2022년 3월 27일 사순 제4주일
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제1독서
여호수아기 5,9ㄱㄴ.10-12
그 무렵 9 주님께서 여호수아에게 말씀하셨다.
“내가 오늘 너희에게서 이집트의 수치를 치워 버렸다.”
10 이스라엘 자손들은 길갈에 진을 치고,
그달 열나흗날 저녁에 예리코 벌판에서 파스카 축제를 지냈다.
11 파스카 축제 다음 날
그들은 그 땅의 소출을 먹었다.
바로 그날에 그들은 누룩 없는 빵과 볶은 밀을 먹은 것이다.
12 그들이 그 땅의 소출을 먹은 다음 날
만나가 멎었다.
그리고 더 이상은 이스라엘 자손들에게 만나가 내리지 않았다.
그들은 그해에 가나안 땅에서 난 것을 먹었다.
제2독서
코린토 2서. 5,17-21
형제 여러분, 17 누구든지 그리스도 안에 있으면 그는 새로운 피조물입니다.
옛것은 지나갔습니다. 보십시오, 새것이 되었습니다.
18 이 모든 것은 그리스도를 통하여 우리를 당신과 화해하게 하시고
또 우리에게 화해의 직분을 맡기신 하느님에게서 옵니다.
19 곧 하느님께서는 그리스도 안에서 세상을 당신과 화해하게 하시면서,
사람들에게 그들의 잘못을 따지지 않으시고
우리에게 화해의 말씀을 맡기셨습니다.
20 그러므로 우리는 그리스도의 사절입니다.
하느님께서 우리를 통하여 권고하십니다.
우리는 그리스도를 대신하여 여러분에게 빕니다. 하느님과 화해하십시오.
21 하느님께서는 죄를 모르시는 그리스도를 우리를 위하여 죄로 만드시어,
우리가 그리스도 안에서 하느님의 의로움이 되게 하셨습니다.
복음
루카 15,1-3.11ㄴ-32
그때에 1 세리들과 죄인들이 모두 예수님의 말씀을 들으려고
가까이 모여들고 있었다.
2 그러자 바리사이들과 율법 학자들이, “저 사람은 죄인들을 받아들이고
또 그들과 함께 음식을 먹는군.” 하고 투덜거렸다.
3 예수님께서 그들에게 이 비유를 말씀하셨다.
11 “어떤 사람에게 아들이 둘 있었다.
12 그런데 작은아들이,
‘아버지, 재산 가운데에서 저에게 돌아올 몫을 주십시오.’ 하고
아버지에게 말하였다.
그래서 아버지는 아들들에게 가산을 나누어 주었다.
13 며칠 뒤에 작은아들은 자기 것을 모두 챙겨서 먼 고장으로 떠났다.
그러고는 그곳에서 방종한 생활을 하며 자기 재산을 허비하였다.
14 모든 것을 탕진하였을 즈음 그 고장에 심한 기근이 들어,
그가 곤궁에 허덕이기 시작하였다.
15 그래서 그 고장 주민을 찾아가서 매달렸다.
그 주민은 그를 자기 소유의 들로 보내어 돼지를 치게 하였다.
16 그는 돼지들이 먹는 열매 꼬투리로라도 배를 채우기를 간절히 바랐지만,
아무도 주지 않았다.
17 그제야 제정신이 든 그는 이렇게 말하였다.
‘내 아버지의 그 많은 품팔이꾼들은 먹을 것이 남아도는데,
나는 여기에서 굶어 죽는구나. 18 일어나 아버지께 가서 이렇게 말씀드려야지.
′아버지, 제가 하늘과 아버지께 죄를 지었습니다.
19 저는 아버지의 아들이라고 불릴 자격이 없습니다.
저를 아버지의 품팔이꾼 가운데 하나로 삼아 주십시오.′’
20 그리하여 그는 일어나 아버지에게로 갔다.
그가 아직도 멀리 떨어져 있을 때에 아버지가 그를 보고 가엾은 마음이 들었다.
그리고 달려가 아들의 목을 껴안고 입을 맞추었다.
