2023년 2월 26일 사순 제1주일
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제1독서
창세기 .2,7-9; 3,1-7
7 주 하느님께서 흙의 먼지로 사람을 빚으시고,
그 코에 생명의 숨을 불어넣으시니, 사람이 생명체가 되었다.
8 주 하느님께서는 동쪽에 있는 에덴에 동산 하나를 꾸미시어,
당신께서 빚으신 사람을 거기에 두셨다.
9 주 하느님께서는 보기에 탐스럽고 먹기에 좋은 온갖 나무를
흙에서 자라게 하시고,
동산 한가운데에는 생명나무와, 선과 악을 알게 하는 나무를 자라게 하셨다.
3,1 뱀은 주 하느님께서 만드신 모든 들짐승 가운데에서 가장 간교하였다.
그 뱀이 여자에게 물었다. “하느님께서 ‘너희는 동산의 어떤 나무에서든지
열매를 따 먹어서는 안 된다.’고 말씀하셨다는데 정말이냐?”
2 여자가 뱀에게 대답하였다.
“우리는 동산에 있는 나무 열매를 먹어도 된다.
3 그러나 동산 한가운데에 있는 나무 열매만은,
‘너희가 죽지 않으려거든 먹지도 만지지도 마라.’ 하고
하느님께서 말씀하셨다.”
4 그러자 뱀이 여자에게 말하였다. "너희는 결코 죽지 않는다.
5 너희가 그것을 먹는 날, 너희 눈이 열려 하느님처럼 되어서
선과 악을 알게 될 줄을 하느님께서 아시고 그렇게 말씀하신 것이다.”
6 여자가 쳐다보니 그 나무 열매는 먹음직하고 소담스러워 보였다.
그뿐만 아니라 그것은 슬기롭게 해 줄 것처럼 탐스러웠다.
그래서 여자가 열매 하나를 따서 먹고 자기와 함께 있는 남편에게도 주자,
그도 그것을 먹었다.
7 그러자 그 둘은 눈이 열려 자기들이 알몸인 것을 알고,
무화과나무 잎을 엮어서 두렁이를 만들어 입었다.
제2독서
로마서.5,12-19<또는 5,12.17-19>
형제 여러분, 12 한 사람을 통하여 죄가 세상에 들어왔고
죄를 통하여 죽음이 들어왔듯이,
또한 이렇게 모두 죄를 지었으므로 모든 사람에게 죽음이 미치게 되었습니다.
13 사실 율법이 있기 전에도 세상에 죄가 있었지만,
율법이 없어서 죄가 죄로 헤아려지지 않았습니다.
14 그러나 아담부터 모세까지는,
아담의 범죄와 같은 방식으로 죄를 짓지 않은 자들까지도
죽음이 지배하였습니다.
아담은 장차 오실 분의 예형입니다.
15 그렇지만 은사의 경우는 범죄의 경우와 다릅니다.
사실 그 한 사람의 범죄로 많은 사람이 죽었지만,
하느님의 은총과 예수 그리스도 한 사람의 은혜로운 선물은
많은 사람에게 충만히 내렸습니다.
16 그리고 이 선물의 경우도 그 한 사람이 죄를 지은 경우와는 다릅니다.
한 번의 범죄 뒤에 이루어진 심판은 유죄 판결을 가져왔지만,
많은 범죄 뒤에 이루어진 은사는 무죄 선언을 가져왔습니다.
17 사실 그 한 사람의 범죄로
그 한 사람을 통하여 죽음이 지배하게 되었지만,
은총과 의로움의 선물을 충만히 받은 이들은
예수 그리스도 한 분을 통하여 생명을 누리며 지배할 것입니다.
18 그러므로 한 사람의 범죄로 모든 사람이 유죄 판결을 받았듯이,
한 사람의 의로운 행위로 모든 사람이 의롭게 되어 생명을 받습니다.
19 한 사람의 불순종으로 많은 이가 죄인이 되었듯이,
한 사람의 순종으로 많은 이가 의로운 사람이 될 것입니다.
형제 여러분, 12 한 사람을 통하여 죄가 세상에 들어왔고
죄를 통하여 죽음이 들어왔듯이,
또한 이렇게 모두 죄를 지었으므로 모든 사람에게 죽음이 미치게 되었습니다.
