2021년 10월 4일 연중 제 27주간 월요일
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제1독서
<요나는 주님을 피하여 달아나려고 길을 나섰다.>
요나 예언서. 1,1ㅡ2,1.11
1 주님의 말씀이 아미타이의 아들 요나에게 내렸다.
2 “일어나 저 큰 성읍 니네베로 가서, 그 성읍을 거슬러 외쳐라.
그들의 죄악이 나에게까지 치솟아 올랐다.”
3 그러나 요나는 주님을 피하여 타르시스로 달아나려고
길을 나서 야포로 내려갔다.
마침 타르시스로 가는 배를 만나 뱃삯을 치르고 배에 올랐다.
주님을 피하여 사람들과 함께 타르시스로 갈 셈이었다.
4 그러나 주님께서 바다 위로 큰 바람을 보내시니,
바다에 큰 폭풍이 일어 배가 거의 부서지게 되었다.
5 그러자 뱃사람들이 겁에 질려 저마다 자기 신에게 부르짖으면서,
배를 가볍게 하려고 안에 있는 짐들을 바다로 내던졌다.
그런데 배 밑창으로 내려간 요나는 드러누워 깊이 잠들어 있었다.
6 선장이 그에게 다가가 말하였다.
“당신은 어찌 이렇게 깊이 잠들 수가 있소? 일어나서 당신 신에게 부르짖으시오.
행여나 그 신이 우리를 생각해 주어, 우리가 죽지 않을 수도 있지 않소?”
7 뱃사람들이 서로 말하였다. “자, 제비를 뽑아서
누구 때문에 이런 재앙이 우리에게 닥쳤는지 알아봅시다.”
그래서 제비를 뽑으니 요나가 뽑혔다.
8 그러자 그들이 요나에게 물었다.
“누구 때문에 우리에게 이런 재앙이 닥쳤는지 말해 보시오.
당신은 무엇하는 사람이고 어디서 오는 길이오?
당신은 어느 나라 사람이며 어느 민족이오?”
9 요나는 그들에게 “나는 히브리 사람이오. 나는 바다와 뭍을 만드신
주 하늘의 하느님을 경외하는 사람이오.” 하고 대답하였다.
10 그러자 그 사람들은 더욱더 두려워하며,
“당신은 어째서 이런 일을 하였소?” 하고 말하였다.
요나가 그들에게 사실을 털어놓아,
그가 주님을 피하여 달아나고 있다는 것을 그들이 알게 되었던 것이다.
11 바다가 점점 더 거칠어지자 그들이 요나에게 물었다.
“우리가 당신을 어떻게 해야 바다가 잔잔해지겠소?”
12 요나가 그들에게 대답하였다.
“나를 들어 바다에 내던지시오. 그러면 바다가 잔잔해질 것이오.
이 큰 폭풍이 당신들에게 들이닥친 것이 나 때문이라는 것을 나도 알고 있소.”
13 사람들은 뭍으로 되돌아가려고 힘껏 노를 저었으나,
바다가 점점 더 거칠어져 어쩔 수가 없었다.
14 그러자 그들이 주님께 부르짖었다.
“아, 주님! 이 사람의 목숨을 희생시킨다고 부디 저희를 멸하지는 마십시오.
주님, 당신께서는 뜻하신 대로 이 일을 하셨으니,
저희에게 살인죄를 지우지 말아 주십시오.”
15 그러고 나서 그들이 요나를 들어 바다에 내던지자, 성난 바다가 잔잔해졌다.
16 사람들은 주님을 더욱더 두려워하며 주님께 희생 제물을 바치고 서원을 하였다.
2,1 주님께서는 큰 물고기를 시켜 요나를 삼키게 하셨다.
요나는 사흘 낮과 사흘 밤을 그 물고기 배 속에 있었다.
11 주님께서는 그 물고기에게 분부하시어 요나를 육지에 뱉어 내게 하셨다.
복음
<누가 저의 이웃입니까?>
루카. 10,25-37
그때에 25 어떤 율법 교사가 일어서서 예수님을 시험하려고 말하였다.
“스승님, 제가 무엇을 해야 영원한 생명을 받을 수 있습니까?”
26 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
“율법에 무엇이라고 쓰여 있느냐? 너는 어떻게 읽었느냐?”
27 그가 “‘네 마음을 다하고 네 목숨을 다하고 네 힘을 다하고
네 정신을 다하여 주 너의 하느님을 사랑하고
네 이웃을 너 자신처럼 사랑해야 한다.’ 하였습니다.” 하고 대답하자,
28 예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다.
