2022년 6월 27일 연중 제13주간 월요일
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제1독서
아모스 예언서 2,6-10.13-16
6 주님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.
“이스라엘의 세 가지 죄 때문에, 네 가지 죄 때문에 나는 철회하지 않으리라.
그들이 빚돈을 빌미로 무죄한 이를 팔아넘기고
신 한 켤레를 빌미로 빈곤한 이를 팔아넘겼기 때문이다.
7 그들은 힘없는 이들의 머리를 흙먼지 속에다 짓밟고
가난한 이들의 살길을 막는다.
아들과 아비가 같은 처녀에게 드나들며 나의 거룩한 이름을 더럽힌다.
8 제단마다 그 옆에 저당 잡은 옷들을 펴서 드러눕고
벌금으로 사들인 포도주를 저희 하느님의 집에서 마셔 댄다.
9 그런데 나는 그들 앞에서 아모리인들을 없애 주었다.
그 아모리인들은 향백나무처럼 키가 크고 참나무처럼 강하였지만
위로는 그 열매를, 아래로는 그 뿌리를 없애 주었다.
10 그리고 나는 너희를 이집트 땅에서 데리고 올라와
사십 년 동안 광야에서 이끈 다음 아모리인들의 땅을 차지하게 하였다.
13 이제 나는 곡식 단으로 가득 차 짓눌리는 수레처럼
너희를 짓눌러 버리리라.
14 날랜 자도 달아날 길 없고 강한 자도 힘을 쓰지 못하며
용사도 제 목숨을 구하지 못하리라.
15 활을 든 자도 버틸 수 없고 발 빠른 자도 자신을 구하지 못하며
말 탄 자도 제 목숨을 구하지 못하리라.
16 용사들 가운데 심장이 강한 자도 그날에는 알몸으로 도망치리라.”
복음
마태오 8,18-22
그때에 18 예수님께서는 둘러선 군중을 보시고
제자들에게 호수 건너편으로 가라고 명령하셨다.
19 그때에 한 율법 학자가 다가와 예수님께,
“스승님, 어디로 가시든지 저는 스승님을 따르겠습니다.” 하고 말하였다.
20 그러자 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
“여우들도 굴이 있고 하늘의 새들도 보금자리가 있지만,
사람의 아들은 머리를 기댈 곳조차 없다.”
21 그분의 제자들 가운데 어떤 이가,
“주님, 먼저 집에 가서 아버지의 장사를 지내게 허락해 주십시오.” 하고 말하였다.
22 예수님께서는 그에게 말씀하셨다. “너는 나를 따라라.
죽은 이들의 장사는 죽은 이들이 지내도록 내버려 두어라.”
June 27, 2022
Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Thus says the LORD:
For three crimes of Israel, and for four,
I will not revoke my word;
Because they sell the just man for silver,
and the poor man for a pair of sandals.
They trample the heads of the weak
into the dust of the earth,
and force the lowly out of the way.
Son and father go to the same prostitute,
profaning my holy name.
Upon garments taken in pledge
they recline beside any altar;
And the wine of those who have been fined
they drink in the house of their god.
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them,
who were as tall as the cedars,
and as strong as the oak trees.
I destroyed their fruit above,
and their roots beneath.
It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
and who led you through the desert for forty years,
to occupy the land of the Amorites.
Beware, I will crush you into the ground
as a wagon crushes when laden with sheaves.
Flight shall perish from the swift,
and the strong man shall not retain his strength;
The warrior shall not save his life,
nor the bowman stand his ground;
The swift of foot shall not escape,
nor the horseman save his life.
And the most stouthearted of warriors
shall flee naked on that day, says the LORD.
R. (22a) Remember this, you who never think of God.
“Why do you recite my statutes,
and profess my covenant with your mouth,
Though you hate discipline
and cast my words behind you?”
R. Remember this, you who never think of God.
“When you see a thief, you keep pace with him,
and with adulterers you throw in your lot.
To your mouth you give free rein for evil,
you harness your tongue to deceit.”
R. Remember this, you who never think of God.
“You sit speaking against your brother;
against your mother’s son you spread rumors.
When you do these things, shall I be deaf to it?
Or do you think that I am like yourself?
I will correct you by drawing them up before your eyes.”
R. Remember this, you who never think of God.
“Consider this, you who forget God,
lest I rend you and there be no one to rescue you.
He that offers praise as a sacrifice glorifies me;
and to him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God.”
R. Remember this, you who never think of God.
Gospel
When Jesus saw a crowd around him,
he gave orders to cross to the other shore.
A scribe approached and said to him,
“Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
Another of his disciples said to him,
“Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”
But Jesus answered him, “Follow me,
and let the dead bury their dead.”
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When I was in graduate school to become a teacher, a beloved professor of ours had a mantra (as the good ones can). Here was his: Firm - Fair - Consistent; as in, be firm, fair and consistent with your students. Doc, as we affectionately called our professor, was all of these things - and he had practice. It is a wonder why, therefore, I thought my honest explanation of the printer not working would be sufficient when I entered class one day without my assignment in-hand. I didn't want to be late, after all. Well, when my rationale landed flat and Doc signaled that my assignment grade could be in jeopardy for late submission he looked at me with a playful smile and said, "It looks like you have a decision to make." That is, go print and submit the assignment in class but be late to class as a result, or be on-time to class and sacrifice points for a late assignment. Doc was firm and he was fair. Doc was also consistent. This last quality, in my opinion, was arguably the toughest to faithfully employ in the classroom. A firm and fair policy when exercised inconsistently was, ipso facto, neither firm nor fair.
