2020년 7월 29일 성녀 마르타 와 성녀 마리아와 성 라자로 기념일
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제1독서
<우리가 서로 사랑하면, 하느님께서 우리 안에 머무르십니다.>
요한 1서 4,7-16
7 사랑하는 여러분, 서로 사랑합시다.
사랑은 하느님에게서 오는 것이기 때문입니다.
사랑하는 이는 모두 하느님에게서 태어났으며 하느님을 압니다.
8 사랑하지 않는 사람은 하느님을 알지 못합니다.
하느님은 사랑이시기 때문입니다.
9 하느님의 사랑은 우리에게 이렇게 나타났습니다.
곧 하느님께서 당신의 외아드님을 세상에 보내시어
우리가 그분을 통하여 살게 해 주셨습니다.
10 그 사랑은 이렇습니다.
우리가 하느님을 사랑한 것이 아니라, 그분께서 우리를 사랑하시어
당신의 아드님을 우리 죄를 위한 속죄 제물로 보내 주신 것입니다.
11 사랑하는 여러분, 하느님께서 우리를 이렇게 사랑하셨으니
우리도 서로 사랑해야 합니다.
12 지금까지 하느님을 본 사람은 없습니다.
그러나 우리가 서로 사랑하면,
하느님께서 우리 안에 머무르시고
그분 사랑이 우리에게서 완성됩니다.
13 하느님께서는 우리에게 당신의 영을 나누어 주셨습니다.
우리는 이 사실로 우리가 그분 안에 머무르고
그분께서 우리 안에 머무르신다는 것을 압니다.
14 그리고 우리는 아버지께서 아드님을
세상의 구원자로 보내신 것을 보았고 또 증언합니다.
15 누구든지 예수님께서 하느님의 아드님이심을 고백하면,
하느님께서 그 사람 안에 머무르시고 그 사람도 하느님 안에 머무릅니다.
16 하느님께서 우리에게 베푸시는 사랑을
우리는 알게 되었고 또 믿게 되었습니다.
하느님은 사랑이십니다.
사랑 안에 머무르는 사람은 하느님 안에 머무르고
하느님께서도 그 사람 안에 머무르십니다.
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<주님께서 메시아시며 하느님의 아드님이심을 믿습니다.>
요한 11.19-27
그때에 19 많은 유다인이 마르타와 마리아를
그 오빠 일 때문에 위로하러 와 있었다.
20 마르타는 예수님께서 오신다는 말을 듣고 그분을 맞으러 나가고,
마리아는 그냥 집에 앉아 있었다.
21 마르타가 예수님께 말하였다.
“주님, 주님께서 여기에 계셨더라면 제 오빠가 죽지 않았을 것입니다.
22 그러나 하느님께서는 주님께서 청하시는 것은
무엇이나 들어주신다는 것을 저는 지금도 알고 있습니다.”
23 예수님께서 마르타에게,
“네 오빠는 다시 살아날 것이다.” 하시니,
24 마르타가 “마지막 날 부활 때에
오빠도 다시 살아나리라는 것을 알고 있습니다.” 하였다.
25 그러자 예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다.
“나는 부활이요 생명이다. 나를 믿는 사람은 죽더라도 살고,
26 또 살아서 나를 믿는 모든 사람은 영원히 죽지 않을 것이다.
너는 이것을 믿느냐?”
27 마르타가 대답하였다.
“예, 주님! 저는 주님께서 이 세상에 오시기로 되어 있는 메시아시며
하느님의 아드님이심을 믿습니다.”
July 29, 2021
Daily Readings — Audio
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Reading 1
Moses did exactly as the LORD had commanded him.
On the first day of the first month of the second year
the Dwelling was erected.
It was Moses who erected the Dwelling.
He placed its pedestals, set up its boards, put in its bars,
and set up its columns.
He spread the tent over the Dwelling
and put the covering on top of the tent,
as the LORD had commanded him.
He took the commandments and put them in the ark;
he placed poles alongside the ark and set the propitiatory upon it.
He brought the ark into the Dwelling and hung the curtain veil,
thus screening off the ark of the commandments,
as the LORD had commanded him.
Then the cloud covered the meeting tent,
and the glory of the LORD filled the Dwelling.
Moses could not enter the meeting tent,
because the cloud settled down upon it
and the glory of the LORD filled the Dwelling.
Whenever the cloud rose from the Dwelling,
the children of Israel would set out on their journey.
But if the cloud did not lift, they would not go forward;
only when it lifted did they go forward.
