2021년 7월 27일 연중 제17주간 화요일
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1독서
<주님께서는 모세와 얼굴을 마주하여 말씀하시곤 하였다.>
탈출기. 33,7-11; 34,5ㄴ-9.28
그 무렵 7 모세는 천막을 챙겨 진영 밖으로 나가
진영에서 멀리 떨어진 곳에 그것을 치곤 하였다.
모세는 그것을 만남의 천막이라 불렀다.
주님을 찾을 일이 생기면, 누구든지 진영 밖에 있는 만남의 천막으로 갔다.
8 모세가 천막으로 갈 때면, 온 백성은 일어나 저마다 자기 천막 어귀에 서서,
모세가 천막으로 들어갈 때까지 그 뒤를 지켜보았다.
9 모세가 천막으로 들어가면, 구름 기둥이 내려와 천막 어귀에 머무르고,
주님께서 모세와 말씀을 나누셨다.
10 구름 기둥이 천막 어귀에 머무르는 것을 보면,
온 백성은 일어나 저마다 자기 천막 어귀에서 경배하였다.
11 주님께서는 마치 사람이 자기 친구에게 말하듯,
모세와 얼굴을 마주하여 말씀하시곤 하였다.
모세가 진영으로 돌아온 뒤에도, 그의 젊은 시종,
눈의 아들 여호수아는 천막 안을 떠나지 않았다.
34,5 주님께서 모세와 함께 서시어, ‘야훼’라는 이름을 선포하셨다.
6 주님께서는 모세 앞을 지나가며 선포하셨다.
“주님은, 주님은 자비하고 너그러운 하느님이다.
분노에 더디고 자애와 진실이 충만하며
7 천대에 이르기까지 자애를 베풀고 죄악과 악행과 잘못을 용서한다.
그러나 벌하지 않은 채 내버려 두지 않고
조상들의 죄악을 아들 손자들을 거쳐 삼 대 사 대까지 벌한다.”
8 모세는 얼른 땅에 무릎을 꿇어 경배하며 9 아뢰었다.
“주님, 제가 정녕 당신 눈에 든다면, 주님께서 저희와 함께 가 주시기를 바랍니다.
이 백성이 목이 뻣뻣하기는 하지만, 저희 죄악과 저희 잘못을 용서하시고,
저희를 당신 소유로 삼아 주시기를 바랍니다.”
28 모세는 그곳에서 주님과 함께 밤낮으로 사십 일을 지내면서,
빵도 먹지 않고 물도 마시지 않았다.
그는 계약의 말씀, 곧 십계명을 판에 기록하였다.
복음
<가라지를 거두어 불에 태우듯이, 세상 종말에도 그렇게 될 것이다.>
마태오. 13,36-43
그때에 36 예수님께서 군중을 떠나 집으로 가셨다.
그러자 제자들이 그분께 다가와,
“밭의 가라지 비유를 저희에게 설명해 주십시오.” 하고 청하였다.
37 예수님께서 이렇게 이르셨다.
“좋은 씨를 뿌리는 이는 사람의 아들이고, 38 밭은 세상이다.
그리고 좋은 씨는 하늘 나라의 자녀들이고 가라지들은 악한 자의 자녀들이며,
39 가라지를 뿌린 원수는 악마다.
그리고 수확 때는 세상 종말이고 일꾼들은 천사들이다.
40 그러므로 가라지를 거두어 불에 태우듯이, 세상 종말에도 그렇게 될 것이다.
41 사람의 아들이 자기 천사들을 보낼 터인데,
그들은 그의 나라에서 남을 죄짓게 하는 모든 자들과
불의를 저지르는 자들을 거두어, 42 불구덩이에 던져 버릴 것이다.
그러면 그들은 거기에서 울며 이를 갈 것이다.
43 그때에 의인들은 아버지의 나라에서 해처럼 빛날 것이다.
귀 있는 사람은 들어라.”
July 27, 2021
Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28
The tent, which was called the meeting tent,
Moses used to pitch at some distance away, outside the camp.
Anyone who wished to consult the LORD
would go to this meeting tent outside the camp.
Whenever Moses went out to the tent, the people would all rise
and stand at the entrance of their own tents,
watching Moses until he entered the tent.
As Moses entered the tent, the column of cloud would come down
and stand at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses.
On seeing the column of cloud stand at the entrance of the tent,
all the people would rise and worship
at the entrance of their own tents.
The LORD used to speak to Moses face to face,
as one man speaks to another.
Moses would then return to the camp,
but his young assistant, Joshua, son of Nun,
would not move out of the tent.
Moses stood there with the LORD and proclaimed his name, “LORD.”
Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out,
“The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity,
continuing his kindness for a thousand generations,
and forgiving wickedness and crime and sin;
yet not declaring the guilty guiltless,
but punishing children and grandchildren
to the third and fourth generation for their fathers’ wickedness!”
Moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship.
Then he said, “If I find favor with you, O LORD,
do come along in our company.
This is indeed a stiff-necked people;
yet pardon our wickedness and sins,
and receive us as your own.”
So Moses stayed there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights,
without eating any food or drinking any water,
and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant,
the ten commandments.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (8a) The Lord is kind and merciful.
The LORD secures justice
and the rights of all the oppressed.
