July 2, 2022Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

 2022년 7월 2일 연중 제13주간 토요일 

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제1독서

아모스 9,11-15
주님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.

“그날에 나는 무너진 다윗의 초막을 일으키리라.
벌어진 곳은 메우고 허물어진 곳은 일으켜서
그것을 옛날처럼 다시 세우리라.
12 그리하여 그들은 에돔의 남은 자들과
내 이름으로 불린 모든 민족들을 차지하리라.
─ 이 일을 하실 주님의 말씀이다. ─
13 보라, 그날이 온다. 주님의 말씀이다.
밭 가는 이를 거두는 이가 따르고
포도 밟는 이를 씨 뿌리는 이가 따르리라.
산에서 새 포도주가 흘러내리고
모든 언덕에서 새 포도주가 흘러넘치리라.
14 나는 내 백성 이스라엘의 운명을 되돌리리니
그들은 허물어진 성읍들을 다시 세워 그곳에 살면서
포도밭을 가꾸어 포도주를 마시고
과수원을 만들어 과일을 먹으리라.
15 내가 그들을 저희 땅에 심어 주리니
그들은 내가 준 이 땅에서 다시는 뽑히지 않으리라.”
─ 주 너의 하느님께서 말씀하신다.

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마태오 9,14-17
 14 그때에 요한의 제자들이 예수님께 와서,

“저희와 바리사이들은 단식을 많이 하는데,
스승님의 제자들은 어찌하여 단식하지 않습니까?” 하고 물었다.
15 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“혼인 잔치 손님들이 신랑과 함께 있는 동안에 슬퍼할 수야 없지 않으냐?
그러나 그들이 신랑을 빼앗길 날이 올 것이다.
그러면 그들도 단식할 것이다.
16 아무도 새 천 조각을 헌 옷에 대고 꿰매지 않는다.
헝겊에 그 옷이 땅겨 더 심하게 찢어지기 때문이다.
17 또한 새 포도주를 헌 가죽 부대에 담지 않는다.
그렇게 하면 부대가 터져
포도주는 쏟아지고 부대도 버리게 된다.
새 포도주는 새 부대에 담아야 한다.
그래야 둘 다 보존된다.”

July 2, 2022

Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1
Am 9:11-15
Thus says the LORD:
On that day I will raise up
the fallen hut of David;
I will wall up its breaches,
raise up its ruins,
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
That they may conquer what is left of Edom
and all the nations that shall bear my name,
say I, the LORD, who will do this.
Yes, days are coming,
says the LORD,
When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
and the vintager, him who sows the seed;
The juice of grapes shall drip down the mountains,
and all the hills shall run with it.
I will bring about the restoration of my people Israel;
they shall rebuild and inhabit their ruined cities,
Plant vineyards and drink the wine,
set out gardens and eat the fruits.
I will plant them upon their own ground;
never again shall they be plucked
From the land I have given them,
say I, the LORD, your God.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14
R. (see 9b) The Lord speaks of peace to his people.
I will hear what God proclaims;
the LORD–for he proclaims peace to his people.
Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him,
glory dwelling in our land.
R. The Lord speaks of peace to his people.
Kindness and truth shall meet;
justice and peace shall kiss.
Truth shall spring out of the earth,
and justice shall look down from heaven. 
R. The Lord speaks of peace to his people.
The LORD himself will give his benefits;
our land shall yield its increase.
Justice shall walk before him,
and salvation, along the way of his steps.
R. The Lord speaks of peace to his people.

Gospel
Mt 9:14-17
The disciples of John approached Jesus and said,
“Why do we and the Pharisees fast much,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth,
for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
People do not put new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined.
Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”  

 

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It does not surprise me that so many illustrations of justice in both the Old and the New Testament center on living in abundant lands where food is plentiful and their homes are safe.  We should all be able to relate to that vision in every age.  What is more basic than the human relationship to the earth, to God, and other humans?  Amos reports in the Old Testament today that the Lord will create a new order in which the people of God will be restored to the earth and to their homes.  There they will rebuild their gardens and their lives.  This is what God wants for all peoples – to live in peace and justice in their own lands yielding many benefits. 

Yet, that seems so difficult to achieve in so many parts of the earth.  Peoples everywhere seem to think it is their right to run other peoples from their lands, from their gardens, and from their homes.  This is nothing new.  The Old Testament is full of tragic stories of violence and rage toward others over lands and resources.  So, how do God’s people learn to live in peace?  How do they learn to live in kindness and truth?  How do they learn to walk with justice?  I agree with Pope Francis that it is when they learn to care for their common home and for others, to protect all the lands of the earth and their ability to provide for the needs of all people.  We certainly aren’t there yet.  We who claim to follow Jesus have a lot of work to do to if we want to dwell in our own land in peace and justice with all that we need restored to us.  To achieve that, we should also help others to enjoy the same blessings.  Food and environmental justice, it seems to me, is a good focus for that work.

Jesus tells us we can’t get on with what it means to follow him by putting new wine into old wineskins.  I think that means that if we hear Jesus and follow him, are not just simply the same old people who got chosen to be special.  We are a transformed people.  If we follow Jesus, we see a very different relationship between ourselves and God, between ourselves and the earth, and ourselves and others.  Our relationship with God is not just about God being with us when we take what we need for ourselves.  When we are transformed, we find a way to be men and women with and for others. 

