2021년 8월 13일 연중 제19주간 금요일
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제1독서
<나는 너희 조상을 강 건너편에서 데려왔다. 나는 너희를 이집트에서 이끌어 내어 약속된 땅으로 데려갔다.>
여호수아기. 24,1-13
그 무렵 1 여호수아는 이스라엘의 모든 지파를 스켐으로 모이게 하였다.
그가 이스라엘의 원로들과 우두머리들과 판관들과 관리들을 불러내니,
그들이 하느님 앞에 나와 섰다.
2 그러자 여호수아가 온 백성에게 말하였다.
“주 이스라엘의 하느님께서 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
‘옛날에 아브라함의 아버지이며 나호르의 아버지인 테라를 비롯한 너희 조상들은
강 건너편에 살면서 다른 신들을 섬겼다.
3 그런데 나는 너희 조상 아브라함을 강 건너편에서 데려다가,
온 가나안 땅을 돌아다니게 하고 그의 후손들을 번성하게 하였다.
내가 그에게 이사악을 주고, 4 이사악에게는 야곱과 에사우를 주었다.
그리고 에사우에게는 세이르 산을 주어 차지하게 하였다.
야곱과 그의 아들들은 이집트로 내려갔지만,
5 나는 모세와 아론을 보내어,
이집트 가운데에서 그 모든 일을 하여 그곳을 친 다음,
너희를 이끌어 내었다.
6 내가 너희 조상들을 이렇게 이집트에서 이끌어 내었다.
그 뒤에 너희는 바다에 이르렀다.
그런데 이집트인들이 병거와 기병을 거느리고 갈대 바다까지
너희 조상들의 뒤를 쫓아왔다.
7 그래서 너희 조상들이 주님에게 부르짖자,
주님이 너희와 이집트인 사이에 암흑을 갖다 놓고
바닷물을 끌어들여 그들을 덮쳐 버렸다.
이렇게 내가 이집트에서 한 일을 너희는 두 눈으로 보았다.
너희가 광야에서 오랫동안 머무른 뒤에,
8 나는 너희를 요르단 건너편에 사는 아모리인들의 땅으로 데려갔다.
그때에 그들이 너희에게 맞서 싸웠으나,
내가 그들을 너희 손에 넘겨주어, 너희가 그들의 땅을 차지하게 되었다.
내가 그들을 너희 앞에서 패망시킨 것이다.
9 그 뒤에 모압 임금, 치포르의 아들 발락이 나서서 이스라엘에게 맞서 싸웠다.
그는 너희를 저주하려고 사람을 보내어 브오르의 아들 발라암을 불러왔다.
10 그러나 나는 발라암의 말을 들어 주지 않았다.
그래서 그는 오히려 너희에게 축복해 주었다.
나는 이렇게 너희를 발락의 손에서 구해 주었다.
11 너희가 요르단을 건너서 예리코에 이르렀을 때에는,
예리코의 지주들, 곧 아모리족, 프리즈족, 가나안족,
히타이트족, 기르가스족, 히위족, 여부스족이 너희에게 맞서 싸웠다.
나는 그들도 너희 손에 넘겨주었다.
12 나는 또 너희보다 앞서 말벌을 보내어,
아모리족의 두 임금을 너희 앞에서 몰아내었다.
그렇게 한 것은 너희의 칼도 너희의 화살도 아니다.
13 그러고 나서 나는 너희에게 너희가 일구지 않은 땅과
너희가 세우지 않은 성읍들을 주었다. 그래서 너희가 그 안에서 살고,
또 직접 가꾸지도 않은 포도밭과 올리브 나무에서 열매를 따 먹게 되었다.’”
복음
<모세는 너희의 마음이 완고하기 때문에 너희가 아내를 버리는 것을 허락하였다. 처음부터 그렇게 된 것은 아니다.>
마태오. 19,3-12
그때에 3 바리사이들이 다가와 예수님을 시험하려고,
“무엇이든지 이유만 있으면
남편이 아내를 버려도 됩니까?” 하고 물었다.
4 그러자 예수님께서 이렇게 대답하셨다. “너희는 읽어 보지 않았느냐?
창조주께서 처음부터 ‘그들을 남자와 여자로 만드시고’나서,
5 ‘그러므로 남자는 아버지와 어머니를 떠나 아내와 결합하여,
둘이 한 몸이 될 것이다.’ 하고 이르셨다.
6 따라서 그들은 이제 둘이 아니라 한 몸이다.
그러므로 하느님께서 맺어 주신 것을 사람이 갈라놓아서는 안 된다.”