13 사실 율법이 있기 전에도 세상에 죄가 있었지만,
율법이 없어서 죄가 죄로 헤아려지지 않았습니다.
14 그러나 아담부터 모세까지는,
아담의 범죄와 같은 방식으로 죄를 짓지 않은 자들까지도
죽음이 지배하였습니다.
아담은 장차 오실 분의 예형입니다.
15 그렇지만 은사의 경우는 범죄의 경우와 다릅니다.
사실 그 한 사람의 범죄로 많은 사람이 죽었지만,
하느님의 은총과 예수 그리스도 한 사람의 은혜로운 선물은
많은 사람에게 충만히 내렸습니다.
16 그리고 이 선물의 경우도 그 한 사람이 죄를 지은 경우와는 다릅니다.
한 번의 범죄 뒤에 이루어진 심판은 유죄 판결을 가져왔지만,
많은 범죄 뒤에 이루어진 은사는 무죄 선언을 가져왔습니다.
17 사실 그 한 사람의 범죄로
그 한 사람을 통하여 죽음이 지배하게 되었지만,
은총과 의로움의 선물을 충만히 받은 이들은
예수 그리스도 한 분을 통하여 생명을 누리며 지배할 것입니다.
18 그러므로 한 사람의 범죄로 모든 사람이 유죄 판결을 받았듯이,
한 사람의 의로운 행위로 모든 사람이 의롭게 되어 생명을 받습니다.
19 한 사람의 불순종으로 많은 이가 죄인이 되었듯이,
한 사람의 순종으로 많은 이가 의로운 사람이 될 것입니다.
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마태오.4,1-11
1 그때에 예수님께서는 성령의 인도로 광야에 나가시어,
악마에게 유혹을 받으셨다.
2 그분께서는 사십 일을 밤낮으로 단식하신 뒤라 시장하셨다.
3 그런데 유혹자가 그분께 다가와, “당신이 하느님의 아들이라면
이 돌들에게 빵이 되라고 해 보시오.” 하고 말하였다.
4 예수님께서 대답하셨다. “성경에 기록되어 있다.
‘사람은 빵만으로 살지 않고 하느님의 입에서 나오는 모든 말씀으로 산다.’”
5 그러자 악마는 예수님을 데리고 거룩한 도성으로 가서
성전 꼭대기에 세운 다음, 6 그분께 말하였다.
“당신이 하느님의 아들이라면 밑으로 몸을 던져 보시오.
성경에 이렇게 기록되어 있지 않소?
‘그분께서는 너를 위해 당신 천사들에게 명령하시리라.’
‘행여 네 발이 돌에 차일세라 그들이 손으로 너를 받쳐 주리라.’”
7 예수님께서는 그에게 이르셨다.
“성경에 이렇게도 기록되어 있다. ‘주 너의 하느님을 시험하지 마라.’”
8 악마는 다시 그분을 매우 높은 산으로 데리고 가서,
세상의 모든 나라와 그 영광을 보여 주며,
9 “당신이 땅에 엎드려 나에게 경배하면 저 모든 것을 당신에게 주겠소.”
하고 말하였다.
10 그때에 예수님께서 그에게 말씀하셨다.
“사탄아, 물러가라. 성경에 기록되어 있다.
‘주 너의 하느님께 경배하고 그분만을 섬겨라.’”
11 그러자 악마는 그분을 떠나가고,
천사들이 다가와 그분의 시중을 들었다.
February 26, 2023
First Sunday of Lent
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Reading 1
The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground
and blew into his nostrils the breath of life,
and so man became a living being.
Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east,
and placed there the man whom he had formed.
Out of the ground the LORD God made various trees grow
that were delightful to look at and good for food,
with the tree of life in the middle of the garden
and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals
that the LORD God had made.
The serpent asked the woman,
“Did God really tell you not to eat
from any of the trees in the garden?”
The woman answered the serpent:
“We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden;
it is only about the fruit of the tree
in the middle of the garden that God said,
‘You shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die.’”
But the serpent said to the woman:
“You certainly will not die!
No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it
your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods
who know what is good and what is evil.”
The woman saw that the tree was good for food,
pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom.
