2023년 2월 13일 연중 제6주간 월요일
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제1독서
창세기.4,1-15.25
1 사람이 자기 아내 하와와 잠자리를 같이하니,
그 여자가 임신하여 카인을 낳고 이렇게 말하였다.
“내가 주님의 도우심으로 남자아이를 얻었다.”
2 그 여자는 다시 카인의 동생 아벨을 낳았는데,
아벨은 양치기가 되고 카인은 땅을 부치는 농부가 되었다.
3 세월이 흐른 뒤에 카인은 땅의 소출을 주님께 제물로 바치고,
4 아벨은 양 떼 가운데 맏배들과 그 굳기름을 바쳤다.
그런데 주님께서는 아벨과 그의 제물은 기꺼이 굽어보셨으나,
5 카인과 그의 제물은 굽어보지 않으셨다.
그래서 카인은 몹시 화를 내며 얼굴을 떨어뜨렸다.
6 주님께서 카인에게 말씀하셨다.
“너는 어찌하여 화를 내고, 어찌하여 얼굴을 떨어뜨리느냐?
7 네가 옳게 행동하면 얼굴을 들 수 있지 않느냐?
그러나 네가 옳게 행동하지 않으면,
죄악이 문 앞에 도사리고 앉아 너를 노리게 될 터인데,
너는 그 죄악을 잘 다스려야 하지 않겠느냐?”
8 카인이 아우 아벨에게 “들에 나가자.” 하고 말하였다.
그들이 들에 있을 때, 카인이 자기 아우 아벨에게 덤벼들어 그를 죽였다.
9 주님께서 카인에게 물으셨다. “네 아우 아벨은 어디 있느냐?”
그가 대답하였다. “모릅니다. 제가 아우를 지키는 사람입니까?”
10 그러자 그분께서 말씀하셨다. “네가 무슨 짓을 저질렀느냐?
들어 보아라. 네 아우의 피가 땅바닥에서 나에게 울부짖고 있다.
11 이제 너는 저주를 받아,
입을 벌려 네 손에서 네 아우의 피를 받아 낸 그 땅에서 쫓겨날 것이다.
12 네가 땅을 부쳐도, 그것이 너에게 더 이상 수확을 내주지 않을 것이다.
너는 세상을 떠돌며 헤매는 신세가 될 것이다.”
13 카인이 주님께 아뢰었다.
“그 형벌은 제가 짊어지기에 너무나 큽니다.
14 당신께서 오늘 저를 이 땅에서 쫓아내시니, 저는 당신 앞에서 몸을 숨겨야 하고,
세상을 떠돌며 헤매는 신세가 되어, 만나는 자마다 저를 죽이려 할 것입니다.”
15 주님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
“아니다. 카인을 죽이는 자는 누구나 일곱 곱절로 앙갚음을 받을 것이다.”
그런 다음 주님께서는 카인에게 표를 찍어 주셔서,
어느 누가 그를 만나더라도 그를 죽이지 못하게 하셨다.
25 아담이 다시 자기 아내와 잠자리를 같이하니,
그 여자가 아들을 낳고는, “카인이 아벨을 죽여 버려,
하느님께서 그 대신 다른 자식 하나를 나에게 세워 주셨구나.” 하면서
그 이름을 셋이라 하였다.
복음
마르코. 8,11-13
그때에 11 바리사이들이 와서 예수님과 논쟁하기 시작하였다.
그분을 시험하려고 하늘에서 오는 표징을 요구하였던 것이다.
12 예수님께서는 마음속으로 깊이 탄식하며 말씀하셨다.
“어찌하여 이 세대가 표징을 요구하는가?
내가 진실로 너희에게 말한다.
이 세대는 어떠한 표징도 받지 못할 것이다.”
13 그러고 나서 그들을 버려두신 채 다시 배를 타고 건너편으로 가셨다.
February 13, 2023
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
The man had relations with his wife Eve,
and she conceived and bore Cain, saying,
“I have produced a man with the help of the LORD.”
Next she bore his brother Abel.
Abel became a keeper of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the soil.
In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the LORD
from the fruit of the soil,
while Abel, for his part,
brought one of the best firstlings of his flock.
The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
but on Cain and his offering he did not.
Cain greatly resented this and was crestfallen.
So the LORD said to Cain:
“Why are you so resentful and crestfallen.