In the daytime the cloud of the LORD was seen over the Dwelling;
whereas at night, fire was seen in the cloud
by the whole house of Israel
in all the stages of their journey.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (2) How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God!
My soul yearns and pines
for the courts of the LORD.
My heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God.
R. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God!
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest
in which she puts her young–
Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
my king and my God!
R. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God!
Blessed they who dwell in your house!
continually they praise you.
Blessed the men whose strength you are!
They go from strength to strength.
R. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God!
I had rather one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I had rather lie at the threshold of the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
R. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God!
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the light of the world, says the Lord;
whoever follows me will have the light of life.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary
to comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died].
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
she went to meet him;
but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you.”
Jesus said to her,
“Your brother will rise.”
Martha said to him,
“I know he will rise,
in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus told her,
“I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
the one who is coming into the world.”
OR:
Lk 10:38-42
Jesus entered a village
where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
She had a sister named Mary
who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,
“Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me.”
The Lord said to her in reply,
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her.”
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Did Martha feel sorry for herself? Maybe in her heart she blamed Jesus for keeping Mary chatting, but she was not free enough, or assured enough in that friendship, to confront Jesus. Friendships are sensed to be fragile in the early stages and honeymoons tend to avoid confrontations. So, Martha detours the blame toward unhelpful Mary. I call that oblique communication. Are we free enough to “complain” to Jesus directly about his presence in our lives, or do we take it on the people Jesus places in our lives? Do we rather obliquely blame our children, family, bosses, fellow workers or community for the difficulties we experience in our relating to Jesus? We need to pray for growth in our friendship with the Lord, so that we can feel assured enough in that friendship to “confront” the Lord with our difficulties.
Martha, who on that occasion used oblique communication, grew in trust and felt more and more assured in that friendship. After her brother dies, she “complains” to Jesus directly, rather than complaining obliquely by addressing his disciples. In more polite words than these, she effectively tells Jesus: How come you did not come here, when we sent you our message? Martha is not sure about the extent of that friendship, yet she adds: But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of God. She was not sure, but she was assured.
There will be situations in our lives, when we are not sure either of ourselves or of the meaning of our experience in our relationship to God. We are invited to be assured, even when we are not sure.
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“IT’S GOD’S FAULT”
“Lord, are You not concerned that my sister has left me to do the household tasks all alone? Tell her to help me.” —Luke 10:40
St. Martha blamed Jesus, that is, God, for not telling Mary to help her. We also blame God for not stopping tragedies and for not doing what we want. Martha seemed close to blaming God again for not preventing the death of her brother Lazarus (Jn 11:21). However, she refrained from blaming God, started believing God (Jn 11:27), and saw the glory of God as her brother was raised from the dead and unbound by Jesus (Jn 11:44).
When your output exceeds your input, then your upkeep becomes your downfall. In other words, when we try to do more than we have received the grace from God to do, the living of our everyday lives will cause us to break down. Moreover, when we are blaming God, we set up an obstacle which prevents us from freely receiving His grace, His input into our lives. (We don’t receive much from people that we blame.) Therefore, we must repent of blaming God, or we will fall apart.
Don’t blame God. He alone is innocent. Thank and love God. He alone is worthy. Receive His grace. See His glory.
Prayer: Father, I will take the plank out of my eye and not criticize You (Mt 7:5).
Promise: “I had rather one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.” ––Ps 84:11
Praise: Like many of us, St. Martha often let the cares of the world obscure her vision. But in the end, she was graced with the most significant of titles –– Saint.
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What can a story of a dragnet and a great catch of fish tell us about God's kingdom? The two most common ways of fishing in Jesus' time was with a casting-net (or hand-net) which was thrown from the shore and the drag-net or trawl which was let down or cast into the waters from a boat. As the boat moved through the waters the dragnet was drawn into the shape of a great cone which indiscriminately took in all kinds of fish and flotsam and jetsam swept in its path. It usually took several men to haul such a net to shore.
Reward and judgment at the end of the age
What is Jesus' point here? Just as a drag-net catches every kind of fish in the sea, so the church acts as God's instrument for gathering in all who will come. Just as the drag-net does not or cannot discriminate, so the church does not discriminate between the good and the bad, the useless and the useful. God's kingdom is open to all who will accept and believe. But there will come a time of separation, at the close of the age when the Lord Jesus returns again and sends out his angels who will separate the good and the bad and then send them to their respective destinations. Our duty in this present age is to gather in all who want to become citizens of God's kingdom here on earth as well as in heaven above.
