2022년 8월 21일 연중 제21주일
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제1독서
이사야서. 66,18-21
주님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.
18 “나는 모든 민족들과 언어가 다른 모든 사람들을 모으러 오리니
그들이 와서 나의 영광을 보리라.
19 나는 그들 가운데에 표징을 세우고 그들 가운데 살아남은 자들을
타르시스와 풋, 활 잘 쏘는 루드, 투발과 야완 등 뭇 민족들에게 보내고
나에 대하여 아무것도 듣지 못하고 내 영광을 본 적도 없는 먼 섬들에 보내리니
그들은 민족들에게 나의 영광을 알리리라.
20 마치 이스라엘 자손들이 깨끗한 그릇에 제물을 담아 주님의 집으로 가져오듯이
그들도 모든 민족들에게서 너희 동포들을 주님에게 올리는 제물로
말과 수레와 마차와 노새와 낙타에 태워
나의 거룩한 산 예루살렘으로 데려오리라.
─ 주님께서 말씀하신다. ─
21 그러면 나는 그들 가운데에서 더러는 사제로 더러는 레위인으로 삼으리라.”
─ 주님께서 말씀하신다. ─
제2독서
히브리서 12,5-7.11-13
형제 여러분, 5 여러분은
하느님께서 여러분을 자녀로 대하시면서 내리시는 권고를 잊어버렸습니다.
“내 아들아, 주님의 훈육을 하찮게 여기지 말고
그분께 책망을 받아도 낙심하지 마라.
6 주님께서는 사랑하시는 이를 훈육하시고
아들로 인정하시는 모든 이를 채찍질하신다.”
7 여러분의 시련을 훈육으로 여겨 견디어 내십시오.
하느님께서는 여러분을 자녀로 대하십니다.
아버지에게서 훈육을 받지 않는 아들이 어디 있습니까?
11 모든 훈육이 당장은 기쁨이 아니라 슬픔으로 여겨집니다.
그러나 나중에는 그것으로 훈련된 이들에게
평화와 의로움의 열매를 가져다줍니다.
12 그러므로 맥 풀린 손과 힘 빠진 무릎을 바로 세워 13 바른길을 달려가십시오.
그리하여 절름거리는 다리가 접질리지 않고 오히려 낫게 하십시오.
복음
루카 13,22-30
그때에 22 예수님께서는 예루살렘으로 여행을 하시는 동안,
여러 고을과 마을을 지나며 가르치셨다.
23 그런데 어떤 사람이 예수님께 “주님, 구원받을 사람은 적습니까?” 하고 물었다.
예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.
24 “너희는 좁은 문으로 들어가도록 힘써라. 내가 너희에게 말한다.
많은 사람이 그곳으로 들어가려고 하겠지만 들어가지 못할 것이다.
25 집주인이 일어나 문을 닫아 버리면,
너희가 밖에 서서 ‘주님, 문을 열어 주십시오.’ 하며 문을 두드리기 시작하여도,
그는 ‘너희가 어디에서 온 사람들인지 나는 모른다.’ 하고 대답할 것이다.
26 그러면 너희는 이렇게 말하기 시작할 것이다.
‘저희는 주님 앞에서 먹고 마셨고,
주님께서는 저희가 사는 길거리에서 가르치셨습니다.’
27 그러나 집주인은 ‘너희가 어디에서 온 사람들인지 나는 모른다.
모두 내게서 물러가라, 불의를 일삼는 자들아!’ 하고 너희에게 말할 것이다.
28 너희는 아브라함과 이사악과 야곱과 모든 예언자가 하느님의 나라 안에 있는데
너희만 밖으로 쫓겨나 있는 것을 보게 되면, 거기에서 울며 이를 갈 것이다.
29 그러나 동쪽과 서쪽, 북쪽과 남쪽에서 사람들이 와
하느님 나라의 잔칫상에 자리 잡을 것이다.
30 보라, 지금은 꼴찌지만 첫째가 되는 이들이 있고,
지금은 첫째지만 꼴찌가 되는 이들이 있을 것이다.”
August 21, 2022
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Thus says the LORD:
I know their works and their thoughts,
and I come to gather nations of every language;
they shall come and see my glory.
I will set a sign among them;
from them I will send fugitives to the nations:
to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal and Javan,
to the distant coastlands
that have never heard of my fame, or seen my glory;
and they shall proclaim my glory among the nations.
