August 16, 2022 Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

2022년 8월 16일  연중 제20주간 화요일 

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제1독서
에제키엘 예언서. 28,1-10
 1 주님의 말씀이 나에게 내렸다.

2 “사람의 아들아, 티로의 군주에게 말하여라. ‘주 하느님이 이렇게 말한다.
너는 마음이 교만하여 ′나는 신이다. 나는 신의 자리에,

바다 한가운데에 앉아 있다.′ 하고 말한다.
너는 신이 아니라 사람이면서도 네 마음을 신의 마음에 비긴다.
3 과연 너는 다니엘보다 더 지혜로워
어떤 비밀도 너에게는 심오하지 않다.
4 너는 지혜와 슬기로 재산을 모으고 금과 은을 창고에 쌓았다.
5 너는 그 큰 지혜로 장사를 하여 재산을 늘리고는
그 재산 때문에 마음이 교만해졌다.
6 그러므로 주 하느님이 이렇게 말한다.
너는 네 마음을 신의 마음에 비긴다.
7 그러므로 나 이제 이방인들을, 가장 잔혹한 민족들을 너에게 끌어들이리니
그들이 칼을 빼 들어 네 지혜로 이룬 아름다운 것들을 치고
너의 영화를 더럽히며 8 너를 구덩이로 내던지리라.
그러면 너는 바다 한가운데에서 무참한 죽음을 맞이하리라.
9 너를 학살하는 자 앞에서도 네가 감히 ′나는 신이다.′ 할 수 있겠느냐?
너는 너를 살해하는 자들의 손에 달린 사람일 뿐이지 신이 아니다.
10 너는 이방인들의 손에 넘겨져 할례 받지 않은 자들의 죽음을 맞이하리라.
정녕 내가 말하였다. 주 하느님의 말이다.’”

복음
마태오 19,23-30
 그때에 23 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.

“내가 진실로 너희에게 말한다. 부자는 하늘 나라에 들어가기가 어려울 것이다.
24 내가 다시 너희에게 말한다. 부자가 하느님 나라에 들어가는 것보다
낙타가 바늘구멍으로 빠져나가는 것이 더 쉽다.”
25 제자들이 이 말씀을 듣고 몹시 놀라서,
“그렇다면 누가 구원받을 수 있는가?” 하고 말하였다.
26 예수님께서는 그들을 눈여겨보며 이르셨다.
“사람에게는 그것이 불가능하지만 하느님께는 모든 것이 가능하다.”
27 그때에 베드로가 그 말씀을 받아 예수님께 물었다.
“보시다시피 저희는 모든 것을 버리고 스승님을 따랐습니다.
그러니 저희는 무엇을 받겠습니까?”
28 예수님께서 말씀하셨다. “내가 진실로 너희에게 말한다.
사람의 아들이 영광스러운 자기 옥좌에 앉게 되는 새 세상이 오면,
나를 따른 너희도 열두 옥좌에 앉아 이스라엘의 열두 지파를 심판할 것이다.
29 그리고 내 이름 때문에 집이나 형제나 자매,
아버지나 어머니, 자녀나 토지를 버린 사람은 모두 백 배로 받을 것이고
영원한 생명도 받을 것이다.
30 그런데 첫째가 꼴찌 되고 꼴찌가 첫째 되는 이들이 많을 것이다.”

August 16, 2022 

Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

 

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1

Ez 28:1-10

The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man,
say to the prince of Tyre: 
Thus says the Lord GOD:

Because you are haughty of heart,
you say, “A god am I!
I occupy a godly throne
in the heart of the sea!”?
And yet you are a man, and not a god,
however you may think yourself like a god.
Oh yes, you are wiser than Daniel,
there is no secret that is beyond you.
By your wisdom and your intelligence
you have made riches for yourself;
You have put gold and silver
into your treasuries.
By your great wisdom applied to your trading
you have heaped up your riches;
your heart has grown haughty from your riches?
therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
Because you have thought yourself
to have the mind of a god,
Therefore I will bring against you
foreigners, the most barbarous of nations.
They shall draw their swords
against your beauteous wisdom,
they shall run them through your splendid apparel.
They shall thrust you down to the pit, there to die
a bloodied corpse, in the heart of the sea.
Will you then say, “I am a god!”
when you face your murderers?
No, you are man, not a god,
handed over to those who will slay you.
You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
at the hands of foreigners,
for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.

 

Responsorial Psalm

Deuteronomy 32:26-27ab, 27cd-28, 30, 35cd-36ab

R. (39c) It is I who deal death and give life.
“I would have said, ‘I will make an end of them
and blot out their name from men’s memories,’
Had I not feared the insolence of their enemies,
feared that these foes would mistakenly boast.”
R. It is I who deal death and give life.
“‘Our own hand won the victory;
the LORD had nothing to do with it.’”
For they are a people devoid of reason,
having no understanding.
R. It is I who deal death and give life.
“How could one man rout a thousand,
or two men put ten thousand to flight,
Unless it was because their Rock sold them
and the LORD delivered them up?”
R. It is I who deal death and give life.
Close at hand is the day of their disaster,
and their doom is rushing upon them!
Surely, the LORD shall do justice for his people;
on his servants he shall have pity.
R. It is I who deal death and give life.