So she took some of its fruit and ate it;
and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her,
and he ate it.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened,
and they realized that they were naked;
so they sewed fig leaves together
and made loincloths for themselves.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (cf. 3a) Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
R, Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I acknowledge my offense,
and my sin is before me always:
“Against you only have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight.”
R, Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
R, Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Give me back the joy of your salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain in me.
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
R, Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Reading 2
Brothers and sisters:
Through one man sin entered the world,
and through sin, death,
and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned—
for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world,
though sin is not accounted when there is no law.
But death reigned from Adam to Moses,
even over those who did not sin
after the pattern of the trespass of Adam,
who is the type of the one who was to come.
But the gift is not like the transgression.
For if by the transgression of the one, the many died,
how much more did the grace of God
and the gracious gift of the one man Jesus Christ
overflow for the many.
And the gift is not like the result of the one who sinned.
For after one sin there was the judgment that brought condemnation;
but the gift, after many transgressions, brought acquittal.
For if, by the transgression of the one,
death came to reign through that one,
how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace
and of the gift of justification
come to reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.
In conclusion, just as through one transgression
condemnation came upon all,
so, through one righteous act,
acquittal and life came to all.
For just as through the disobedience of the one man
the many were made sinners,
so, through the obedience of the one,
the many will be made righteous.
Gospel
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert
to be tempted by the devil.
He fasted for forty days and forty nights,
and afterwards he was hungry.
The tempter approached and said to him,
“If you are the Son of God,
command that these stones become loaves of bread.”
He said in reply,
“It is written:
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth
from the mouth of God.”
Then the devil took him to the holy city,
and made him stand on the parapet of the temple,
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down.
For it is written:
He will command his angels concerning you
and with their hands they will support you,
lest you dash your foot against a stone.”
Jesus answered him,
“Again it is written,
You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.”
Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain,
and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,
and he said to him, "All these I shall give to you,
if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.”
At this, Jesus said to him,
“Get away, Satan!
It is written:
The Lord, your God, shall you worship
and him alone shall you serve.”
Then the devil left him and, behold,
angels came and ministered to him.
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The only perfect thing about me is my imperfection. Those were the words that washed over me as I listened to the Jesuit retreat director who was speaking to us. We were on retreat, a group of lay ministers working in parishes—Directors of Religious Education, Liturgists and Pastoral Ministers. I paused and stopped listening for a time as I carefully repeated the phrase to myself over and over again. The only perfect thing about me is my imperfection. The director’s message was a way out for me. If I was perfectly imperfect, then I could NEVER achieve perfection. I began to feel a sense of new-found freedom. God’s grace was rushing in, and God was gently whispering, I don’t expect perfection. I do expect that your relationship with me and my relationship with you will shape your life with all its beauty, love and yes…all of its imperfections. That’s how I created you.
Today is the first Sunday of Lent. The word Lent has Old English and Germanic roots which mean springtime and lengthening of days. Light is coming into our part of the hemisphere following the darkness of winter. The light of Jesus Christ is at the heart of Lent and Jesus gives us an opportunity to shine a light on any darkness in our lives. Are we lost in something that pulls us away from God?
The church in her wisdom has been preparing us for Lent the past few weeks with readings from Genesis describing our creation and gospel passages which encourage us to be salt and light for the world. God’s great love has created us, and God has expectations about how to live life well. But it will not be perfect.
Just as Jesus was tempted in today’s gospel but chose to turn away from the darkness, we too are influenced by the darkness of our temptations which may turn us away from God. My temptation had been perfectionism which created great anxiety and influenced me at times to hold back from being salt and light for others. In striving to be perfect, I would come face to face with my imperfection which would then lead to an exhaustive effort to achieve perfection. I couldn’t find a way out until I heard those words that day and knew that God was reaching out to me. God called an audible and I changed course. To this day, I whisper that phrase when the perfectionist shows herself.
Is God calling an audible in our life and are we ready to listen? Lent is a powerful time for us to lengthen our relationship with God, self, and others. Lent is an invitation to focus on prayer, fasting, being salt and light for others and taking time to examine any places where we may have fallen away from God. It’s an opportunity for new life and in the words of today’s psalm we pray, A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
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“LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION”
“The tempter approached...” —Matthew 4:3
God does not tempt (Jas 1:13). Rather, the tug and lure of our own sinful nature is what leads us to temptation (Jas 4:1ff; see also Heb 4:15; 2:18). Temptations often occur during Lent. Temptation can strengthen us, much like a drill sergeant toughens the troops for battle. We might wonder where God is during our temptations. The Lord is “with us” while we are tempted (Mt 1:23; 28:20).
