2022년 9월 25일 연중 제26주일
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제1독서
아모스 예언서 6,1ㄱㄴ.4-7
전능하신 주님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.
1 “불행하여라, 시온에서 걱정 없이 사는 자들
사마리아 산에서 마음 놓고 사는 자들!
4 그들은 상아 침상 위에 자리 잡고 안락의자에 비스듬히 누워
양 떼에서 고른 어린양을 잡아먹고
우리에서 가려낸 송아지를 잡아먹는다.
5 수금 소리에 따라 되잖은 노래를 불러 대고
다윗이나 된 듯이 악기들을 만들어 낸다.
6 대접으로 포도주를 퍼마시고 최고급 향유를 몸에 바르면서도
요셉 집안이 망하는 것은 아랑곳하지 않는다.
7 그러므로 이제 그들이 맨 먼저 사로잡혀 끌려가리니
비스듬히 누운 자들의 흥청거림도 끝장나고 말리라.”
제2독서
티모테오 1서.6,11ㄱㄷ-16
11 하느님의 사람이여, 의로움과 신심과 믿음과
사랑과 인내와 온유를 추구하십시오.
12 믿음을 위하여 훌륭히 싸워 영원한 생명을 차지하십시오.
그대는 많은 증인 앞에서 훌륭하게 신앙을 고백하였을 때에
영원한 생명으로 부르심을 받은 것입니다.
13 만물에게 생명을 주시는 하느님, 그리고
본시오 빌라도 앞에서 훌륭하게 신앙을 고백하신 그리스도 예수님 앞에서
그대에게 지시합니다.
14 우리 주 예수 그리스도께서 나타나실 때까지
흠 없고 나무랄 데 없이 계명을 지키십시오.
15 제때에 그 일을 이루실 분은 복되시며
한 분뿐이신 통치자 임금들의 임금이시며 주님들의 주님이신 분
16 홀로 불사불멸하시며 다가갈 수 없는 빛 속에 사시는 분
어떠한 인간도 뵌 일이 없고 뵐 수도 없는 분이십니다.
그분께 영예와 영원한 권능이 있기를 빕니다. 아멘.
복음
루카. 16,19-31
그때에 예수님께서 바리사이들에게 말씀하셨다.
19 “어떤 부자가 있었는데, 그는 자주색 옷과 고운 아마포 옷을 입고
날마다 즐겁고 호화롭게 살았다.
20 그의 집 대문 앞에는 라자로라는 가난한 이가 종기투성이 몸으로 누워 있었다.
21 그는 부자의 식탁에서 떨어지는 것으로 배를 채우기를 간절히 바랐다.
그러나 개들까지 와서 그의 종기를 핥곤 하였다.
22 그러다 그 가난한 이가 죽자 천사들이 그를 아브라함 곁으로 데려갔다.
부자도 죽어 묻혔다.
23 부자가 저승에서 고통을 받으며 눈을 드니,
멀리 아브라함과 그의 곁에 있는 라자로가 보였다.
24 그래서 그가 소리를 질러 말하였다.
‘아브라함 할아버지, 저에게 자비를 베풀어 주십시오.
라자로를 보내시어 그 손가락 끝에 물을 찍어 제 혀를 식히게 해 주십시오.
제가 이 불길 속에서 고초를 겪고 있습니다.’
25 그러자 아브라함이 말하였다.
‘얘야, 너는 살아 있는 동안에 좋은 것들을 받았고
라자로는 나쁜 것들을 받았음을 기억하여라.
그래서 그는 이제 여기에서 위로를 받고 너는 고초를 겪는 것이다.
26 게다가 우리와 너희 사이에는 큰 구렁이 가로놓여 있어,
여기에서 너희 쪽으로 건너가려 해도 갈 수 없고
거기에서 우리 쪽으로 건너오려 해도 올 수 없다.’
27 부자가 말하였다.
‘그렇다면 할아버지, 제발 라자로를 제 아버지 집으로 보내 주십시오.
28 저에게 다섯 형제가 있는데, 라자로가 그들에게 경고하여
그들만은 이 고통스러운 곳에 오지 않게 해 주십시오.’
29 아브라함이, ‘그들에게는 모세와 예언자들이 있으니
그들의 말을 들어야 한다.’ 하고 대답하자,
30 부자가 다시 ‘안 됩니다, 아브라함 할아버지!
