2022년 9월 30일 연중 제26주간 금요일
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제1독서
욥기. 38,1.12-21;40,3-5
1 주님께서 욥에게 폭풍 속에서 말씀하셨다.
12 “너는 평생에 아침에게 명령해 본 적이 있느냐?
새벽에게 그 자리를 지시해 본 적이 있느냐?
13 그래서 새벽이 땅의 가장자리를 붙잡아 흔들어
악인들이 거기에서 털려 떨어지게 말이다.
14 땅은 도장 찍힌 찰흙처럼 형상을 드러내고 옷과 같이 그 모습을 나타낸다.
15 그러나 악인들에게는 빛이 거부되고 들어 올린 팔은 꺾인다.
16 너는 바다의 원천까지 가 보고 심연의 밑바닥을 걸어 보았느냐?
17 죽음의 대문이 네게 드러난 적이 있으며
암흑의 대문을 네가 본 적이 있느냐?
18 너는 땅이 얼마나 넓은지 이해할 수 있느냐?
네가 이 모든 것을 알거든 말해 보아라.
19 빛이 머무르는 곳으로 가는 길은 어디 있느냐? 또 어둠의 자리는 어디 있느냐?
20 네가 그것들을 제 영토로 데려갈 수 있느냐?
그것들의 집에 이르는 길을 알고 있느냐?
21 그때 이미 네가 태어나 이제 오래 살았으니 너는 알지 않느냐?”
40,3 그러자 욥이 주님께 대답하였다. 4 “저는 보잘것없는 몸,
당신께 무어라 대답하겠습니까? 손을 제 입에 갖다 댈 뿐입니다.
5 한 번 말씀드렸으니 대답하지 않겠습니다.
두 번 말씀드렸으니 덧붙이지 않겠습니다.”
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루카. 10,13-16
그때에 예수님께서 말씀하셨다.
13 “불행하여라, 너 코라진아! 불행하여라, 너 벳사이다야!
너희에게 일어난 기적들이 티로와 시돈에서 일어났더라면,
그들은 벌써 자루옷을 입고 재를 뒤집어쓰고 앉아 회개하였을 것이다.
14 그러니 심판 때에 티로와 시돈이 너희보다 견디기 쉬울 것이다.
15 그리고 너 카파르나움아, 네가 하늘까지 오를 성싶으냐?
저승까지 떨어질 것이다. 16 너희 말을 듣는 이는 내 말을 듣는 사람이고,
너희를 물리치는 자는 나를 물리치는 사람이며,
나를 물리치는 자는 나를 보내신 분을 물리치는 사람이다.”
September 30, 2022
Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Reading 1
Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5
The LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said:
Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning
and shown the dawn its place
For taking hold of the ends of the earth,
till the wicked are shaken from its surface?
The earth is changed as is clay by the seal,
and dyed as though it were a garment;
But from the wicked the light is withheld,
and the arm of pride is shattered.
Have you entered into the sources of the sea,
or walked about in the depths of the abyss?
Have the gates of death been shown to you,
or have you seen the gates of darkness?
Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all:
Which is the way to the dwelling place of light,
and where is the abode of darkness,
That you may take them to their boundaries
and set them on their homeward paths?
You know, because you were born before them,
and the number of your years is great!
Then Job answered the LORD and said:
Behold, I am of little account; what can I answer you?
I put my hand over my mouth.
Though I have spoken onc e, I will not do so again;
though twice, I will do so no more.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab
R. (24b) Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
O LORD, you have probed me and you know me;
you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
My journeys and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar.
R. Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
Where can I go from your spirit?
From your presence where can I flee?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I sink to the nether world, you are present there.
R. Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
If I take the wings of the dawn,
if I settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
Even there your hand shall guide me,
and your right hand hold me fast.
R. Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
Truly you have formed my inmost being;
you knit me in my mother’s womb.
I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made;
wonderful are your works.
R. Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
Gospel
Lk 10:13-16
Jesus said to them,
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented,
sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
at the judgment than for you.
And as for you, Capernaum, ‘Will you be exalted to heaven?
You will go down to the netherworld.’
Whoever listens to you listens to me.
Whoever rejects you rejects me.
And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
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The might of God predominates. Have you ever been questioned by God? Job had already spent a great deal of his time questioning God. At last God answered him... but His answers consisted of a series of poetic, but rhetorical questions. Have you ever been able to command the dawn; walked about in the abyss; seen the gates of death? God’s words to Job were challenging, evocative, and beautiful. Job could only answer with a subdued equivalent of “what can I say? I cannot argue with you Lord.”
Thousands of years later, we have progressed and learned more about God’s creation. We have begun to explore the abyss, comprehend the breadth of the earth, and we have even changed its face. But we all realize that we cannot control all aspects of nature. It will continue to “take hold of the ends of the earth and shake it, and dawn will come to show darkness its place." God will continue to create, move, protect, and be the most understanding Lord of creation; we will always be humbled by His power. The more that we explore and learn about the universe, the more we find that we do not understand. We are simply humbled and challenged to pay attention to details; to find God in all things.
The responsorial Psalm (139) provides the words that we can use (and that Job could have used) to answer God’s questions. "Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way." I will be still and listen. Since God “knit us” in our mother’s womb, we have become creations that question, observe, and analyze. We find that we are “fearfully, wonderfully made.” We can marvel, “how wonderful are your works.” We hear God speaking to us through our surroundings. “If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.”