Much like Doc, Amos in our first reading today tells Israel they have a decision to make. The footnote for Amos 2:6 reveals that 'Amos' audience would applaud his condemnation of foreign kingdoms in the foregoing seven oracles...But now he adds an eighth, unexpected oracle - against Israel itself.' By including Israel amongst the other seven, Amos is showing God's consistency. There was not a corner of the Earth where his commands (and love) did not reach, including with his chosen people.
How often, I wonder, do I applaud justice when applied to others but am silenced when it is applied to me? How often am I the sort of hypocrite I would otherwise condemn? These questions are uncomfortable and unsettling. To face our shortcomings always is. But after the bitterness of doing so comes the sweetness of the invitation we hear Jesus utter today in Matthew: Follow me. Jesus, being the good teacher that he is, never abandons us but always invites us to join him. And we can rely on God to be consistent with this invitation always.
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GOING HOME IS FOR THE HOMELESS
“The Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” —Matthew 8:20
Everyone needs a place to call home. “Life’s prime needs are water, bread, and clothing, a house, too, for decent privacy” (Sir 29:21). We all need a place to rest our heads. Having a home is a basic human need.
This fact helps us recognize the radicalness of Jesus’ proclamation to His disciples: “The foxes have lairs, the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head” (Mt 8:20). Jesus calls His disciples to live not only on the edge but over the edge. He calls us to be radical witnesses to the fact that our home is in heaven and we can be nothing other than aliens on earth (see 1 Pt 2:11). In this spirit, St. Paul, in contrast with Sirach, did not mention a home as a basic need. He told St. Timothy and all of us: “If we have food and clothing we have all that we need” (1 Tm 6:8).
Yes, we all need a home and a place to rest our heads, but this home and this place are not on earth but in heaven (see Heb 4:1ff). The writer of Hebrews teaches all disciples of Jesus: “By acknowledging themselves to be strangers and foreigners on the earth, they showed that they were seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking back to the place from which they had come, they would have had the opportunity of returning there. But they were searching for a better, a heavenly home” (Heb 11:13-16). Some of Jesus’ disciples are called to be homeless in a radical, prophetic way. Others must detach themselves from their home. Renounce your earthly home (Lk 14:33). Then you can go home.
Prayer: Father, may Your Word be my home (see Jn 8:31, RSV-CE).
Promise: “Teacher, wherever You go I will come after You.” —Mt 8:19
Praise: St. Cyril was a key figure at the Council of Ephesus. He defended the doctrine that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, which had been under heretical attack. By God’s grace, Cyril’s faithfulness led many back home to their Father.
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Are you ready to follow the Lord Jesus wherever he may lead you? In love, the Lord Jesus calls each one of us personally by name and he invites us to follow him as our Lord and Teacher. What an awesome privilege and an awesome responsibility! What does it cost to be a disciple and follower of the Lord Jesus? Our whole lives, for sure! The Lord Jesus in turn promises to give us all that we need to follow him and more besides! Before we "sign-up" for something, it is quite natural and appropriate to ask what it will cost us. Jesus made sure that any "would-be" followers knew what they were getting themselves into.
The cost of discipleship
One prospective follower, a scribe who was an expert in the Torah (the law of God in the first five books of Moses in the Jewish bible), paid Jesus the highest compliment he knew. He called Jesus "teacher". Jesus advised this would-be follower: Before you follow me, think what you are about to do and count the cost. A disciple must be willing to part with anything that might stand in the way of following Jesus as Teacher and Master. Another would-be disciple responded by saying that he must first bury his father, that is go back home and take care of his father until he died. This disciple was not yet ready to count the cost of following Jesus. Jesus appealed to the man's heart to choose for God's kingdom first and to detach himself from anything that might keep him from following the Lord.
The greatest call
The Lord Jesus invites us into the most wonderful and greatest of relationships - a personal relationship of love and friendship, trust and commitment with himself, the Lord and Ruler of the heavens and the earth. How can we give the Lord our unqualified "yes" to the call he has for our lives? The Lord Jesus fills the hearts of those who accept his invitation of discipleship and friendship with the outpouring of his love into our hearts through the gift of the Holy Spirit who has been given to us (Romans 5:5). The love of God frees us from attachments to other things so we can give ourselves freely to God for his glory and for his kingdom. It was love that compelled the Lord Jesus to lay down his life for us. And he calls us in love to give our all for him.
We cannot outgive God
What can keep us from giving our all to God? Fear, self-concern, pre-occupation, and attachment to other things. Even spiritual things can get in the way of having God alone as our Treasure if we put them first. Detachment is a necessary step if we want to make the Lord our Treasure and Joy. It frees us to give ourselves without reserve to the Lord and to his service. There is nothing greater we can do with our lives than to place them at the service of the Lord and Master of the universe. We cannot match God in generosity. Jesus promises that those who are willing to part with what is most dear to them for his sake "will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life" (Matthew 19:29). Is there anything holding you back from giving your all to the Lord?
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess you have given me. I surrender it all to you to be disposed of according to your will. Give me only your love and your grace - with these I will be rich enough and will desire nothing more. (Prayer of Ignatius Loyola, 1491-1556)
Psalm 50:1-5, 23
1 The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God comes, he does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, round about him a mighty tempest.
4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
23 He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors me; to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God!"
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Following the Lord Jesus, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"'Come follow Me, says the Lord. Do you love? He has hastened on, He has flown on ahead. Look and see where. O Christian, don't you know where your Lord has gone? I ask you: Don't you wish to follow Him there? Through trials, insults,the cross, and death. Why do you hesitate? Look, the way has been shown you." (excerpt from Sermon 64,5)
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