21 아들이 아버지에게 말하였다.
‘아버지, 제가 하늘과 아버지께 죄를 지었습니다.
저는 아버지의 아들이라고 불릴 자격이 없습니다.’
22 그러나 아버지는 종들에게 일렀다.
‘어서 가장 좋은 옷을 가져다 입히고 손에 반지를 끼우고 발에 신발을 신겨 주어라.
23 그리고 살진 송아지를 끌어다가 잡아라. 먹고 즐기자.
24 나의 이 아들은 죽었다가 다시 살아났고 내가 잃었다가 도로 찾았다.’
그리하여 그들은 즐거운 잔치를 벌이기 시작하였다.
25 그때에 큰아들은 들에 나가 있었다.
그가 집에 가까이 이르러 노래하며 춤추는 소리를 들었다.
26 그래서 하인 하나를 불러 무슨 일이냐고 묻자,
27 하인이 그에게 말하였다. ‘아우님이 오셨습니다.
아우님이 몸성히 돌아오셨다고 하여 아버님이 살진 송아지를 잡으셨습니다.’
28 큰아들은 화가 나서 들어가려고도 하지 않았다.
그래서 아버지가 나와 그를 타이르자,
29 그가 아버지에게 대답하였다.
‘보십시오, 저는 여러 해 동안 종처럼 아버지를 섬기며
아버지의 명을 한 번도 어기지 않았습니다.
이러한 저에게 아버지는 친구들과 즐기라고 염소 한 마리 주신 적이 없습니다.
30 그런데 창녀들과 어울려 아버지의 가산을 들어먹은 저 아들이 오니까,
살진 송아지를 잡아 주시는군요.’
31 그러자 아버지가 그에게 일렀다.
‘얘야, 너는 늘 나와 함께 있고 내 것이 다 네 것이다.
32 너의 저 아우는 죽었다가 다시 살아났고 내가 잃었다가 되찾았다.
그러니 즐기고 기뻐해야 한다.’”
March 27, 2022
Fourth Sunday of Lent
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Reading I
The LORD said to Joshua,
“Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.”
While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho,
they celebrated the Passover
on the evening of the fourteenth of the month.
On the day after the Passover,
they ate of the produce of the land
in the form of unleavened cakes and parched grain.
On that same day after the Passover,
on which they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased.
No longer was there manna for the Israelites,
who that year ate of the yield of the land of Canaan.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7
R. (9a) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
I will bless the LORD at all times;
his praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the LORD;
the lowly will hear me and be glad.
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Glorify the LORD with me,
let us together extol his name.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,
and your faces may not blush with shame.
When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from all his distress he saved him.
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Brothers and sisters:
Whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
the old things have passed away;
behold, new things have come.
And all this is from God,
who has reconciled us to himself through Christ
and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
not counting their trespasses against them
and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
So we are ambassadors for Christ,
as if God were appealing through us.
We implore you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So to them Jesus addressed this parable:
“A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father,
‘Father give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’
So the father divided the property between them.
After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings
and set off to a distant country
where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation.
When he had freely spent everything,
a severe famine struck that country,
and he found himself in dire need.
So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens
who sent him to his farm to tend the swine.
And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed,
but nobody gave him any.
Coming to his senses he thought,
‘How many of my father’s hired workers
have more than enough food to eat,
but here am I, dying from hunger.
I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him,
“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
I no longer deserve to be called your son;
treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”’
So he got up and went back to his father.
While he was still a long way off,
his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion.
He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.
His son said to him,
‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;
I no longer deserve to be called your son.’
But his father ordered his servants,
‘Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him;
put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
Take the fattened calf and slaughter it.
Then let us celebrate with a feast,
because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again;
he was lost, and has been found.’
Then the celebration began.
Now the older son had been out in the field
and, on his way back, as he neared the house,
he heard the sound of music and dancing.
He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean.
The servant said to him,
‘Your brother has returned
and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf
because he has him back safe and sound.’
He became angry,
and when he refused to enter the house,
his father came out and pleaded with him.
