July 25, 2021 Seventeenth Sunday in ordinary Time

2021년 7월 25일 연중 제17주일 

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제1독서

<먹고도 남을 것이다.>

열왕기 하. 4,42-44
 그 무렵 42 어떤 사람이 바알 살리사에서 왔다.

그는 맏물로 만든 보리 빵 스무 개와 햇곡식 이삭을 자루에 담아,
하느님의 사람에게 가져왔다.
엘리사는 “이 군중이 먹도록 나누어 주어라.” 하고 일렀다.
43 그러나 그의 시종은
“이것을 어떻게 백 명이나 되는 사람들 앞에
내놓을 수 있겠습니까?” 하고 물었다.
엘리사가 다시 말하였다. “이 군중이 먹도록 나누어 주어라.
주님께서 이들이 먹고도 남을 것이라고 말씀하셨다.”
44 그리하여 그것을 사람들에게 내놓으니,
과연 주님의 말씀대로 그들이 먹고도 남았다.

  

제2독서

<그리스도의 몸은 하나입니다. 주님도 한 분이시고 믿음도 하나이며 세례도 하나입니다.>

에페소서. 4,1-6
 형제 여러분, 1 주님 안에서 수인이 된 내가 여러분에게 권고합니다.

여러분이 받은 부르심에 합당하게 살아가십시오.
2 겸손과 온유를 다하고, 인내심을 가지고 사랑으로 서로 참아 주며,
3 성령께서 평화의 끈으로 이루어 주신 일치를 보존하도록 애쓰십시오.
4 하느님께서 여러분을 부르실 때에 하나의 희망을 주신 것처럼,
그리스도의 몸도 하나이고 성령도 한 분이십니다.
5 주님도 한 분이시고 믿음도 하나이며 세례도 하나이고,
6 만물의 아버지이신 하느님도 한 분이십니다.
그분은 만물 위에, 만물을 통하여, 만물 안에 계십니다.

 

복음

<예수님께서는 자리를 잡은 이들에게 원하는 대로 나누어 주셨다.>

요한. 6,1-15
 그때에 1 예수님께서 갈릴래아 호수 곧 티베리아스 호수 건너편으로 가셨는데,

2 많은 군중이 그분을 따라갔다.
그분께서 병자들에게 일으키신 표징들을 보았기 때문이다.
3 예수님께서는 산에 오르시어 제자들과 함께 그곳에 앉으셨다.
4 마침 유다인들의 축제인 파스카가 가까운 때였다.
5 예수님께서는 눈을 드시어 많은 군중이 당신께 오는 것을 보시고 필립보에게,
“저 사람들이 먹을 빵을 우리가 어디에서 살 수 있겠느냐?” 하고 물으셨다.
6 이는 필립보를 시험해 보려고 하신 말씀이다.
그분께서는 당신이 하시려는 일을 이미 잘 알고 계셨다.
7 필립보가 예수님께 대답하였다.
“저마다 조금씩이라도 받아 먹게 하자면
이백 데나리온어치 빵으로도 충분하지 않겠습니다.”
8 그때에 제자들 가운데 하나인
시몬 베드로의 동생 안드레아가 예수님께 말하였다.
9 “여기 보리 빵 다섯 개와 물고기 두 마리를 가진 아이가 있습니다만,
저렇게 많은 사람에게 이것이 무슨 소용이 있겠습니까?”
10 그러자 예수님께서 “사람들을 자리 잡게 하여라.” 하고 이르셨다.
그곳에는 풀이 많았다.
그리하여 사람들이 자리를 잡았는데, 장정만도 그 수가 오천 명쯤 되었다.
11 예수님께서는 빵을 손에 들고 감사를 드리신 다음,
자리를 잡은 이들에게 나누어 주셨다.
물고기도 그렇게 하시어 사람들이 원하는 대로 주셨다.
12 그들이 배불리 먹은 다음에 예수님께서는 제자들에게,
“버려지는 것이 없도록 남은 조각을 모아라.” 하고 말씀하셨다.
13 그래서 그들이 모았더니,
사람들이 보리 빵 다섯 개를 먹고 남긴 조각으로 열두 광주리가 가득 찼다.
14 사람들은 예수님께서 일으키신 표징을 보고,
“이분은 정말 세상에 오시기로 되어 있는 그 예언자시다.” 하고 말하였다.
15 예수님께서는 그들이 와서 당신을 억지로 모셔다가
임금으로 삼으려 한다는 것을 아시고, 혼자서 다시 산으로 물러가셨다.