They shall bring all your brothers and sisters from all the nations
as an offering to the LORD,
on horses and in chariots, in carts, upon mules and dromedaries,
to Jerusalem, my holy mountain, says the LORD,
just as the Israelites bring their offering
to the house of the LORD in clean vessels.
Some of these I will take as priests and Levites, says the LORD.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (Mk 16:15) Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Praise the LORD all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R. Alleluia.
For steadfast is his kindness toward us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Reading 2
Brothers and sisters,
You have forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children:
“My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord
or lose heart when reproved by him;
for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines;
he scourges every son he acknowledges.”
Endure your trials as “discipline”;
God treats you as sons.
For what “son” is there whom his father does not discipline?
At the time,
all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain,
yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness
to those who are trained by it.
So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees.
Make straight paths for your feet,
that what is lame may not be disjointed but healed.
Gospel
Jesus passed through towns and villages,
teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem.
Someone asked him,
“Lord, will only a few people be saved?”
He answered them,
“Strive to enter through the narrow gate,
for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter
but will not be strong enough.
After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door,
then will you stand outside knocking and saying,
‘Lord, open the door for us.’
He will say to you in reply,
‘I do not know where you are from.
And you will say,
‘We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.’
Then he will say to you,
‘I do not know where you are from.
Depart from me, all you evildoers!’
And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth
when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
and all the prophets in the kingdom of God
and you yourselves cast out.
And people will come from the east and the west
and from the north and the south
and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first,
and some are first who will be last.”
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Keep a Knockin’
“For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.” (Luke 13:30)
Often the words of scripture enfold us in comfort and hope. “For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” In God’s kingdom, fullness surpasses emptiness. Hunger and thirst are sated. Restless hearts find peace. We knock. To our astonished eyes, the door opens. Light pierces the gloom outside. We say yes and enter. A celebration is unfolding. God’s kingdom does not run on scarcity. The abundance of salvation is a promise and a dream.
In today’s gospel the door stays closed. The one who knocks is rebuffed. What goes wrong? Salvation does not swing open with a buzzer. Jesus says some strength is required to enter. A desultory wish does not move the master of the house. “But, God, have pity. We are worried and dejected. Weighed down, our hands droop. Our knees tremble.” The Lord is not indifferent to drooping limbs. But God attends to our spirit. Am I distracted and bitter? Am I anxious and compulsive? God is present but I am far away. Come back. Come back and knock again.
The master repeats, “I don’t know where you are from.” I answer. “I’m from Omaha. Check my resume; there you find degrees, jobs, and achievements. Add photos of children, grandchildren, and dogs. These are the tracks I leave on the earth. Now, please, let me in.”
The Lord wants us. We are the offering. The gate is narrow because each person is a wondrous whole that fills the space. We bring what didn’t make it onto the resume: our failures and deep desires. Our hopes and regrets. Our fears and love.
At last, the door opens. We enter only to be sent out as messengers. Isaiah calls us fugitives for God. People from every nation are invited. No one is excluded from salvation. What a surprise when the guests arrive. The A-list is not whom we expected. The lowly and forgotten heed the call. The mailbox for others is full. They miss the invitation. But God does not quit on us.
We keep a knockin’.
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THE LOCKED DOOR
“Lord, are they few in number who are to be saved?” —Luke 13:23
Jesus did not answer this question directly. He answered it with a picture. Picture a door locked with people standing “outside knocking and saying, ‘Sir, open for us’ ” (Lk 13:25). Then a voice from the other side of the door replies: “I do not know where you come from” (Lk 13:25). Next, those locked out try to explain that there must be some misunderstanding, for they have gone to church and received some religious instruction (cf Lk 13:26). Once again the voice from the other side of the locked door answers: “I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Away from Me, you evildoers!” (Lk 13:27) Now those locked out of eternal life begin to panic; they beat on the door with “wailing and grinding of teeth” (Lk 13:28).
