2022년 10월 3일 연중 제27주간 월요일
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제1독서
갈라티아서.1,6-12
형제 여러분, 6 그리스도의 은총 안에서 여러분을 불러 주신 분을
여러분이 그토록 빨리 버리고 다른 복음으로 돌아서다니,
나는 놀라지 않을 수 없습니다.
7 실제로 다른 복음은 있지도 않습니다.
그런데도 여러분을 교란시켜 그리스도의 복음을 왜곡하려는 자들이 있습니다.
8 우리는 물론이고 하늘에서 온 천사라도
우리가 여러분에게 전한 것과 다른 복음을 전한다면,
저주를 받아 마땅합니다.
9 우리가 전에도 말한 바 있지만 이제 내가 다시 한번 말합니다.
누가 여러분이 받은 것과 다른 복음을 전한다면, 그는 저주를 받아 마땅합니다.
10 내가 지금 사람들의 지지를 얻으려고 하는 것입니까?
하느님의 지지를 얻으려고 하는 것입니까?
아니면, 사람들의 비위를 맞추려고 하는 것입니까?
내가 아직도 사람들의 비위를 맞추려고 하는 것이라면,
나는 더 이상 그리스도의 종이 아닐 것입니다.
11 형제 여러분, 여러분에게 분명히 밝혀 둡니다.
내가 전한 복음은 사람에게서 비롯된 것이 아닙니다.
12 그 복음은 내가 어떤 사람에게서 받은 것도 아니고 배운 것도 아닙니다.
오직 예수 그리스도의 계시를 통하여 받은 것입니다.
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루카 10,25-37
그때에 25 어떤 율법 교사가 일어서서 예수님을 시험하려고 말하였다.
“스승님, 제가 무엇을 해야 영원한 생명을 받을 수 있습니까?”
26 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
“율법에 무엇이라고 쓰여 있느냐? 너는 어떻게 읽었느냐?”
27 그가 “‘네 마음을 다하고 네 목숨을 다하고 네 힘을 다하고
네 정신을 다하여 주 너의 하느님을 사랑하고
네 이웃을 너 자신처럼 사랑해야 한다.’ 하였습니다.” 하고 대답하자,
28 예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다.
“옳게 대답하였다. 그렇게 하여라. 그러면 네가 살 것이다.”
29 그 율법 교사는 자기가 정당함을 드러내고 싶어서 예수님께,
“그러면 누가 저의 이웃입니까?” 하고 물었다.
30 예수님께서 응답하셨다.
“어떤 사람이 예루살렘에서 예리코로 내려가다가 강도들을 만났다.
강도들은 그의 옷을 벗기고 그를 때려 초주검으로 만들어 놓고 가 버렸다.
31 마침 어떤 사제가 그 길로 내려가다가 그를 보고서는,
길 반대쪽으로 지나가 버렸다.
32 레위인도 마찬가지로 그곳에 이르러 그를 보고서는,
길 반대쪽으로 지나가 버렸다.
33 그런데 여행을 하던 어떤 사마리아인은 그가 있는 곳에 이르러 그를 보고서는,
가엾은 마음이 들었다.
34 그래서 그에게 다가가 상처에 기름과 포도주를 붓고 싸맨 다음,
자기 노새에 태워 여관으로 데리고 가서 돌보아 주었다.
35 이튿날 그는 두 데나리온을 꺼내 여관 주인에게 주면서,
‘저 사람을 돌보아 주십시오.
비용이 더 들면 제가 돌아올 때에 갚아 드리겠습니다.’ 하고 말하였다.
36 너는 이 세 사람 가운데에서
누가 강도를 만난 사람에게 이웃이 되어 주었다고 생각하느냐?”
37 율법 교사가 “그에게 자비를 베푼 사람입니다.” 하고 대답하자,
예수님께서 그에게 이르셨다. “가서 너도 그렇게 하여라.”
October 3, 2022
Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
Brothers and sisters:
I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking
the one who called you by the grace of Christ
for a different gospel (not that there is another).
But there are some who are disturbing you
and wish to pervert the Gospel of Christ.
But even if we or an angel from heaven
should preach to you a gospel
other than the one that we preached to you,
let that one be accursed!
As we have said before, and now I say again,
if anyone preaches to you a gospel
other than the one that you received,
let that one be accursed!
Am I now currying favor with human beings or God?
Or am I seeking to please people?
If I were still trying to please people,
I would not be a slave of Christ.
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters,
that the Gospel preached by me is not of human origin.
For I did not receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it,
but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (5) The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart
in the company and assembly of the just.
Great are the works of the LORD,
exquisite in all their delights.
R. The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The works of his hands are faithful and just;
sure are all his precepts,
Reliable forever and ever,
wrought in truth and equity.