He has made known his ways to Moses,
and his deeds to the children of Israel.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful.
Merciful and gracious is the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
He will not always chide,
nor does he keep his wrath forever.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful.
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful.
As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he put our transgressions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful.
Gospel
Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house.
His disciples approached him and said,
“Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom.
The weeds are the children of the Evil One,
and the enemy who sows them is the Devil.
The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire,
so will it be at the end of the age.
The Son of Man will send his angels,
and they will collect out of his Kingdom
all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.
They will throw them into the fiery furnace,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun
in the Kingdom of their Father.
Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
On Saturday, we heard the parable of the weeds and the wheat. Then Jesus seemed to say, “Let the weeds grow up with the wheat so as not to harm the wheat.” Today Jesus explains the field as the world and seeds as children, giving the image that a child (a person) is either good or evil, and that evil people fight against good people for resources (or at the very least, make a messy field for good people to live in). Most of us would identify ourselves as the “good seed,” the children of the Kingdom. When we act consciously, most of us act intending good. And, of course, we are children of the Kingdom as baptized members of the Church!
I find this image of all-good and all-evil people difficult, though; it doesn’t bear out in my experience. All except a very few of us in human history are a mix and in flux. What if the field is within one person? Good is planted and growing; harmful inclinations are also sown and growing in different ways. What if the weeds are allowed to grow up alongside the wheat so as not to rip out the good already growing in us? There is a gentleness there towards the goodness growing in us.
I’ve heard this image of wheat and weeds related to discernment. Is this thought wheat - coming from God, leading to greater freedom and love, and worthy of cultivation? Is it a weed – not of God, something I can let go of and stop giving energy to? Does this pattern of behavior or thought cultivate the field for the wheat, or allow the weeds to spread further? This kind of discernment is easiest when we have a close relationship with God, like Moses in the first reading: speaking to God honestly, face to face.
I’m sure Jesus (and Matthew) didn’t intend to make a pun in English at the end of this passage. However, it does strike me that the fruit of wheat is called an “ear,” like corn is. I can picture Jesus smiling as he holds up an ear of wheat to his disciples as he said, “Whoever has ears ought to hear. … If you have wheat growing in you and bearing fruit, you can hear this and respond.”
Bless the Lord (Psalm 103) by Jacques Berthier
http://www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
“FACE-TIME”
“The Lord used to speak to Moses face-to-face.” —Exodus 33:11
What an indescribable picture! Almighty God and a human being speak face-to-face and Moses does not die (cf Ex 24:11; 33:20; Is 6:5). Even more amazing is that God has invited each person to have that kind of access to Himself (Eph 2:18). Each of us can also have a face-to-face encounter with the Lord, particularly in Eucharistic Adoration. In addition, at each Mass, we can gaze on the consecrated host, the Body and Blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.
God speaks to us in the Sacred Scriptures. St. Jerome stated: “Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 133). A great way to converse with the Lord and hear what He is saying is to daily read the Word of God. In the Sacrament of Reconciliation, Jesus Himself, through the priest, forgives and absolves our sins.
Jesus is present to us in our Christian brothers and sisters. “Where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I in their midst” (Mt 18:20). Jesus is Emmanuel, God-with-us (Mt 1:23; 28:20). He has given us numerous ways to see and hear Him. Go to Mass as often as possible, even daily. Read the Word of God daily and receive the Sacraments frequently. “Gaze on the loveliness of the Lord” (Ps 27:4).
Prayer: Father, You do not hold Yourself aloof from us. May I turn ten times the more to seek You, beginning today (Bar 4:28).
Promise: “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He put our transgressions from us.” —Ps 103:12
Praise: Victoria has spent many blessed hours in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Are you quick to judge the faults of others? Jesus' parable teaches us patience lest we judge before the time is right. Jesus also warns that there is an enemy who seeks to destroy the good seed of his word before it can bear fruit. Both good and evil can be sown in our hearts like tiny seeds which germinate, and in due time yield a harvest of good or bad fruit. We must stand guard lest evil take root in our hearts and corrupt us.
Reaping what we sow in this life
Charles Read wrote: "Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny." In the day of judgment each will reap what he or she has sown in this life. Those who sow good will shine in the kingdom of their Father. They will radiate with the beauty, joy, and fullness of God's love. Do you allow the love of Jesus Christ to rule in your heart, thoughts, and actions?
Lord Jesus, may your all-consuming love rule in my heart and transform my life that I may sow what is good, worthy, and pleasing to you.
Psalm 103:6-12
6 The LORD works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Let us become friends of Jesus, by Origen of Alexandria (185-254 AD)
"Now, having discoursed sufficiently to the multitudes in parables, he sends them away and goes to his own house, where his disciples come to him. His disciples did not go with those he sent away. As many as are more genuine hearers of Jesus first follow him, then having inquired about his house, are permitted to see it. Having come, they saw and stayed with him for all that day, and perhaps some of them even longer. In my opinion, such things are implied in the Gospel according to John... And if then, unlike the multitudes whom he sends away, we wish to hear Jesus and go to the house and receive something better than the multitudes did, let us become friends of Jesus, so that as his disciples come, we may also come to him when he goes into the house. And having come, let us inquire about the explanation of the parable, whether of the tares of the field, or of any other. (excerpt from the COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 10.1-3)
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