The Lord Jesus, when he comes again at the end of this age, will give to those who believed in him and his way of truth and righteousness a glorified resurrected body and a home in his everlasting kingdom. But for those who refused to follow the Lord Jesus and his merciful word of truth and righteousness, their destiny will be total separation and loss of joy and happiness with God and his community of redeemed men and women. The Lord Jesus freely offers the treasure of abundant life and everlasting joy to all who believe in him and accept him as their Lord and Savior. Do you yearn for total peace, joy, and union with God in his everlasting kingdom?
Trained for the kingdom of heaven
What is the point of Jesus' parable about a "scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 13:52)? Jewish scribes were specially devoted to the study and practice of the Word of God entrusted to Moses (the first five books of the Bible) and in instructing others in how to live according to God's commandments and way of holiness. In the Old Testament Ezra was called "the ready scribe of the law of the God of heaven" (Book of Ezra 7:6,21). He received this title because he "had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments" (Ezra 7:10). Ezra's heart was set on the kingdom of heaven because he revered God's word and he taught others through example and instruction to love and obey God's word.
The old and new treasure of God's word
Why does Jesus compare a "trained scribe" with a "householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old" (Matthew 13:52)? Some people love to store up old prized possessions along with their newly acquired prizes. Others are eager to get rid of the old to make room for the new. So why does Jesus seem to emphasize keeping the old along with the new? Why not replace the old, especially if the new seems to be better or more useful? Wouldn't a person want to throw away an old pair of shoes and replace them with a new pair - especially if the old pair became well-worn or torn beyond repair? But, who in his right mind would throw away an old precious jewel or some old gold coins simply because they were ancient and maybe tarnished a bit? Precious gems and gold do not lose their value with age! Like choice vintage wine they increase in value.
Jesus' parable of the "old" and the "new" certainly points to the "older covenants" which God made with his covenanted people of the Old Testament, beginning with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and with Moses on Mount Sinai, and with King David - the precursor of the Messiah (Psalm 89:3 and Psalm 110:1). Jesus' parable also points to the "new covenant" which he came to establish through the shedding of his blood on the cross and the anointing of his Holy Spirit who seals the new covenant on the day of Pentecost. Jesus did not come to abolish the Old Covenant but to fulfill it. The Lord calls us to treasure all of his word - all of his commandments, promises, precepts, and teaching (Psalm 119:14,72,127,162). Do you promise to keep all of God's commands? The Lord gives strength, blessing, and joy to those who treasure all of his word.
We would be impoverished today if we only possessed the treasures of the word of God in the "Old Testament" Scriptures or if we only knew the treasures of the "New Testament" Scriptures. Both the Old and New Testament Scriptures are given by the same eternal Father, inspired by the same eternal Holy Spirit, and fulfilled by the same eternal Word, the Lord Jesus Christ, who was with the Father from the beginning and who was sent from heaven to take on human flesh for our salvation (John 1:1-3,14).
Unity of the Old and New Testaments
There is a profound unity between the Old and New Testaments. Both are divinely inspired by one and the same Spirit (2 Timothy 3:16). The Old Testament prepares for the New and the New Testament fulfills the Old - the two shed light on each other. The Old Testament prepared the way for the coming of Jesus Christ as the redeemer of all who would be saved through his sacrifice on the cross. The New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New. That is why Jesus interpreted the Old Testament Scriptures for his disciples and explained how he came to fulfill what was promised and foreshadowed in the Old (Luke 24:27). That is why we read the Old Testament in the light of Christ's saving death and resurrection. Do you revere the word of God in the Scriptures - both old and new - and see their fulfillment in the Lord Jesus Christ?
Lord Jesus, may your word take deep root in my heart and transform my way of thinking, discerning, and acting. May your Spirit open my ears to hear and understand the word of God in the Scriptures that I may revere and treasure both the Old and the New Testaments which God has prepared for all who desire to enter his kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy. Help me to be a diligent student and faithful disciple of your word.
Psalm 84:1-5,10
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! [Selah]
5 Blessed are the men whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: A scribe who is trained for the kingdom of heaven, by Cyril of Alexandria (375-444 AD)
"A scribe is one who, through continual reading of the Old and New Testaments, has laid up for himself a storehouse of knowledge. Thus Christ blesses those who have gathered in themselves the education both of the law and of the gospel, so as to 'bring forth from their treasure things both new and old.' And Christ compares such people with a scribe, just as in another place he says, 'I will send you wise men and scribes' (Matthew 23:34) (excerpt from Fragment 172)
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