2022년 7월 1일 연중 제13주간 금요일
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제1독서
아모스 예언서. 8,4-6.9-12
4 빈곤한 이를 짓밟고 이 땅의 가난한 이를 망하게 하는 자들아
이 말을 들어라!
5 너희는 말한다. “언제면 초하룻날이 지나서 곡식을 내다 팔지?
언제면 안식일이 지나서 밀을 내놓지?
에파는 작게, 세켈은 크게 하고 가짜 저울로 속이자.
6 힘없는 자를 돈으로 사들이고 빈곤한 자를 신 한 켤레 값으로 사들이자.
지스러기 밀도 내다 팔자.”
9 주 하느님의 말씀이다.
그날에 나는 한낮에 해가 지게 하고 대낮에 땅이 캄캄하게 하리라.
10 너희의 축제를 슬픔으로, 너희의 모든 노래를 애가로 바꾸리라.
나는 모든 사람이 허리에 자루옷을 두르고 머리는 모두 대머리가 되어
외아들을 잃은 것처럼 통곡하게 하고 그 끝을 비통한 날로 만들리라.
11 보라, 그날이 온다. 주 하느님의 말씀이다.
내가 이 땅에 굶주림을 보내리라. 양식이 없어 굶주리는 것이 아니고
물이 없어 목마른 것이 아니라 주님의 말씀을 듣지 못하여 굶주리는 것이다.
12 그들이 주님의 말씀을 찾아 이 바다에서 저 바다로 헤매고
북쪽에서 동쪽으로 떠돌아다녀도 찾아내지 못하리라.
복음
마태오 9,9-13
그때에 9 예수님께서 길을 가시다가
마태오라는 사람이 세관에 앉아 있는 것을 보시고 말씀하셨다. “나를 따라라.”
그러자 마태오는 일어나 그분을 따랐다.
10 예수님께서 집에서 식탁에 앉게 되셨는데,
마침 많은 세리와 죄인도 와서 예수님과 그분의 제자들과 자리를 함께하였다.
11 그것을 본 바리사이들이 그분의 제자들에게 말하였다.
“당신네 스승은 어째서 세리와 죄인들과 함께 음식을 먹는 것이오?”
12 예수님께서 이 말을 들으시고 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“튼튼한 이들에게는 의사가 필요하지 않으나 병든 이들에게는 필요하다.
13 너희는 가서 ‘내가 바라는 것은 희생 제물이 아니라 자비다.’ 하신 말씀이
무슨 뜻인지 배워라.
사실 나는 의인이 아니라 죄인을 부르러 왔다.”
July 1, 2022
Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Mass : http://www.catholictv.com/shows/daily-mass
Reading 1
Hear this, you who trample upon the needy
and destroy the poor of the land!
"When will the new moon be over," you ask,
"that we may sell our grain,
and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat?
We will diminish the containers for measuring,
add to the weights,
and fix our scales for cheating!
We will buy the lowly man for silver,
and the poor man for a pair of sandals;
even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!"
On that day, says the Lord GOD,
I will make the sun set at midday
and cover the earth with darkness in broad daylight.
I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentations.
I will cover the loins of all with sackcloth
and make every head bald.
I will make them mourn as for an only son,
and bring their day to a bitter end.
Yes, days are coming, says the Lord GOD,
when I will send famine upon the land:
Not a famine of bread, or thirst for water,
but for hearing the word of the LORD.
Then shall they wander from sea to sea
and rove from the north to the east
In search of the word of the LORD,
but they shall not find it.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (Matthew 4:4) One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Blessed are they who observe his decrees,
who seek him with all their heart.
R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
With all my heart I seek you;
let me not stray from your commands.
R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
My soul is consumed with longing
for your ordinances at all times.
R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
The way of truth I have chosen;
I have set your ordinances before me.
R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Behold, I long for your precepts;
in your justice give me life.
R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
I gasp with open mouth
in my yearning for your commands.
R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Gospel
As Jesus passed by,
he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post.
He said to him, "Follow me."
And he got up and followed him.
While he was at table in his house,
many tax collectors and sinners came
and sat with Jesus and his disciples.