The devil wants us to forget that God loves us. But Satan is a liar (Jn 8:44). He lies about God’s character (see Gn 3:4-5). Jesus did not engage Satan in conversation, and likewise we must never do that. Like Jesus, we must tell the evil one to leave: “Away with you, Satan!” (Mt 4:10)
Satan often lures us with the promise of things that are not his to give. His promises are “empty promises.” What Satan really has to give us are chains that bind, not something to free us or give us new, joyful life. Adam and Eve did not hide from God until after they sinned (Gn 3:6-8). After we succumb to temptation, Satan turns from making empty promises to accusing (Rv 12:10), and then to condemning.
Jesus was tempted at the end of his forty-day fast (Mt 4:2), when He was nearing the finish line of His race. Likewise, it is often when the victory is the closest that the temptations come. God is near, ever at our side. Call upon Him in time of temptation.
Prayer: Father, may I hide Your Word in my heart, that I may not sin against You (Ps 119:11).
Promise: “Through one Man’s obedience all shall become just.” —Rm 5:19
Praise: “Both with and in Christ Jesus He raised us up and gave us a place in the heavens” (Eph 2:6). Father, thank You for Your divine plan. I trust Jesus and reject Satan.
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Are you ready to follow the Lord Jesus and to go with him wherever he leads you? Jesus did not choose his own course or path in life, but followed the will of his Father in heaven. After Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist at the River Jordan, he was led by the Spirit of God to withdraw into the wilderness of Judea - a vast desert wilderness that was mostly uninhabitable and full of danger. Danger from scorching heat by day and extreme cold at night, danger from wild animals and scorpions, plus the deprivation of food and scarcity of water.
Preparing mind, heart, and will to serve God
Why did Jesus choose such a barren, lonely place for a sustained period of prayer and fasting? Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell us in their Gospel accounts that Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness. Mark states it most emphatically: "The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness" (Mark 1:12).
What compelled Jesus to seek solitude, away from his family and friends, for such a lengthy period? Was it simply a test to prepare him for his mission? Or did Satan want to lure him into a trap? The word tempt in English usually means to entice someone to do what is wrong or forbidden. The scriptural word used here also means test in the sense of proving and assessing someone to see if they are prepared and ready for the task at hand. We test flight pilots to see if they are fit to fly under all conditions, including times of adverse turbulence, storms, and poor visibility. In like manner God tests his people to see if they are ready to follow and serve him without reservation or compromise.
Keeping God's word and holding to his promises
On a number of occasions God tested Abraham to prove his faith and to strengthen his hope in the promises that God made to him. Abraham obeyed willingly even when God asked him to sacrifice his only son Isaac, the son of promise. When the Israelites were sorely tested in Egypt for more than 400 years of hard labor and persecution, they did not forget God. They kept God's word and remembered his promise to deliver them from oppression and bring them back into their promised homeland.
When God called Moses to free the Israelites from their captivity in Egypt, God led them into the wilderness to his holy mountain at Sinai. There Moses ascended the mountain and met with God face to face for 40 days in prayer and fasting (Exodus 24:18). The prophet Elijah was also led on a 40 day journey to the holy mountain at Sinai (also called Horeb) to seek the face of God. God sustained Elijah for his journey with supernatural bread from heaven (1 Kings 19:8).
Jesus' forty days of testing and preparation
Jesus was no exception to this pattern of testing and preparation for the mission his Father gave him. He was led into the wilderness for 40 days without food and little shelter. He had nothing to sustain himself in this barren wilderness except what the Father would provide for him during his forty days of prayer and fasting. Jesus was left alone in this harsh and austere environment to wrestle with the temptation to seek an easy or comfortable course that would avoid pain and hardship, humiliation and rejection, suffering and death on a cross.
