2023년 3월 17일 사순 제3주간 금요일
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<저희 손으로 만든 것을 보고 다시는“우리 하느님!”이라 말하지 않으렵니다.>
제1독서
호세아 예언서14,2-10
주님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.
2 “이스라엘아, 주 너희 하느님께 돌아와라. 너희는 죄악으로 비틀거리고 있다.
3 너희는 말씀을 받아들이고 주님께 돌아와 아뢰어라.
‘죄악은 모두 없애 주시고 좋은 것은 받아 주십시오.
이제 저희는 황소가 아니라 저희 입술을 바치렵니다.
4 아시리아는 저희를 구원하지 못합니다.
저희가 다시는 군마를 타지 않으렵니다.
저희 손으로 만든 것을 보고 다시는 ′우리 하느님!′이라 말하지 않으렵니다.
고아를 가엾이 여기시는 분은 당신뿐이십니다.’
5 그들에게 품었던 나의 분노가 풀렸으니
이제 내가 반역만 꾀하는 그들의 마음을 고쳐 주고
기꺼이 그들을 사랑해 주리라.
6 내가 이스라엘에게 이슬이 되어 주리니
이스라엘은 나리꽃처럼 피어나고 레바논처럼 뿌리를 뻗으리라.
7 이스라엘의 싹들이 돋아나 그 아름다움은 올리브 나무 같고
그 향기는 레바논의 향기 같으리라.
8 그들은 다시 내 그늘에서 살고 다시 곡식 농사를 지으리라.
그들은 포도나무처럼 무성하고 레바논의 포도주처럼 명성을 떨치리라.
9 내가 응답해 주고 돌보아 주는데 에프라임이 우상들과 무슨 상관이 있느냐?
나는 싱싱한 방백나무 같으니 너희는 나에게서 열매를 얻으리라.
10 지혜로운 사람은 이를 깨닫고 분별 있는 사람은 이를 알아라.
주님의 길은 올곧아서 의인들은 그 길을 따라 걸어가고
죄인들은 그 길에서 비틀거리리라.”
복음
<주 우리 하느님은 한 분이신 주님이시니, 그분을 사랑해야 한다.>
마르코. 12,28ㄱㄷ-34
그때에 율법 학자 한 사람이 예수님께 28 다가와,
“모든 계명 가운데에서 첫째 가는 계명은 무엇입니까?” 하고 물었다.
29 예수님께서 대답하셨다. “첫째는 이것이다.
‘이스라엘아, 들어라. 주 우리 하느님은 한 분이신 주님이시다.
30 그러므로 너는 마음을 다하고 목숨을 다하고 정신을 다하고 힘을 다하여
주 너의 하느님을 사랑해야 한다.’
31 둘째는 이것이다. ‘네 이웃을 너 자신처럼 사랑해야 한다.’
이보다 더 큰 계명은 없다.”
32 그러자 율법 학자가 예수님께 말하였다.
“훌륭하십니다, 스승님. ‘그분은 한 분뿐이시고 그 밖에 다른 이가 없다.’ 하시니,
과연 옳은 말씀이십니다.
33 또 ‘마음을 다하고 생각을 다하고 힘을 다하여 그분을 사랑하는 것’과
‘이웃을 자기 자신처럼 사랑하는 것’이
모든 번제물과 희생 제물보다 낫습니다.”
34 예수님께서는 그가 슬기롭게 대답하는 것을 보시고 그에게,
“너는 하느님의 나라에서 멀리 있지 않다.” 하고 이르셨다.
그 뒤에는 어느 누구도 감히 그분께 묻지 못하였다.
March 17, 2023
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
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Reading 1
Hos 14:2-10
Thus says the LORD:
Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God;
you have collapsed through your guilt.
Take with you words,
and return to the LORD;
Say to him, "Forgive all iniquity,
and receive what is good, that we may render
as offerings the bullocks from our stalls.
Assyria will not save us,
nor shall we have horses to mount;
We shall say no more, 'Our god,'
to the work of our hands;
for in you the orphan finds compassion."
I will heal their defection, says the LORD,
I will love them freely;
for my wrath is turned away from them.
I will be like the dew for Israel:
he shall blossom like the lily;
He shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar,
and put forth his shoots.
His splendor shall be like the olive tree
and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar.
Again they shall dwell in his shade
and raise grain;
They shall blossom like the vine,
and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
Ephraim! What more has he to do with idols?
I have humbled him, but I will prosper him.
"I am like a verdant cypress tree"?
Because of me you bear fruit!