7 그들이 다시 예수님께, “그렇다면 어찌하여 모세는
‘이혼장을 써 주고 아내를 버려라.’ 하고 명령하였습니까?” 하자,
8 예수님께서 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“모세는 너희의 마음이 완고하기 때문에
너희가 아내를 버리는 것을 허락하였다.
그러나 처음부터 그렇게 된 것은 아니다.
9 내가 너희에게 말한다. 불륜을 저지른 경우 외에
아내를 버리고 다른 여자와 혼인하는 자는 간음하는 것이다.”
10 그러자 제자들이 예수님께, “아내에 대한 남편의 처지가 그러하다면
혼인하지 않는 것이 좋겠습니다.” 하고 말하였다.
11 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“모든 사람이 이 말을 받아들일 수 있는 것은 아니다.
허락된 이들만 받아들일 수 있다.
12 사실 모태에서부터 고자로 태어난 이들도 있고,
사람들 손에 고자가 된 이들도 있으며,
하늘 나라 때문에 스스로 고자가 된 이들도 있다.
받아들일 수 있는 사람은 받아들여라.”
August 13, 2021
Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Jos 24:1-13
Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem,
summoning their elders, their leaders,
their judges and their officers.
When they stood in ranks before God, Joshua addressed all the people:
“Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel:
In times past your fathers, down to Terah,
father of Abraham and Nahor,
dwelt beyond the River and served other gods.
But I brought your father Abraham from the region beyond the River
and led him through the entire land of Canaan.
I made his descendants numerous, and gave him Isaac.
To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.
To Esau I assigned the mountain region of Seir in which to settle,
while Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
“Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and smote Egypt with the prodigies
which I wrought in her midst.
Afterward I led you out of Egypt, and when you reached the sea,
the Egyptians pursued your fathers to the Red Sea
with chariots and horsemen.
Because they cried out to the LORD,
he put darkness between your people and the Egyptians,
upon whom he brought the sea so that it engulfed them.
After you witnessed what I did to Egypt,
and dwelt a long time in the desert,
I brought you into the land of the Amorites
who lived east of the Jordan.
They fought against you, but I delivered them into your power.
You took possession of their land, and I destroyed them,
the two kings of the Amorites, before you.
Then Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab,
prepared to war against Israel.
He summoned Balaam, son of Beor, to curse you;
but I would not listen to Balaam.
On the contrary, he had to bless you, and I saved you from him.
Once you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho,
the men of Jericho fought against you,
but I delivered them also into your power.
And I sent the hornets ahead of you that drove them
(the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites,
Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites)
out of your way; it was not your sword or your bow.
“I gave you a land that you had not tilled
and cities that you had not built, to dwell in;
you have eaten of vineyards and olive groves
which you did not plant.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. His mercy endures forever.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever;
Give thanks to the God of gods,
for his mercy endures forever;
Give thanks to the LORD of lords,
for his mercy endures forever.
R. His mercy endures forever.
Who led his people through the wilderness,
for his mercy endures forever;
Who smote great kings,
for his mercy endures forever;
And slew powerful kings,
for his mercy endures forever.
R. His mercy endures forever.
And made their land a heritage,
for his mercy endures forever;
The heritage of Israel his servant,
for his mercy endures forever;
And freed us from our foes,
for his mercy endures forever.
R. His mercy endures forever.
Gospel
Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying,
“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?”
He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning
the Creator made them male and female and said,
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?
So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
They said to him, “Then why did Moses command
that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss her?”
He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts
Moses allowed you to divorce your wives,
but from the beginning it was not so.
I say to you, whoever divorces his wife
(unless the marriage is unlawful)
and marries another commits adultery.”
His disciples said to him,
“If that is the case of a man with his wife,
it is better not to marry.”
He answered, “Not all can accept this word,
but only those to whom that is granted.
Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so;
some, because they were made so by others;
some, because they have renounced marriage
for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven.
Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
As a teacher by training, and as a professor of education at Creighton, I am all too familiar with the idea of the “trick question.” Perhaps you are familiar with this too. You know, when those teachers in our past seemed to revel in ensnaring the student in a trap – drawing out a wrong answer for the sake of the wrong answer. I never liked that. I suspect that you probably didn’t either.
As it was with us in our days in the classroom, so too was it with Jesus and the Pharisees. Testing Jesus on the minutia of the laws governing marriage and divorce, Jesus answered the question as he often does – with another question. This simple redirection to consider the love of God since creation, foiled, yet again, another attempt to trick Jesus into teaching that was contrary to the laws of the day. And in doing so, Jesus revealed an important point, that the word of God transcends the law of man, and that any divorce that was allowed at the time was due simply to the “hardness of your hearts”.