죽은 이들 가운데에서 누가 가야 그들이 회개할 것입니다.’ 하였다.
31 그에게 아브라함이 이렇게 일렀다.
‘그들이 모세와 예언자들의 말을 듣지 않으면,
죽은 이들 가운데에서 누가 다시 살아나도 믿지 않을 것이다.’”
September 25, 2022
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Thus says the LORD the God of hosts:
Woe to the complacent in Zion!
Lying upon beds of ivory,
stretched comfortably on their couches,
they eat lambs taken from the flock,
and calves from the stall!
Improvising to the music of the harp,
like David, they devise their own accompaniment.
They drink wine from bowls
and anoint themselves with the best oils;
yet they are not made ill by the collapse of Joseph!
Therefore, now they shall be the first to go into exile,
and their wanton revelry shall be done away with.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1b)Praise the Lord, my soul!
or:
R. Alleluia.
Blessed he who keeps faith forever,
secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets captives free.
R. Praise the Lord, my soul!
or:
R. Alleluia.
The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who were bowed down;
the LORD loves the just.
The LORD protects strangers.
R. Praise the Lord, my soul!
or:
R. Alleluia.
The fatherless and the widow he sustains,
but the way of the wicked he thwarts.
The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia.
R. Praise the Lord, my soul!
or:
R. Alleluia.
Reading 2
But you, man of God, pursue righteousness,
devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
Compete well for the faith.
Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called
when you made the noble confession in the presence of many witnesses.
I charge you before God, who gives life to all things,
and before Christ Jesus,
who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession,
to keep the commandment without stain or reproach
until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ
that the blessed and only ruler
will make manifest at the proper time,
the King of kings and Lord of lords,
who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light,
and whom no human being has seen or can see.
To him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
Gospel
Jesus said to the Pharisees:
"There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen
and dined sumptuously each day.
And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps
that fell from the rich man's table.
Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.
When the poor man died,
he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.
The rich man also died and was buried,
and from the netherworld, where he was in torment,
he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off
and Lazarus at his side.
And he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me.
Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
for I am suffering torment in these flames.'
Abraham replied,
'My child, remember that you received
what was good during your lifetime
while Lazarus likewise received what was bad;
but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.
Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established
to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go
from our side to yours or from your side to ours.'
He said, 'Then I beg you, father,
send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers,
so that he may warn them,
lest they too come to this place of torment.'
But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets.
Let them listen to them.'
He said, 'Oh no, father Abraham,
but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
Then Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'"
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Psalm response: Praise the Lord, my soul.
When I was younger, I heard a lot of comments / complaints that we didn't preach on sin anymore. The smartmouth response was “And when we did, did it make any difference?” If we now tend to be more positive and to focus more instead on what it takes to be truly Christian and truly alive in that belief, I think that we might compare our more recent approach to the difference between being sick and being healthy: there are all sorts of ways to be sick, but concentrating only on attacking each malady as it comes to affect us doesn't make us healthy.
Health comes from good diet, good exercise, good rest, and a refusal to indulge in harmful activities and substances (alcohol, drugs, tobacco, vaping, stress, etc.). We should concentrate on healthy activities, which generally hold the unhealthy or sinful tendencies at bay: prayer, real conversations with the Lord, is of course primary, but we also need to develop healthy habits in our daily lives. It is not a matter of working hard at our progress, as if we were solely responsible for the change, but we do need to discern where we are weak and to address that first in prayer and then in making changes our lives.
I especially want to point out that we do not eliminate sins from our lives by simply going cold turkey: we need to slowly and faithfully counter the evil tendency or activity by replacing it by a positive virtue or activity. Instead of using God’s name frivolously (as in the all too common exclamation “Oh, my God!”) we need to find an expression we would rather use, such as “Good grief!” If we catch ourselves doing what we wish not to do, we need to pray quickly for forgiveness and help and to remember our positive substitute – which we will come closer to using bit by bit by this process until it replaces what we wish to avoid.
