2023년 3월 12일 사순 제3주일
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제1독서
탈출기.17,3-7
그 무렵 백성은 3 목이 말라, 모세에게 불평하며 말하였다.
“어쩌자고 우리를 이집트에서 데리고 올라왔소?
우리와 우리 자식들과 가축들을 목말라 죽게 하려고 그랬소?”
4 모세가 주님께 부르짖었다.
“이 백성에게 제가 무엇을 해야 합니까?
이제 조금만 있으면 저에게 돌을 던질 것 같습니다.”
5 그러자 주님께서 모세에게 말씀하셨다.
“이스라엘의 원로들 가운데 몇 사람을 데리고 백성보다 앞서 나아가거라.
나일 강을 친 너의 지팡이를 손에 잡고 가거라.
6 이제 내가 저기 호렙의 바위 위에서 네 앞에 서 있겠다.
네가 그 바위를 치면 그곳에서 물이 터져 나와,
백성이 그것을 마시게 될 것이다.”
모세는 이스라엘의 원로들이 보는 앞에서 그대로 하였다.
7 그는 이스라엘 자손들이 시비하였다 해서,
그리고 그들이
“주님께서 우리 가운데에 계시는가, 계시지 않는가?” 하면서
주님을 시험하였다 해서, 그곳의 이름을 마싸와 므리바라 하였다.
제2독서
로마서.5,1-2.5-8
형제 여러분,
1 믿음으로 의롭게 된 우리는 우리 주 예수 그리스도를 통하여
하느님과 더불어 평화를 누립니다.
2 믿음 덕분에, 우리는 그리스도를 통하여
우리가 서 있는 이 은총 속으로 들어올 수 있게 되었습니다.
그리고 하느님의 영광에 참여하리라는 희망을 자랑으로 여깁니다.
5 그리고 희망은 우리를 부끄럽게 하지 않습니다.
우리가 받은 성령을 통하여 하느님의 사랑이 우리 마음에 부어졌기 때문입니다.
6 우리가 아직 나약하던 시절,
그리스도께서는 정해진 때에 불경한 자들을 위하여 돌아가셨습니다.
7 의로운 이를 위해서라도 죽을 사람은 거의 없습니다.
혹시 착한 사람을 위해서라면 누가 죽겠다고 나설지도 모릅니다.
8 그런데 우리가 아직 죄인이었을 때에
그리스도께서 우리를 위하여 돌아가심으로써,
하느님께서는 우리에 대한 당신의 사랑을 증명해 주셨습니다.
복음
요한. 4,5-42<또는 4,5-15.19ㄴ-26.39ㄱ.40-42>
그때에 5 예수님께서는 야곱이 자기 아들 요셉에게 준 땅에서 가까운
시카르라는 사마리아의 한 고을에 이르셨다.
6 그곳에는 야곱의 우물이 있었다.
길을 걷느라 지치신 예수님께서는 그 우물가에 앉으셨다. 때는 정오 무렵이었다.
7 마침 사마리아 여자 하나가 물을 길으러 왔다.
그러자 예수님께서 “나에게 마실 물을 좀 다오.” 하고 그 여자에게 말씀하셨다.
8 제자들은 먹을 것을 사러 고을에 가 있었다.
9 사마리아 여자가 예수님께 말하였다. “선생님은 어떻게 유다 사람이시면서
사마리아 여자인 저에게 마실 물을 청하십니까?”
사실 유다인들은 사마리아인들과 상종하지 않았다.
10 예수님께서 그 여자에게 대답하셨다.
“네가 하느님의 선물을 알고 또 ‘나에게 마실 물을 좀 다오.’ 하고
너에게 말하는 이가 누구인지 알았더라면,
오히려 네가 그에게 청하고 그는 너에게 생수를 주었을 것이다.”
11 그러자 그 여자가 예수님께 말하였다.
“선생님, 두레박도 가지고 계시지 않고 우물도 깊은데,
어디에서 그 생수를 마련하시렵니까?
12 선생님이 저희 조상 야곱보다 더 훌륭한 분이시라는 말씀입니까?
그분께서 저희에게 이 우물을 주셨습니다.
그분은 물론 그분의 자녀들과 가축들도 이 우물물을 마셨습니다.”
13 예수님께서 그 여자에게 이르셨다.
“이 물을 마시는 자는 누구나 다시 목마를 것이다.