The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples,
"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
He heard this and said,
"Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
Go and learn the meaning of the words,
I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
The first reading introduces us to a very strong warning to those "who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land." The Psalm reminds us of Jesus' response to the tempter's effort to get Jesus to use his power to feed himself: "One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."
The gospel is very consoling. I like it that Jesus eats and drinks with sinners. As a sinner, it is very comforting for me to hear that Jesus is this comfortable with people like me. It is reassuring that he called Matthew to be one of his apostles - a fellow who was a tax collector, and therefore, a compromiser. Matthew was a Jew but he worked for Rome, extorting taxes from his own people.
Obviously, Matthew wasn't liked by the people. (They didn't like taxes then, either, and he wasn't even claiming to collect them for a worthy cause.) So, when Jesus called Matthew to follow him and then goes to Matthew's house for dinner that night, where there were others known to be sinners, it created quite a stir among the religious leaders. Jesus is himself breaking the Law here, and by eating with sinners he is rendering himself ritually unclean, that is, he is excommunicating himself from temple worship. He would ordinarily have to be purified before he could return to the temple, after such an infraction of the Law.
But, Jesus has an even greater surprise and stunning revelation for the religious folks - who tend to be fairly self-righteous in their own ritual purity. Jesus remembers the words of Hosea 6:6: "For it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings." So, Jesus says to the religious leaders:
"Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words,
'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous but sinners." (Matthew 9:12-13)
"I desire mercy, not sacrifice." It is hard for us to imagine how shocking this was to the religious folks who were judging Jesus - and, of course, the people with whom Jesus was enjoying dinner. They must have asked themselves, "Wait a minute! How could mercy be God's desire, more than sacrifice?" They must have been saying, at least in their hearts, "Being judgmental toward sinners is a sign of our fidelity to God. And we show our fidelity to God by not being sinners and by staying ritually pure and worshipping God through sacrifice, taught us in the Scriptures!"
Jesus was challenging their thinking about being religious and he is challenging ours. It is so consoling for all of us who are sinners. God doesn't love us because we earn it, deserve it, or prove how good we are. God loves us because we need loving, because we need forgiving, because we can't earn his love. And, because we have experienced ourselves as "love-sinners," - that is who we are - we are moved by grace to love other sinners, too. Being a sinner who is healed by God's love allows us, blesses us, to love the same way - through compassion, forgiveness, and accompaniment. This self-sacrificing love sends us to be for and with those who need loving - even those who don't seem to deserve it - starting with people in our families, in our churches, and those with whom we work.
How much grace would flow from each of us responding to the call to eat and drink with a few sinners tonight, and to enjoy them, affirm them and love them as Jesus did?
O Lord, may your grace, which brought this grace to our hearts and opened them, bring it to great fruitfulness in love and charity, in ways we can't even imagine. Amen.
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YEARN TO KNOW GOD
“I gasp with open mouth in my yearning for Your commands.” —Psalm 119:131
During Mass, are we concentrating on the next sale at work or the ballgame that evening? (see Am 8:5) Amos urges us to listen intently to the Word of God, for a time is coming when there will be a famine for hearing the Word of God (Am 8:11). Those who live in countries where they are persecuted for their faith in God understand all too well the spiritual starvation in such a famine.
We must work at listening to God. Listening to the Lord sacrificially is a good thing. Still, God wants more from us than sacrifices (Mt 9:9, 13; 1 Sm 15:22). We are His beloved. He wants a more intimate relationship with us. For if we sacrifice for God, yet have not love, we gain nothing (1 Cor 13:3).
God wants us to yearn for His Word (Ps 119:131) with a yearning far deeper than that of a beloved longing to hear from a separated lover. The Lord wants us to listen to His Word and “long for” it (Ps 119:40), so we may not just know what is good, but also listen so as to know Him (Phil 3:8-10) and to love Him with our all (Lk 10:27). Our sacrificial service to Him and others will then flow out of a response to His amazing love. With the psalmist, tell God: “My soul is consumed with longing for Your ordinances at all times” (Ps 119:20). Yearn for His commands (Ps 119:131).
Prayer: “Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening” (1 Sm 3:9).