Let him who is wise understand these things;
let him who is prudent know them.
Straight are the paths of the LORD,
in them the just walk,
but sinners stumble in them.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 and 17
R. (see 11 and 9a) I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
An unfamiliar speech I hear:
"I relieved his shoulder of the burden;
his hands were freed from the basket.
In distress you called, and I rescued you."
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
"Unseen, I answered you in thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Hear, my people, and I will admonish you;
O Israel, will you not hear me?"
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
"There shall be no strange god among you
nor shall you worship any alien god.
I, the LORD, am your God
who led you forth from the land of Egypt."
R.I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
"If only my people would hear me,
and Israel walk in my ways,
I would feed them with the best of wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would fill them."
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
Gospel
Mk 12:28-34
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
"Which is the first of all the commandments?"
Jesus replied, "The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these."
The scribe said to him, "Well said, teacher.
You are right in saying,
He is One and there is no other than he.
And to love him with all your heart,
with all your understanding,
with all your strength,
and to love your neighbor as yourself
is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding,
he said to him,
"You are not far from the Kingdom of God."
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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Today’s gospel’s message is one of my favorites – not only the content that Jesus shares but also the whole scenario. I enjoy the synoptic gospels and their telling of Jesus’s life – the stories connect me to Jesus as a real being that I can imagine in the various scenarios presented. Since a small child I was always able to have an image of Jesus – a man that walked the face of this earth. My images of God were much more muddled – someone in flowing white robes and wild hair? A voice in the cloud? My child mind could not quite grasp what God could be or look like. This is not unlike my ability (or rather inability) then (perhaps still) to visualize a “soul.” I would try to picture what Heaven looked like and at one point settled on an image of our souls being bright, glowing balls of light that rolled around Heaven interacting with each other. The images of Jesus were always so much more realistic perhaps from numerous pictures and depiction in various movies and television. Jesus has always been palpable to me – someone I could reach out to in times of need and in times of gratitude. A Shepherd, indeed, who would guide me and shelter me.
The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke convey the life of this wonderful Counselor and allow me to enter into that life through their words and the stories that were created by those words. I have been blessed to be exposed to an Ignatian approach/meditation of using our imagination to enter into the scripture and dialogue/experience the story as a participant not just a reader. For me, the stories of the synoptic gospels allow me to practice that and come face to face with what is happening. So . . . I wanted to approach the gospel today in that way for my reflection.
The crowd is quite large today, everyone pushing forward to see what’s going on. The scribes are at it again trying to get Jesus to say something that they can use against Him. I try to get closer so I hear the conversation – I can see Mary of Magdala ahead – as always listening intently with her eyes set on Jesus and His every word. The scribe asks: "Which is the first of all the commandments?" I hold my breath – how will He answer? They are just waiting for him to dispute Moses’ teaching or say something that will be seen as contrary to the Torah. I silently pray, please Jesus, choose your words carefully. Then Jesus speaks – boldly yet with humility and kindness:
The first is this: Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.
To my amazement, the scribes seem satisfied with His response and continue with some agreement and no one dares ask further questions. I shake my head since it is full of questions. I have no problem with understanding the first statement as the most important commandment. However, I’m baffled by the second – who is my neighbor? How can I love my neighbor as myself? This certainly seems impossible. Perhaps this is meant to be interpreted as one of those parables I’ve heard that Jesus tells. His teachings seem so matter of fact and simple in many ways but challenging to be able to live in such seemingly simple directives. I want so much to follow Him as I see others do, but how can I live up to those standards? How can I give up what I have – my home, my belongings – and follow. Yet, the apostles, as they are called, seem to have a contentment, a serenity that has always been elusive to me no matter how much I have. Is that the reward for following Him? An inner peace and new sense of priorities where the physical possessions on earth have little or no meaning and we await a more glorious kingdom. I want to find that contentment and focus on what is most important. I think I will tag along at least for a bit and maybe learn who my neighbor really is . . .
I did not forget that it is St. Patrick’s Day – wishing my Irish friends a blessing I found (there are so many Irish blessings!!):
May God grant you always…
A sunbeam to warm you,
A moonbeam to charm you,
A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.
Also, please pray for a dear friend of ours, the epitome of an Irish minstrel – charm and wit, he surely kissed the Blarney Stone at least once. KQ is having surgery today to remove two fingers on his remaining hand. His chronic debilitating health condition has already resulted in amputation of both legs and one hand. Please pray for successful surgery and recovery and that this can be the end of his surgeries.