He said to his father in reply,
‘Look, all these years I served you
and not once did I disobey your orders;
yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends.
But when your son returns
who swallowed up your property with prostitutes,
for him you slaughter the fattened calf.’
He said to him,
‘My son, you are here with me always;
everything I have is yours.
But now we must celebrate and rejoice,
because your brother was dead and has come to life again;
he was lost and has been found.’”
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There is much wisdom shared about the sense of hearing. Make time to listen. Practice active listening. Put on your listening ears. Tell me your story. We all know the value of being present through careful listening. Yet there are many times when we are not very good at hearing what is being said. Perhaps we have too many distractions. Perhaps we suspect that we might need to hear something we don’t want to hear. Perhaps the story is so familiar that we believe we have already heard it.
Today’s Gospel from Luke is the story of the prodigal son. My initial reaction today to this parable from Jesus was that I knew where this story was going to take me as I have heard it so many times in my life. I was ready to tap into my dutiful oldest child resentment of the younger sibling who wasted his inheritance. Yet, I felt some gentle urging from God to listen deeper. As I prepared to read today’s gospel again, I prayed for the Grace to deeply listen to the word of God.
My attention was immediately captured by the taunts of Jesus from the Pharisees and scribes: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” This left me curious to learn more. Rather than focusing on a hard working son who despite doing everything right never gets a party, I was overwhelmed with the joy expressed by the father who sees his wayward son metaphorically come back to life. There could be no better reason for a joyful celebration. What a perfect message of conversion for this Lenten season.
Paul supports this message of conversion in his letter to Corinthians as he teaches about reconciliation:
And all this is from God,
who has reconciled us to himself through Christ
and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
not counting their trespasses against them
and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Learning about the experiences of the younger son who spent his entire inheritance on pleasure, I come to understand there have been many gifts in my life that I have sinfully squandered. As he desperately realizes that the animals he is caring for have more to eat than he does, I make space for my shame and face the moments in my life when I have come to a breaking point. And as I hear the taunts of the Pharisees and scribes, I wonder when have I tried to live like Jesus lived and opened my heart to sinners with joy and without judgment? As the younger son returns home to his father with contrition and no expectations, I feel an abiding trust in God’s love for me. This trust in God’s love is grounded in the wisdom from the Psalm calling us to Taste and See the Goodness in the Lord.
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KEEPING PROMISES IN THE PROMISED LAND
“On that same day after the Passover on which they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased. No longer was there manna for the Israelites, who that year ate of the yield of the land of Canaan.” —Joshua 5:11-12
Each day for forty years, God fed the Israelites with miraculous manna from heaven. When they had entered the promised land and their first harvest was complete, “the manna ceased” (Jos 5:12). What a loving, providing Father our God is!
For the forty days of Lent, we, like the Israelites, are journeying through the desert of self-denial toward the promised land of Easter. Many draw close to God with spiritual exercises such as increased prayer, fasting, increased participation in Confession and daily Masses, intense Bible reading, etc. These nourish our Lenten resolve much like the manna God provided in the desert.
When the Israelites reached the promised land, they rejoiced. Yet they now faced a new trial. With their newfound abundance came the temptation to stop relying on God’s care (e.g. Ps 78:56ff). Over time, the Israelites tended to be like the prodigal son: they often forgot God in prosperity, but turned to Him in time of trial (see Lk 15:13, 16ff).
Decide today to follow the Lord in “every circumstance,” whether “well provided for” or not (Phil 4:12). May your Lenten sufferings and your Easter renewal of your Baptismal promises lead you to lifelong covenant faithfulness to God (see Jer 31:31).
Prayer: Father, “may my tongue cleave to my palate if I remember You not” (Ps 137:6). Never let me forget you in time of abundance (Prv 30:9).
Promise: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old order has passed away; now all is new!” —2 Cor 5:17
Praise: Praise You, risen Jesus, the Promise Keeper (2 Cor 1:20). You are “the Faithful Witness” (Rv 3:14).