“Are they few in number who are to be saved?” (Lk 13:23) We don’t know because Jesus did not answer this question directly. We do know that many “will try to enter and be unable” (Lk 13:24). Therefore, “try to come in through the narrow door” (Lk 13:24). “The gate that leads to damnation is wide, the road is clear, and many choose to travel it. But how narrow is the gate that leads to life, how rough the road, and how few there are who find it!” (Mt 7:13-14)
Jesus said: “I am the Gate” (Jn 10:9). He is the Door and the only Way (Jn 14:6). “There is no salvation in anyone else, for there is no other name in the whole world given to men by which we are to be saved” (Acts 4:12). “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, and all your household” (Acts 16:31).
Prayer: Father, I accept the grace to be saved (Eph 2:8).
Promise: “Make straight the paths you walk on, that your halting limbs may not be dislocated but healed.” —Heb 12:13
Praise: Praise Jesus, the Gate, the Door, the only Way! Praise You, Jesus, our “Leader in the work of salvation” (Heb 2:10).
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What does the image of a door say to us about the kingdom of God? Jesus' story about the door being shut to those who come too late suggests they had offended their host and deserved to be excluded. It was customary for teachers in Jesus' time to close the door on tardy students and not allow them back for a whole week in order to teach them a lesson in discipline and faithfulness.
Who will be invited to enter God's kingdom?
Jesus told this story in response to the question of who will make it to heaven - to God's kingdom of everlasting peace and eternal life. Many rabbis held that all Israel would be saved and gain entry into God's kingdom, except for a few blatant sinners who excluded themselves! After all, they were specially chosen by God when he established a covenant relationship with them.
Jesus surprised his listeners by saying that one's membership as a people who have entered into a covenant relationship with God does not automatically mean entry into the everlasting kingdom of God. Second, Jesus asserts that many from the Gentile (non-Jewish) nations would enter God's kingdom. God's invitation is open to Jew and Gentile alike.
Jesus is the door to the kingdom of heaven
But Jesus warns that we can be excluded if we do not strive to enter by the narrow door. What did Jesus mean by this expression? The door which Jesus had in mind was himself. I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved (John 10:9). God sent his only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to open the way for us to have full access to the throne of God's grace (favor and blessing) and mercy (pardon for our sins). Through Jesus' victory on the cross he has freed us from slavery to sin and hurtful desires and addictions, and he has made us sons and daughters of God and citizens of his heavenly kingdom. We are free now to choose which kingdom we will serve - the kingdom of truth and light ruled by God's wisdom or the kingdom of falsehood and darkness ruled by Satan and the world system or society of people who are opposed to God and his laws.
Following the Lord requires effort and commitment on our part
If we want to enter God's kingdom and receive our full inheritance which is stored up for us in heaven, then we must follow the Lord Jesus in his way of the cross through a willing renunciation of our own will for his will - our own life for his life - our own way for his way.
Why did Jesus say we must strive to enter his kingdom of righteousness and peace? The word strive can also be translated as agony. To enter the kingdom of God we must struggle against every force or power of opposition - even the temptation to remain indifferent, apathetic, or compromising in our faith and personal trust in Jesus, our hope in holding firm to the promises of Jesus, and our uncompromising love for God above all else. Paul the Apostle reminds us that our hope in God does not disappoint us because "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us" (Romans 5:5).
The Lord is with us to strengthen us in our trials and struggles
The Lord reminds us that when we face difficulties, trials, temptations, and even failures, we do not struggle alone. He knows our weaknesses even better than we know them, and he is always ready to help us in our struggle to overcome sin and wrong-doing. God's grace is sufficient! As we strive side by side for the faith of the Gospel (Philippians 1:27) Jesus assures us of complete victory! Do you trust in God's grace and help, especially in times of testing and temptation?
Lord Jesus, may I never doubt your guiding presence and your tender love and mercy towards me. Through the gift of your Spirit fill me with persevering faith and courage to trust you always in all things and in every circumstance I find myself in. May your love set my heart aflame with love for You who are my All.
Psalm 117:1-2
1 Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!
2 For great is his steadfast love toward us; and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. Praise the LORD!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: To enter the narrow door, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"'Wide is the door, and broad the way that brings down many to destruction.' What are we to understand by its broadness? ...A stubborn mind will not bow to the yoke of the law [the commandments of God]. This life is cursed and relaxed in all carelessness. Thrusting from it the divine law and completely unmindful of the sacred commandments, wealth, vices, scorn, pride and the empty imagination of earthly pride spring from it. Those who would enter in by the narrow door must withdraw from all these things, be with Christ and keep the festival with him."(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 99)
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