July 10, 2022Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

2022년 7월 10일 연중 제15주일

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제1독서

 신명기. 30,10-14
 모세가 백성에게 말하였다.

10 “너희는 주 너희 하느님의 말씀을 듣고,
이 율법서에 쓰인 그분의 계명들과 규정들을 지키며,
마음을 다하고 목숨을 다하여 주 너희 하느님께 돌아오너라.
11 내가 오늘 너희에게 명령하는 이 계명은
너희에게 힘든 것도 아니고 멀리 있는 것도 아니다.
12 그것은 하늘에 있지도 않다.
그러니 ‘누가 하늘로 올라가서 그것을 가져다가 우리에게 들려주리오?
그러면 우리가 실천할 터인데.’ 하고 말할 필요가 없다.
13 또 그것은 바다 건너편에 있지도 않다.
그러니 ‘누가 바다 저쪽으로 건너가서
그것을 가져다가 우리에게 들려주리오?
그러면 우리가 실천할 터인데.’ 하고 말할 필요도 없다.
14 사실 그 말씀은 너희에게 아주 가까이 있다.
너희의 입과 너희의 마음에 있기 때문에,
너희가 그 말씀을 실천할 수 있는 것이다.”

 

제2독서

콜로새서 . 1,15-20
 그리스도 예수님은 15 보이지 않는 하느님의 모상이시며

모든 피조물의 맏이이십니다.
16 만물이 그분 안에서 창조되었기 때문입니다.
하늘에 있는 것이든 땅에 있는 것이든 보이는 것이든 보이지 않는 것이든
왕권이든 주권이든 권세든 권력이든
만물이 그분을 통하여 또 그분을 향하여 창조되었습니다.
17 그분께서는 만물에 앞서 계시고 만물은 그분 안에서 존속합니다.
18 그분은 또한 당신 몸인 교회의 머리이십니다.
그분은 시작이시며 죽은 이들 가운데에서 맏이이십니다.
그리하여 만물 가운데에서 으뜸이 되십니다.
19 과연 하느님께서는 기꺼이 그분 안에 온갖 충만함이 머무르게 하셨습니다.
20 그분 십자가의 피를 통하여 평화를 이룩하시어
땅에 있는 것이든 하늘에 있는 것이든
그분을 통하여 그분을 향하여 만물을 기꺼이 화해시키셨습니다.

 

복음

루카. 10,25-37
 그때에 25 어떤 율법 교사가 일어서서

예수님을 시험하려고 말하였다.
“스승님, 제가 무엇을 해야 영원한 생명을 받을 수 있습니까?”
26 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
“율법에 무엇이라고 쓰여 있느냐? 너는 어떻게 읽었느냐?”
27 그가 “‘네 마음을 다하고 네 목숨을 다하고 네 힘을 다하고 네 정신을 다하여
주 너의 하느님을 사랑하고
네 이웃을 너 자신처럼 사랑해야 한다.’ 하였습니다.” 하고 대답하자,
28 예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다.
“옳게 대답하였다. 그렇게 하여라. 그러면 네가 살 것이다.”
29 그 율법 교사는 자기가 정당함을 드러내고 싶어서
예수님께, “그러면 누가 저의 이웃입니까?” 하고 물었다.
30 예수님께서 응답하셨다.
“어떤 사람이 예루살렘에서 예리코로 내려가다가 강도들을 만났다.
강도들은 그의 옷을 벗기고 그를 때려
초주검으로 만들어 놓고 가 버렸다.
31 마침 어떤 사제가 그 길로 내려가다가 그를 보고서는,
길 반대쪽으로 지나가 버렸다.
32 레위인도 마찬가지로 그곳에 이르러 그를 보고서는,
길 반대쪽으로 지나가 버렸다.
33 그런데 여행을 하던 어떤 사마리아인은
그가 있는 곳에 이르러 그를 보고서는, 가엾은 마음이 들었다.
34 그래서 그에게 다가가 상처에 기름과 포도주를 붓고 싸맨 다음,
자기 노새에 태워 여관으로 데리고 가서 돌보아 주었다.
35 이튿날 그는 두 데나리온을 꺼내 여관 주인에게 주면서,
‘저 사람을 돌보아 주십시오.
비용이 더 들면 제가 돌아올 때에 갚아 드리겠습니다.’ 하고 말하였다.
36 너는 이 세 사람 가운데에서 누가
강도를 만난 사람에게 이웃이 되어 주었다고 생각하느냐?”
37 율법 교사가 “그에게 자비를 베푼 사람입니다.” 하고 대답하자,
예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다.
“가서 너도 그렇게 하여라.”