“옳게 대답하였다. 그렇게 하여라. 그러면 네가 살 것이다.”
29 그 율법 교사는 자기가 정당함을 드러내고 싶어서 예수님께,
“그러면 누가 저의 이웃입니까?” 하고 물었다.
30 예수님께서 응답하셨다.
“어떤 사람이 예루살렘에서 예리코로 내려가다가 강도들을 만났다.
강도들은 그의 옷을 벗기고 그를 때려 초주검으로 만들어 놓고 가 버렸다.
31 마침 어떤 사제가 그 길로 내려가다가 그를 보고서는,
길 반대쪽으로 지나가 버렸다.
32 레위인도 마찬가지로 그곳에 이르러 그를 보고서는,
길 반대쪽으로 지나가 버렸다.
33 그런데 여행을 하던 어떤 사마리아인은 그가 있는 곳에 이르러 그를 보고서는,
가엾은 마음이 들었다.
34 그래서 그에게 다가가 상처에 기름과 포도주를 붓고 싸맨 다음,
자기 노새에 태워 여관으로 데리고 가서 돌보아 주었다.
35 이튿날 그는 두 데나리온을 꺼내 여관 주인에게 주면서,
‘저 사람을 돌보아 주십시오.
비용이 더 들면 제가 돌아올 때에 갚아 드리겠습니다.’ 하고 말하였다.
36 너는 이 세 사람 가운데에서
누가 강도를 만난 사람에게 이웃이 되어 주었다고 생각하느냐?”
37 율법 교사가 “그에게 자비를 베푼 사람입니다.” 하고 대답하자,
예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다. “가서 너도 그렇게 하여라.”
October 4, 2021
Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi
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Reading 1
Jon 1:1:2:1-2, 11
"Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it;
their wickedness has come up before me."
But Jonah made ready to flee to Tarshish away from the LORD.
He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish,
paid the fare, and went aboard to journey with them to Tarshish,
away from the LORD.
The LORD, however, hurled a violent wind upon the sea,
and in the furious tempest that arose
the ship was on the point of breaking up.
Then the mariners became frightened and each one cried to his god.
To lighten the ship for themselves, they threw its cargo into the sea.
Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship,
and lay there fast asleep.
The captain came to him and said, "What are you doing asleep?
Rise up, call upon your God!
Perhaps God will be mindful of us so that we may not perish."
Then they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots
to find out on whose account we have met with this misfortune."
So they cast lots, and thus singled out Jonah.
"Tell us," they said, 'what is your business?
Where do you come from?
What is your country, and to what people do you belong?"
Jonah answered them, "I am a Hebrew,
I worship the LORD, the God of heaven,
who made the sea and the dry land."
Now the men were seized with great fear and said to him,
"How could you do such a thing!"
They knew that he was fleeing from the LORD,
because he had told them."
They asked, "What shall we do with you,
that the sea may quiet down for us?"
For the sea was growing more and more turbulent.
Jonah said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea,
that it may quiet down for you;
since I know it is because of me
that this violent storm has come upon you."
Still the men rowed hard to regain the land, but they could not,
for the sea grew ever more turbulent.
Then they cried to the LORD: "We beseech you, O LORD,
let us not perish for taking this man's life;
do not charge us with shedding innocent blood,
for you, LORD, have done as you saw fit."
Then they took Jonah and threw him into the sea,
and the sea's raging abated.
Struck with great fear of the LORD,
the men offered sacrifice and made vows to him.
But the LORD sent a large fish, that swallowed Jonah;
and Jonah remained in the belly of the fish
three days and three nights.
From the belly of the fish Jonah prayed
to the LORD, his God.
Responsorial Psalm
Jon 2:3, 4, 5, 8
Out of my distress I called to the LORD,
and he answered me;
From the midst of the nether world I cried for help,
and you heard my voice.
R. You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord.
For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea,
and the flood enveloped me;
All your breakers and your billows
passed over me.
R. You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord.
Then I said, "I am banished from your sight!
yet would I again look upon your holy temple."
R. You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord.
When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the LORD;
My prayer reached you
in your holy temple.
R. You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord.
Gospel
Lk 10:25-37
"Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law?
How do you read it?"
He said in reply,
"You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your being,
with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
and your neighbor as yourself."
He replied to him, "You have answered correctly;
do this and you will live."
But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus,
"And who is my neighbor?"
Jesus replied,
"A man fell victim to robbers
as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.
A priest happened to be going down that road,
but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
Likewise a Levite came to the place,
and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him
was moved with compassion at the sight.
He approached the victim,
poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them.
