2022년 6월 20일 연중 제12주간 월요일
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제1독서
열왕기 하.17,5-8.13-15ㄱ.18
그 무렵 아시리아 임금 살만에세르는 5 온 나라를 치러 올라왔다.
그는 사마리아까지 쳐 올라와 그곳을 세 해 동안 포위하였다.
6 마침내 호세아 제구년에 아시리아 임금은 사마리아를 함락하고,
이스라엘 사람들을 아시리아로 끌고 가서
할라와 고잔 강 가 하보르와 메디아의 성읍들에 이주시켰다.
7 이는 이스라엘 자손들이 자기들을 이집트 임금 파라오의 손에서 빼내시어
이집트 땅에서 데리고 올라오신 주 저희 하느님께 죄를 짓고,
다른 신들을 경외하였기 때문이다.
8 또한 주님께서 이스라엘 자손들 앞에서 쫓아내신 민족들의 풍속과
이스라엘 임금들이 만들어 낸 것에 따라 걸어갔기 때문이다.
13 주님께서는 모든 예언자와 선견자들을 통하여
이스라엘과 유다에 경고하셨다.
“너희의 악한 길에서 돌아서서, 내가 너희 조상들에게 명령하고
나의 종 예언자들을 통하여 너희에게 보낸 모든 율법대로
나의 계명과 규정들을 지켜라.”
14 그러나 그들은 그 말씀을 듣지 않고,
주 저희 하느님을 믿지 않은 그들의 조상들처럼 목을 뻣뻣하게 하였다.
15 그들은 그분의 규정과 그분께서 저희 조상들과 맺으신 계약,
그리고 자기들에게 주신 경고를 업신여겼다.
18 주님께서 이스라엘에게 크게 노하시어 그들을 당신 앞에서 물리치시니,
남은 것은 유다 지파뿐이었다.
복음
마태오.7,1-5
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
1 “남을 심판하지 마라.
그래야 너희도 심판받지 않는다.
2 너희가 심판하는 그대로 너희도 심판받고,
너희가 되질하는 바로 그 되로 너희도 받을 것이다.
3 너는 어찌하여 형제의 눈 속에 있는 티는 보면서,
네 눈 속에 있는 들보는 깨닫지 못하느냐?
4 네 눈 속에는 들보가 있는데,
어떻게 형제에게 ‘가만, 네 눈에서 티를 빼내 주겠다.’ 하고 말할 수 있느냐?
5 위선자야, 먼저 네 눈에서 들보를 빼내어라.
그래야 네가 뚜렷이 보고 형제의 눈에서 티를 빼낼 수 있을 것이다.”
June 20, 2022
Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land
and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel
the king of Assyria took Samaria,
and deported the children of Israel to Assyria,
setting them in Halah, at the Habor, a river of Gozan,
and the cities of the Medes.
This came about because the children of Israel sinned against the LORD,
their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt,
from under the domination of Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
and because they venerated other gods.
They followed the rites of the nations
whom the Lord had cleared out of the way of the children of Israel
and the kings of Israel whom they set up.
And though the LORD warned Israel and Judah
by every prophet and seer,
“Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments and statutes,
in accordance with the entire law which I enjoined on your fathers
and which I sent you by my servants the prophets,”
they did not listen, but were as stiff-necked as their fathers,
who had not believed in the LORD, their God.
They rejected his statutes,
the covenant which he had made with their fathers,
and the warnings which he had given them, till,
in his great anger against Israel,
the LORD put them away out of his sight.
Only the tribe of Judah was left.
R. (7b)
Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.
O God, you have rejected us and broken our defenses;
you have been angry; rally us!
R. Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.
You have rocked the country and split it open;
repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.
You have made your people feel hardships;
you have given us stupefying wine.
R. Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.
Have not you, O God, rejected us,
so that you go not forth, O God, with our armies?
Give us aid against the foe,
for worthless is the help of men.
R. Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
For as you judge, so will you be judged,
and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother,
‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’
while the wooden beam is in your eye?
You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first;
then you will see clearly
to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.”
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
esus tells us not to judge each other because most of the time, our flaws are far worse than those we seek to judge. We all have a lot of work to do on this one. How do we develop a habit of perceiving the big flaws in ourselves before we go picking at the smaller flaws in others? One way to get ourselves out this trouble is to simply not see the flaws in others. I know people who are that well-disciplined and generous in spirit. They are much more spiritually mature than most of us. But for many others, live and let live, is their motto. That is taking the uncomplicated way out. There is no self-examination there.
Jesus’ message for us today challenges me to not just to ignore the faults of others, but to first engage in self-reflection of my own sins. That is demanding work. But if I do that honestly, and try to resolve them, I think I might even be able to lovingly help others to resolve their own sins as well. It seems to me that a healthy Christian community is a place where we can all learn to engage in deep self-reflection of our own sins as we lovingly stand in solidarity with and learn to forgive each other.
Unfortunately, our larger society is not ready for this right now. There is too much self-righteousness on the part of people who pass judgment on others without any compassion for them. Jesus clearly warns us against that sort of behavior. I pray today that Christians can model self-examination and forgiveness for others in solidarity with them as we work together to create hope for our nation and the world.
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THE CULT OF SECULAR HUMANISM
“...because they venerated other gods.” —2 Kings 17:7
When we read in the Bible about false gods, we picture weird-looking statues in a strange temple filled with crazed, demon-possessed fanatics. False gods don’t necessarily have anything to do with statues, temples, or foreign cultures. For example, secular humanism is a religion that bows down before the god of self. There is no emphasis on statues or temples. The people involved in this religion do not appear primitive, but sophisticated.
