2023년 3월 15일 사순 제3주간 수요일
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<너희는 규정과 법규들을 잘 지키고 실천하여라.>
제1독서
신명기. 4,1.5-9
모세가 백성에게 말하였다.
1 “이스라엘아, 이제 내가 너희에게 실천하라고 가르쳐 주는
규정과 법규들을 잘 들어라.
그래야 너희가 살 수 있고, 주 너희 조상들의 하느님께서
너희에게 주시는 땅에 들어가 그곳을 차지할 것이다.
5 보아라, 너희가 들어가 차지하게 될 땅에서 그대로 실천하도록,
나는 주 나의 하느님께서
나에게 명령하신 대로 규정과 법규들을 너희에게 가르쳐 주었다.
6 너희는 그것들을 잘 지키고 실천하여라.
그리하면 민족들이 너희의 지혜와 슬기를 보게 될 것이다.
그들은 이 모든 규정을 듣고,
‘이 위대한 민족은 정말 지혜롭고 슬기로운 백성이구나.’ 하고 말할 것이다.
7 우리가 부를 때마다 가까이 계셔 주시는,
주 우리 하느님 같은 신을 모신 위대한 민족이 또 어디에 있느냐?
8 또한 내가 오늘 너희 앞에 내놓는 이 모든 율법처럼
올바른 규정과 법규들을 가진 위대한 민족이 또 어디에 있느냐?
9 너희는 오로지 조심하고 단단히 정신을 차려,
너희가 두 눈으로 본 것들을 잊지 않도록 하여라.
그것들이 평생 너희 마음에서 떠나지 않게 하여라.
또한 자자손손에게 그것들을 알려 주어라.”
복음
<스스로 계명을 지키고 또 그렇게 가르치는 이는 큰사람이라고 불릴 것이다.>
마태오. 5,17-19
그때에 예수님께서 제자들에게 말씀하셨다.
17 “내가 율법이나 예언서들을 폐지하러 온 줄로 생각하지 마라.
폐지하러 온 것이 아니라 오히려 완성하러 왔다.
18 내가 진실로 너희에게 말한다. 하늘과 땅이 없어지기 전에는,
모든 것이 이루어질 때까지 율법에서 한 자 한 획도 없어지지 않을 것이다.
19 그러므로 이 계명들 가운데에서 가장 작은 것 하나라도 어기고
또 사람들을 그렇게 가르치는 자는
하늘 나라에서 가장 작은 자라고 불릴 것이다.
그러나 스스로 지키고 또 그렇게 가르치는 이는
하늘 나라에서 큰사람이라고 불릴 것이다.”
March 15, 2023
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
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Reading 1
Dt 4:1, 5-9
Moses spoke to the people and said:
"Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees
which I am teaching you to observe,
that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land
which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Therefore, I teach you the statutes and decrees
as the LORD, my God, has commanded me,
that you may observe them in the land you are entering to occupy.
Observe them carefully,
for thus will you give evidence
of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations,
who will hear of all these statutes and say,
'This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.'
For what great nation is there
that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us
whenever we call upon him?
Or what great nation has statutes and decrees
that are as just as this whole law
which I am setting before you today?
"However, take care and be earnestly on your guard
not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen,
nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live,
but teach them to your children and to your children's children."
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20
R. (12a) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise your God, O Zion.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates;
he has blessed your children within you.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
He sends forth his command to the earth;
swiftly runs his word!
He spreads snow like wool;
frost he strews like ashes.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
He has proclaimed his word to Jacob,
his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
He has not done thus for any other nation;
his ordinances he has not made known to them.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
Gospel
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments
will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
During this season of Lent, I have prayed to God for the grace to have the courage to honestly look at my sinfulness. While I worried that I would be left feeling shame and remorse, the honesty has brought me closer to God.
In today’s readings we hear about the commandments of the Lord both from Moses in the first reading from Deuteronomy and from Jesus in the Gospel from Matthew. When I first hear the words pertaining to the statutes and decrees and commandments, I feel a sense of calm as it all seems so straightforward. Then my prayer takes me to my own sinfulness, and I am left wondering how and when and why I am not consistently following the guidance of God’s word. Jesus makes it clear that he came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it.
In my profession of conflict resolution, we work with people who are preparing for difficult conversations. People in conflict are seeking answers (and many times vindication). Algernon in the Oscar Wilde play, The Importance of Being Earnest, states: the truth is rarely pure and never simple. The desire for proof of one’s truth fuels conflict. When disputants are arguing their points, we conflict practitioners need to remind them that while the language in the contract might seem straightforward, the disagreement is around what the words mean.