14 그러나 내가 주는 물을 마시는 사람은 영원히 목마르지 않을 것이다.
내가 주는 물은 그 사람 안에서 물이 솟는 샘이 되어
영원한 생명을 누리게 할 것이다.”
15 그러자 그 여자가 예수님께 말하였다. “선생님, 그 물을 저에게 주십시오.
그러면 제가 목마르지도 않고, 또 물을 길으러 이리 나오지 않아도 되겠습니다.”
16 예수님께서 그 여자에게,
“가서 네 남편을 불러 이리 함께 오너라.” 하고 말씀하셨다.
17 그 여자가 “저는 남편이 없습니다.” 하고 대답하자,
예수님께서 말씀하셨다. “‘저는 남편이 없습니다.’한 것은 맞는 말이다.
18 너는 남편이 다섯이나 있었지만 지금 함께 사는 남자도 남편이 아니니,
너는 바른대로 말하였다.”
19 여자가 예수님께 말하였다. “선생님, 이제 보니 선생님은 예언자시군요.
20 저희 조상들은 이 산에서 예배를 드렸습니다.
그런데 선생님네는 예배를 드려야 하는 곳이 예루살렘에 있다고 말합니다.”
21 예수님께서 그 여자에게 말씀하셨다. “여인아, 내 말을 믿어라.
너희가 이 산도 아니고 예루살렘도 아닌 곳에서
아버지께 예배를 드릴 때가 온다.
22 너희는 알지도 못하는 분께 예배를 드리지만,
우리는 우리가 아는 분께 예배를 드린다.
구원은 유다인들에게서 오기 때문이다.
23 그러나 진실한 예배자들이 영과 진리 안에서
아버지께 예배를 드릴 때가 온다. 지금이 바로 그때다.
사실 아버지께서는 이렇게 예배를 드리는 이들을 찾으신다.
24 하느님은 영이시다. 그러므로 그분께 예배를 드리는 이는
영과 진리 안에서 예배를 드려야 한다.”
25 그 여자가 예수님께,
“저는 그리스도라고도 하는 메시아께서 오신다는 것을 압니다.
그분께서 오시면 우리에게 모든 것을 알려 주시겠지요.” 하였다.
26 그러자 예수님께서 그 여자에게 말씀하셨다.
“너와 말하고 있는 내가 바로 그 사람이다.”
27 바로 그때에 제자들이 돌아와
예수님께서 여자와 이야기하시는 것을 보고 놀랐다.
그러나 아무도 “무엇을 찾고 계십니까?”,
또는 “저 여자와 무슨 이야기를 하십니까?” 하고 묻지 않았다.
28 그 여자는 물동이를 버려두고 고을로 가서 사람들에게 말하였다.
29 “제가 한 일을 모두 알아맞힌 사람이 있습니다. 와서 보십시오.
그분이 그리스도가 아니실까요?”
30 그리하여 그들이 고을에서 나와 예수님께 모여 왔다.
31 그러는 동안 제자들은 예수님께 “스승님, 잡수십시오.” 하고 권하였다.
32 그러나 예수님께서 “나에게는 너희가 모르는 먹을 양식이 있다.” 하시자,
33 제자들은 서로 “누가 스승님께 잡수실 것을
갖다 드리기라도 하였다는 말인가?” 하고 말하였다.
34 예수님께서 다시 그들에게 말씀하셨다.
“내 양식은 나를 보내신 분의 뜻을 실천하고, 그분의 일을 완수하는 것이다.
35 너희는 ‘아직도 넉 달이 지나야 수확 때가 온다.’ 하고 말하지 않느냐?
자, 내가 너희에게 말한다. 눈을 들어 저 밭들을 보아라.
곡식이 다 익어 수확 때가 되었다. 이미 36 수확하는 이가 삯을 받고,
영원한 생명에 들어갈 알곡을 거두어들이고 있다.
그리하여 씨 뿌리는 이도 수확하는 이와 함께 기뻐하게 되었다.
37 과연 ‘씨 뿌리는 이가 다르고 수확하는 이가 다르다.’는 말이 옳다.
38 나는 너희가 애쓰지 않은 것을 수확하라고 너희를 보냈다.
사실 수고는 다른 이들이 하였는데, 너희가 그 수고의 열매를 거두는 것이다.”
39 그 고을에 사는 많은 사마리아인들이 예수님을 믿게 되었다.