If you do well, you can hold up your head;
but if not, sin is a demon lurking at the door:
his urge is toward you, yet you can be his master.”
Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out in the field.”
When they were in the field,
Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Then the LORD asked Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
He answered, “I do not know.
Am I my brother’s keeper?”
The LORD then said: “What have you done!
Listen: your brother’s blood cries out to me from the soil!
Therefore you shall be banned from the soil
that opened its mouth to receive
your brother’s blood from your hand.
If you till the soil, it shall no longer give you its produce.
You shall become a restless wanderer on the earth.”
Cain said to the LORD: “My punishment is too great to bear.
Since you have now banished me from the soil,
and I must avoid your presence
and become a restless wanderer on the earth,
anyone may kill me at sight.”
“Not so!” the LORD said to him.
“If anyone kills Cain, Cain shall be avenged sevenfold.”
So the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest anyone should kill him at sight.
Adam again had relations with his wife,
and she gave birth to a son whom she called Seth.
“God has granted me more offspring in place of Abel,” she said,
“because Cain slew him.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (14a) Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
God the LORD has spoken and summoned the earth,
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
“Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,
for your burnt offerings are before me always.”
R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
“Why do you recite my statutes,
and profess my covenant with your mouth
Though you hate discipline
and cast my words behind you?”
R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
“You sit speaking against your brother;
against your mother’s son you spread rumors.
When you do these things, shall I be deaf to it?
Or do you think that I am like yourself?
I will correct you by drawing them up before your eyes.”
R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
Gospel
The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus,
seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said,
“Why does this generation seek a sign?
Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
Then he left them, got into the boat again,
and went off to the other shore.
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“So what’s new?” We might ask this of a friend or be asked ourselves. “Not much,” is a usual answer, but just now-and-then we have something fun or interesting. When one does answer with something new, the response, after a few seconds, is often, “So what else?” We want more and more of the whole story and we get bits only.
The Pharisees sidled up to Jesus and were asking for something new. Jesus knew that they would want something newer and newer after that. They wanted something, of course, that they would be able to refute and discredit Him and His teachings and His followers.
The ten verses which come right before this little sparring session in today’s Gosple, contain the second relating of a miraculous multiplication of loaves of bread which even has left overs. So they are asking for a new sign which, instead of a sign He gives them, a sigh and departs.
Signs are indicators pointing to someone or something beyond, such as road signs advertising a town or restaurant up ahead. Jesus was not a sign, but the present reality, the real-deal and the religious leaders could not accept His being the reality. They did not want God to be so personal that they would not be able to argue with, debate and so keep the Personal-God impersonal and beyond.
I was speaking with one of our students this week and this person came to the awareness that he was not comfortable being up close and personal with this relating God. He admitted that he was not peaceful in his being known and Jesus was the very incarnation of Psalm 139, “O God You know me and search me.” He also shared that he was a very good escape artist. He was funny, smart and a skilled talker, but did not like intimate conversations. He avoided being personal, but a “dancer.”
Jesus left for the opposite shore leaving the Pharisees dancing by themselves.
We too look, rather by nature, look for signs which will give us a sense of control and power, knowing! Business-relationships can be intense, and can degenerate into being personal, in the sense of attack and diminishment. Love-relationships are up-grading, affirming and personal beyond power and control. So here it is, Jesus offers a love-relationship and the Pharisees want a business where they can convince rather than invite, where they distribute rather than receive. They want to deal with signs with which to dance rather than being met face to face with a Person offering them their persons.
Yes, we want facts, evidence, sureness and that is so much a part of our humanity. This feature then is a large part of the nature of faith, the nature of a personal relationship which Jesus offers the Pharisee within each of us. It is the Holy Tension for each of us to experience and actually enjoy. Believing means we do not know what’s new all the time. What’s new are the opportunities to admit our humanity and allow that to be met quite personally by Jesus, The Real Deal
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THE BEST OR THE REST?
“Abel, for his part, brought one of the best firstlings of his flock.” —Genesis 4:4
Both Cain and Abel brought offerings to the Lord. God accepted Abel and his offering, but He did not look with favor on Cain and his offering. Although we don’t know the details of this event, Scripture does provide us with a clue into what God looks for in a sacrifice. Abel brought to the Lord his “best” (Gn 4:4). Cain simply brought “an offering” (Gn 4:3).
