July 26, 2022Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

2022년 7월 26일 연중 제17주간 화요일 



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제1독서

예레미야서 14,17ㄴ-22
 17 내 눈에서 눈물이 흘러 밤낮으로 그치지 않는다.

처녀 딸 내 백성이 몹시 얻어맞아
너무도 참혹한 상처를 입었기 때문이다.
18 들에 나가면 칼에 맞아 죽은 자들뿐이요
성읍에 들어가면 굶주림으로 병든 자들뿐이다.
정녕 예언자도 사제도 어찌할 바를 모르고 나라 안을 헤매고 다닌다.
19 당신께서 완전히 유다를 버리셨습니까?
아니면 당신께서 시온을 지겨워하십니까?
어찌하여 당신께서는 회복할 수 없도록 저희를 치셨습니까?
평화를 바랐으나 좋은 일 하나 없고
회복할 때를 바랐으나 두려운 일뿐입니다.
20 주님, 저희의 사악함과 조상들의 죄악을 인정합니다.
참으로 저희가 당신께 죄를 지었습니다.
21 당신의 이름을 위해서 저희를 내쫓지 마시고

당신의 영광스러운 옥좌를 멸시하지 마소서.
저희와 맺으신 당신의 계약을 기억하시고 그 계약을 깨뜨리지 마소서.
22 이민족들의 헛것들 가운데 어떤 것이 비를 내려 줄 수 있습니까?
하늘이 스스로 소나기를 내릴 수 있습니까?
그런 분은 주 저희 하느님이신 바로 당신이 아니십니까?
그러기에 저희는 당신께 희망을 둡니다.
당신께서 이 모든 것을 만드셨기 때문입니다.

복음

마태오 13,36-43
 그때에 36 예수님께서 군중을 떠나 집으로 가셨다.

그러자 제자들이 그분께 다가와,
“밭의 가라지 비유를 저희에게 설명해 주십시오.” 하고 청하였다.
37 예수님께서 이렇게 이르셨다.
“좋은 씨를 뿌리는 이는 사람의 아들이고, 38 밭은 세상이다.
그리고 좋은 씨는 하늘 나라의 자녀들이고 가라지들은 악한 자의 자녀들이며,
39 가라지를 뿌린 원수는 악마다.
그리고 수확 때는 세상 종말이고 일꾼들은 천사들이다.
40 그러므로 가라지를 거두어 불에 태우듯이, 세상 종말에도 그렇게 될 것이다.
41 사람의 아들이 자기 천사들을 보낼 터인데,
그들은 그의 나라에서 남을 죄짓게 하는 모든 자들과
불의를 저지르는 자들을 거두어, 42 불구덩이에 던져 버릴 것이다.
그러면 그들은 거기에서 울며 이를 갈 것이다.
43 그때에 의인들은 아버지의 나라에서 해처럼 빛날 것이다.
귀 있는 사람은 들어라.”

July 26, 2022

Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Jer 14:17-22

Let my eyes stream with tears
day and night, without rest,
Over the great destruction which overwhelms
the virgin daughter of my people,
over her incurable wound.
If I walk out into the field,
look! those slain by the sword;
If I enter the city,
look! those consumed by hunger.
Even the prophet and the priest
forage in a land they know not.

Have you cast Judah off completely?
Is Zion loathsome to you?
Why have you struck us a blow
that cannot be healed?
We wait for peace, to no avail;
for a time of healing, but terror comes instead.
We recognize, O LORD, our wickedness,
the guilt of our fathers;
that we have sinned against you.
For your name's sake spurn us not,
disgrace not the throne of your glory;
remember your covenant with us, and break it not.
Among the nations' idols is there any that gives rain?
Or can the mere heavens send showers?
Is it not you alone, O LORD,
our God, to whom we look?
You alone have done all these things.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13

R. (9) For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.
Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;
may your compassion quickly come to us,
for we are brought very low.
R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.
Help us, O God our savior,
because of the glory of your name;
Deliver us and pardon our sins
for your name's sake.
R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.
Let the prisoners' sighing come before you;
with your great power free those doomed to death.
Then we, your people and the sheep of your pasture,
will give thanks to you forever;
through all generations we will declare your praise.
R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.

Gospel

Mt 13:36-43

Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house.
His disciples approached him and said,
"Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom.
The weeds are the children of the Evil One,
and the enemy who sows them is the Devil.
The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire,
so will it be at the end of the age.
The Son of Man will send his angels,
and they will collect out of his Kingdom
all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.
They will throw them into the fiery furnace,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun
in the Kingdom of their Father.
Whoever has ears ought to hear."

