2022년 7월 31일 연중 제18주일
제1독서
코헬렛 1,2; 2,21-23
2 허무로다, 허무! 코헬렛이 말한다. 허무로다, 허무! 모든 것이 허무로다!
2,21 지혜와 지식과 재주를 가지고 애쓰고서는
애쓰지 않은 다른 사람에게 제 몫을 넘겨주는 사람이 있는데
이 또한 허무요 커다란 불행이다.
22 그렇다, 태양 아래에서 애쓰는 그 모든 노고와 노심으로
인간에게 남는 것이 무엇인가?
23 그의 나날은 근심이요 그의 일은 걱정이며
밤에도 그의 마음은 쉴 줄을 모르니 이 또한 허무이다.
제1독서
콜로새서 3,1-5.9-11
형제 여러분, 1 여러분은 그리스도와 함께 다시 살아났으니,
저 위에 있는 것을 추구하십시오.
거기에는 그리스도께서 하느님의 오른쪽에 앉아 계십니다.
2 위에 있는 것을 생각하고 땅에 있는 것은 생각하지 마십시오.
3 여러분은 이미 죽었고, 여러분의 생명은
그리스도와 함께 하느님 안에 숨겨져 있기 때문입니다.
4 여러분의 생명이신 그리스도께서 나타나실 때,
여러분도 그분과 함께 영광 속에 나타날 것입니다.
5 그러므로 여러분 안에 있는 현세적인 것들,
곧 불륜, 더러움, 욕정, 나쁜 욕망, 탐욕을 죽이십시오.
탐욕은 우상 숭배입니다.
9 서로 거짓말을 하지 마십시오.
여러분은 옛 인간을 그 행실과 함께 벗어 버리고,
10 새 인간을 입은 사람입니다.
새 인간은 자기를 창조하신 분의 모상에 따라
끊임없이 새로워지면서 참지식에 이르게 됩니다.
11 여기에는 그리스인도 유다인도, 할례 받은 이도 할례 받지 않은 이도,
야만인도, 스키티아인도, 종도, 자유인도 없습니다.
그리스도만이 모든 것이며 모든 것 안에 계십니다.
복음
루카. 12,13-21
그때에 13 군중 가운데에서 어떤 사람이 예수님께,
“스승님, 제 형더러 저에게 유산을 나누어 주라고 일러 주십시오.”
하고 말하였다.
14 그러자 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
“사람아, 누가 나를 너희의 재판관이나 중재인으로 세웠단 말이냐?”
15 그리고 사람들에게 이르셨다.
“너희는 주의하여라. 모든 탐욕을 경계하여라.
아무리 부유하더라도 사람의 생명은 그의 재산에 달려 있지 않다.”
16 예수님께서 그들에게 비유를 들어 말씀하셨다.
“어떤 부유한 사람이 땅에서 많은 소출을 거두었다.
17 그래서 그는 속으로 ‘내가 수확한 것을 모아 둘 데가 없으니 어떻게 하나?’
하고 생각하였다.
18 그러다가 말하였다.
‘이렇게 해야지. 곳간들을 헐어 내고 더 큰 것들을 지어,
거기에다 내 모든 곡식과 재물을 모아 두어야겠다.
19 그리고 나 자신에게 말해야지.
′자, 네가 여러 해 동안 쓸 많은 재산을 쌓아 두었으니,
쉬면서 먹고 마시며 즐겨라.′’
20 그러나 하느님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
‘어리석은 자야, 오늘 밤에 네 목숨을 되찾아 갈 것이다.
그러면 네가 마련해 둔 것은 누구 차지가 되겠느냐?’
21 자신을 위해서는 재화를 모으면서
하느님 앞에서는 부유하지 못한 사람이 바로 이러하다.”
July 31, 2022
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,
vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!
Here is one who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill,
and yet to another who has not labored over it,
he must leave property.
This also is vanity and a great misfortune.
For what profit comes to man from all the toil and anxiety of heart
with which he has labored under the sun?
All his days sorrow and grief are his occupation;
even at night his mind is not at rest.
This also is vanity.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
You turn man back to dust,
saying, “Return, O children of men.”
For a thousand years in your sight
are as yesterday, now that it is past,
or as a watch of the night.
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
You make an end of them in their sleep;
the next morning they are like the changing grass,
Which at dawn springs up anew,
but by evening wilts and fades.