Then he lifted him up on his own animal,
took him to an inn, and cared for him.
The next day he took out two silver coins
and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction,
"Take care of him.
If you spend more than what I have given you,
I shall repay you on my way back."
Which of these three, in your opinion,
was neighbor to the robbers? victim?"
He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy."
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Today’s readings begin with Jonah’s flight from his prophetic duties. Jonah understood his assignment from the Lord: go to Nineveh and preach there. He knew the Lord and he also knew human nature. Jonah reasoned that if he preached in Nineveh, the Ninevites might repent. If they repented, God would show them mercy. Jonah apparently thought the Ninevites more worthy of judgment than mercy and he decided that going somewhere other than Nineveh would prevent the mercy outcome. What a chess player!
But poor Jonah did not anticipate the Lord’s next move. Jonah knew about God’s judgment and mercy, but he had a blind spot for God’s providential authority. In this case, God decided to move other people (his fellow mariners), creatures (the great fish), and events (the storm) to bring Jonah to Nineveh despite his apparent objections to cooperation. Apparently, the Lord really wanted to extend mercy to those Ninevites!
One cannot help but notice the reluctance of Jonah’s fellow mariners to throw Jonah out of the ship. The witness of the natural law was active within them, despite knowing the Lord only remotely and by reputation, as evidenced by their fearful response to Jonah’s disclosure. They earnestly tried to save his life along with their own. But they eventually followed Jonah’s prophetic voice, even turning to God in prayer for mercy. Jonah also received mercy in being discharged from the great fish, albeit a form of mercy that put him the realm of the Ninevites and back on the path to fulfilling his prophet duties. Sorry, Jonah, but we can’t always get what we want.
Today’s gospel continues this theme of God’s mercy. Jesus responds to his inquisitor, a scholar of the law, with the familiar parable of the righteous Samaritan. One surmises that the scholar was strong on the knowledge front, but probably not as good when it comes to execution. The lesson from the Samaritan’s example likely challenged the scholar, who might have preferred the neighbor concept to be illustrated by scholars inviting their smart friends over for a Torah study! That might be a good thing – but it would not convey such a strong message about extending mercy to those who are quite different from us, not to mention the reality that others we might not think too much of may be better at showing mercy than we are.
As an academic, I can relate to the scholar’s discomfort. We like to emphasize our strengths that coincide with giftedness that comes from God. But sometimes Jesus asks us to embrace our weaknesses to follow him. To “go and do likewise” is going to be tough for many of us. Yet we know from this and other teaching that showing mercy is the path to receiving mercy, which we all need. Like Jonah, we might prefer another path, but perhaps the Lord will keep working our life circumstances to bring us more encounters that help us learn to execute this simple mission.
Lord, we know many people in our lives who need our mercy, but we are prone to judging them instead of loving them. Help us to go and do likewise as the Samaritan showed us. And help us to realize your providential work in our lives to bring us to know you and your mercy. Thanks be to God.
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“The Lord sent a large fish, that swallowed Jonah; and he remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” —Jonah 2:1
The Lord is calling just as many people now to be priests, sisters, and brothers as ever. Yet the world is full of Jonahs, who jump a ship to Tarshish to run from God’s call (Jon 1:2-3). The Lord is calling for large families just as He has for millennia. However, parents are playing Jonah and usurping family planning from God, as if He doesn’t know what He’s doing. The Lord is calling for more foreign and native missionaries than ever, for He wants all “to be saved and come to know the truth” (1 Tm 2:4). Still, the harvest remains great and the laborers few (Mt 9:37).
All of us Jonahs need a whale of a problem to turn us around. There’s nothing like a few days in a whale’s belly to help us change our minds about running away from God’s call. I pray we all follow God’s will for our lives. That’s the only way to be happy and pleasing to Him. I pray that, if we’re resisting any calls from God, we would be swallowed by a whale, or something to that effect. Can you say “Amen”?
Prayer: Jesus, get me where I’m supposed to be, doing what I’m supposed to do in Your Kingdom. Amen.
Promise: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” —Lk 10:27
Praise: St. Francis converted to the Faith while he was a prisoner of war. He dedicated his life to Jesus in a manner beyond what most can imagine. For instance, he went on the Fifth Crusade to preach the Gospel to the Muslim world.