July 10, 2022
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Dt 30:10-14

Moses said to the people:
"If only you would heed the voice of the LORD, your God,
and keep his commandments and statutes
that are written in this book of the law,
when you return to the LORD, your God,
with all your heart and all your soul.

"For this command that I enjoin on you today
is not too mysterious and remote for you.
It is not up in the sky, that you should say,
'Who will go up in the sky to get it for us
and tell us of it, that we may carry it out?'
Nor is it across the sea, that you should say,
'Who will cross the sea to get it for us
and tell us of it, that we may carry it out?'
No, it is something very near to you,
already in your mouths and in your hearts;
you have only to carry it out."

 

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37

R. (cf. 33) Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
I pray to you, O LORD,
for the time of your favor, O God!
In your great kindness answer me
with your constant help.
Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is your kindness:
in your great mercy turn toward me.
R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
I am afflicted and in pain;
let your saving help, O God, protect me.
I will praise the name of God in song,
and I will glorify him with thanksgiving.
R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
"See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
you who seek God, may your hearts revive!
For the LORD hears the poor,
and his own who are in bonds he spurns not."
R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.
For God will save Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
The descendants of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall inhabit it.
R. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.

 

or

Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11

R. (9a) Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
the decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.

 

Reading 2

Col1:15-20

Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation.
For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers;
all things were created through him and for him.
He is before all things,
and in him all things hold together.
He is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
that in all things he himself might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell,
and through him to reconcile all things for him,
making peace by the blood of his cross
through him, whether those on earth or those in heaven.

 

Gospel

Lk 10:25-37

There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said,
"Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 
Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? 
How do you read it?" 
He said in reply,
You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your being,
with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
and your neighbor as yourself." 
He replied to him, "You have answered correctly;
do this and you will live."

 

 

But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus,
"And who is my neighbor?" 
Jesus replied,
"A man fell victim to robbers
as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. 
They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. 
A priest happened to be going down that road,
but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. 
Likewise a Levite came to the place,
and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. 
But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him
was moved with compassion at the sight. 
He approached the victim,
poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. 
Then he lifted him up on his own animal,
took him to an inn, and cared for him. 
The next day he took out two silver coins
and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction,
'Take care of him. 
If you spend more than what I have given you,
I shall repay you on my way back.'
Which of these three, in your opinion,
was neighbor to the robbers' victim?" 
He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy."  

Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." 

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 I am part of a study group that decided to read the documents of the Vatican II council. We are currently discussing Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. Chapter II on the People of God essentially asks the question, Who can be saved? In section 16 the council states, “Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace, strive by their deeds to do his will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience.” This makes me think, What is my excuse? I know the Gospel of Christ but can I be saved? In the first reading, Moses says that God’s word for me is not mysterious or remote. I don’t have to go in search of it. It’s already in my mouth and my heart. I only have to carry it out. But that’s the rub; do I really want to? How many who never heard the name of Jesus in this world will be at his side in the next while those of us who gazed upon his majestic beauty in this life will be on the outside looking in simply because we never responded to his loving gaze or rested on our laurels, taking the grace of God for granted?

Today’s Gospel.

Jesus: love your neighbor as yourself.
Moses: you only have to carry it out.
Me: but, but, but who is my neighbor?