Promise: “I have come to call, not the self-righteous, but sinners.” —Mt 9:13
Praise: St. Junipero spent thirty-four years building up the Church in California.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
What is God's call on your life? Jesus chose Matthew to be his follower and friend, not because Matthew was religious or learned, popular or saintly. Matthew appeared to be none of those. He chose to live a life of wealth and ease. His profession was probably the most corrupted and despised by everyone because tax collectors made themselves wealthy by over-charging and threatening people if they did not hand over their money to them.
God searches our heart
What did Jesus see in Matthew that others did not see? When the prophet Samuel came to the house of Jesse to anoint the future heir to the throne of Israel, he bypassed all the first seven sons and chose the last! "God looks at the heart and not at the appearance of a man" he declared (1 Samuel 16:7). David's heart was like a compass looking for true north - it pointed to God. Matthew's heart must have yearned for God, even though he dare not show his face in a synagogue - the Jewish house of prayer and the study of Torah - God's law. When Jesus saw Matthew sitting at his tax office - no doubt counting his day's profit - Jesus spoke only two words - "follow me". Those two words changed Matthew from a self-serving profiteer to a God-serving apostle who would bring the treasures of God's kingdom to the poor and needy.
John Chrysostom, the great 5th century church father, describes Matthew's calling: "Why did Jesus not call Matthew at the same time as he called Peter and John and the rest? He came to each one at a particular time when he knew that they would respond to him. He came at a different time to call Matthew when he was assured that Matthew would surrender to his call. Similarly, he called Paul at a different time when he was vulnerable, after the resurrection, something like a hunter going after his quarry. For he who is acquainted with our inmost hearts and knows the secrets of our minds knows when each one of us is ready to respond fully. Therefore he did not call them all together at the beginning, when Matthew was still in a hardened condition. Rather, only after countless miracles, after his fame spread abroad, did he call Matthew. He knew Matthew had been softened for full responsiveness."
Jesus- the divine physician
When the Pharisees challenged Jesus' unorthodox behavior in eating with public sinners, Jesus' defense was quite simple. A doctor doesn't need to visit healthy people - instead he goes to those who are sick. Jesus likewise sought out those in the greatest need. A true physician seeks healing of the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. Jesus came as the divine physician and good shepherd to care for his people and to restore them to wholeness of life. The orthodox were so preoccupied with their own practice of religion that they neglected to help the very people who needed spiritual care. Their religion was selfish because they didn't want to have anything to do with people not like themselves. Jesus stated his mission in unequivocal terms: I came not to call the righteous, but to call sinners. Ironically the orthodox were as needy as those they despised. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
On more than one occasion Jesus quoted the saying from the prophet Hosea:For I desire mercy and not sacrifice (Hosea 6:6). Do you thank the Lord Jesus for the great mercy he has shown to you? And do you show mercy to your neighbor as well?
Lord Jesus, our Savior, let us now come to you: Our hearts are cold; Lord, warm them with your selfless love. Our hearts are sinful; cleanse them with your precious blood. Our hearts are weak; strengthen them with your joyous Spirit. Our hearts are empty; fill them with your divine presence. Lord Jesus, our hearts are yours; possess them always and only for yourself. (Prayer of Augustine, 354-430)
Psalm 119:2,10,20,30,40,131
2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I set your ordinances before me.
40 Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!
131 With open mouth I pant, because I long for your commandments.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Matthew did not delay when called by Jesus, by Chromatius (died 406 AD)
"The Lord, about to give salvation to all sinners believing in him, willingly chose Matthew the former publican. The gift of his esteem for Matthew stands as an example for our salvation. Every sinner must be chosen by God and can receive the grace of eternal salvation if one is not without a religious mind and a devout heart. So Matthew was chosen willingly by God. And though he is immersed in worldly affairs, because of his sincere religious devotion he is judged worthy to be called forth by the Lord ("Follow me"), who by virtue of his divine nature knows the hidden recesses of the heart. From what follows, we know that Matthew was accepted by the Lord not by reason of his status but of his faith and devotion. As soon as the Lord says to him, "Follow me," he does not linger or delay, but thereupon "he arose and followed him." (excerpt from TRACTATE ON MATTHEW 45.1)
[Note: Chromatius was an early Christian scholar and bishop of Aquileia, Italy. He was a close friend of John Chrysostom and Jerome. He died in 406 AD. Jerome described him as a "most learned and most holy man."]
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