoke of the law, the yoke of the commandments, the yoke of the kingdom, and the yoke of God. Jesus says his yoke is "easy". The Greek word for "easy" can also mean "well-fitting". Yokes were tailor-made to fit the oxen well. Oxen were yoked two by two. Jesus invites us to be yoked with him, to unite our life with his life, our will with his will, and our heart with his heart. To be yoked with Jesus is to be united with him in a relationship of love, trust, and obedience.

Jesus carries our burdens with us
Jesus also says his "burden is light". There's a story of a man who once met a boy carrying a smaller crippled lad on his back. "That's a heavy load you are carrying there," exclaimed the man. "He ain't heavy; he's my brother!" responded the boy. No burden is too heavy when it's given in love and carried in love. When we yoke our lives with Jesus, he also carries our burdens with us and gives us his strength to follow in his way of love. Do you know the joy of resting in Jesus' presence and walking daily with him along the path he has for you?

Freed from the burden of sin and guilt
Jesus offers us a new kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy. In his kingdom sins are not only forgiven but removed, and eternal life is poured out for all its citizens. This is not a political kingdom, but a spiritual one. The yoke of Christ's kingdom, his kingly rule and way of life, liberates us from the burden of guilt and from the oppression of sinful habits and hurtful desires. Only Jesus can lift the burden of sin and the weight of hopelessness from us. Jesus used the analogy of a yoke to explain how we can exchange the burden of sin and despair for a weight of glory and victory with him. The yoke which Jesus invites us to embrace is his way of love, grace, and freedom from the power of sin. Do you trust in God's love and submit to his will and plan for your life?

Lord Jesus, inflame my heart with love for you and for your ways and help me to exchange the yoke of rebellion for the yoke of submission to your holy and loving word. Set me free from the folly of my own sinful ignorance and rebellious pride that I may wholly desire what is good and in accord with your will.

Psalm 105:1-2,5,8-9,24-27

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!
5 Remember the wonderful works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered
8 He is mindful of his covenant for ever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac
24 And the LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them stronger than their foes.
25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 They wrought his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Grace bear us, by an anonymous early author from the Greek church

"'My yoke is easy and my burden light.' ... The prophet says this about the burden of sinners: 'Because my iniquities lie on top of my head, so they have also placed a heavy burden on me' (Psalm 38:4)' ...'Place my yoke upon you, and learn from me that I am gentle and humble of heart.' Oh, what a very pleasing weight that strengthens even more those who carry it! For the weight of earthly masters gradually destroys the strength of their servants, but the weight of Christ rather helps the one who bears it, because we do not bear grace; grace bears us. It is not for us to help grace, but rather grace has been given to aid us.' (excerpt from INCOMPLETE WORK ON MATTHEW, HOMILY, the Greek fathers).

 

 

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