A “good Samaritan.” To many people in Jesus’ day, “good Samaritan” was an oxymoron. The only “good Samaritan” is a…well, you know.

Carl lived in one of the many communities north of Dallas. One day he had to drive his old pickup truck through the middle of Dallas – gang banger territory – until his truck just stopped. He could not get it going. However, help was on the way. A priest came walking down the street. He saw Carl and thought, I need to get that guy some help. So, he called the parish to see if he could get in touch with the We Help People with Broken Down Trucks committee. Who knows whether or not he got him some help. All we know is that he walked by on the other side of the street. Then a deacon came walking by. Wait, deacons don’t count because, in Jesus’ story, the second guy coming by was a Levite. Wait. Didn’t I just chant the Exultet at the Easter Vigil where I chanted that God has numbered me among the Levites? Okay, since I am a deacon (Levite) I quite imagine that he was thinking about his family at home who needed him. Or perhaps he was carrying the Eucharist to some sick shut-in. All we know is that he, too, walked by on the other side. You probably realize by now that I made those two guys up (no disrespect intended for priests and deacons). So, let me tell you what really happened. A truck pulled up and stopped behind Carl’s broken down truck. The four biggest Hispanics he’d ever seen got out. Look at those muscles. Look at those tats. I’m in trouble now. One of the men approached his truck and said, “Having trouble? Pop the hood and let’s see if we can get you going.” They got him going.

Jesus stands the question “who is my neighbor” on its head. The real question is, who am I to be a neighbor to? The answer is obvious.

Jesus’ teaching is not mysterious or remote. We only have to carry it out.

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PRIMARY SCHOOL

“... that primacy may be His in everything.” —Colossians 1:18

We should acknowledge Jesus as first in everything. When we wake up, the first word on our lips should be “Jesus.” Our first activity each day should be praying in the name of Jesus. Before talking to anyone else, we first talk to Him. Before we pick up the phone, answer the doorbell, or put the key in the ignition, Jesus comes first. Before turning on the TV, opening the refrigerator, or pressing a button, Jesus is first. Before we pay any other bills, we pay our tithe. Jesus has the primacy in everything — financially, sexually, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

Jesus is “the First and the Last” (Rv 1:17), “the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End” (Rv 21:6). Jesus is first chronologically. We seek first His kingdom and give Him prime-time (Mt 6:33). Jesus is first ontologically. “He is before all else that is...the Beginning, the First-Born of the dead” (Col 1:17, 18).

Jesus is God. He is not only Lord, but Lord alone. Therefore, we should love Him with all our heart, all our soul, all our strength, and all our mind (Lk 10:27).

Prayer:  Jesus, Savior, Lord, and God, I decide to always live for You alone.

Promise:  “It pleased God to make absolute fullness reside in Him and, by means of Him, to reconcile everything in His person, both on earth and in the heavens, making peace through the blood of His cross.” —Col 1:19-20

Praise:  “The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord raises up those that were bowed down; the Lord loves the just” (Ps 146:8). Risen Jesus, we trust in You!

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 If God is all-loving and compassionate, then why is there so much suffering and evil in this world? Many agnostics refuse to believe in God because of this seemingly imponderable problem. If God is love then evil and suffering must be eliminated in all its forms. What is God's answer to this human dilemma? Jesus' parable about a highway robbery gives us a helpful hint. Jesus told this dramatic story in response to a devout Jew who wanted to understand how to apply God's great commandment of love to his everyday life circumstances. In so many words this religious-minded Jew said: "I want to love God as best as I can and I want to love my neighbor as well. But how do I know that I am fulfilling my duty to love my neighbor as myself?"

Jesus must have smiled when he heard this man challenge him to explain one's duty towards their neighbor. For the Jewish believer the law of love was plain and simple: "treat your neighbor as you would treat yourself." The real issue for this believer was the correct definition of who is "my neighbor". He understood "neighbor" to mean one's fellow Jew who belonged to the same covenant which God made with the people of Israel. Up to a certain point, Jesus agreed with this sincere expert but, at the same time, he challenged him to see that God's view of neighbor went far beyond his narrow definition.