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If God is all-loving and compassionate, then why is there so much suffering and evil in this world? Many agnostics refuse to believe in God because of this seemingly imponderable problem. If God is love then evil and suffering must be eliminated in all its forms. What is God's answer to this human dilemma? Jesus' parable about a highway robbery gives us a helpful hint. Jesus told this dramatic story in response to a devout Jew who wanted to understand how to apply God's great commandment of love to his everyday life circumstances. In so many words this religious-minded Jew said: "I want to love God as best as I can and I want to love my neighbor as well. But how do I know that I am fulfilling my duty to love my neighbor as myself?"
Jesus must have smiled when he heard this man challenge him to explain one's duty towards their neighbor. For the Jewish believer the law of love was plain and simple: "treat your neighbor as you would treat yourself." The real issue for this believer was the correct definition of who is "my neighbor". He understood "neighbor" to mean one's fellow Jew who belonged to the same covenant which God made with the people of Israel. Up to a certain point, Jesus agreed with this sincere expert but, at the same time, he challenged him to see that God's view of neighbor went far beyond his narrow definition.
God's love and mercy extends to all
Jesus told a parable to show how wide God's love and mercy is towards every fellow human being. Jesus' story of a brutal highway robbery was all too familiar to his audience. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho went through a narrow winding valley surrounded by steep rocky cliffs. Many wealthy Jews from Jerusalem had winter homes in Jerico. This narrow highway was dangerous and notorious for its robbers who could easily ambush their victim and escape into the hills. No one in his right mind would think of traveling through this dangerous highway alone. It was far safer to travel with others for protection and defense.
Our prejudice gets in the way of mercy
So why did the religious leaders refuse to give any help when they saw a half-dead victim lying by the roadside? Didn't they recognize that this victim was their neighbor? And why did a Samaritan, an outsider who was despised by the Jews, treat this victim with special care at his own expense as he would care for his own family? Who was the real neighbor who showed brotherly compassion and mercy? Jesus makes the supposed villain, the despised Samaritan, the merciful one as an example for the status conscious Jews. Why didn't the priest and Levite stop to help? The priest probably didn't want to risk the possibility of ritual impurity. His piety got in the way of charity. The Levite approached close to the victim, but stopped short of actually helping him. Perhaps he feared that bandits were using a decoy to ambush him. The Levite put personal safety ahead of saving his neighbor.
God expects us to be merciful as he is merciful
What does Jesus' story tell us about true love for one's neighbor? First, we must be willing to help even if others brought trouble on themselves through their own fault or negligence. Second, our love and concern to help others in need must be practical. Good intentions and showing pity, or emphathizing with others, are not enough. And lastly, our love for others must be as wide and as inclusive as God's love. God excludes no one from his care and concern. God's love is unconditional. So we must be ready to do good to others for their sake, just as God is good to us.
Jesus not only taught God's way of love, he also showed how far God was willing to go to share in our suffering and to restore us to wholeness of life and happiness. Jesus overcame sin, suffering, and death through his victory on the cross. His death brought us freedom from slavery to sin and the promise of everlasting life with God. He willingly shared in our suffering to bring us to the source of true healing and freedom from sin and oppression. True compassion not only identifies and emphathises with the one who is in pain, but takes that pain on oneself in order to bring freedom and restoration.
The cross shows us God's perfect love and forgiveness
Jesus truly identified with our plight, and he took the burden of our sinful condition upon himself. He showed us the depths of God's love and compassion, by sharing in our suffering and by offering his life as an atoning sacrifice for our sins upon the cross. His suffering is redemptive because it brings us healing and restoration and the fulness of eternal life. God offers us true freedom from every form of oppression, sin, and suffering. And that way is through the cross of Jesus Christ. Are you ready to embrace the cross of Christ, to suffer for his sake, and to lay down your life out of love for your neighbor?
Lord Jesus, may your love always be the foundation of my life. Free me from every fear and selfish-concern that I may freely give myself in loving service to others, even to the point of laying my life down for their sake.
Psalm 111:1-2,7-10
1 Praise the LORD. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
2 Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who have pleasure in them.
7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy,
8 they are established for ever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
9 He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant for ever. Holy and awesome is his name!
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who practice it. His praise endures for ever!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: God desires to be our neighbor, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"God our Lord wished to be called our neighbor. The Lord Jesus Christ meant that he was the one who gave help to the man lying half-dead on the road, beaten and left by the robbers. The prophet said in prayer, 'As a neighbor and as one's own brother, so did I please' (Psalm 34:14 ). Since the divine nature is far superior and above our human nature, the command by which we are to love God is distinct from our love of our neighbor. He shows mercy to us because of his own goodness, while we show mercy to one another because of God's goodness. He has compassion on us so that we may enjoy him completely, while we have compassion on another that we may completely enjoy him. (excerpt from CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION 33)
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