How does all this fit with today’s readings? Today’s reading from I Timothy is good, but it is an encouragement and not extremely helpful to us personally. We need to have personal goals and an appropriate means to reach them. Scripture gives us lists of virtues, or maybe better, virtuous attitudes or habits. We have the gifts of the Holy Spirit (wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, and fear of the Lord) in Isaiah 11:2-3, while Galatians 5:22-23 gives us the fruits of the Holy Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). Beyond those are the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance), the theological virtues (faith, hope, charity), but also such things as humility, simplicity, gentleness, and awareness/presence. The beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) are of course also valuable.
What is important is that we wish, with the help of the Spirit, to choose one to concentrate our attention on...
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A COMFORTABLE, ENJOYABLE DEATH-STYLE
“Woe to the complacent!” —Amos 6:1
A lifestyle focused on comfort, entertainment, and enjoyment leads to complacency, that is, a selfishness because of which we don’t care that much about other people’s lives and salvation (see Am 6:4-6).
Complacency is only one of the side effects of a pleasure-seeking lifestyle. A self-centered lifestyle gradually causes a spiritual blindness and deafness through which we become so hardened that even someone risen from the dead would not be able to touch our hearts (Lk 16:31).
Because we naturally want a lifestyle that is as comfortable as possible, we are doomed to be complacent and hardhearted unless we receive a new nature (see Jn 3:3) and live in that new nature.
The Holy Spirit is our Hope, for He will strongly oppose the desires of our flesh, that is, our fallen, selfish nature (Gal 5:17). Through His Word, the Holy Spirit will crucify our “flesh with its passions and desires” (Gal 5:24) and give us a new nature and a new birth (Jn 3:5; see also 1 Pt 1:23). The Holy Spirit gives the possibility and the power of living the Christian life and being freed from the death and damnation of our self-centered lifestyle. Come, Holy Spirit!
Prayer: Father, conquer my selfishness by Your love.
Promise: “Fight the good fight of faith.” —1 Tm 6:12
Praise: “He is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords Who alone has immortality and Who dwells in unapproachable light, Whom no human being has ever seen or can see. To Him be honor and everlasting rule! Amen” (1 Tm 6:15-16).
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What most absorbs your time, your attention, and your heart? In the parable of the rich man who refused to help the beggar named Lazarus Jesus paints a dramatic scene of contrasts - riches and poverty, heaven and hell, compassion and indifference, inclusion and exclusion. We also see an abrupt and dramatic reversal of fortune. Lazarus was not only poor and a beggar, he was also sick and unable to fend for himself. He was "laid" at the gates of the rich man's house. The dogs which licked his sores probably also stole the little bread he got for himself. Dogs in the ancient world symbolized contempt. Enduring the torment of these savage dogs only added to the poor man's miseries and sufferings.
The rich man treated the beggar with contempt and indifference, until he found his fortunes reversed at the end of his life! In God's economy, those who hold on possessively to what they have, lose it all in the end, while those who share generously receive back many times more than they gave away.
Hope in God and his merciful help
The name Lazarus means God is my help. Despite a life of misfortune and suffering, Lazarus did not lose hope in God. His eyes were set on a treasure stored up for him in heaven. The rich man, however, could not see beyond his material wealth and possessions. He not only had every thing he needed, he selfishly spent all he had on himself. He was too absorbed in what he possessed to notice the needs of those around him. He lost sight of God and the treasure of heaven because he was preoccupied with seeking happiness in material things. He served wealth rather than God. In the end the rich man became a beggar!
Do you know the joy and freedom of possessing God as your true and lasting treasure? Those who put their hope and security in the kingdom of heaven will not be disappointed (see Hebrews 6:19).
Lord Jesus, you are my joy and my treasure. Make me rich in the things of your heavenly kingdom and give me a generous heart that I may freely share with others the spiritual and material treasures you have given to me.
Psalm 146:1,6b-10
1 Praise the LORD, O my soul!
6b LORD who keeps faith for ever;
7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free;
8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD watches over the sojourners, he upholds the widow and the fatherless; but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10 The LORD will reign for ever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Creator of both rich and poor, by Augustine of Hippo, 3540-430 A.D.
"God made both the rich and the poor. So the rich and the poor are born alike. You meet one another as you walk on the way together. Do not oppress or defraud anyone. One may be needy and another may have plenty. But the Lord is the maker of them both. Through the person who has, He helps the one who needs - and through the person who does not have, He tests the one who has." (excerpt from Sermon 35, 7)
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