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 Weeds and Wheat Entwine

“Let them grow together until harvest” (Matthew 13: 30)

Parables are concrete.  Sower, fields, wheat, weeds.  These well-worn sights are not the stuff of dreams.  But Jesus’ companions were unsure.  Hemmed in by the crowd, they couldn’t hear past the chatter around them.  Follow me, says Jesus, and he closed the door to escape the crowd.  The disciples did not pretend to get it.  Confused, they asked questions.  Jesus listened and carefully explained.  Together, they reached the quiet place of understanding. 

Some growers pounce on every weedy intruder.  Their gardens sparkle.  In God’s fields, weeds and wheat entangle.  The rows are tousled as plants sway in the breeze.  This garden is unkempt, like our lives.  Time passes and we sort it.  Grains ripen and bend toward the sun.  Our merciful sower stretches out the growing season.  Not until harvest does judgment unfold. 

Jeremiah was heartbroken.  Jerusalem was conquered and the temple razed.  War and exile pounded them like dust in the wind.  Even priests and prophets foraged for food like desert creatures.  Through tears, Jeremiah begged God to heed their cries.  Wheat and weeds entwine.  “Yes, we have sinned.  Again we turned to idols.  But, Yahweh, remember your covenant.  For your name’s sake, let mercy flow like rain.”

Jeremiah died in exile.  Others returned after years in foreign lands.  Some communities scattered throughout the Middle East endured since ancient times. 

God, do not weigh our failings.  For your name’s sake, send help quickly.

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HOPE IN GOD IN OUR CULTURE OF DEATH

“Have You cast Judah off completely?” —Jeremiah 14:19

Jeremiah looked at his society and described it as overwhelmed by great destruction (Jer 14:17). He diagnosed it as wounded and incurable (Jer 14:17). Under these circumstances, Jeremiah prayed: “Let my eyes stream with tears day and night, without rest” (Jer 14:17).

Pope St. John Paul II looked at our world and described it as a “culture of death.” Although this is even worse than what Jeremiah described, Pope St. John Paul II assured the victory of a civilization of love and life over our “culture of death.” Pope St. John Paul II was not naive. He realized the “enormous disparity between the powerful resources available to the forces promoting the ‘culture of death’ and the means at the disposal of those working for a ‘culture of life and love’ ” (The Gospel of Life, 100). However, “we have faith in God our Father and Lord, in His goodness and mercy...God is preparing a great springtime for Christianity” (Mission of the Redeemer, Pope St. John Paul II, 86). Moreover, the “new springtime of Christian life...will be revealed...if Christians are docile to the action of the Holy Spirit” (Toward the Third Millennium, Pope St. John Paul II, 18).

“We are more than conquerors because of Him Who has loved us” (Rm 8:37). Thank You, Jesus!

Prayer:  Father, I will cross the threshold of hope.

Promise:  “Then the saints will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Let everyone heed what he hears!” —Mt 13:43

Praise:  Sts. Joachim and Anne, the Blessed Virgin Mary’s parents, are grandparents of the Incarnate Word! “Grandchildren are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their parentage” (Prv 17:6).

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 : Are you quick to judge the faults of others? Jesus' parable teaches us patience lest we judge before the time is right. Jesus also warns that there is an enemy who seeks to destroy the good seed of his word before it can bear fruit. Both good and evil can be sown in our hearts like tiny seeds which germinate, and in due time yield a harvest of good or bad fruit. We must stand guard lest evil take root in our hearts and corrupt us.

Reaping what we sow in this life
Charles Read wrote: "Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny." In the day of judgment each will reap what he or she has sown in this life. Those who sow good will shine in the kingdom of their Father. They will radiate with the beauty, joy, and fullness of God's love. Do you allow the love of Jesus Christ to rule in your heart, thoughts, and actions?

Lord Jesus, may your all-consuming love rule in my heart and transform my life that I may sow what is good, worthy, and pleasing to you.

Psalm 103:6-12

6 The LORD works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Let us become friends of Jesus, by Origen of Alexandria (185-254 AD)

"Now, having discoursed sufficiently to the multitudes in parables, he sends them away and goes to his own house, where his disciples come to him. His disciples did not go with those he sent away. As many as are more genuine hearers of Jesus first follow him, then having inquired about his house, are permitted to see it. Having come, they saw and stayed with him for all that day, and perhaps some of them even longer. In my opinion, such things are implied in the Gospel according to John... And if then, unlike the multitudes whom he sends away, we wish to hear Jesus and go to the house and receive something better than the multitudes did, let us become friends of Jesus, so that as his disciples come, we may also come to him when he goes into the house. And having come, let us inquire about the explanation of the parable, whether of the tares of the field, or of any other. (excerpt from the COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 10.1-3)

  

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