Secular humanism adores a variety of gods: the gods of sex, pleasure, money, lifestyle, military or political power, scientific technology, capitalism, and communism. Some secular humanists are atheists, while others acknowledge the existence of the true God. Nevertheless, for practical purposes, all secular humanists put man first and therefore put man in the place of God.
It’s so easy to get involved in the cult of secular humanism. If we get caught up in it, we will go the way of all who worship false gods. We will be manipulated by Satan, become as perverse and empty as the gods we worship (Ps 115:8), and perish. The Lord is patient and merciful (see Ps 103:8). He’s giving us a chance to repent and get the plank out of our eyes (Mt 7:5). However, we have already missed countless opportunities to repent. Time eventually runs out. Repent now (see Mk 1:15).
Prayer: Jesus, I repent of idolatry and being involved with the cult of secular humanism. I give my life to You and acknowledge You as Lord and God.
Promise: “Your verdict on others will be the verdict passed on you. The measure with which you measure will be used to measure you.” —Mt 7:2
Praise: “For lowly people You save but haughty eyes You bring low; You indeed, O Lord, give light to my lamp; O my God, You brighten the darkness about me” (Ps 18:28-29).
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How do you wish to be judged by others? Everybody is a critic, but who wants to be judged negatively? Judgmentalism is rampant, even among Christians. So how can we avoid this poisonous sin and not be contaminated by the world's view of who is good and who is bad? "Thinking the best of other people" is necessary if we wish to grow in love. And kindliness in judgment is nothing less that a sacred duty. The Rabbis warned people: "He who judges his neighbor favorably will be judged favorably by God."
Who can judge rightly?
How easy it is to misjudge and how difficult it is to be impartial in judgment. Our judgment of others is usually "off the mark" because we can't see inside the person to their inner motives and intentions, or we don't have access to all the facts, or we are swayed by instinct and unreasoning reactions to people. It is easier to find fault in others than in oneself.
Why did Jesus calls his critics hypocrites? Listen to Augustine of Hippo's (354-430 A.D) explanation of this passage:
"The word hypocrite is aptly employed here, since the denouncing of evils is best viewed as a matter only for upright persons of goodwill. When the wicked engage in it, they are like impersonators, masqueraders, hiding their real selves behind a mask, while they portray another's character through the mask. The word hypocrites in fact signifies pretenders. Hence we ought especially to avoid that meddlesome class of pretenders who under the pretense of seeking advice undertake the censure of all kinds of vices. They are often moved by hatred and malice.
"Rather, whenever necessity compels one to reprove or rebuke another, we ought to proceed with godly discernment and caution. First of all, let us consider whether the other fault is such as we ourselves have never had or whether it is one that we have overcome. Then, if we have never had such a fault, let us remember that we are human and could have had it. But if we have had it and are rid of it now, let us remember our common frailty, in order that mercy, not hatred, may lead us to the giving of correction and admonition. In this way, whether the admonition occasions the amendment or the worsening of the one for whose sake we are offering it (for the result cannot be foreseen), we ourselves shall be made safe through singleness of eye. But if on reflection we find that we ourselves have the same fault as the one we are about to reprove, let us neither correct nor rebuke that one. Rather, let us bemoan the fault ourselves and induce that person to a similar concern, without asking him to submit to our correction." (excerpt from SERMON ON THE MOUNT 2.19.64)
Merciful healing and removal of sin
Jesus states a heavenly principle we can stake our lives on: what you give to others (and how you treat others) will return to you in like manner. The Lord knows our faults, weaknesses, and sins and he sees everything, even the imperfections and hidden sins of the heart which we cannot recognize in ourselves. Like a gentle father and a skillful doctor he patiently draws us to his seat of mercy and removes the cancer of sin which inhabits our hearts.
Do you trust in God's mercy and grace? And do you submit to his truth about what is right and wrong, good and evil, helpful and harmful for your welfare and the welfare of your neighbor as well? Ask the Lord to purify your heart with his loving-kindness and mercy that you may have ample room for charity and forbearance towards your neighbor.
O Father, give us the humility which realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its need, welcomes advice, accepts rebuke. Help us always to praise rather than to criticize, to sympathize rather than to discourage, to build rather than to destroy, and to think of people at their best rather than at their worst. This we ask for thy name's sake. (Prayer of William Barclay, 20th century)
Psalm 60:3-12
3 You have made your people suffer hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us reel.
4 You have set up a banner for those who fear you, to rally to it from the bow. [Selah]
5 That your beloved may be delivered, give victory by your right hand and answer us!
6 God has spoken in his sanctuary: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; E'phraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.
8 Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph."
9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
11 O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man!
12 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Judge from justice, forgive from grace, by Ephrem the Syrian, 306-373 A.D.
"Do not judge, that is, unjustly, so that you may not be judged, with regard to injustice. With the judgment that you judge shall you be judged (Matthew 7:2). This is like the phrase 'Forgive, and it will be forgiven you.' For once someone has judged in accordance with justice, he should forgive in accordance with grace, so that when he himself is judged in accordance with justice, he may be worthy of forgiveness through grace. Alternatively, it was on account of the judges, those who seek vengeance for themselves, that he said, 'Do not condemn.' That is, do not seek vengeance for yourselves. Or, do not judge, from appearances and opinion and then condemn, but admonish and advise." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 6.18B)
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