This is one of my favorite songs & celebrates his love of music. It reminds me of an Irish lilt – perfect for today!!
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ONLY ESCAPING OR ALSO LOVING?
“Return to the Lord.” —Hosea 14:3
Like the prodigal son, we may have run away from home (Lk 15:13), done our own thing, and collapsed through our guilt (Hos 14:2). We are sick of seeing pigs live a better life than we do (see Lk 15:16-17). Finally, we decide to get out of sin and ask the Lord’s forgiveness.
The Lord rejoices to see us, for He wants to heal our defection and turn His wrath away from us (Hos 14:5). The only problem is that the Lord wants to love us freely (Hos 14:5). He wants to love us more than we want to be loved. We are afraid of grasping fully “the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ’s love” (Eph 3:18). If we do, we will become aware of our responsibility to love the Lord with all our hearts, all our souls, all our minds, and all our strength (Mk 12:30). To love like that, we would have to deny our very selves (see Lk 9:23). We would have to repent, not only because selfishness and sin are dead ends, but because God is Love (1 Jn 4:16), Who has loved us perfectly, constantly, and infinitely.
Does your repentance consist primarily of leaving the bad and self-destructive, or are you repenting to return to your Lord and Love? Are you trying merely to stay out of hell, or do you want to see Jesus face to face in heaven?
Prayer: Father, I want to love You more than to feel good or to go to heaven.
Promise: “Israel I would feed with the best of wheat, and with honey from the rock I would fill them.” —Ps 81:17
Praise: St. Patrick miraculously escaped his slavemasters, but even more wondrously returned to free them from their slavery to sin.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
What is the best and sure way to peace, happiness, and abundant life? The prophet Hosea addressed this question with his religious community - the people of Israel. Hosea's people lived in a time of economic anxiety and fear among the nations. They were tempted to put their security in their own possessions and in their political alliances with other nations rather than in God. Hosea called his people to return to God to receive pardon, healing, and restoration. He reminded them that God would "heal their faithlessness and love them freely" (Hosea 14:4). God's ways are right and his wisdom brings strength and blessing to those who obey him.
The grace and power of love and obedience
How does love and obedience to God's law go together? The Pharisees prided themselves in the knowledge of the law and their ritual requirements. They made it a life-time practice to study the 613 precepts of the Old Testament along with the numerous rabbinic commentaries. They tested Jesus to see if he correctly understood the law as they did. Jesus startled them with his profound simplicity and mastery of the law of God and its purpose.
What does God require of us? Simply that we love as he loves! God is love and everything he does flows from his love for us. God loved us first and our love for him is a response to his exceeding grace and kindness towards us. The love of God comes first and the love of neighbor is firmly grounded in the love of God. The more we know of God's love and truth the more we love what he loves and reject what is hateful and contrary to his will.
The love which conquers all
What makes our love for God and his commands grow in us? Faith in God and hope in his promises strengthen us in the love of God. They are essential for a good relationship with God, for being united with him. The more we know of God the more we love him and the more we love him the greater we believe and hope in his promises. The Lord, through the gift of the Holy Spirit, gives us a new freedom to love as he loves (Galatians 5:13). Do you allow anything to keep you from the love of God and the joy of serving others with a generous heart? Paul the Apostle says: hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us (Romans 5:5). Do you know the love which conquers all?
We love you, O our God; and we desire to love you more and more. Grant to us that we may love you as much as we desire, and as much as we ought. O dearest friend, who has so loved and saved us, the thought of whom is so sweet and always growing sweeter, come with Christ and dwell in our hearts; that you keep a watch over our lips, our steps, our deeds, and we shall not need to be anxious either for our souls or our bodies. Give us love, sweetest of all gifts, which knows no enemy. Give us in our hearts pure love, born of your love to us, that we may love others as you love us. O most loving Father of Jesus Christ, from whom flows all love, let our hearts, frozen in sin, cold to you and cold to others, be warmed by this divine fire. So help and bless us in your Son. (Prayer of Anselm, 12th century)
Psalm 81:6-10,14,16
6 "I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.
7 In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. [Selah]
8 Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
9 There shall be no strange God among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign God.
10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their foes.
16 I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The fire of God's love, by Augustine of Hippo,354-430 A.D.
"Gravity keeps everything in its own place. Fire climbs up, while a stone goes down. Elements that are not in their own place are restless until they find it. This applies also to us. My weight is my love; wherever I go, I am driven by it. By the love of God we catch fire ourselves and, by moving up, find our place and our rest." (excerpt from Confessions 13,9)
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