God's love and mercy extends to all
Jesus told a parable to show how wide God's love and mercy is towards every fellow human being. Jesus' story of a brutal highway robbery was all too familiar to his audience. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho went through a narrow winding valley surrounded by steep rocky cliffs. Many wealthy Jews from Jerusalem had winter homes in Jerico. This narrow highway was dangerous and notorious for its robbers who could easily ambush their victim and escape into the hills. No one in his right mind would think of traveling through this dangerous highway alone. It was far safer to travel with others for protection and defense.

Our prejudice gets in the way of mercy
So why did the religious leaders refuse to give any help when they saw a half-dead victim lying by the roadside? Didn't they recognize that this victim was their neighbor? And why did a Samaritan, an outsider who was despised by the Jews, treat this victim with special care at his own expense as he would care for his own family? Who was the real neighbor who showed brotherly compassion and mercy? Jesus makes the supposed villain, the despised Samaritan, the merciful one as an example for the status conscious Jews. Why didn't the priest and Levite stop to help? The priest probably didn't want to risk the possibility of ritual impurity. His piety got in the way of charity. The Levite approached close to the victim, but stopped short of actually helping him. Perhaps he feared that bandits were using a decoy to ambush him. The Levite put personal safety ahead of saving his neighbor.

God expects us to be merciful as he is merciful
What does Jesus' story tell us about true love for one's neighbor? First, we must be willing to help even if others brought trouble on themselves through their own fault or negligence. Second, our love and concern to help others in need must be practical. Good intentions and showing pity, or emphathizing with others, are not enough. And lastly, our love for others must be as wide and as inclusive as God's love. God excludes no one from his care and concern. God's love is unconditional. So we must be ready to do good to others for their sake, just as God is good to us.

Jesus not only taught God's way of love, but he showed how far God was willing to go to share in our suffering and to restore us to wholeness of life and happiness. Jesus overcame sin, suffering, and death through his victory on the cross. His death brought us freedom from slavery to sin and the promise of everlasting life with God. He willingly shared in our suffering to bring us to the source of true healing and freedom from sin and oppression. True compassion not only identifies and emphathizes with the one who is in pain, but takes that pain on oneself in order to bring freedom and restoration.

The cross shows us God's perfect love and forgiveness
Jesus truly identified with our plight, and he took the burden of our sinful condition upon himself. He showed us the depths of God's love and compassion, by sharing in our suffering and by offering his life as an atoning sacrifice for our sins upon the cross. His suffering is redemptive because it brings us healing and restoration and the fulness of eternal life. God offers us true freedom from every form of oppression, sin, and suffering. And that way is through the cross of Jesus Christ. Are you ready to embrace the cross of Christ, to suffer for his sake, and to lay down your life out of love for your neighbor?

Lord Jesus, may your love always be the foundation of my life. Free me from every fear and selfish-concern that I may freely give myself in loving service to others, even to the point of laying my life down for their sake.

Psalm 69:13-16, 29-30,32-36

13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me. With your faithful help
14 rescue me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
16 Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
30 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
32 Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
33 For the LORD hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.
35 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;
36 the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: God desires to be our neighbor, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.

"God our Lord wished to be called our neighbor. The Lord Jesus Christ meant that he was the one who gave help to the man lying half-dead on the road, beaten and left by the robbers. The prophet said in prayer, 'As a neighbor and as one's own brother, so did I please' (Psalm 34:14 ). Since the divine nature is far superior and above our human nature, the command by which we are to love God is distinct from our love of our neighbor. He shows mercy to us because of his own goodness, while we show mercy to one another because of God's goodness. He has compassion on us so that we may enjoy him completely, while we have compassion on another that we may completely enjoy him. (excerpt from CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION 33) 

  

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