R. The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He has sent deliverance to his people;
he has ratified his covenant forever;
holy and awesome is his name.
His praise endures forever.
R. The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Gospel
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said,
“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law?
How do you read it?”
He said in reply,
“You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your being,
with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
and your neighbor as yourself.”
He replied to him, “You have answered correctly;
do this and you will live.”
But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus,
“And who is my neighbor?”
Jesus replied,
“A man fell victim to robbers
as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.
A priest happened to be going down that road,
but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
Likewise a Levite came to the place,
and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.
But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him
was moved with compassion at the sight.
He approached the victim,
poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them.
Then he lifted him up on his own animal,
took him to an inn, and cared for him.
The next day he took out two silver coins
and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction,
‘Take care of him.
If you spend more than what I have given you,
I shall repay you on my way back.’
Which of these three, in your opinion,
was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?”
He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.”
Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
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The Good Samaritan
A good teacher always answers a question with another question in order to draw out from the pupil an answer rather than drop one on the pupil that will likely not be remembered as well as one that came from the pupil him/herself. So Jesus, when questioned by a scholar of the law seeking to test him, asked “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” responded with a question suited to this scholar of the law: “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” His reply:”You shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
Jesus replies” You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.”
The scholar, however, is still intent on testing Jesus and does not let his answer rest by asking “And who is my neighbor?”
I wonder if Jesus was annoyed by the scholar’s persistence – he was certainly not fooled by this question and perhaps a small grin touched his face at the opportunity to tell a parable – thus the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan. A social outcast becomes the hero by being the only person to help a man wounded and lying helpless , bleeding by the side of the road.
Once I took a course in understanding dreams and one takeaway from it was this: the cast of characters in your dream are really all manifestations of yourself. Applying this insight to the parable of the Good Samaritan reveals interesting aspects of ourselves: A wounded man lying helpless “half dead” by the side of the road, a priest, a Levite (who performed subordinate service in the temple), and a Samaritan (looked on as inferior by Jews). I ask myself what in me is wounded? What are the obvious wounds and which are hidden but no less real? Which wounds do I try to hide from myself? Which wounds do not allow me to treat others with mercy? In hiding my wounds, am I like the priest or the Levite who crossed the road, shunning a bleeding man because to contact him would make me ritually impure? Does the law replace mercy? How are these dilemmas manifesting in the governance of my town? My schools?
Jesus, the consummate teacher, evokes the answer from the scholar by asking: “Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?” The scholar answers” The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him “Go and do likewise.”
I conclude that the exercise of mercy can take real courage and discernment. I pray that we all may have the wisdom and courage to exercise mercy at all costs.
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THE DANGER OF FALLING AWAY
“I am amazed that you are so soon deserting Him Who called you in accord with His gracious design in Christ, and are going over to another gospel.” —Galatians 1:6
St. Paul was amazed that the Galatian Christians were so soon deserting the Lord. Paul warned Christians: “Do not be haughty...but fearful. If God did not spare the natural branches (the Jewish people), He will certainly not spare you” (Rm 11:20, 21). “My fear is that, just as the serpent seduced Eve by his cunning, your thoughts may be corrupted and you may fall away from your sincere and complete devotion to Christ” (2 Cor 11:3). “I tell you all this so that no one may delude you with specious arguments” (Col 2:4). Paul told St. Timothy to warn certain people “against teaching false doctrines” (1 Tm 1:3). Paul prophesied to the Thessalonians that there would be a great apostasy before the end of the world (2 Thes 2:3). The writer of Hebrews warned: “Take care, my brothers, lest any of you have an evil and unfaithful spirit and fall away from the living God” (Heb 3:12). The writer of 2 Peter commanded: “Be solicitous to make your call and election permanent, brothers; surely those who do so will never be lost” (2 Pt 1:10). After lamenting that the church in Ephesus had lost its first love (Rv 2:4), St. John told the church in Sardis: “Wake up, and strengthen what remains before it dies” (Rv 3:2).
“For all these reasons, let anyone who thinks he is standing upright watch out lest he fall!” (1 Cor 10:12) “When men have fled a polluted world by recognizing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then are caught up and overcome in pollution once more, their last condition is worse than their first” (2 Pt 2:20). Don’t fall away from the best condition into the worst. By God’s grace, persevere in your life in Christ.
Prayer: Father, send the Holy Spirit to confirm me in my faith.
Promise: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” —Lk 10:27
Praise: Jesus healed young Larry of severe asthma.