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Return, O LORD! How long?
Have pity on your servants!
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Fill us at daybreak with your kindness,
that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.
And may the gracious care of the LORD our God be ours;
prosper the work of our hands for us!
Prosper the work of our hands!
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Reading 2
Brothers and sisters:
If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died,
and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears,
then you too will appear with him in glory.
Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly:
immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and the greed that is idolatry.
Stop lying to one another,
since you have taken off the old self with its practices
and have put on the new self,
which is being renewed, for knowledge,
in the image of its creator.
Here there is not Greek and Jew,
circumcision and uncircumcision,
barbarian, Scythian, slave, free;
but Christ is all and in all.
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,
“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”
He replied to him,
“Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”
Then he said to the crowd,
“Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
Then he told them a parable.
“There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest.
He asked himself, ‘What shall I do,
for I do not have space to store my harvest?’
And he said, ‘This is what I shall do:
I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones.
There I shall store all my grain and other goods
and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you,
you have so many good things stored up for many years,
rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’
But God said to him,
‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you;
and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’
Thus will it be for all who store up treasure for themselves
but are not rich in what matters to God.”
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Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,
vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! - Ecclesiastes 1
If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory. - Colossians 3
“Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one’s life does not consist of possessions.” - Luke 12
Today's readings offer the grace of a powerful re-alignment of our lives - not focused on "what is on earth," but on our life which is "hidden with Christ in God."
Jesus is faced with an all too common family dispute: “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” One might expect Jesus to say, "Tell your brother to come here and I'll straighten him out." Instead, Jesus says, "Take care to guard against all greed." Jesus goes right to the heart of the issue - greed.
The Meriam-Webster dictionary defines "greed" as "a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (such as money) than is needed." Jesus is urging us to guard against something deeper and more dangerous, by crafting a story about a fellow who's had a very good year. He is fortunate to have more grain than he can store. He asks himself the question, "What shall I do?" He decides to build a bigger barn to store up this fortune for himself, to surely take care of his security for a long time.
The fortunate fellow missed two other answers to his question. "What shall I do?" He could have answered, "I have more than I need. I'll share my good fortune with someone who didn't have such a good year." He could have answered, "I'll give thanks to God, and focus on God's goodness to me, and ask for the grace to be freer, more trusting in God's love, so that I will fill my barn, share the rest, and 'be rich in what matters to God.'"
The tragedy of the story, as Jesus tells it, is that the man would die that night and his plans for a secure future turn out to be foolish.
Jesus is alerting us to guard against losing perspective about the meaning of our lives. Accumulation of wealth and security, without being focused on our relationship with God, and the needs of our brothers and sisters, will never lead us to the happiness it seems to promise. Greed is, by its very nature, ironically self-distructive.
This Sunday's readings offer us a wonderful opportunity to re-align our perspective. What is it that I cling to? Perhaps it is material possessions, and their associated status, and sign of success. Perhaps it is holding on to security in other ways. Perhaps it is a deep reluctance to share what I have, freely. A friend recently shared with me, with a smile, how her grandchild is at the stage of grabbing everything and claiming it as "mine." Sometimes it is humbling to realize, as adults, that we are still claiming way too much as "mine." Generosity comes from gratitude and freedom. We've all had the experience that when we were blessed to share to help someone else, we were richly rewarded by the experience.
The ultimate freedom is experienced when our lives are humbly placed with Jesus, in God. That's where we'll find happiness and real self-fulfillment. Surrender, and traveling this road of life with a lighter load of "possessions," trusting in the mystery of God's love for us, is tremendously freeing and the source of our happiness here, and for all eternity.
Dear Lord, Jesus, set me free from whatever I cling to. Let me see all the blessings you have given me are meant for me to join you in building up your Kingdom of Love and self-sacrificing communion with others. As St. Ignatius prayed, "Give me only your love and your grace, and I will be rich enough, and ask for nothing more."