The proclamations of peace and justice as central to our salvation that we read about in the Psalms today are difficult for most of us to hear because they are not just about our well-being as the people of God.  Our salvation isn’t just about the restoration of all that was taken from us unjustly.  It is about something much bigger.  It always is with God.  It is about working toward that restoration for others, too.  It seems to me that the lessons for today tell us that our salvation requires us to become transformed, to be made new, like wineskins, to fully follow Jesus.  It isn’t about following the old religious rules of piety better, it is about learning to live in new and better ways, in ways of peace and justice.  That certainly is my biggest challenge, daily, in following Jesus.  I always want everything to work out for me.  I follow the rules and think that is how I should be rewarded.  But at the end of the day, it is about something a lot bigger than that.  It always is with God.  I think the lessons today tell me that it is more about hearing the voice of Jesus and letting that voice transform me.  The question I need to ask at the end of the day is, “did I get my benefits, or was I transformed a bit more to let peace and justice walk before me in my steps to help others also get theirs?” 

Barbara Dilly wrote this reflection on these readings in 2018. 

 

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RESTORATION PLUS

“Yes, days are coming, says the Lord, when the plowman shall overtake the reaper.” —Amos 9:13

Amos’ prophecy of the plowman overtaking the reaper envisions a time of incredible prosperity. The harvest will be so large that it would take both winter and spring to harvest the huge amount of crops. By plowing time next spring, the superabundant harvest would still not yet have been completely plucked from the ground! (Am 9:13)

Humanly speaking, such a superabundance seems impossible, but nothing is impossible with God (Lk 1:37). The Lord promises more than we can ever ask for or imagine (Eph 3:20). Note that Amos is prophesying overflowing restoration in the midst of a backdrop of ruin and destruction, referring to the “fallen hut” of the nation of Israel (Am 9:11).

Perhaps your marriage, family, or personal life is in “ruins” (Am 9:11). It is impossible for you to imagine any possible way to “restoration” (Am 9:14), much less superabundance. Yet the Lord speaks of peace to His people (Ps 85:9). Give your “fallen hut” to the Lord. Place your ruins on the altar as a sacrifice to Him. “Even if this should seem impossible” in your eyes, it is not impossible in God’s eyes (Zec 8:6). “Trust in Him at all times, O My people!” (Ps 63:9)

Prayer:  Father, may I believe in You as a mighty God of love.

Promise:  “Near indeed is His salvation to those who fear Him.” —Ps 85:10

Praise:  George fasts so that his prayers may be more effective against the kingdom of darkness.

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 Which comes first, fasting or feasting? The disciples of John the Baptist were upset with Jesus' disciples because they did not fast. Fasting was one of the three most important religious duties, along with prayer and almsgiving. Jesus gave a simple explanation. There's a time for fasting and a time for feasting (or celebrating). To walk as a disciple with Jesus is to experience a whole new joy of relationship akin to the joy of the wedding party in celebrating with the groom and bride their wedding bliss.

A time to rejoice and a time to mourn
But there also comes a time when the Lord's disciples must bear the cross of affliction and purification. For the disciple there is both a time for rejoicing in the Lord's presence and celebrating his goodness and a time for seeking the Lord with humility and fasting and for mourning over sin. Do you take joy in the Lord's presence with you and do you express sorrow and contrition for your sins?

The closed mind that refuses to learn
Jesus goes on to warn his disciples about the problem of the "closed mind" that refuses to learn new things. Jesus used an image familiar to his audience - new and old wineskins. In Jesus' times, wine was stored in wineskins, not bottles. New wine poured into skins was still fermenting. The gases exerted gave pressure. New wine skins were elastic enough to take the pressure, but old wine skins easily burst because they had become hard and had lost their ability to expand and stretch. What did Jesus mean by this comparison? Are we to reject the old in place of the new?

Treasuring the old and new wine of the Holy Spirit
Just as there is a right place and a right time for fasting and for feasting, so there is a right place for the old as well as the new. Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old (Matthew 13:52). How impoverished we would be if we only had the Old Testament or the New Testament books of the Bible, rather than both. The Lord gives us wisdom so we can make the best use of both the old and the new. He doesn't want us to hold rigidly to the past and to be resistant to the new work of his Holy Spirit in our lives. He wants our minds and hearts to be like new wine skins - open and ready to receive the new wine of the Holy Spirit. Are you eager to grow in the knowledge and understanding of God's word and plan for your life?

Lord Jesus, fill me with your Holy Spirit, that I may grow in the knowledge of your great love and truth. Help me to seek you earnestly in prayer and fasting that I may turn away from sin and willfulness and conform my life more fully to your will. May I always find joy in knowing, loving, and serving you.

Psalm 85:9,11-13

9 Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky.
12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: No need to fast in the presence of the Bridegroom, by Hilary of Poitiers (315-367 AD)

"The Pharisees and John's disciples were fasting, and the apostles were not. But Jesus answered them in a spiritual way and indicated to John's disciples that he was a bridegroom. John taught that all hope in life lay in Christ. While he was still preaching, however, his disciples could not be received by the Lord. Up until the time of John, the law and the prophets prevailed, and unless the law came to an end, none of them would subscribe to faith in the gospel. The fact that he said there was no need for his disciples to fast as long as the bridegroom is with them illustrates the joy of his presence and the sacrament of the holy food, which no one need be without while he is present, that is, bearing Christ in the light of the mind. But once he is gone, Jesus says that they will fast, for all those who do not believe that Christ has risen will not have the food of life. By faith in the resurrection, the sacrament of the heavenly bread is received. Whoever is without Christ will be forsaken, fasting from the food of life." (excerpt from the commentary ON MATTHEW 9.3)

  

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