March 13, 2022 Second Sunday of Lent

2022년 3월 13일 사순 제2주일 

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제1독서

창세기. 15,5-12.17-18
 그 무렵 하느님께서 아브람을 5 밖으로 데리고 나가서 말씀하셨다.

“하늘을 쳐다보아라. 네가 셀 수 있거든 저 별들을 세어 보아라.”
그에게 또 말씀하셨다. “너의 후손이 저렇게 많아질 것이다.”
6 아브람이 주님을 믿으니, 주님께서 그 믿음을 의로움으로 인정해 주셨다.
7 주님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다. “나는 주님이다.
이 땅을 너에게 주어 차지하게 하려고, 너를 칼데아의 우르에서 이끌어 낸 이다.”
8 아브람이 “주 하느님, 제가 그것을 차지하리라는 것을
무엇으로 알 수 있겠습니까?” 하고 묻자, 9 주님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
“삼 년 된 암송아지 한 마리와 삼 년 된 암염소 한 마리와 삼 년 된 숫양 한 마리,
그리고 산비둘기 한 마리와 어린 집비둘기 한 마리를 나에게 가져오너라.”
10 그는 이 모든 것을 주님께 가져와서 반으로 잘라,
잘린 반쪽들을 마주 보게 차려 놓았다. 그러나 날짐승들은 자르지 않았다.
11 맹금들이 죽은 짐승들 위로 날아들자, 아브람은 그것들을 쫓아냈다.
12 해 질 무렵, 아브람 위로 깊은 잠이 쏟아지는데, 공포와 짙은 암흑이 그를 휩쌌다.
17 해가 지고 어둠이 깔리자,
연기 뿜는 화덕과 타오르는 횃불이 그 쪼개 놓은 짐승들 사이로 지나갔다.
18 그날 주님께서는 아브람과 계약을 맺으시며 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
“나는 이집트 강에서 큰 강 곧 유프라테스 강까지 이르는 이 땅을
너의 후손에게 준다.”

 

제2독서

필리피. 3,17ㅡ4,1<또는 3,20ㅡ4,1>
 17 형제 여러분, 다 함께 나를 본받는 사람이 되십시오.

여러분이 우리를 본보기로 삼는 것처럼
그렇게 살아가는 다른 이들도 눈여겨보십시오.
18 내가 이미 여러분에게 자주 말하였고 지금도 눈물을 흘리며 말하는데,
많은 사람이 그리스도의 십자가의 원수로 살아가고 있습니다.
19 그들의 끝은 멸망입니다. 그들은 자기네 배를 하느님으로,
자기네 수치를 영광으로 삼으며 이 세상 것만 생각합니다.
20 그러나 우리는 하늘의 시민입니다.
그리고 그곳에서 구세주로 오실 주 예수 그리스도를 고대합니다.
21 그리스도께서는 만물을 당신께 복종시키실 수도 있는 그 권능으로,
우리의 비천한 몸을 당신의 영광스러운 몸과 같은 모습으로
변화시켜 주실 것입니다.
4,1 그러므로 내가 사랑하고 그리워하는 형제 여러분,
나의 기쁨이며 화관인 여러분, 이렇게 주님 안에 굳건히 서 있으십시오,
사랑하는 여러분!

 

복음

루카. 9,28ㄴ-36
 그때에 28 예수님께서 베드로와 요한과 야고보를 데리고 기도하시러 산에 오르셨다.