What is the condition of our hearts? Are they open vessels… sanctuaries… much like the open heart of Jesus, who gave all on the cross for the good of humanity? Or are they cold and hardened, like those of the scribes and the Pharisees who seemed to be more interested in debating and tricking Jesus than in his actual point of view. When we approach our relationships with others, and especially the rules, expectations, and the norms that we place on those relationships, with a hardened heart, then those relationships become more transactional and less human. So, my prayer for all of us in reading today’s Gospel is that it will prompt us to prioritize relationships based in love, and human dignity, when we set and interpret relational expectations for each other.
Trick questions are never fun. But, looking past that, open hearts and deeper reflection are the foundation of healthy relationships where we can encounter Christ in our encounters with each other.
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ONE FLESH, INDIVISIBLE
“A man shall leave his father and mother and cling to his wife, and the two shall become as one.” —Matthew 19:5
This “is the case between man and wife” (Mt 19:10):
- A husband loves his wife sacrificially, as Jesus loves us (Eph 5:25). He must give up his life for his wife (Eph 5:25). In imitation of Jesus, he tells his wife: “This is my body to be given for you” (see Lk 22:19). Thus, he gives up his schedule, interests, and availability for the good of his wife. He is “occupied with pleasing his wife” (1 Cor 7:33).
- A wife recognizes her husband’s position as her head (Eph 5:23). She simply submits to his headship (that is, she orders her life under his) in imitation of Jesus in relation to His Father. In this posture of subordinating her life to his, God works through “the reverent purity of [her] way of life” not only to win over her husband (1 Pt 3:2), but even to highlight the way of submission for the whole Church (Eph 5:22-24).
- By visibly loving each other, a husband and wife can convince the world that Jesus loves the Church (Eph 5:32-33). How many people feel that God doesn’t care about them? One married couple living under the lordship of Jesus can open the hearts of these doubting people to God’s love. Love your spouse, give up your body and your life for your spouse, and lead the world to the love of Jesus.
Prayer: Father, may married couples love each other so much that many people come to realize that Jesus loves them.
Promise: “Let no man separate what God has joined.” —Mt 19:6
Praise: St. Hippolytus serves as an admirable patron of those who had left the Faith but later returned. He, himself, fell away but eventually returned to the Truth.
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What is God's intention for our state in life, whether married or single?
Jesus deals with the issue of divorce by taking his hearers back to the beginning of creation and to God's plan for the human race. In Genesis 2:23-24 we see God's intention and ideal that two people who marry should become so indissolubly one that they are one flesh. That ideal is found in the unbreakable union of Adam and Eve. They were created for each other and for no one else. They are the pattern and symbol for all who were to come. Jesus explains that Moses permitted divorce as a concession in view of a lost ideal. Jesus sets the high ideal of the married state before those who are willing to accept his commands.
Whether married or single - be consecrated for the Lord
Jesus, likewise sets the high ideal for those who freely renounce marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Both marriage and the single life are calls from God to live a consecrated life, that is to live as married couples or as singles who belong not to themselves but to God. Our lives are not our own, but they belong to God. He gives strength, joy, and blessing to those who seek to follow his way of holiness in their state of life. Do you seek the Lord Jesus and his grace for your state of life?
Lord Jesus Christ, your call to holiness extends to all in every state of life. Sanctify our lives - as married couples and as singles - that we may live as men and women who are consecrated to you. Make us leaven in a society that disdains life-long marriage fidelity, chastity, and living single for the Lord.
Psalm 136:1-3,16-18,21-22,24
1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
2 O give thanks to the God of Gods, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
16 to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
17 to him who smote great kings, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
18 and slew famous kings, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
21 and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
22 a heritage to Israel his servant, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
24 and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Don't separate what God has joined together, by John Chrysostom (347-407 AD)
"Then he showed that it is a fearful thing to tamper with this law. When establishing this law, he did not say, 'Therefore, do not sever or separate' but 'What God has joined together, let man not separate.' If you quote Moses, I will quote the God of Moses, and with him I am always strong. For God from the beginning made them male and female. This law is very old, even if it appears human beings have recently discovered it. It is firmly fixed. And God did not simply bring the woman to her husband but ordered her also to leave her father and mother. And he not only ordered the man to go to the woman but also to cling to her, showing by his way of speaking that they could not be separated. And not even with this was God satisfied, but he sought also for another greater union: 'for the two shall be one flesh.'" (excerpt from THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 62.1)
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