July 25, 2021  

Seventeenth Sunday in ordinary Time

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1 

2 Kgs 4:42-44

A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing to Elisha, the man of God,
twenty barley loaves made from the first fruits,
and fresh grain in the ear. 
Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.” 
But his servant objected,
“How can I set this before a hundred people?” 
Elisha insisted, “Give it to the people to eat.” 
“For thus says the LORD,
‘They shall eat and there shall be some left over.’” 
And when they had eaten, there was some left over,
as the LORD had said.

Responsorial Psalm 

Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18

R. (cf. 16) The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom
and speak of your might.
R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
The eyes of all look hopefully to you,
and you give them their food in due season;
you open your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
The LORD is just in all his ways
and holy in all his works.
The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
to all who call upon him in truth.
R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.

Reading

 2 Eph 4:1-6

Brothers and sisters:
I, a prisoner for the Lord,
urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience,
bearing with one another through love,
striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace:
one body and one Spirit,
as you were also called to the one hope of your call;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in all.
 

Alleluia

 Lk 7:16

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
A great prophet has arisen in our midst.
God has visited his people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
 

Gospel

 Jn 6:1-15

Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. 
A large crowd followed him,
because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. 
Jesus went up on the mountain,
and there he sat down with his disciples. 
The Jewish feast of Passover was near. 
When Jesus raised his eyes
and saw that a large crowd was coming to him,
he said to Philip,
“Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” 
He said this to test him,
because he himself knew what he was going to do. 
Philip answered him,
“Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough
for each of them to have a little.” 
One of his disciples,
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him,
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish;
but what good are these for so many?” 
Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” 
Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. 
So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. 
Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks,
and distributed them to those who were reclining,
and also as much of the fish as they wanted. 
When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples,
“Gather the fragments left over,
so that nothing will be wasted.” 
So they collected them,
and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments 
from the five barley loaves
that had been more than they could eat. 
When the people saw the sign he had done, they said,
“This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” 
Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off
to make him king,
he withdrew again to the mountain alone.

http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html

 In today’s Gospel reading from John about the multiplication of the loaves, Jesus was acutely aware that the crowd gathered to hear him speak needed to be fed. He even tested Philip, asking him where they might buy enough food to feed everyone. And then Andrew proffered, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?”

We all know how the story ends. “And indeed it came to pass as there was more food in the baskets in the end than before they started passing them through the crowd.” But how was that possible? Was the endless multiplication of the fish and five barley loaves the only miracle on the hillside that day, or was there another miracle?

John does not tell us what Jesus’ sermon was about that day, but one might be safe in assuming “love” and “respect and concern for each other” – two constants in the message of the Gospels – may well have been the theme of his talk.

Close your eyes and consider this: After the multitude heard such a message, and as the baskets of loaves and fish were being passed, could those who were wise enough to have brought some food with them been so moved by Jesus’ message of love and compassion that they decided that in addition to taking a little out of the basket, they would also put a little bit back into the basket, so those less fortunate could have something to eat? If true, then that, too, was a miracle. Perhaps rather than creating an endless supply of bread and fish, Jesus taught the assembled multitude to love and to have faith in each other, and convinced them that even if they shared what meager food they had, their own needs would still be met.

The same message Jesus gave to the multitude that day, about generosity and giving without counting the cost (as I have imagined today in my reflection), is one we hear today. But are we listening? Are we willing to share what we have with the poor and needy, or do we think that one person will miraculously appear and satisfy the needs of those less fortunate? Are we willing to help fill the baskets of the food pantry when called upon or share our earnings when the basket is passed in church?

Just think what a miracle it would be if we, like the masses assembled on the hillside, put in a little bit more then we took out, gave a little bit more of ourselves to those we love than we expected in return. Isn’t that what we as Christians are called to do?

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MULTIPLICATION TABLE

“How can I set this before a hundred men?” —2 Kings 4:43

Many times, what we have to offer seems so inadequate. We may only have a couple free hours a week. So how can we renew the Church? We may be confined to home. Our main contact with people is by phone. Under these circumstances, how can we make disciples of all nations? (Mt 28:19) We have five dollars to give, but the church needs $100,000 to shelter the homeless. What good is five dollars?