29 예수님께서 기도하시는데,
그 얼굴 모습이 달라지고 의복은 하얗게 번쩍였다.
30 그리고 두 사람이 예수님과 이야기를 나누고 있었다.
그들은 모세와 엘리야였다.
31 영광에 싸여 나타난 그들은 예수님께서 예루살렘에서 이루실 일,
곧 세상을 떠나실 일을 말하고 있었다.
32 베드로와 그 동료들은 잠에 빠졌다가 깨어나 예수님의 영광을 보고,
그분과 함께 서 있는 두 사람도 보았다.
33 그 두 사람이 예수님에게서 떠나려고 할 때에 베드로가 예수님께 말하였다.
“스승님, 저희가 여기에서 지내면 좋겠습니다.
저희가 초막 셋을 지어 하나는 스승님께, 하나는 모세께,
또 하나는 엘리야께 드리겠습니다.”베드로는 자기가 무슨 말을 하는지도 몰랐다.
34 베드로가 이렇게 말하는데 구름이 일더니 그들을 덮었다.
그들이 구름 속으로 들어가자 제자들은 그만 겁이 났다.
35 이어 구름 속에서 “이는 내가 선택한 아들이니 너희는 그의 말을 들어라.”
하는 소리가 났다.
36 이러한 소리가 울린 뒤에는 예수님만 보였다.
제자들은 침묵을 지켜, 자기들이 본 것을 그때에는 아무에게도 알리지 않았다.

March 13, 2022

Second Sunday of Lent  

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading I
Gn 15:5-12, 17-18
The Lord God took Abram outside and said, 
“Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can.
Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.”
Abram put his faith in the LORD, 
who credited it to him as an act of righteousness.

He then said to him, 
“I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans 
to give you this land as a possession.”
“O Lord GOD,” he asked, 
“how am I to know that I shall possess it?”
He answered him, 
“Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old she-goat, 
a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
Abram brought him all these, split them in two, 
and placed each half opposite the other; 
but the birds he did not cut up.
Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, 
but Abram stayed with them.
As the sun was about to set, a trance fell upon Abram, 
and a deep, terrifying darkness enveloped him.

When the sun had set and it was dark, 
there appeared a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch, 
which passed between those pieces.
It was on that occasion that the LORD made a covenant with Abram,
saying: “To your descendants I give this land, 
from the Wadi of Egypt to the Great River, the Euphrates.”

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14.
(1a) The Lord is my light and my salvation.
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life’s refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
Hear, O LORD, the sound of my call;
have pity on me, and answer me.
Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks.
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
Your presence, O LORD, I seek.
Hide not your face from me;
do not in anger repel your servant.
You are my helper: cast me not off.
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.

 

reading II
Phil 3:17—4:1 or 3:20—4:1
Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, 
and observe those who thus conduct themselves 
according to the model you have in us.
For many, as I have often told you 
and now tell you even in tears, 
conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Their end is destruction.
Their God is their stomach; 
their glory is in their “shame.”
Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
But our citizenship is in heaven, 
and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
He will change our lowly body
to conform with his glorified body 
by the power that enables him also 
to bring all things into subjection to himself.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters,
whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, 
in this way stand firm in the Lord.

 

Gospel
Lk 9:28b-36
Jesus took Peter, John, and James 
and went up the mountain to pray.
While he was praying his face changed in appearance 
and his clothing became dazzling white.
And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, 
who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus 
that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.
Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, 
but becoming fully awake, 
they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.
As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, 
“Master, it is good that we are here;
let us make three tents,
one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
But he did not know what he was saying.
While he was still speaking, 
a cloud came and cast a shadow over them, 
and they became frightened when they entered the cloud.
Then from the cloud came a voice that said, 
“This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”
After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone.
They fell silent and did not at that time
tell anyone what they had seen.

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 All of the readings for this Second Sunday of Lent envision seeing God. The Old Testament makes clear that no person can see God and live. However, this is our desire - to see God and to know him, even as he knows us.

In the first reading, God made a covenant with Abram. God speaks to him but Abram doesn’t see God. In that day a covenant or treaty was made by the conqueror and conquered walking together through cut up animals on each side. The conqueror gave the terms of their treaty and the conquered agreed to them. The dead animals were a visible threat that this is how you end up if you don’t abide by the conqueror’s terms. In this story, God is not a conqueror and Abram is not the vassal and they don’t walk through the animals together. Only God does that. And he does it as a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch. God promises to bless Abram but that blessing does not include Abram seeing God.