그 여자가 “저분은 제가 한 일을 모두 알아맞혔습니다.” 하고
증언하는 말을 하였기 때문이다.
40 이 사마리아인들이 예수님께 와서 자기들과 함께 머무르시기를 청하자,
그분께서는 거기에서 이틀을 머무르셨다.
41 그리하여 더 많은 사람이 그분의 말씀을 듣고 믿게 되었다.
42 그들이 그 여자에게 말하였다.
“우리가 믿는 것은 이제 당신이 한 말 때문이 아니오.
우리가 직접 듣고 이분께서 참으로 세상의 구원자이심을 알게 되었소.”
March 12, 2023
Third Sunday of Lent
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Reading 1
In those days, in their thirst for water,
the people grumbled against Moses,
saying, “Why did you ever make us leave Egypt?
Was it just to have us die here of thirst
with our children and our livestock?”
So Moses cried out to the LORD,
“What shall I do with this people?
a little more and they will stone me!”
The LORD answered Moses,
“Go over there in front of the people,
along with some of the elders of Israel,
holding in your hand, as you go,
the staff with which you struck the river.
I will be standing there in front of you on the rock in Horeb.
Strike the rock, and the water will flow from it
for the people to drink.”
This Moses did, in the presence of the elders of Israel.
The place was called Massah and Meribah,
because the Israelites quarreled there
and tested the LORD, saying,
“Is the LORD in our midst or not?”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (8) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD;
let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us joyfully sing psalms to him.
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
For he is our God,
and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
“Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the desert,
Where your fathers tempted me;
they tested me though they had seen my works.”
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Reading 2
Brothers and sisters:
Since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith
to this grace in which we stand,
and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
And hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
For Christ, while we were still helpless,
died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person,
though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die.
But God proves his love for us
in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
Gospel
Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42
Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar,
near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Jacob’s well was there.
Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well.
It was about noon.
A woman of Samaria came to draw water.
Jesus said to her,
“Give me a drink.”
His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
The Samaritan woman said to him,
“How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?”
—For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.—
Jesus answered and said to her,
“If you knew the gift of God
and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink, ‘
you would have asked him
and he would have given you living water.”
The woman said to him,
“Sir, you do not even have a bucket and the cistern is deep;
where then can you get this living water?
Are you greater than our father Jacob,
who gave us this cistern and drank from it himself
with his children and his flocks?”
Jesus answered and said to her,
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again;
but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst;
the water I shall give will become in him
a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
The woman said to him,
“Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty
or have to keep coming here to draw water.”
Jesus said to her,
“Go call your husband and come back.”
The woman answered and said to him,
“I do not have a husband.”
Jesus answered her,
“You are right in saying, ‘I do not have a husband.’
For you have had five husbands,
and the one you have now is not your husband.
What you have said is true.”
The woman said to him,
“Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.
Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain;
but you people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”
Jesus said to her,
“Believe me, woman, the hour is coming
when you will worship the Father
neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
You people worship what you do not understand;
we worship what we understand,
because salvation is from the Jews.
But the hour is coming, and is now here,
when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth;
and indeed the Father seeks such people to worship him.
God is Spirit, and those who worship him
must worship in Spirit and truth.”
The woman said to him,
“I know that the Messiah is coming, the one called the Christ;
when he comes, he will tell us everything.”
Jesus said to her,
“I am he, the one speaking with you.”
At that moment his disciples returned,
and were amazed that he was talking with a woman,
but still no one said, “What are you looking for?”
or “Why are you talking with her?”
The woman left her water jar
and went into the town and said to the people,
“Come see a man who told me everything I have done.
Could he possibly be the Christ?”
They went out of the town and came to him.
Meanwhile, the disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat.”
But he said to them,
“I have food to eat of which you do not know.”
So the disciples said to one another,
“Could someone have brought him something to eat?”
Jesus said to them,
“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me
and to finish his work.
Do you not say, ‘In four months the harvest will be here’?
I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest.
The reaper is already receiving payment
and gathering crops for eternal life,
so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.
For here the saying is verified that ‘One sows and another reaps.’
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for;
others have done the work,
and you are sharing the fruits of their work.”
Many of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in him
because of the word of the woman who testified,
“He told me everything I have done.”
When the Samaritans came to him,
they invited him to stay with them;
and he stayed there two days.
Many more began to believe in him because of his word,
and they said to the woman,
“We no longer believe because of your word;
for we have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is truly the savior of the world.”
