July 14, 2020 Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
2020년 7월 14일 연중 제15주간 화요일
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제1독서
이사야서. 7,1-9
1 우찌야의 손자이며 요탐의 아들인 유다 임금 아하즈 시대에,
아람 임금 르친과 르말야의 아들인 이스라엘 임금 페카가
예루살렘을 치러 올라왔지만 정복하지는 못하였다.
2 아람이 에프라임에 진주하였다는 소식이 다윗 왕실에 전해지자,
숲의 나무들이 바람 앞에 떨듯 임금의 마음과 그 백성의 마음이 떨렸다.
3 그러자 주님께서 이사야에게 말씀하셨다.
“너는 네 아들 스아르 야숩과 함께
‘마전장이 밭’에 이르는 길가 윗저수지의 수로 끝으로 나가서
아하즈를 만나, 4 그에게 말하여라.
‘진정하고 안심하여라, 두려워하지 마라.
르친과 아람, 그리고 르말야의 아들이 격분을 터뜨린다 하여도
이 둘은 타고 남아 연기만 나는 장작 끄트머리에 지나지 않으니
네 마음이 약해지는 일이 없도록 하여라.
5 아람이 에프라임과 르말야의 아들과 함께
너를 해칠 계획을 꾸미고 말하였다.
6 ′우리가 유다로 쳐 올라가 유다를 질겁하게 하고 우리 것으로 빼앗아
그곳에다 타브알의 아들을 임금으로 세우자.′
7 주 하느님께서 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
′그런 일은 이루어지지 않으리라. 그렇게 되지 않으리라.
8 아람의 우두머리는 다마스쿠스요
다마스쿠스의 우두머리는 르친이기 때문이다.
이제 예순다섯 해만 있으면
에프라임은 무너져 한 민족으로 남아 있지 못하리라.
9 에프라임의 우두머리는 사마리아요
사마리아의 우두머리는 르말야의 아들이기 때문이다.
너희가 믿지 않으면 정녕 서 있지 못하리라.′’”
복음
마태오. 11,20-24
20 그때에 예수님께서 당신이 기적을 가장 많이 일으키신 고을들을
꾸짖기 시작하셨다.
그들이 회개하지 않았기 때문이다.
21 “불행하여라, 너 코라진아! 불행하여라, 너 벳사이다야!
너희에게 일어난 기적들이 티로와 시돈에서 일어났더라면,
그들은 벌써 자루옷을 입고 재를 뒤집어쓰고 회개하였을 것이다.
22 그러니 내가 너희에게 말한다.
심판 날에는 티로와 시돈이 너희보다 견디기 쉬울 것이다.
23 그리고 너 카파르나움아, 네가 하늘까지 오를 성싶으냐?
저승까지 떨어질 것이다.
너에게 일어난 기적들이 소돔에서 일어났더라면,
그 고을은 오늘까지 남아 있을 것이다.
24 그러니 내가 너희에게 말한다.
심판 날에는 소돔 땅이 너보다 견디기 쉬울 것이다.”
July 14, 2020
Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
In the days of Ahaz, king of Judah, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah,
Rezin, king of Aram,
and Pekah, king of Israel, son of Remaliah,
went up to attack Jerusalem,
but they were not able to conquer it.
When word came to the house of David that Aram
was encamped in Ephraim,
the heart of the king and the heart of the people trembled,
as the trees of the forest tremble in the wind.
Then the LORD said to Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz,
you and your son Shear-jashub,
at the end of the conduit of the upper pool,
on the highway of the fuller's field, and say to him:
Take care you remain tranquil and do not fear;
let not your courage fail
before these two stumps of smoldering brands
the blazing anger of Rezin and the Arameans,
and of the son Remaliah,
because of the mischief that
Aram, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah,
plots against you, saying,
"Let us go up and tear Judah asunder, make it our own by force,
and appoint the son of Tabeel king there."
Thus says the LORD:
This shall not stand, it shall not be!