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FOOL’S GOLD
“All things are vanity!” —Ecclesiastes 1:2
King Solomon, who is credited with writing the book of Ecclesiastes, was one of the richest people in history (see 1 Kgs 10:14ff). He had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines (1 Kgs 11:3). He could get anything he wanted any time he wanted. Many people today are trying hard to become more like Solomon. They want to be able to relax “for years to come,” “eat heartily, drink well,” and enjoy themselves (Lk 12:19). Solomon, who ought to know, says they are fools (see Lk 12:20), for “all things are vanity!” (Eccl 1:2)
“What profit does he show who gains the whole world and destroys himself in the process?” (Lk 9:25) “You are not to spend what remains of your earthly life on human desires but on the will of God. Already you have devoted enough time to what the pagans enjoy” (1 Pt 4:2-3). Therefore, “set your heart on what pertains to higher realms where Christ is seated at God’s right hand. Be intent on things above rather than on things of earth” (Col 3:1-2).
Prayer: Father, send the Holy Spirit to help me get in touch with reality.
Promise: “What you have done is put aside your old self with its past deeds and put on a new man, one who grows in knowledge as he is formed anew in the image of his Creator.” —Col 3:9-10
Praise: “Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, He Who in His great mercy gave us new birth; a birth unto hope which draws its life from the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Pt 1:3). Alleluia!
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Have you ever tried to settle a money dispute or an inheritance issue? Inheritance disputes are rarely ever easy to resolve, especially when the relatives or close associates of the deceased benefactor cannot agree on who should get what and who should get the most. Why did Jesus refuse to settle an inheritance dispute between two brothers? He saw that the heart of the issue was not justice or fairness but rather greed and possessiveness.
Loving possessions rather than loving my neighbor
The ten commandments were summarized into two prohibitions - do not worship false idols and do not covet what belongs to another. It's the flip side of the two great commandments - love God and love your neighbor. Jesus warned the man who wanted half of his brother's inheritance to "beware of all covetousness." To covet is to wish to get wrongfully what another possesses or to begrudge what God has given to another. Jesus restates the commandment "do not covet", but he also states that a person's life does not consist in the abundance of his or her possessions.
August of Hippo (354-430 AD) comments on Jesus' words to the brother who wanted more:
Greed wants to divide, just as love desires to gather. What is the significance of 'guard against all greed,' unless it is 'fill yourselves with love?' We, possessing love for our portion, inconvenience the Lord because of our brother just as that man did against his brother, but we do not use the same plea. He said, 'Master, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.' We say, 'Master, tell my brother that he may have my inheritance.' (Sermon 265.9)
The fool who was possessed by his riches
Jesus reinforces his point with a parable about a foolish rich man (Luke 12:16-21). Why does Jesus call this wealthy landowner a fool? Jesus does not fault the rich man for his industriousness and skill in acquiring wealth, but rather for his egoism and selfishness - it's mine, all mine, and no one else's. This parable is similar to the parable of the rich man who refused to give any help to the beggar Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). The rich fool had lost the capacity to be concerned for others. His life was consumed with his possessions and his only interests were in himself. His death was the final loss of his soul! What is Jesus' lesson on using material possessions? It is in giving that we receive. Those who are rich towards God receive ample reward - not only in this life - but in eternity as well.
Where is your treasure?
In this little parable Jesus probes our heart - where is your treasure? Treasure has a special connection to the heart, the place of desire and longing, the place of will and focus. The thing we most set our heart on is our highest treasure. What do you treasure above all else?
Lord Jesus, free my heart from all possessiveness and from coveting what belongs to another. May I desire you alone as the one true treasure worth possessing above all else. Help me to make good use of the material blessings you give me that I may use them generously for your glory and for the good of others.
Psalm 90:3-6,12-14,17
3 You turn man back to the dust, and say, "Turn back, O children of men!"
4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
5 You sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning:
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us, yes, the work of our hands establish it.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Surrounded by wealth, blind to charity, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"'What does the rich man do, surrounded by a great supply of many blessings beyond all numbering? In distress and anxiety, he speaks the words of poverty. He says, 'What should I do?' ... He does not look to the future. He does not raise his eyes to God. He does not count it worth his while to gain for the mind those treasures that are above in heaven. He does not cherish love for the poor or desire the esteem it gains. He does not sympathize with suffering. It gives him no pain nor awakens his pity. Still more irrational, he settles for himself the length of his life, as if he would also reap this from the ground. He says, 'I will say to myself, "Self, you have goods laid up for many years. Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." 'O rich man,' one may say, "You have storehouses for your fruits, but where will you receive your many years? By the decree of God, your life is shortened." 'God,' it tells us, 'said to him, "You fool, this night they will require of you your soul. Whose will these things be that you have prepared?" (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 89)
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