The psalmist also wants to see God. He says, “Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks.” Just let me catch a quick glimpse of you, God. That’s all I want. He goes on to say, “Your presence, O LORD, I seek. Hide not your face from me….” Finally, he says, “I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living.” The psalmist has hope but he still does not see the face of God.

St. Paul encourages us not to focus on and live for earthly things but to lift up our heads and live for God. He says, “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.” Right now we have a lowly body, one that has eyes that cannot see the spiritual world in all its glory. But Jesus is going to give us new, glorified bodies which will include eyes to see the face of God.

The Gospel story of the transfiguration of Jesus tells of how God allows the divine nature of Jesus to be glimpsed through his humanity. The disciples see his face and clothes as dazzling white. They still cannot see beyond his humanity but his appearance demonstrates that there is more to him than they can see with their physical eyes. And the voice from the cloud makes it clear: Jesus is the Son of God.

In Jesus, we see God and don’t die. No longer does God hide behind a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch. No longer does our glance seek to see God, to no avail. Now we await from heaven the return of the one we have seen, the God who came in the flesh, who has destroyed death, and promises us that the power of his resurrection will not only empower us to live for him now but will one day make us immortal and give us eyes that truly see.

St. Paul said it best: “Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord.”

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MOUNTAIN CLIMBING

Jesus “took Peter, John and James, and went up onto a mountain to pray.” —Luke 9:28

On this Second Sunday of Lent, Jesus takes us up Transfiguration Mountain. He has much more to tell us but we cannot bear it now (Jn 16:12). We must “climb the Lord’s mountain...that He may instruct us in His ways, and we may walk in His paths” (Is 2:3). We will see Jesus glorified and hear a voice from the cloud say: “This is My Son, My Chosen One. Listen to Him” (Lk 9:35).

These mountaintop revelations will keep us from despair when the Lord takes us to Calvary to see His quivering body wrenching with pain. The mountain prepares us for the valley, the glory for the suffering. Because of Transfiguration Mountain, when we walk with Him “through a gloomy valley” (Ps 23:4, JB), we will “consider the sufferings of the present to be as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed in us” (Rm 8:18). We will fix our eyes on Jesus (Heb 12:2) and walk on the waters of evil (Mt 14:29). We will not run from the cross but boast of it (Gal 6:14).

After the Transfiguration, we know our citizenship is in heaven, and from there we await Christ’s coming (Phil 3:20). We realize we are in the world but not of it (Jn 17:15-16). We are already seated on Christ’s throne (Eph 2:6) even though our bodies are away from the Lord (2 Cor 5:6).

Prayer:  Jesus, may I experience what the apostles did on Transfiguration Mountain. Prepare me for the rest of Lent and life.

Promise:  “He will give a new form to this lowly body of ours and remake it according to the pattern of His glorified body.” —Phil 3:21

Praise:  As we journey through the Lenten desert, we are not abandoned. Lord Jesus, You are the beacon for all who “worship in Spirit and truth” (see Jn 4:24). All praise to You!

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 What can blind us or keep us from recognizing God's glory in our lives? Sin and unbelief for sure! Faith enables us to see what is hidden or unseen to the naked eye. Through the eyes of faith Abraham recognized God and God's call on his life. He saw from afar not only what God intended for him, but for his descendants as well - an everlasting covenant of friendship and peace with the living God (Genesis 15:18). Abraham is the father of faith because he put his hope in the promises of God. Faith makes us taste in advance the light of God's glory when we shall see him face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 John 3:2).

The Lord Jesus reveals his glory in fulfilling his Father's will
Are you prepared to see God's glory? God is eager to share his glory with us! We get a glimpse of this when the disciples see Jesus transfigured on the mountain. Jesus' face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white (Mark 9:2,3).

