2020년 10월 19일 연중 제29주간 월요일
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제1독서
에페소서. 2,1-10
형제 여러분, 1 여러분도 전에는 잘못과 죄를 저질러 죽었던 사람입니다.
2 그 안에서 여러분은 한때 이 세상의 풍조에 따라, 공중을 다스리는 지배자,
곧 지금도 순종하지 않는 자들 안에서 작용하는 영을 따라 살았습니다.
3 우리도 다 한때 그들 가운데에서 우리 육의 욕망에 이끌려 살면서,
육과 감각이 원하는 것을 따랐습니다.
그리하여 우리도 본디 다른 사람들과 마찬가지로
하느님의 진노를 살 수밖에 없었습니다.
4 그러나 자비가 풍성하신 하느님께서는 우리를 사랑하신 그 큰 사랑으로,
5 잘못을 저질러 죽었던 우리를 그리스도와 함께 살리셨습니다.
─ 여러분은 이렇게 은총으로 구원을 받은 것입니다. ─
6 하느님께서는 그리스도 예수님 안에서
우리를 그분과 함께 일으키시고 그분과 함께 하늘에 앉히셨습니다.
7 하느님께서는 이렇게 그리스도 예수님 안에서 우리에게 베푸신 호의로,
당신의 은총이 얼마나 엄청나게 풍성한지를
앞으로 올 모든 시대에 보여 주려고 하셨습니다.
8 여러분은 믿음을 통하여 은총으로 구원을 받았습니다.
이는 여러분에게서 나온 것이 아니라 하느님의 선물입니다.
9 인간의 행위에서 나오는 것이 아니니 아무도 자기 자랑을 할 수 없습니다.
10 우리는 하느님의 작품입니다.
우리는 선행을 하도록 그리스도 예수님 안에서 창조되었습니다.
하느님께서는 우리가 선행을 하며 살아가도록
그 선행을 미리 준비하셨습니다.
복음
루카. 12,13-21
그때에 13 군중 가운데에서 어떤 사람이 예수님께,
“스승님, 제 형더러 저에게 유산을 나누어 주라고 일러 주십시오.” 하고 말하였다.
14 그러자 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
“사람아, 누가 나를 너희의 재판관이나 중재인으로 세웠단 말이냐?”
15 그리고 사람들에게 이르셨다.
“너희는 주의하여라. 모든 탐욕을 경계하여라.
아무리 부유하더라도 사람의 생명은 그의 재산에 달려 있지 않다.”
16 예수님께서 그들에게 비유를 들어 말씀하셨다.
“어떤 부유한 사람이 땅에서 많은 소출을 거두었다.
17 그래서 그는 속으로 ‘내가 수확한 것을 모아 둘 데가 없으니
어떻게 하나?’ 하고 생각하였다.
18 그러다가 말하였다.
‘이렇게 해야지. 곳간들을 헐어 내고 더 큰 것들을 지어,
거기에다 내 모든 곡식과 재물을 모아 두어야겠다.
19 그리고 나 자신에게 말해야지.
′자, 네가 여러 해 동안 쓸 많은 재산을 쌓아 두었으니,
쉬면서 먹고 마시며 즐겨라.′’
20 그러나 하느님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
‘어리석은 자야, 오늘 밤에 네 목숨을 되찾아 갈 것이다.
그러면 네가 마련해 둔 것은 누구 차지가 되겠느냐?’
21 자신을 위해서는 재화를 모으면서
하느님 앞에서는 부유하지 못한 사람이 바로 이러하다.”
October 17, 2022
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
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Reading 1
You were dead in your transgressions and sins
in which you once lived following the age of this world,
following the ruler of the power of the air,
the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.
All of us once lived among them in the desires of our flesh,
following the wishes of the flesh and the impulses,
and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest.
But God, who is rich in mercy,
because of the great love he had for us,
even when we were dead in our transgressions,
brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
raised us up with him,
and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,
that in the ages to come
he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace
in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and this is not from you; it is the gift of God;
it is not from works, so no one may boast.
For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works
that God has prepared in advance,
that we should live in them.
Responsorial Psalm
Sing joyfully to the LORD all you lands;
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
R. The Lord made us, we belong to him.
Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
R. The Lord made us, we belong to him.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise.
R. The Lord made us, we belong to him.
Give thanks to him; bless his name, for he is good:
the LORD, whose kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.
R. The Lord made us, we belong to him.
Gospel
“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”
He replied to him,
“Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”
Then he said to the crowd,
“Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
Then he told them a parable.
“There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest.
He asked himself, ‘What shall I do,
for I do not have space to store my harvest?’
And he said, ‘This is what I shall do:
I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones.
There I shall store all my grain and other goods
and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you,
you have so many good things stored up for many years,
rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’
But God said to him,
‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you;
and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’
Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself
but is not rich in what matters to God.”
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ARE YOU LIVING BELOW YOUR DIGNITY?