Jesus' testing in the wilderness was similar to the test which Adam and Eve underwent when God made them stewards of his creation and sharers in his glory and power. When God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise, he provided them with everything they needed to live and to fulfill the stewardship entrusted to them. In giving them the one command to not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, God tested their love and fidelity (Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-6).
Why did they fail to obey this one command of God? They listened to the voice of a rebel angel, who disguised himself as a very subtle and clever figure of charm and persuasion.The Scriptures call this tempter by many names, the devil and Satan (Revelation 12:9), Beelzebub the prince of demons (Luke 11:15, Matthew 12:24), the evil one (Matthew 13:38) and the father of lies (John 8:44). Satan tempted Adam and Eve with pride and envy to claim equality with God. As a consequence of their disobedience, Adam and Eve were cast out of Paradise and driven into the wilderness.
Jesus resisted the devil and obeyed the voice of his Father
Jesus now freely enters the wilderness in order to regain Paradise for the lost children of God. Jesus refuses food to show his dependence on the bread of heaven, the word of God, that would sustain him not only in his physical hunger, but in his hour of temptation as well. When Satan tempted Jesus to turn stones into bread, Jesus replied with the words of Scripture, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" (quote from Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4).
Where did Jesus find the strength to survive the desert's harsh conditions and the tempter's seduction? He fed on God's word and found strength in doing his Father's will. Satan will surely tempt us and he will try his best to get us to choose our will over God's will. If he can't make us renounce our faith or sin mortally, he will then try to get us to make choices that will lead us, little by little, away from what God wants for us.
Strength from God in resisting temptation
Jesus was tempted like us and he overcame sin not by his own human effort but by the grace and strength which his Father gave to him. He had to renounce his will for the will of his Father. He succeeded because he wanted to please his Father and he trusted that his Father would give him the strength to overcome the obstacles that stood in the way. Luke says that Jesus was "full of the Holy Spirit" (Luke 4:1). When tempted by the devil Jesus did not try to fight his adversary on his own human strength. He relied on the power which the Spirit gave him. Jesus came to overthrow the evil one who held us captive to sin and fear of death (Hebrews 2:14). His obedience to his Father's will and his willingness to embrace the cross reversed the curse of Adam's disobedience. His victory over sin and death won for us not only pardon for our sins but adoption as sons and daughters of God.
How can we overcome sin and gain freedom over our unruly desires and the lies of Satan and the world? The Lord Jesus gives us his Holy Spirit to help us in our weakness (Romans 8:26) and to be our guide and consoler in temptation and testing (1 Corinthians 10:13). The Lord gives grace to the humble who acknowledge their dependence on him (James 4:6) and he helps us to stand against the lies and attacks of our enemy, Satan, who seeks to destroy us (1 Peter 5:8-10; Ephesians 6:10-18). The Lord Jesus is ever ready to pour out his Spirit upon us that we may have the strength and courage we need to resist sin and to reject the lies and deceits of Satan. God wants us to "fight the good fight of the faith" (1 Timothy 6:12) with the power and strength which comes from the Holy Spirit. Do you rely on the Lord for your strength and help?
Lord Jesus, your word is life and joy for me. Fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may have the strength and courage to embrace your will in all things and to renounce whatever is contrary to it.
Psalm 51:3-6,12-14,17
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless in your judgment.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.
17 The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: On the Snare of the Devil, by Ambrose, 339-397 A.D.
"The devil said to Jesus: 'If you are the son of God, command that these stones become bread' (Luke 4:3). Here we learn that there are three principal weapons that the devil likes to carry in order to wound our souls. They are gluttony, arrogance and ambition. Here begins the weapon with which he has already been victorious. We likewise should begin to be victorious in Christ in the very same area in which we have been defeated in Adam - we should be wary of gluttony. The devious trap is set for us when the table is laid for a royal banquet - it is bound to weaken our defences.
"See what weapons Christ uses to defeat the power of the devil. He does not use the almighty power he has as God - what help would that be to us? In his humanity he summons the help common to all - overlooking bodily hunger and seeking the word of God for nourishment.
"Whoever follows the Word is no longer attached to earthly bread, because he receives the bread of heaven and knows the divine is better than the human, the spiritual is better than the physical. Therefore, because such a person desires the true life, he looks for that which fortifies the heart by means of its invisible substance." (excerpt from On the Gospel of St. Luke, 4, 17)
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