We often find ourselves in the same situation as Jesus when He found Himself with five loaves, two fish, and fifteen to twenty thousand people to feed (Jn 6:9). Perhaps we don’t need food multiplied as much as time, energy, and money multiplied. We need Jesus’ multiplication miracle daily to change our inadequacy into His sufficiency. Jesus works this miracle daily in the Mass. Because of this, the early Church called the Mass “breaking of the bread” (see Acts 2:42).  When Jesus breaks bread, our little lives are multiplied to transform the world.

Prayer:  Jesus, I give You all of my little life. Multiply it.

Promise:  “Make every effort to preserve the unity which has the Spirit as its origin and peace as its binding force.” —Eph 4:3

Praise:  “Indeed, God calls even the body to resurrection, and promises it everlasting life” (St. Justin Martyr, Second Century). Praise You, risen Jesus, for inspiring our greatest saints!

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 Can anything on this earth truly satisfy the deepest longing and hunger we experience for God? A great multitude had gathered to hear Jesus, no doubt because they were hungry for the word of life. Jesus' disciples wanted to send them away at the end of the day because they did not have the resources to feed them. They even complained how much money it would take to feed such a large crowd - at least six month's wages! Jesus, the Bread of Life, took the little they had - five loaves and two fish - and giving thanks to his heavenly Father, distributed to all until they were satisfied of their hunger.

Jesus is the true bread from heaven that gives us abundant life
The people of Israel had been waiting for the prophet whom Moses had promised: The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren - him shall you heed (Deuteronomy 18:15). The signs which Jesus did, including the miraculous feeding of the five thousand signified that God has indeed sent him as the anointed Prophet and King. Jesus' feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle that is repeated in all four Gospel accounts. What is the significance of this particular miracle? The miraculous feeding of such a great multitude pointed to God's provision of manna in the wilderness for the people of Israel under Moses' leadership (Exodus 16). This daily provision of food in the barren wilderness foreshadowed the true heavenly bread which Jesus would offer his followers.

The food that makes us live for ever in Jesus Christ
Jesus makes a claim which only God can make: He is the true bread of heaven that can satisfy the deepest hunger we experience. The sign of the multiplication of the loaves when the Lord says the blessing, breaks, and distributes through his disciples prefigures the superabundance of the unique bread of his Eucharist or Lord's Supper. When we receive from the Lord's table we unite ourselves to Jesus Christ, who makes us sharers in his body and blood. Ignatius of Antioch (35-107 A.D.) calls it the "one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for death, and the food that makes us live for ever in Jesus Christ" (Ad Eph. 20,2). This supernatural food is healing for both body and soul and strength for our journey heavenward.

When you approach the Table of the Lord, what do you expect to receive? Healing, pardon, comfort, and rest for your soul? The Lord has much more for us, more than we can ask or imagine. The principal fruit of receiving the Eucharist at the Lord's Table is an intimate union with Jesus Christ, our Divine Healer and Savior. As bodily nourishment restores lost strength, so the Eucharist strengthens us in charity and enables us to break with disordered attachments to creatures and to be more firmly rooted in the love of Christ. Do you hunger for the "bread of life"?

The Lord alone can satisfy the deepest longing of our heart
The feeding of the five thousand shows the remarkable generosity of God and his great kindness towards us. When God gives, he gives abundantly. He gives more than we need for ourselves so that we may have something to share with others, especially those who lack what they need. God takes the little we have and multiplies it for the good of others. Do you trust in God's provision for you and do you share freely with others, especially those who are in need?

Lord Jesus, you satisfy the deepest longing of our heart and you feed us with the finest of wheat (Psalm 81:16). Fill me with gratitude and give me a generous heart that I may freely share with others what you have given to me.

Psalm 145:10-13,17-18

10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!
11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, and tell of your power,
12 to make known to the sons of men your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds.
17 The LORD is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings.
18 The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: God enables us, by Leo the Great, 400-461 A.D.

"In rendering service to the grace of God, we are not only made subject to our King through obedience but are even joined to him through the will. If we are of one mind with him (willing what he wills, disapproving of what he disapproves), he himself will bring us victory in all our battles. He who has given the 'will' will bestow also the ability. In this way can we 'cooperate' with his works, speaking that prophetic utterance in the exultation of faith: 'The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?'" (excerpt from Sermon 26,4,2)

 

 

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