Damascus is the capital of Aram,
and Rezin is the head of Damascus;
Samaria is the capital of Ephraim,
and Remaliah's son the head of Samaria.
But within sixty years and five,
Ephraim shall be crushed, no longer a nation.
Unless your faith is firm
you shall not be firm!
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8
R. (see 9d) God upholds his city for ever.
Great is the LORD and wholly to be praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain, fairest of heights,
is the joy of all the earth.
R. God upholds his city for ever.
Mount Zion, "the recesses of the North,"
is the city of the great King.
God is with her castles;
renowned is he as a stronghold.
R. God upholds his city for ever.
For lo! the kings assemble,
they come on together;
They also see, and at once are stunned,
terrified, routed.
R. God upholds his city for ever.
Quaking seizes them there;
anguish, like a woman's in labor,
As though a wind from the east
were shattering ships of Tarshish.
R. God upholds his city for ever.
Jesus began to reproach the towns
where most of his mighty deeds had been done,
since they had not repented.
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.
But I tell you, it will be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
And as for you, Capernaum:
Will you be exalted to heaven?
You will go down to the nether world.
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom,
it would have remained until this day.
But I tell you, it will be more tolerable
for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."
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Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves;
so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. ...
You will be hated by all because of my name,
but whoever endures to the end will be saved. Mt. 10
Jesus appears to have intended to send us out to be his disciples in a world that would be hostile to his message. He seems to have known that the cost of being his disciple would be great. And, it is clear that he is asking us to remain faithful in the midst of opposition and hatred - shrewd but simple sheep among wolves.
Though there are many inspiring disciples of Jesus today all around the world, paying an incredible price for their lives of constant fidelity, a good number of us are not very counter cultural at all. It may seem surprising to look at it this way, but if we are not experiencing any opposition to the way we are living our following of Jesus, these words of Jesus offer us an opportunity to examine our way of life.
Jesus wasn't talking about the kind of opposition that comes from my being a difficult person or the opposition that comes to me when I'm selfish or when I let people down. He certainly wasn't talking about the opposition that will inevitably come if I try to be judgmental or self-righteous or if I try to divide a faith community. This type of turmoil can often result from my thinking or intending to act in Jesus' name or when I think or intend to be on a mission to "reform" my brothers and sister. But, this isn't what Jesus is talking about.
Jesus sends us into the world, the culture around us, which he knows is quite opposed to the Gospel of God's merciful and self-sacrificing love in Jesus. We are called to be in dialogue with a culture, to understand its struggles and its answers, and to evangelize - to Gospel - the world around us. The trouble is that we have so many deep instincts and drives that lead us to simply identify with the world that is hostile to the Gospel. We tend to fit in, blend in, to be transformed by the world. In the many obvious and subtle ways this happens, we also tend to lose perspective and to become more and more unaware of the Gospel and our call. When we read Jesus' words, "Don't judge and you won't be judged," we can easily say to ourselves, "I don't think he really meant that." When we hear him say, "Love your enemies. Turn the other cheek," we can respond, "Well, I don't think that's very realistic today." When Jesus says, "It is hard for the rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven," we can respond, "Well, I'm not really rich. There are many people richer than me. I don't see any tension between my faith and what I have. And, you know, Jesus wasn't right about everything." And when the Church or our bishops call us to a more authentic living of the Gospel, when it comes to challenging an unjust war or the death penalty or to support comprehensive immigration reform, or an over all consistent ethic of life, we can too often ignore them, or worse, say, "The pope and these bishops ought to stick with church matters. They ought to reform themselves before they start preaching to me. Besides, they are out of touch with political and business realities today and with what is simply normal today." And, we can all think of many more examples where the Gospel gets "softened" or "relativized" by who we have become in our society. Wolves in sheep's clothing have seduced us.
What can we do, if any of this strikes a chord in our hearts? We can ask for the graces of conversion, courage, and trust in Jesus' promise to be with us. We can examine what we fail to do. We can listen to the Gospel with ears alert to how it addressed our discipleship. And, we can ask for the grace to enter more deeply into Jesus' words: "If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But, if you lose your life - let go of it, think of others' needs first, be a witness in the world for the sake of the Gospel - you will really find yourself."