Today, we read the Gospel of Luke, chapter 10. The now 72 disciples sat with Jesus near his home in Capernaum. His message to them is clear: they will spread his word among many who are hostile to his teachings or have already rejected them. Jesus singled out his own hometown, Capernaum, and two that were only a short walk away. “Woe to you, Chorazin and Bethsaida,” he said. The people of these towns heard his words and saw his miraculous deeds, yet they remained unmoved and unrepentant. Even his own neighbors in Capernaum were personally given a gift from Jesus, and they rejected it. They felt that they knew best; they remained proud and obstinate. Jesus admonished the people of Capernaum. Since he often lived among them during his adult life, they had witnessed his words and actions, yet they rejected him. “Will you be exalted in heaven? [No] You will go down to the netherworld.”
The Pagans of Tyre and Sidon who had not yet witnessed Jesus’ message would be better off at the judgement than the people of Capernaum who knew him and rejected him. “...whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” Are we more like the people of Capernaum, Chorizon, and Bethsaida? How often do we hear, "I was raised Christian, now I do not follow any religion. I do not know what to believe." Jesus’ message is available to more people than ever, yet we see and hear its rejection every day. Millions of people around the world have now heard the words of Our Lord, Jesus. They know of his life and miracles. Jesus continues to live among us, but in our hearts are we as motivated to follow his way to redemption as we need to be?
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EYE-OPENING REPENTANCE
“If the miracles worked in your midst had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have reformed in sackcloth and ashes.” —Luke 10:13
“If the miracles worked in [Capernaum] had taken place in Sodom, it would be standing today” (Mt 11:23). Sodom, Tyre, and Sidon were among the most wicked places of the Old Testament (see Gn 18-19; Ez 26-28). Yet Jesus declares that the people of these condemned cities would have reformed. The problem was that they had no one to bring to them a ministry of power evangelization, that is, preaching accompanied by miracles. The people of Nineveh were infamous for their wickedness, but “at the preaching of Jonah they reformed” (Lk 11:32). Yet we have something greater than Jonah to offer them (Lk 11:32).
Where is your Tyre and Sidon? Is it your family, coworkers, neighbors? What environment do you think has no hope for conversion? Is it the inner city, the public schools, the middle class, the government, or corporate America? How do we know they will reject the Gospel? If the Gospel is presented to them, there is always a chance for conversion. If they never hear a clear, powerful presentation of the Good News, then “how shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? And how can they believe unless they have heard of Him? And how can they hear unless there is someone to preach?” (Rm 10:14) How can they believe if we don’t believe enough to tell them about Jesus?
No one ever caught any fish by staying at home. Let’s spread the Good News and try to catch some big fish for Jesus (Mk 1:17).
Prayer: Father, may I never underestimate Your power.
Promise: “He who hears you, hears Me.” —Lk 10:16
Praise: St. Jerome studied Hebrew in preparation to translate the Old Testament. He wrote, “It is more honorable to take a little trouble to get at the truth, and adapt one’s ears to an unfamiliar tongue, than to come out with a sham solution.”
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If Jesus were to visit your community today, what would he say? Would he issue a warning like the one he gave to Chorazin and Bethsaida? And how would you respond? Wherever Jesus went he did mighty works to show the people how much God had for them. Chorazin and Bethsaida had been blessed with the visitation of God. They heard the good news and experienced the wonderful works which Jesus did for them. Why was Jesus upset with these communities? The word woe is also translated as alas. It is as much as an expression of sorrowful pity as it is of anger.
Jesus calls us to walk in the way of truth and freedom - justice and holiness
Why does Jesus lament and issue a stern warning? The people who heard the Gospel here very likely responded with indifference. Jesus upbraids them for doing nothing! Repentance demands change - a change of heart and way of life. God's word is life-giving and it saves us from destruction - the destruction of soul as well as body. Jesus' anger is directed toward sin and everything which hinders us from doing the will of God and receiving his blessing. In love he calls us to walk in his way of truth and freedom, grace and mercy, justice and holiness. Do you receive his word with faith and submission or with doubt and indifference?
Lord Jesus, give me the child-like simplicity and purity of faith to gaze upon your face with joy and confidence in your all-merciful love. Remove every doubt, fear, and proud thought which would hinder me from receiving your word with trust and humble submission.
Psalm 79:1-5,8-9
1 O God, the heathen have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those round about us.
5 How long, O LORD? Will you be angry for ever? Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?
8 Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Christ speaks through the disciples, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"Christ gives those who love instruction the assurance that whatever is said concerning him by the holy apostles or evangelists is to be received necessarily without any doubt and to be crowned with the words of truth. He who hears them, hears Christ. For the blessed Paul also said, 'You desire proof that Christ is speaking in me' (2 Corinthians 13:3). Christ himself somewhere also said to the holy disciples, 'For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you' (Matthew 10:20). Christ speaks in them by the consubstantial Spirit. If it is true, and plainly it is, that they speak by Christ, how can they err? He affirms that he who does not hear them, does not hear Christ, and that he who rejects them rejects Christ, and with him the Father."(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 63)
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