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Beginning with today’s Eucharistic Liturgy we will be reading and hearing stories from John’s Gospel for the next two weeks as well. There are many symbols and images there for our pondering and profit. For a deeper understanding of these Readings, it would be helpful to return to the first nineteen verses in chapter one, (The Prologue) in which key symbols are presented as hints to a clearer understanding and receiving the Jesus within John’s whole Gospel.
Jesus is “The word” to be heard, “The Life” to be lived, and “The Light” to be seen. This Word, Life and Light becomes flesh to speak and be taken in. This Life is to be lived and shared. This Light is both to be seen and to be displayed by all who hear, live and see.
John uses often the light of the sun and the darkness of night as images of good things happening and bad as well. In today’s Gospel the event takes place at noon. Obviously there is much in today’s Readings about water and thirst and grumbling. In our First Reading from Exodus the very last verse is the central theme, “Is the Lord in our midst or not? ”Our Gospel answers this!
Light is both seen and shines so that all else can be seen. Next Sunday’s Gospel will be all about the Light curing the inability to see, the inability to believe. Today’s Gospel in the mid-day light has Jesus offering Life to not only a woman of her culture, but a woman from an alien group. She gets more than she is asking for. The Word, the Life and the Light are offering a new way of her seeing herself and she hears, receives and returns having a changed vision of herself, her identity, her dignity. She leaves her old water jar and returns inviting other villagers to “come see: a man Who has given her a new sight of belief in Him and herself.
Where is Lent for us in all this? Well, the women of the village usually came to the well very early in the morning. This woman was excluded from that water brigade, because of her multi-marriage life style. Jesus addresses her first and by doing so begins helping her see herself, because of His being the Light. As mentioned, she leaves behind her old jar, (identity) and returns with a new “water welling up to eternal Life”.
Whatever we are giving up or away this Lent, whatever “jar”, it seems that it is Lent if letting it go allows for more going out, going into, bringing Light, Life and Jesus into community rather than doing a penance just for ourselves. The old “jar” is the symbol for our old image which keeps us less relational. Jesus as Light shines upon our whole self, not just our darkness. Jesus invites rather than indicts and this leads us to Easter!
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THE SCRUTINIES
“Come and see Someone Who told me everything I ever did!” —John 4:29
The catechumens, those preparing to be baptized and enter the Church, will receive today and on the next two Sundays the ancient prayers called “the scrutinies.” In these prayers, we ask the Lord to scrutinize and purify the hearts of the catechumens. As we accompany the catechumens in making the baptismal promises on Easter Sunday, so we should accompany them in the scrutinies.
Today we pray for Jesus to scrutinize our hearts and do in us what He did for the Samaritan woman. Jesus penetrated five husbands’ worth of sin, self-hatred, and self-deception (see Jn 4:18). The woman felt as if Jesus had told her everything she had ever done (Jn 4:29). It was as if her whole life had flashed before her during her conversation with Jesus. The Lord is willing to scrutinize and purify us in a similar way.
After Jesus has removed years of garbage from our hearts, the love of God will be “poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us” (Rm 5:5). After emptying our hearts of sin and its effects, the Lord fills our hearts with love.
Then, we will speak out of the abundance of our hearts (Lk 6:45). Like the Samaritan woman, we will be witnesses for Jesus, and many people from our towns will believe in Jesus on the strength of our words of testimony (Jn 4:39). Thus, the scrutinies result in love and a new evangelization.
Prayer: Father, “my journeys and my rest You scrutinize” (Ps 139:3). May I never be the same after Your scrutinies.
Promise: “It is precisely in this that God proves His love for us: that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” —Rm 5:8
Praise: Praise Jesus Christ, “Light of the World” (Jn 8:12).
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Would you do a favor for someone who snubbed you or treated you like an enemy? Jesus did just that and more! He treated the Samaritans, the sworn enemies of the Jews, with great kindness and respect. The Samaritans who lived in middle region of Israel between Galilee and Judaea and the Jews who lived in the rest of the land of Israel had been divided for centuries. They had no dealings with one another, avoiding all social contact, even trade, and inter-marriage. If their paths crossed it would not be unusual for hostility to break out.
When Jesus decided to pass through Samaria he stopped at Jacob's well because it was mid-day and he was both tired from the journey and thirsty. Jacob's well was a good mile and a half from the nearest town, called Sychar. It wasn't easy to draw water from this well since it was over a hundred feet deep. Jesus had neither rope nor bucket to fetch the water.