“ ‘Then I will say to myself: You have blessings in reserve for years to come. Relax! Eat heartily, drink well. Enjoy yourself.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool!’ ” —Luke 12:19-20
Although we were created to know, love, and serve God, we naturally tend to live “at the level of the flesh, following every whim and fancy” (Eph 2:3). Human beings tend to live like animals, whose only purpose in life is to fulfill their bodily needs. This way of life is below our human dignity. It is natural to relax, eat heartily, drink well, and enjoy ourselves (see Lk 12:19). To make this the meaning of life, however, is to deny that:
- We are made in the image and likeness of God (Gn 1:26-27).
- God has exalted human dignity by becoming a man (see Jn 1:14).
- God lives in us and we in God (see Jn 17:21).
- We have been bought at the price of Jesus’ blood (see 1 Cor 6:20).
- We are destined to see God face to face and live with Him forever (see 1 Cor 13:12).
Therefore, don’t compromise your human and Christian dignity in order to maximize your pleasure. You are saved, holy, royal, priestly, and precious (see 1 Pt 2:9). Live in the dignity of an adopted child of God, sharing in the divine nature (2 Pt 1:4). “Christian, recognize your dignity and, now that you share in God’s own nature, do not return to your former base condition by sinning. Remember Who is your Head and of Whose body you are a member” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1691).
Prayer: Father, may I never live below my dignity.
Promise: “God is rich in mercy; because of His great love for us He brought us to life with Christ when we were dead in sin.” —Eph 2:4-5
Praise: Born in Syria, St. Ignatius of Antioch converted to Christianity and became Bishop of Antioch. Rather than deny Christ, he bravely faced the lions in the Circus Maximus.
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Have you ever tried to settle a money dispute or an inheritance issue? Inheritance disputes are rarely ever easy to resolve, especially when the relatives or close associates of the deceased benefactor cannot agree on who should get what and who should get the most. Why did Jesus refuse to settle an inheritance dispute between two brothers? He saw that the heart of the issue was not justice or fairness but rather greed and possessiveness.
Loving possessions rather than loving my neighbor
The ten commandments were summarized into two prohibitions - do not worship false idols and do not covet what belongs to another. It's the flip side of the two great commandments - love God and love your neighbor. Jesus warned the man who wanted half of his brother's inheritance to "beware of all covetousness." To covet is to wish to get wrongfully what another possesses or to begrudge what God has given to another. Jesus restates the commandment "do not covet", but he also states that a person's life does not consist in the abundance of his or her possessions.
August of Hippo (354-430 AD) comments on Jesus' words to the brother who wanted more:
Greed wants to divide, just as love desires to gather. What is the significance of 'guard against all greed,' unless it is 'fill yourselves with love?' We, possessing love for our portion, inconvenience the Lord because of our brother just as that man did against his brother, but we do not use the same plea. He said, 'Master, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.' We say, 'Master, tell my brother that he may have my inheritance.' (Sermon 265.9)
The fool who was possessed by his riches
Jesus reinforces his point with a parable about a foolish rich man (Luke 12:16-21). Why does Jesus call this wealthy landowner a fool? Jesus does not fault the rich man for his industriousness and skill in acquiring wealth, but rather for his egoism and selfishness - it's mine, all mine, and no one else's. This parable is similar to the parable of the rich man who refused to give any help to the beggar Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). The rich fool had lost the capacity to be concerned for others. His life was consumed with his possessions and his only interests were in himself. His death was the final loss of his soul! What is Jesus' lesson on using material possessions? It is in giving that we receive. Those who are rich towards God receive ample reward - not only in this life - but in eternity as well.
Where is your treasure?
In this little parable Jesus probes our heart - where is your treasure? Treasure has a special connection to the heart, the place of desire and longing, the place of will and focus. The thing we most set our heart on is our highest treasure. What do you treasure above all else?
Lord Jesus, free my heart from all possessiveness and from coveting what belongs to another. May I desire you alone as the one true treasure worth possessing above all else. Help me to make good use of the material blessings you give me that I may use them generously for your glory and for the good of others.
Psalm 100:2-5
2 Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the LORD is God! It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name!
5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Surrounded by wealth, blind to charity, by Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD)
"'What does the rich man do, surrounded by a great supply of many blessings beyond all numbering? In distress and anxiety, he speaks the words of poverty. He says, 'What should I do?' ... He does not look to the future. He does not raise his eyes to God. He does not count it worth his while to gain for the mind those treasures that are above in heaven. He does not cherish love for the poor or desire the esteem it gains. He does not sympathize with suffering. It gives him no pain nor awakens his pity. Still more irrational, he settles for himself the length of his life, as if he would also reap this from the ground. He says, 'I will say to myself, "Self, you have goods laid up for many years. Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." 'O rich man,' one may say, "You have storehouses for your fruits, but where will you receive your many years? By the decree of God, your life is shortened." 'God,' it tells us, 'said to him, "You fool, this night they will require of you your soul. Whose will these things be that you have prepared?" (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 89)
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October 19, 2020 Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