Gospel

Mt 19:23-30

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich
to enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Again I say to you,
it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said,
“Who then can be saved?”
Jesus looked at them and said,
“For men this is impossible,
but for God all things are possible.”
Then Peter said to him in reply,
“We have given up everything and followed you.
What will there be for us?”
Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you
that you who have followed me, in the new age,
when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory,
will yourselves sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters
or father or mother or children or lands
for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more,
and will inherit eternal life. 

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” 

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  Psalm response: The Lord speaks of peace to his people

          Jesus here announces a very concrete and specific part of what it takes to truly be one of his disciples: accepting that wealth is not a reward but a burden.  In other Gospel passages he also proclaims other unlikely and demanding values and practices as well, such as loving even those who hate you and inviting the poor to your feasts, but it is all the same thing: his kingdom is truly not of this world.

          Consider that the disciples are here overwhelmed, not merely amazed, and that they ask not why Jesus says such a thing but how it can be possible – and we have heard or read this question too often to notice how this stands out. 

          The answer is actually fairly simple.  Go to the first few chapters of Job and read what God does to a supposedly just man, taking away all of his blessings – numerous children, much land and wealth, a good reputation, health, and even the support of his wife – and in the final chapters of this book we see all of that restored to him.  This is the clearest and most complete example I can think of to show what the Old Testament Jews considered to be God’s blessings.  No wonder the disciples are so radically puzzled and perturbed!  If God does not reward (“bless” us) in these ways, what does God’s love actually mean?

          We don’t think that way today, do we?  Or do we?  We seem to judge God’s love for us by whether we get what we want or not, and we leave that all up to him – or work like the Prodigal Son’s brother and wonder why we don’t feel loved.  I believe that even at the best of times we look too much to the gifts of God and not to the Giver, who is himself the only blessing that we should seek.

          Re-read this Gospel passage once more, and see what you think.

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WARNING! EXTREME DANGER!

“It is easier for a camel to pass through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” —Matthew 19:24

Many of us are middle-class Americans and consequently are among the richest people in the world. Therefore, Jesus’ words apply to us: “I assure you, only with difficulty will a rich man enter into the kingdom of God” (Mt 19:23). Although there is nothing wrong with being rich (see Sir 31:8-11), Jesus indicated that it was almost impossible (Mt 19:26) not to grow haughty from our riches (Ez 28:5). In the book of Proverbs, Agur prayed to not become rich “lest, being full,” he deny the Lord, “saying, ‘Who is the Lord?’ ”  (Prv 30:8, 9) Moses warned the Israelites in their prosperity to be careful not to “become haughty of heart and unmindful of the Lord” (Dt 8:14). Hosea observed that the more prosperous the Israelites were, the more involved they became in idolatry (Hos 10:1). Money, possessions, and wealth are a “temptation and a trap” (1 Tm 6:9), which are almost impossible not to fall into.

Pope St. John Paul II taught: “This super-development, which consists in an excessive availability of every kind of material goods for the benefit of certain social groups, easily makes people slaves of ‘possession’ and of immediate gratification” (On Social Concern, 28). The Pope concluded: “I therefore exhort the disciples of Christ and all Christian communities — from families to dioceses, from parishes to religious institutes — to carry out a sincere review of their lives regarding their solidarity with the poor” (Mission of the Redeemer, 60). “We need to turn to a more austere way of life” (Mission of the Redeemer, 59).

Prayer:  Father, may I not carelessly expose myself to exceptionally dangerous temptations.

Promise:  “For God all things are possible.” —Mt 19:26

Praise:  St. Stephen of Hungary wrote, “without [virtues] no one is fit to rule here on earth or attain to the heavenly kingdom.”

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WARNING! EXTREME DANGER!

“It is easier for a camel to pass through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” —Matthew 19:24

Many of us are middle-class Americans and consequently are among the richest people in the world. Therefore, Jesus’ words apply to us: “I assure you, only with difficulty will a rich man enter into the kingdom of God” (Mt 19:23). Although there is nothing wrong with being rich (see Sir 31:8-11), Jesus indicated that it was almost impossible (Mt 19:26) not to grow haughty from our riches (Ez 28:5). In the book of Proverbs, Agur prayed to not become rich “lest, being full,” he deny the Lord, “saying, ‘Who is the Lord?’ ”  (Prv 30:8, 9) Moses warned the Israelites in their prosperity to be careful not to “become haughty of heart and unmindful of the Lord” (Dt 8:14). Hosea observed that the more prosperous the Israelites were, the more involved they became in idolatry (Hos 10:1). Money, possessions, and wealth are a “temptation and a trap” (1 Tm 6:9), which are almost impossible not to fall into.

Pope St. John Paul II taught: “This super-development, which consists in an excessive availability of every kind of material goods for the benefit of certain social groups, easily makes people slaves of ‘possession’ and of immediate gratification” (On Social Concern, 28). The Pope concluded: “I therefore exhort the disciples of Christ and all Christian communities — from families to dioceses, from parishes to religious institutes — to carry out a sincere review of their lives regarding their solidarity with the poor” (Mission of the Redeemer, 60). “We need to turn to a more austere way of life” (Mission of the Redeemer, 59).

Prayer:  Father, may I not carelessly expose myself to exceptionally dangerous temptations.

Promise:  “For God all things are possible.” —Mt 19:26

Praise:  St. Stephen of Hungary wrote, “without [virtues] no one is fit to rule here on earth or attain to the heavenly kingdom.”

  

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