When a Samaritan woman showed up at the well, both were caught by surprise. Why would a Samaritan woman walk a mile and a half in the mid-day heat to fetch her water at a remote well rather than in her local town? She was an outcast and not welcomed among her own townspeople. Jesus then did something no respectable Jew would think of doing. He reached out to her, thus risking ritual impurity and scorn from his fellow Jews. He also did something no strict Rabbi would dare to do in public without loss to his reputation. He treated the woman like he would treat one of his friends - he greeted her and spoke at length with her. Jesus' welcoming approach to her was scandalous to both Jews and Samaritans because this woman was an adulteress and public sinner as well. No decent Jew or Samaritan would even think of being seen with such a woman, let alone exchanging a word with her!
Jesus broke through the barriers of prejudice, hostility, and tradition to bring the good news of peace and reconciliation to Jews, Samaritans, and Gentiles alike. He demonstrated the universality of the gospel both in word and deed. No one is barred from the love of God and the good news of salvation. There is only one thing that can keep us from God and his redeeming love - our stubborn pride and wilful rebellion.
What is the point of Jesus' exchange with the Samaritan woman about water? Water in the arid land was scarce. Jacob's well was located in a strategic fork of the road between Samaria and Galilee. One can live without food for several days, but not without water. Water is a source of life and growth for all living things. When rain came to the desert, the water transformed the wasteland into a fertile field.
The kind of water which Jesus spoke about was living, running, fresh, pure water. Fresh water from a cool running stream was always preferred to the still water one might find in a pool or resevoir. When the Israelites complained about lack of water in the wilderness, God instructed Moses to strike the rock and a stream of fresh living water gushed out (Exodus17:6 ). Even though the Israelites did not trust God to care for them in the wilderness, God, nonetheless gave them abundant water and provision through the intercession of his servant Moses.
The image of "living water" is used throughout the scriptures as a symbol of God's wisdom, a wisdom that imparts life and blessing to all who receive it. "The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life" (Proverbs 13:14). "Living water" was also a symbol for the Jews of thirst of the soul for God. The water which Jesus spoke of symbolized the Holy Spirit and his work of recreating us in God's image and sustaining in us the new life which comes from God. The life which the Holy Spirit produces in us makes us a "new creation" in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). Do you thirst for God and for the life of the Holy Spirit within you?
Hippolytus (170-236 AD), an early Christian writer and theologian who lived in Rome, explains the significance of the Holy Spirit's work in us:
"This is the water of the Spirit: It refreshes paradise, enriches the earth, gives life to living things. It is the water of Christ's baptism; it is our life. If you go with faith to this renewing fountain, you renounce Satan your enemy and confess Christ your God. You cease to be a slave and become an adopted son. You come forth radiant as the sun and brilliant with justice. You come forth a son of God and fellow-heir with Christ." (From a sermon, On the Epiphany)
Basil the Great (330-379 AD), a great early Christian teacher and Greek bishop of Caesarea, speaks in a similar manner:
"The Spirit restores paradise to us and the way to heaven and adoption as children of God; he instills confidence that we may call God truly Father and grants us the grace of Christ to be children of the light and to enjoy eternal glory. In a word, he bestows the fullness of blessings in this world and the next; for we may contemplate now in the mirror of faith the promised things we shall someday enjoy. If this is the foretaste, what must the reality be? If these are the first fruits, what must be the harvest?" (From the treatise, The Holy Spirit)
Lord Jesus, my soul thirsts for you. Fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may always find joy in your presence and take delight in doing your will.
Psalm 95:1-2,6-9
1 O come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
6 O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would hearken to his voice!
8 Harden not your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 when your fathers tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The Living Water of the Spirit, by John Chrysostom, 347-407 AD
Sometimes Scripture calls the grace of the Spirit "fire," other times it calls it "water." In this way, it shows that these names are not descriptive of its essence but of its operation. For the Spirit, which is invisible and simple, cannot be made up of different substances... In the same way that he calls the Spirit by the name of "fire," alluding to the rousing and warming property of grace and its power of destroying sins, he calls it "water" in order to highlight the cleansing it does and the great refreshment it provides those minds that receive it. For it makes the willing soul like a kind of garden, thick with all kinds of fruitful and productive trees, allowing it neither to feel despondency nor the plots of Satan. It quenches all the fiery darts of the wicked one. (HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 32.1)
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