This reflection was written for this day in 2006.
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EYE-OPENING REPENTANCE
“If the miracles worked in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have reformed in sackcloth and ashes long ago.” —Matthew 11:21
“If the miracles worked in [Capernaum] had taken place in Sodom, it would be standing today” (Mt 11:23). Sodom, Tyre, and Sidon were among the most wicked places of the Old Testament (see Ez 26-28; Gn 18-19). Yet Jesus declares that the people of these condemned cities would have reformed. The problem was that they had no one to bring to them a ministry of power evangelization, that is, preaching accompanied by miracles. The people of Nineveh were infamous for their wickedness, but “at the preaching of Jonah they reformed” (Lk 11:32). Yet we have something greater than Jonah to offer them (Lk 11:32).
Where is your personal Tyre and Sidon? Is it your family, coworkers, neighbors? What environment do you think has no hope for conversion? Is it the inner city, the schools, the drug subculture, or corporate America? How do we know they will automatically reject the Gospel? If the Gospel is presented to them, there is always a chance for conversion. If they never hear a clear, powerful presentation of the Good News, then “how shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? And how can they believe unless they have heard of Him? And how can they hear unless there is someone to preach?” (Rm 10:14) How can they believe if we don’t believe enough to tell them about Jesus?
No one ever caught any fish by staying at home. Let’s spread the Good News and try to catch some big fish for Jesus (Mk 1:17).
Prayer: Father, may I never underestimate Your power.
Promise: “Unless your faith is firm you shall not be firm.” —Is 7:9
Praise: St. Kateri is now known as the “Lily of the Mohawks.” Orphaned at a young age, it took great courage for her to seek Baptism. Through grace and bravery, she received the Sacrament at 19 years of age.
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If Jesus were to visit your community today, what would he say? Would he issue a warning like the one he gave to Chorazin and Bethsaida? And how would you respond? Wherever Jesus went he did mighty works to show the people how much God had for them. Chorazin and Bethsaida had been blessed with the visitation of God. They heard the good news and experienced the wonderful works which Jesus did for them. Why was Jesus upset with these communities? The word woe can mean misfortune, calamity, distress, sorrow, sadness, misery, grief, or wretchedness. It is as much an expression of sorrowful pity and grief as it is of dismay over the calamity and destruction which comes as a result of human folly, sin, and ignorance.
Why does Jesus lament and issue a stern warning? The people who heard the Gospel here very likely responded with indifference. Jesus upbraids them for doing nothing! Repentance demands change - a change of heart and way of life. God's word is life-giving and it saves us from destruction - the destruction of heart, mind, and soul as well as body. Jesus' anger is directed toward sin and everything which hinders us from doing the will of God. In love he calls us to walk in his way of truth and freedom, grace and mercy, justice and holiness. Do you receive his word with faith and obedience or with doubt and indifference?
Most High and glorious God, enlighten the darkness of our hearts and give us a true faith, a certain hope and a perfect love. Give us a sense of the divine and knowledge of yourself, so that we may do everything in fulfillment of your holy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Prayer of Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226)
Psalm 48:2-8
1 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,
2 Beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
3 Within her citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.
4 For behold, the kings assembled, they came on together.
5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded, they were in panic, they took to flight;
6 trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in travail.
7 By the east wind you did shatter the ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God, which God establishes for ever. [Selah]
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Even after miracles they did not repent, by Jerome (347-420 AD)
"Our Savior laments Chorazin and Bethsaida, cities of Galilee, because after such great miracles and acts of goodness they did not repent. Even Tyre and Sidon, cities that surrendered to idolatry and other vices, are preferred to them. Tyre and Sidon are preferred for the reason that although they trampled down the law, still Chorazin and Bethsaida, after they transgressed natural and written law, cared little for the miracles that were performed among them." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 2.11.22.1)
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