As I search for ways to obey and teach the commandments Jesus asks, I wonder how I can faithfully interpret what the commandments mean. In the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius invites us to imagine two standards: one of good and the other evil. The standard of Christ focuses on poverty, rejection and humility. The standard of Satan is characterized by riches, honor and pride. While there is not one perfect truth about the best way to live a life oriented to standard of Christ, there are opportunities all day, every day to do so.
The two standards help me look at my sinfulness in an honest way. I ask God to show me the times in my life when my ego and pride are motivating my choices, and I pray for the strength to reject the prideful stance and truly be of service to others. I thank God for the moments in my life when I have experienced deep humility. I look for ways to be reminded that I have all that I need to serve God, and I ask for help to push away any worries I may have about material possessions.
This Lent I am grateful to know the truth of my sinfulness and the desire for the Standard of Christ to guide my life
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GREAT SHAKES
“What great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law which I am setting before you today?” —Deuteronomy 4:8
“God is Love” (1 Jn 4:16). Accordingly, He wants to give people the best, the greatest. Therefore, He raises up great people to do great things. God calls us to greatness because He is Love.
We will be great and our nation will be great if we:
1) observe God’s law carefully (Dt 4:6-8; Mt 5:19),
2) teach God’s commands (Mt 5:19), and
3) love and serve God’s people (Mt 20:26).
This obeying, teaching, and serving is so demanding that, like Jesus, we give our lives for others (Mt 20:28). Greatness means not self-realization but self-dying. Greatness is not being like Pontius Pilate, Herod, the Pharisees, or Jesus’ executioners, but being like Jesus on the cross. The road to greatness is the way of the cross.
Do you want to be great by Jesus’ standards? Even if you don’t, will you be great anyway for love of God and His people? Choose greatness. Choose obedience, teaching, serving, dying, and loving. Be great for Love (1 Jn 4:8).
Prayer: Father, may I please You by aspiring to greatness by serving others (see Mt 20:26).
Promise: “He sends forth His command to the earth; swiftly runs His word! He spreads snow like wool; frost He strews like ashes.” —Ps 147:15-16
Praise: Little Eileen looked forward to her First Communion more than to her birthday.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
Do you view God's law negatively or positively? Jesus' attitude towards the law of God can be summed up in the great prayer of Psalm 119: "Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day." For the people of Israel the "law" could refer to the ten commandments or to the five Books of Moses, called the Pentateuch, which explain the commandments and ordinances of God for his people. The "law" also referred to the whole teaching or way of life which God gave to his people. The Jews in Jesus' time also used it as a description of the oral or scribal law. Needless to say, the scribes added many more things to the law than God intended. That is why Jesus often condemned the scribal law. It placed burdens on people which God had not intended. Jesus, however, made it very clear that the essence of God's law - his commandments and way of life, must be fulfilled.
Jesus taught reverence for God's law - reverence for God himself, for the Lord's Day, reverence or respect for parents, respect for life, for property, for another person's good name, respect for oneself and for one's neighbor lest wrong or hurtful desires master us. Reverence and respect for God's commandments teach us the way of love - love of God and love of neighbor.
The transforming work of the Holy Spirit
What is impossible to men and women is possible to God and those who put their faith and trust in God. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit the Lord transforms us and makes us like himself. We are a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) because "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us" (Romans 5:5). God gives us the grace to love as he loves, to forgive as he forgives, to think as he thinks, and to act as he acts.
The Lord loves justice and goodness and he hates every form of wickedness and sin. He wants to set us free from our unruly desires and sinful habits, so that we can choose to live each day in the peace, joy, and righteousness of his Holy Spirit (Romans 14: 17). To renounce sin is to turn away from what is harmful and destructive for our minds and hearts, and our very lives. As his followers we must love and respect his commandments and hate every form of sin. Do you love and revere the commands of the Lord?
Lord Jesus, grant this day, to direct and sanctify, to rule and govern our hearts and bodies, so that all our thoughts, words and deeds may be according to your Father's law and thus may we be saved and protected through your mighty help.
Psalm 147:12-13,15-16,19-20
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.
15 He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
19 He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Making daily progress towards God, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"As Christians, our task is to make daily progress toward God. Our pilgrimage on earth is a school in which God is the only teacher, and it demands good students, not ones who play truant. In this school we learn something every day. We learn something from the commandments, something from examples, and something from Sacraments. These things are remedies for our wounds and materials for our studies." (excerpt from Sermon 16A,1)
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