The Lord repeatedly emphasizes offering the best we have, without blemish (see Lv 1:10). What we give to the Lord should be as perfect as we are capable of making it. The prophet Malachi bluntly accused priests of despising the Lord by offering tarnished sacrifices (Mal 1:6ff). These priests kept the best lambs for their own meals, and burned the weak, blind, and lame ones as offerings to the Lord, in opposition to the command of the law of Moses. Malachi says to those who offered these halfhearted, self-seeking sacrifices: “Present it to your governor; see if he will accept it, or welcome you” (Mal 1:8).
Would our boss be happy to receive the same quality we give to the Lord, Who created our boss? Do we give our best time to our jobs, recreation, TV, smartphone, and friends, and then give God the leftovers? Give the Lord your best, and He will multiply the rest (see Mal 3:10).
Prayer: Father, I give You my life, my energies, my entire will.
Promise: “If you do well, you can hold up your head; but if not, sin is a demon lurking at the door: his urge is toward you, yet you can be his master.” —Gn 4:7
Praise: Josh made a practice of listening to God each morning. When the Lord indicated that he should go on mission overseas, Josh obeyed. An entire African town received the gift of clean drinking water through Josh’s obedient love and technical skill.
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Are you good at reading signs? Signs tell us what is coming ahead. The people of Jesus' time expected that the coming of the Messiah would be accompanied by extraordinary signs and wonders. The religious leaders tested Jesus to see if he had a genuine sign from heaven to back his claim to be the Messiah. False messiahs in the past had made extraordinary claims to attract their followers, such as claiming that they could cleave the Jordan River in two or cause the walls of Jerusalem to fall.
What makes us blind-sighted to God's presence and power in our lives?
Jesus knew the hearts of those who came to test him. They were more interested in seeking signs to prove that they were right and Jesus was wrong. Jesus revealed the true intention of their heart - they came to argue with him and to test him (Mark 8:11) because they did not believe that he spoke in the name of his Father in heaven. They wanted to discredit his claim to be the true Messiah and Savior. They unfortunately were blind-sighted to the truth of Jesus' message that the Father had sent him, the only begotten Son, to set them free from sin, Satan, and death. No miracle of Jesus would convince them because their hearts were full of self-seeking pride and glory for themselves.
Simeon had prophesied at Jesus' birth that he was "destined for the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that inner thoughts of many will be revealed" (Luke 2:34-35). Jesus gave the Pharisees no sign except himself and the ultimate proof of his divinity when he overcame death and rose victorious from the tomb on the third day.We also need no further proof than the witness of Jesus who fulfilled what Moses and the prophets had foretold would take place when the Messiah came to redeem his people.
Jesus is the only begotten Son of God who came from the Father in heaven to set us free from the power of sin, Satan, and death. His death on the cross atones for all of our sins and opens for us the floodgates of God's merciful love and healing forgiveness. He alone can set us free from guilt, condemnation, pride, and fear. He alone can give us abundant life, peace, and joy through the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus gives us "listening ears" and "eyes of faith" to recognize his presence in our lives
The Lord reveals himself and makes his presence known to us in many ways - in his "word" (the good news he came to give us) and in the "breaking of the bread" in the Eucharist (he is the Bread of Life), in his church - the Body of Christ, and in his creation (he is the Word who created all things). And even in the daily circumstances of our lives the Lord Jesus continues to speak to us and guide us. If we seek the Lord Jesus, we will surely find him. And we can be confident that he will give us whatever we need to carry out his will for our lives. Most of all the Lord Jesus assures us of his daily presence with us and the promise that he will never leave us. Theresa of Avila's prayer book contained a bookmark which she wrote: Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you; All things pass: God never changes. Patience achieves all it strives for. Whoever has God lacks nothing, God alone suffices. Is God enough for you?
Lord Jesus, may I always recognize your saving presence in my life and never forget your promises when I encounter trials and difficulties. Give me a faith that never wavers, a hope that never fades, and a love that never grows cold.
Psalm 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I keep your word.
68 You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
75 I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Let your steadfast love be ready to comfort me according to your promise to your servant.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Why does this generation seek a sign, by John Chrysostom (347-407 AD)
"But for what sign from heaven were they asking? Maybe that he should hold back the sun, or curb the moon, or bring down thunderbolts, or change the direction of the wind, or something like that?... In Pharaoh's time there was an enemy from whom deliverance was needed (Exodus 3-15). But for one who comes among friends, there should be no need of such signs." (excerpt from GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW, HOMILY 53.3)
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