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What's worst than being separated from your home, loved ones, and friends? The pain of separation can only be surpassed by the joy of the homecoming and reunion. When God commanded his people to celebrate the Passover annually, he wanted them to never forget what he did for them when he freed them from oppression and slavery in the land of Egypt and brought them back to their promised homeland which he gave as a sign of his immense love and favor. At the end of their wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, Joshua, the successor to Moses, led the people in celebrating the Passover meal after they had safely passed over the River Jordan to their promised homeland (Joshua 5:9-12).
Our true homeland with God
This crossing over from a land of slavery and oppression to a land of promise and freedom is a sign that foreshadows the true freedom and homecoming which the Lord Jesus has won for us in his kingdom. Through his victory on the cross the Lord Jesus has delivered us from the dominion of sin and darkness and transferred us to his kingdom of light, truth, and forgiveness (Colossians 1:13-14). God offers this freedom to all who believe in his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. God does not desire the death of anyone (Ezekiel 18:23). That is why he sent us his only-begotten Son to set us free from slavery to sin, Satan, and death and to restore us to everlasting peace, joy, and abundant life with our Father in heaven.
The merciful Father who welcome home his lost son
Jesus illustrates this passover from slavery to sin and condemnation to freedom and new life in Christ with the longest parable recorded in the Gospels (Luke 15:11-32). What is the main point of Jesus' story about two ungrateful sons and their extravagant loving father? Is it the contrast between a grudging obedient son and a rebellious son who had wished his father was dead? Or the warm reception given to a spendthrift son and the cold reception given by the eldest son?
Jesus does contrast the eldest son's cold and aloof reception for his errant brother with the father's warm embrace and lavish homecoming party for his repentant son. While the errant son had wasted his father's money, his father, nonetheless, maintained unbroken love for his son. The son, while he was away, learned a lot about himself. And he realized that his father had given him love which he had not returned. He had yet to learn about the depth of his father's love for him.
His deep humiliation at finding himself obliged to feed on the husks of pigs and his reflection on all he had lost, led to his repentance and decision to declare himself guilty before his father. While he hoped for reconciliation with his father, he could not have imagined a full restoration of relationship. The father did not need to speak words of forgiveness to his son; his actions spoke more loudly and clearly! The beautiful robe, the ring, and the festive banquet symbolize the new life - pure, worthy, and joyful - of every person who returns to God.
Forgiven and restored to new life
The prodigal could not return to the garden of innocence, but he was welcomed and reinstated as a son who had been missed much and greatly loved by his father. The errant son's dramatic change from grief and guilt to forgiveness and restoration express in picture-language the resurrection from the dead which Jesus makes possible to everyone who believes in him, a rebirth to new life from death.
The parable also contrasts mercy and its opposite - unforgiveness. The father who had been wronged, was forgiving. But the eldest son, who had not been wronged, was unforgiving. His unforgiveness turns into spiteful pride and contempt for his brother. And his resentment leads to his isolation and estrangement from the community of forgiven sinners.
God's mercy and kindness knows no bounds
In this parable Jesus gives a vivid picture of God and what God is like. God is truly kinder than any of us. He does not lose hope or give up when we stray from him. He is always on the lookout for those who have a change of heart and want to return. He rejoices in finding the lost and in welcoming them home. Do you know the joy of repentance and the restoration of relationship as a son or daughter of your heavenly Father?
Lord Jesus, may I never doubt your love nor take for granted the mercy you have shown to me. Fill me with your transforming love that I may be merciful as you are merciful.
Psalm 34:2-8
2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad.
3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The Father redeems his son with a kiss, by Peter Chrysologus (400-450 AD)
"'He fell on his neck and kissed him.' This is how the father judges and corrects his wayward son and gives him not beatings but kisses. The power of love overlooked the transgressions. The father redeemed the sins of his son by his kiss, and covered them by his embrace, in order not to expose the crimes or humiliate the son. The father so healed the son's wounds as not to leave a scar or blemish upon him. 'Blessed are they,' says Scripture 'whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered' (Romans 4:7)."(excerpt from SERMON 3)
[Peter Chrysologus, 400-450 AD, was a renowned preacher and bishop of Ravena in the 5th century]
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