When Moses met with God on Mount Sinai the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God (see Exodus 34:29). Paul says that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face because of its brightness (2 Corinthians 3:7). In the Gospel account Jesus appeared in glory with Moses, the great lawgiver of Israel, and with Elijah, the greatest of the prophets, in the presence of three of his beloved apostles - Peter, James, and John.

What is the significance of this mysterious appearance? Jesus went to the mountain knowing full well what awaited him in Jerusalem - his betrayal, rejection and crucifixion. Jesus very likely discussed this momentous decision to go to the cross with Moses and Elijah. God the Father also spoke with Jesus and gave his approval: This is my beloved Son; listen to him. The Father glorified his son because he obeyed. The cloud which overshadowed Jesus and his apostles fulfilled the dream of the Jews that when the Messiah came the cloud of God's presence would fill the temple again (see Exodus 16:10, 19:9, 33:9; 1 Kings 8:10; 2 Maccabees 2:8).

The Lord wants to share his glory with each of us
The Lord Jesus not only wants us to see his glory - he wants to share this glory with us. And Jesus shows us the way to the Father's glory: follow me - obey my words - take the path I have chosen for you and you will receive the blessings of my Father's kingdom - your name will be written in heaven.

Jesus succeeded in his mission because he went to Calvary so that Paradise would be restored to us once again. He embraced the cross to obtain the crown of glory that awaits each one of us, if we will follow in his footsteps.

Origen (185-254 AD), an early church bible scholar and writer, shows us how the transfiguration can change our lives: 

"When he is transfigured, his face also shines as the sun that he may be manifested to the children of light who have put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, and are no longer the children of darkness or night but have become the sons of day, and walk honestly as in the day. Being manifest, he will shine unto them not simply as the sun, but as demonstrated to be the sun of righteousness."

Stay awake spiritually - Don't miss God's glory and action
Luke's Gospel account tells us that while Jesus was transfigured, Peter, James, and John were asleep (Luke 9:32)! Upon awakening they discovered Jesus in glory along with Moses and Elijah. How much do we miss of God's glory and action because we are asleep spiritually? There are many things which can keep our minds asleep to the things of God: Mental lethargy and the "unexamined life" can keep us from thinking things through and facing our doubts and questions. The life of ease can also hinder us from considering the challenging or disturbing demands of Christ. Prejudice can make us blind to something new the Lord may have for us. Even sorrow can be a block until we can see past it to the glory of God.

Are you spiritually awake? Peter, James, and John were privileged witnesses of the glory of Christ. We, too, as disciples of Christ are called to be witnesses of his glory. We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18). The Lord wants to reveal his glory to us, his beloved disciples. Do you seek his presence with faith and reverence?

Lord Jesus, keep me always alert to you, to your presence in my life, and to your life-giving word that nourishes me daily. Let me see your glory.

Psalm 27:1, 7-9, 13-14

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!
8 You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek."
9 Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Cast me not off, forsake me not, O God of my salvation!
13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!
14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the LORD! 

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The transfiguration of Jesus, by Jerome (347-420 AD) 

"Do you wish to see the transfiguration of Jesus? Behold with me the Jesus of the Gospels. Let him be simply apprehended. There he is beheld both 'according to the flesh' and at the same time in his true divinity. He is beheld in the form of God according to our capacity for knowledge. This is how he was beheld by those who went up upon the lofty mountain to be apart with him. Meanwhile those who do not go up the mountain can still behold his works and hear his words, which are uplifting. It is before those who go up that Jesus is transfigured, and not to those below. When he is transfigured, his face shines as the sun, that he may be manifested to the children of light, who have put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light (Romans 13:12). They are no longer the children of darkness or night but have become the children of day. They walk honestly as in the day. Being manifested, he will shine to them not simply as the sun but as he is demonstrated to be, the sun of righteousness." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 12.37.10)

  

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