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If God is all-loving and compassionate, then why is there so much suffering and evil in this world? Many agnostics refuse to believe in God because of this seemingly imponderable problem. If God is love then evil and suffering must be eliminated in all its forms. What is God's answer to this human dilemma? Jesus' parable about a highway robbery gives us a helpful hint. Jesus told this dramatic story in response to a devout Jew who wanted to understand how to apply God's great commandment of love to his everyday life circumstances. In so many words this religious-minded Jew said: "I want to love God as best as I can and I want to love my neighbor as well. But how do I know that I am fulfilling my duty to love my neighbor as myself?"
Jesus must have smiled when he heard this man challenge him to explain one's duty towards their neighbor. For the Jewish believer the law of love was plain and simple: "treat your neighbor as you would treat yourself." The real issue for this believer was the correct definition of who is "my neighbor". He understood "neighbor" to mean one's fellow Jew who belonged to the same covenant which God made with the people of Israel. Up to a certain point, Jesus agreed with this sincere expert but, at the same time, he challenged him to see that God's view of neighbor went far beyond his narrow definition.
God's love and mercy extends to all
Jesus told a parable to show how wide God's love and mercy is towards every fellow human being. Jesus' story of a brutal highway robbery was all too familiar to his audience. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho went through a narrow winding valley surrounded by steep rocky cliffs. Many wealthy Jews from Jerusalem had winter homes in Jerico. This narrow highway was dangerous and notorious for its robbers who could easily ambush their victim and escape into the hills. No one in his right mind would think of traveling through this dangerous highway alone. It was far safer to travel with others for protection and defense.
Our prejudice gets in the way of mercy
So why did the religious leaders refuse to give any help when they saw a half-dead victim lying by the roadside? Didn't they recognize that this victim was their neighbor? And why did a Samaritan, an outsider who was despised by the Jews, treat this victim with special care at his own expense as he would care for his own family? Who was the real neighbor who showed brotherly compassion and mercy? Jesus makes the supposed villain, the despised Samaritan, the merciful one as an example for the status conscious Jews. Why didn't the priest and Levite stop to help? The priest probably didn't want to risk the possibility of ritual impurity. His piety got in the way of charity. The Levite approached close to the victim, but stopped short of actually helping him. Perhaps he feared that bandits were using a decoy to ambush him. The Levite put personal safety ahead of saving his neighbor.
God expects us to be merciful as he is merciful
What does Jesus' story tell us about true love for one's neighbor? First, we must be willing to help even if others brought trouble on themselves through their own fault or negligence. Second, our love and concern to help others in need must be practical. Good intentions and showing pity, or emphathizing with others, are not enough. And lastly, our love for others must be as wide and as inclusive as God's love. God excludes no one from his care and concern. God's love is unconditional. So we must be ready to do good to others for their sake, just as God is good to us.
Jesus not only taught God's way of love, he also showed how far God was willing to go to share in our suffering and to restore us to wholeness of life and happiness. Jesus overcame sin, suffering, and death through his victory on the cross. His death brought us freedom from slavery to sin and the promise of everlasting life with God. He willingly shared in our suffering to bring us to the source of true healing and freedom from sin and oppression. True compassion not only identifies and emphathises with the one who is in pain, but takes that pain on oneself in order to bring freedom and restoration.
The cross shows us God's perfect love and forgiveness
Jesus truly identified with our plight, and he took the burden of our sinful condition upon himself. He showed us the depths of God's love and compassion, by sharing in our suffering and by offering his life as an atoning sacrifice for our sins upon the cross. His suffering is redemptive because it brings us healing and restoration and the fulness of eternal life. God offers us true freedom from every form of oppression, sin, and suffering. And that way is through the cross of Jesus Christ. Are you ready to embrace the cross of Christ, to suffer for his sake, and to lay down your life out of love for your neighbor?
Lord Jesus, may your love always be the foundation of my life. Free me from every fear and selfish-concern that I may freely give myself in loving service to others, even to the point of laying my life down for their sake.
Psalm 111:1-2,7-10
1 Praise the LORD. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
2 Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who have pleasure in them.
7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy,
8 they are established for ever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
9 He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant for ever. Holy and awesome is his name!
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who practice it. His praise endures for ever!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: God desires to be our neighbor, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"God our Lord wished to be called our neighbor. The Lord Jesus Christ meant that he was the one who gave help to the man lying half-dead on the road, beaten and left by the robbers. The prophet said in prayer, 'As a neighbor and as one's own brother, so did I please' (Psalm 34:14 ). Since the divine nature is far superior and above our human nature, the command by which we are to love God is distinct from our love of our neighbor. He shows mercy to us because of his own goodness, while we show mercy to one another because of God's goodness. He has compassion on us so that we may enjoy him completely, while we have compassion on another that we may completely enjoy him. (excerpt from CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION 33)
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